American forces landing on one of their beaches, This is what the beach assault would have looked like
340 killed, 574 wounded, 47 captured (Canadian Casualties)
14000 were to land on the beaches, 450 to drop behind enemy lines by parachute/glider, Royal Canadian Navy supplied ships and about 10000 sailors, Lancaster bombers and spitfires supported the invasion from the royal Canadian air force.
Two sectors, Mike sector and Nan sector.
24 hour timeline
0600-allied battleships and cruisers begin bombardment of the beaches
0700-germans begin to return fire at Juno Beach
0730-most heavy support firing ends, Germans continue attaching the invasion force
0745-landing crafts reach the beach, soldiers get in the water
0800-first Canadian beachhead is established at Courseulles in the Mike sector by the Regina Rifles. Royal Winnipeg Rifles come under heavy fire and many soldiers die in the water
0830-Queen’s Own Rifles land at the Nan sector and have to run 183m from shore to a seawall only a few men from the first company survive
1000-Canadian soldiers are on the beach in all sectors, reserve troops begin to reach the beach
1200-All units of the Third Canadian Division are on the shore at Juno Beach
1800-The Canadians capture Courseulles, Bernieres and Columbiers-sur-seulles. The 1st Hussars reach its objective 15km away from the beach at the Caen-Bayeux Highway intersection. The Hussars are the only Allied unit to capture its planned final objective on D-Day
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