When you visit Juno Beach today, it is amazing how quiet the area is, I would imagine it has not changed very much since that historic day in 1944. Several hotels and shops display signs which say "Welcome our Liberators" along the sea front there are several memorials to the brave men who landed on this beach.

This Memorial is at the town of Saint Aubin and is situated on the sea front.

The memorial is to the
48th. Royal Marine Commandos, who landed here with the Candian and Commonwealth forces.
7:30 a.m. June 6th. 1944.

When in Normandy, the evidence of the German occupation is everywhere!
This light calibre gun emplacement can be found while just walking along the sea front.
It is covering a major road junction which leads down to the beach..

Many Canadian and Commonwealth young men were unfortunately killed during the Battle for Normandy, a lot of these men are buried in the Commonwealth Cemetery at Bayeux.
The picture above shows the Canadian graves at Bayeux.
To witness the names and ages of these young men who are buried here certainly brings home  the true horror of war. Let us thank them for our freedom we enjoy today.