Juno+Beach

Juno Beach was one of the five beaches of the Normandy invasion of German occupied France in the Normandy landing on June 6,1944, during the second World War. The Normandy invasion on Juno Beach was to help free occupied France from Germany and to start pushing on the German capital of Berlin. Air attacks on Normandy's coastal defenses began on June 5 at 23:30, targeting the primary coastal defenses. The attack continued until 05:15, with 5,268 tons of bombs were dropped on Juno Beach. It was the largest attack by bomber command in terms of tonnage up till that point of the war. The aerial attack on Juno was not as effective as the naval attack due to the weather. All divisions suffered casualties, approximately 2000 men, including 600 who drowned. Despite not being able to get any of the D-Day objectives, the assault on Juno, and Utah Beaches were the strategically the most successful of D-Day landings. Airborne divisions were able to secure the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise to the west. Another division secured the Contentin Penisula. From here they were able to advance slowly towards the city of Caen. The landing is commemorated today by a museum and memorial at Juno Beach. The museum is called Musee du debarquement in Arromanches.