Remembering Juno Beach (1 Viewer)

[Cyber Field Marshall]

For all you WWII enthusiasts there is a very good website about CANADA'S important role on D-Day. www.stormingjuno.com In particular if you search the site you can select interviews with a wide variety of veterans that were there. Very emotional and powerful stuff. We must never forget their sacrifices for freedom. God bless them all, each and every one. They truly are my heroes and I'm in awe of them.

 

[Mitch]

CFM...

Thanks for the link. They played a huge role in WWII for which we all are grateful
Mitch

 

[Rob]

In both Wars Canada have been right there at the front, their bravery , skill and sacrifice have my deepest respect. Thanks for the link CFM.

Rob

 

[Louis Badolato]

In both Wars Canada have been right there at the front, their bravery , skill and sacrifice have my deepest respect. Thanks for the link CFM.

Rob

I second Rob's well expressed sentiments. The citizens of the United States and Great Britain should never forget the sacrifices of our Canadian brothers who fought and died for our freedom as well as their own.

 

[Currahee Chris]

I second Rob's well expressed sentiments. The citizens of the United States and Great Britain should never forget the sacrifices of our Canadian brothers who fought and died for our freedom as well as their own.

Roger that- they are still in the fight and doing a fantastic job introducing jihaddists to Allah.

 

[panda1gen]

Roger that- they are still in the fight and doing a fantastic job introducing jihaddists to Allah.

Juno beach and the super museum are well worth a visit.

The Canadian memorials at Vimy Ridge and Newfoundland Park on the WW1 Western Front are also superb.

 

[Rob]

Juno beach and the super museum are well worth a visit.

The Canadian memorials at Vimy Ridge and Newfoundland Park on the WW1 Western Front are also superb.

I second that good Sir. Have visited Vimy and Newfoundland park many times over the years and they never fail to move me, the statue of Canada weeping for her fallen is one of the most famous and moving on the Western front. The park in which the statue stands is surrounded by fields and woods still full of unexploded shells. Many grassed areas are fenced off from the public and I understand they use remote control lawn mowers such is the danger.

Newfoundland memorial Park is a must see on the Somme. Riddled with craters and Trenches its easy to see what a terrible 1st of July the Canadians suffered here. You can follow the path they took as they tried to attack the German Trenches, suffering hundreds of casualties with every officer going forward killed or wounded the attack was a disaster. Apparently it was so easy for the German defenders that they were stood on top of the Trench waving the Canadians forward. Its a real close up look at the Western front and highly recommended for any visitor to the area.

Juno beach is also well worth a visit, as Kevin said it has a good museum one of many all along that legendary coast. Have been travelling to Battlefields for over thirty years now (in fact when I first went to Newfoundland memorial park there were still rolls of barbed wire in the trenches-now long stolen by visitors) and if anyone is thinking of taking their first trip to a Battlefield I can't urge you enough to do it. Until you've stood on the Somme at sunrise on a sunny morning, Passchendaele ridge in driving wind or watched calm waves lap in on Omaha beach you just can't imagine the atmosphere of these places, wonderful,moving and makes you feel very humble.

Rob

 

[Fullyautomatic]

Thanks again for posting this site. Any chance it will be done for all the other beaches?