Centre Juno Beach - Juno Beach Centre

Opened on June 6, 2003, the Juno Beach Centre was born on the initiative of a group of Canadian Second World War veterans, widows and children of veterans keen to perpetuate the memory of the wartime operations that were a credit to Canada and to boost awareness of the role that their country as a whole had played in the conflict. It pays homage to the nearly 45,000 Canadians who died during the Second World War, of which 5,500 lost their lives during the Battle of Normandy and 359 on D-Day. Le Centre Juno Beach, qui a ouvert ses portes le 6 juin 2003, est ne a linitiative dun groupe danciens combattants canadiens de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, de veuves de guerre et denfants veterans souhaitant preserver la memoire des operations auxquelles le Canada a participe et faire decouvrir aux jeunes generations le role que leur pays a joue lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Cette initiative rend hommage aux pres de 45 000 Canadiens morts au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dont 5 ...