We visited Juno beach where the Canadians landed. This was equally as deadly as bloody Omaha. The Canadians did a better job of planning & getting armour ashore but still suffered badly from the well sited German bunker system. The bunkers were designed looking along the beach at each & not out to sea. Anyone caught in the crossfire between 2 bunkers was really in trouble.
This is the view from a bunker.
This is the same spot on 6 June 1944.
The Americans on Omaha suffered from sinking their tanks & also not having specialised weapons to deal with the dug in Germans.
This is an AVRE, Amoured Vehicle, Royal Engineers had a massive mortar that lobbed a shell on top of any dug in troops. It was like a dustbin of explosives sailing through the air.
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