Juno Beach
Visiting Juno Beach was just like any Canadian would imagine it to be – very powerful. This was Canada’s great contribution to the D-Day invasion, and the beginning of what became a very successful campaign of liberation, salvation and sacrifice throughout Western Europe by brave Canadians. We marked our arrival with a formal ceremony – our first of many in Europe.
Carl was beginning to figure us out and made sure we had some free time BEFORE touring the museum 😉
After a chance to burn off some energy, the Canadian volunteers at the Juno Beach Centre split us in to two groups for a guided tour of the beach and the bunkers as well as of the Centre itself.
The big take away I had from the bunker tour is that the guide was saying that there was a basically a bunker every 300m stretching from Spain to Norway. It truly was “impossible” to invade Europe, which really made the success of D-Day all the more incredible
The Juno Beach Centre was also amazing. What I remember best is a video we watched at the end that talked about the battle and the legacy it left on the people of France. At the end of the video it showed the spirits of the soldiers playing on the beach with the kids and walking with them through the sand. It was really powerful considering we were literally just there, doing exactly that.
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