Courseulles-sur-Mer Travel Guide

 Diverdan28 Says:  Canadian Troops came ashore in c-S-M and the surrounding area. In addition to the large Juno beach centre, there are other locally maintained memorials and tributes. The tank shown was recovered several years ago and has plaques commemorating many of the regiments that... 

 vichatherly Says:  Assault time 07:35This is where the Canadians came ashore on D-Day. They took some heavy casualties, especially the Winnipeg Rifles.Leading Formations6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) DD TanksThe Royal Winnipeg RiflesThe Regina Rifle Regiment10th Armoured Regiment (Fort... 

 vichatherly Says:  As I work for a UK based Canadian company, and my wife has visited the offices in Winnipeg, we sought out this granite memorial to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Canadian Scottish who suffered heavy losses at Graye-sur-Mer. 

 vichatherly Says:  This tank is situated at the junction of the Green (left) and Red (right) sectors of Mike/JUNO Beach. Thus is where the Royal Winnipeg Rifles came ashore on 6th June 1944. The suffered 128 casualties, the second heaviest Canadian regimental casualties of the day.This tank... 

 vichatherly Says:  This is a really interesting museum which was only opened in June 2003, on the 6th of course.It tells the exploits of the Canadian troops who landed in this area on D-Day.The museum guides are interestingly all young Canadians, and they come across as being especially proud... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In Rievers, few kilometers from Juno Beach, there is the Canadian War Cemetery: edge of French land given to Canada to commemorate its dead soldiers during the D-Day unloading. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  On the beach you can see a big Lorena's cross that shows the point in which the general Charles De Gaulle reached shore after the unloading. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  Juno Beach Centre contains the names of all the Canadian soldiers dead in Europe during the Second World War. To its interior there is a shown of heirlooms of the soldiers and tapes on the unloading. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  Juno Beach has been the place of the unloading of the Canadian troops during the D-Day (6 June 1944). To walk on this beach feel me exciting and touched... to walk on a beach where many people are dead... Today it is very difficult to imagine such moments with people that... 

 Diverdan28 Says:  La Belle Aurore has the look and feel of a workingman's bar and restaurant. The menu seems gearer to hearty appetites . We were impressed by the hospitality of the manager who went to great lengths to ensure we were made welcome. He introduced us toone of the regular patrons... 

 adelinemmc Says:  The market is almost every morning near the Harbour. You will see a few stalls, all of seafood straight from the boats moored behind the stalls. You cannot get fresher fish or seafood. The catch is local is seasonal. Around Christmas and New Year you'll get oysters,...