Courseulles-sur-Mer
Graye-sur-Mer
Juno Beach
Here, Prime Minister Churchill, with Generals Jan Christian Smuts and Alan Brooke, landed on 12 June for a tour of the beachhead. Four days later, George VI also came ashore here. A monument commemorates these events, as well as the assault landing.
Churchill Tank
The tank is a Churchill AVRE, which laid buried in the sand until its recovery in 1976. Keep driving along the street, then park your car close to the Lorraine Cross, erected there to commemorate the landing spot of Gen. de Gaulle, who was on board La Combattante. Walk down the beach, through the breach, along side Cosy's Bunker, on the west side of the Seulles River which contained a 75 mm field gun and a very large anti-tank gun. A story of unimaginable courage took place near this pillbox. It concerned Corporal «Bull» Klos. Royal Winnipeg Rifles history: «Rushing the enemy, «B» Company encountered heavy enemy fire. Corporal Klos, badly shot in the stomach and legs while leaving the assault boat, made his way forward to an enemy machine-gun nest. He managed to kill two Nazis before he was mortally felled. His hands still gripped about the throat of his victim produced a chilling sight!».