Chapter 3: D-Day: Juno Beach

Books

Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy by Terry Copp

Official Histories

The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944-1945. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Vol. III by C.P. Stacey

Victory in the West Vol. I: The Battle of Normandy by Major L.F. Ellis

Primary Sources

Canadian War Diaries of the Normandy Campaignat the Laurier Military History Archive

Photo Essay: The D-Day Beaches from the Air

The Technique of the Assault: The Canadian Army on D-Day: After-Action Reports by Commanders by Maj.-Gen. R.F.L. Keller, Officer Commanding 3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Articles

Landing on Juno Beach, 6 June 1944: The View from LCT 721 by Charles Cooke

First Deployment of the 14th Field Regiment, RCA: D-Day—Bernières-sur-Mer—6 June 1944 by Wesley B. Alkenbrack

D-Day at Bernieres-Sur-Mer: the 5th BN, Royal Berkshire Regiment by Gordon Blight

Confrontation in Normandy: The 3rd Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment on D-Day by Stan Medland

Links

Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer

Musée Radar, Douvres-la-Délivrande

Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, see Commonwealth War Graves Commis­sion

Maps

From The Victory Campaign by C.P. Stacey.

German Forces and Defences 176th Infantry Division Area, 6 June 1944 (Map 1, p 50)

Canadian Assaults on D-Day (Map 2, p 114)