Locations

Sandwiched between the British beaches of Gold and Sword, the Juno Beach sector corresponded to the portion of coastline allocated to the Canadians. It was occupied by large coastal villages which had become pretty seaside resorts at the end of the XIXth century. Although there were no heavy batteries here, a number of smaller defensive structures housing antitank guns or machine guns were located at regular intervals along the shore, often on the sea walls, so as to be able to rake the beaches with fire.