Juno Beach

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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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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

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Operation Neptune appliesToPart Juno Beach
this entity surface form: Juno Beach landings
Mike and Nan sectors beachName Juno Beach
D-Day codenameOfLandings Juno Beach
Calvados department contains Juno Beach
subject surface form: 716th Infantry Division
Overlord involvedLandingBeach Juno Beach
subject surface form: Operation Overlord
Normandy landingBeaches Juno Beach
Mike and Nan sectors locatedIn Juno Beach
Juno Beach Centre locatedOn Juno Beach
this entity surface form: Juno Beach landings
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