Juno Beach

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D-Day landing beach World War II battle site

Juno Beach was one of the primary Allied landing sectors in Normandy where Canadian forces came ashore during the D-Day invasion of World War II.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Juno Beach landings	2
Juno Beach landing	1
Juno Beach sector	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	D-Day landing beach ⓘ World War II battle site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mike and Nan sectors ⓘ
assignedTo	2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade ⓘ 3rd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ
associatedEvent	Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Battle of Normandy D-Day ⓘ
borderedBy	Gold Beach ⓘ Sword Beach ⓘ
casualties	heavy Canadian casualties on D-Day ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Juno Beach Centre ⓘ surface form: Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	public beach and commemorative site ⓘ
dateOfEvent	1944-06-06 ⓘ
defendedBy	German 21st Panzer Division (nearby) ⓘ German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
feature	minefields and beach obstacles ⓘ strong German coastal defences ⓘ
length	approximately 8 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	France ⓘ Normandy ⓘ
memorializedBy	war cemeteries in Normandy ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ surface form: Canadian Army Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
notableUnit	1st Hussars ⓘ Fort Garry Horse ⓘ Regina Rifle Regiment ⓘ Royal Winnipeg Rifles ⓘ The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ⓘ
objective	link up with British forces on Sword and Gold beaches ⓘ secure beachhead in Normandy ⓘ
operation	Operation Overlord ⓘ
operationPhase	Operation Neptune ⓘ
partOf	Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe D-Day ⓘ surface form: Normandy landings
postwarMemorial	Juno Beach Centre ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
strategicImportance	key to securing the left flank of the British-Canadian sector ⓘ
theatreOfWar	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
timeZoneOnDday	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
townAlongBeach	Courseulles-sur-Mer ⓘ surface form: Bernières-sur-Mer Courseulles-sur-Mer ⓘ Courseulles-sur-Mer ⓘ surface form: Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Neptune → appliesToPart → Juno Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Juno Beach landings

Mike and Nan sectors → beachName → Juno Beach ⓘ

27th Armoured Brigade → beachSectorSupported → Juno Beach ⓘ

D-Day → codenameOfLandings → Juno Beach ⓘ

Calvados department → contains → Juno Beach ⓘ

German 716th Infantry Division → frontSector → Juno Beach ⓘ

subject surface form: 716th Infantry Division

Courseulles-sur-Mer → hasNearbySite → Juno Beach ⓘ

Overlord → involvedLandingBeach → Juno Beach ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord → involvedLandingBeaches → Juno Beach ⓘ

2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade → landing → Juno Beach ⓘ

3rd Canadian Infantry Division → landingBeach → Juno Beach ⓘ

Royal Winnipeg Rifles → landingBeachOnDDay → Juno Beach ⓘ

Normandy → landingBeaches → Juno Beach ⓘ

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada → landingSectorOnD-Day → Juno Beach ⓘ

Mike and Nan sectors → locatedIn → Juno Beach ⓘ

Juno Beach Centre → locatedOn → Juno Beach ⓘ

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada → notableEngagement → Juno Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Juno Beach landings

Regina Rifle Regiment → notableOperation → Juno Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Juno Beach landing

Courseulles-sur-Mer → partOf → Juno Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Juno Beach sector

Mike and Nan sectors → partOf → Juno Beach ⓘ

Gold → sisterBeach → Juno Beach ⓘ

Sword Beach → sisterBeach → Juno Beach ⓘ

Gold Beach → sisterBeaches → Juno Beach ⓘ