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JUNO BEACH
Juno beach was 10 Km wide. The problem of Juno beach was not the German obstacles but natural off shore reefs. The german 736 regiment was responsible for defence in that area. Juno beach was broken down to Nan and Mike Nan was broken down to red, white and green Mike was broken down to red and white. It was to be assaulted by the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, the 7th Brigade landing at Courseulles in Mike sector and the 8th Brigade landing at Bernires in Nan sector. The tide of the beach was too high and most the german obsticals were submerged and the landing ships would have trouble navigating through the beach. The Canadians suffered 1,200 casualties out of 21,400 troops who landed at Juno that day--a casualty ratio of 1 out of 18.
Omaha Beach
Omaha beach was the second beach to the right of the 5 landing areas. Omaha beach stretched 6 miles. The waters and beach was heavily mined...