The Significance Of D-day To Canada’s  

 Have you ever heard about D-day? D-day was a battle that took place in WW2. The allies invaded the enemies on the beach on June 6, 1944. The place in which Canada mainly fought was between British forces, a place named Juno beach.

D-day was the sign of the world wars ended, in this brawl, they demonstrated their independence to the world by fighting in this battle, Canada displayed their bravery and died fighting as heroes.

Canada displayed their independence in this fight. The Canadians had organized their own battalion to send into D-day, making large impacts on the battlefront. Canada played its own role in the war by organizing battle strategies against german forces, working with the 3rd infantry division and 2nd armoured brigade of Canada, which was led by Major General Rod Keller. Canada was entrusted by the countries in the allied forces with a full battlefront to deal with, which showed the other allies that Canada is playing their part in the war. It also further strengthened trust among the allies during and after the war.

advanced the most inland to the important keypoint/base that Germany possessed. The Canadian troops progressed the most out of the 5 key points in the Normandy coasts on the first day, the battlefront they fought on was named Juno beach. Making this achievement on this key base led to moral becoming stable since the raid was very pricey to the mentality of many soldiers. Later on, this victory gave moral to the allies which caused the other war fronts to get in a favourable position and win as well.

Even though Juno beach was one of the hardest german bases to handle, Canada pulled through with endurance. The reef near the coasts proved to be very hard to maneuver through, this led to the Canadians taking heavy artillery fire. But persevering and waiting for Canadian reinforcements to bombard the beaches so they could advance. They held their ground and endured the pain for a better tomorrow. Even though the beach was hard to take over the battalion strategized and rushed the german base to successfully take over the site. This gave the battalion time to flank the other battlefronts, which greatly improved the success of D-day for allied forces.

In conclusion, Canada showed its independence by organizing and executing their own plans in a battlefront they managed. Canada made the most advancements on the first day of D-day. Even though Juno beach was a hard base to handle because of the reef, the Canadian battalion pulled through.

Many brave soldiers were sacrificed on D-day. 14,000 were Canadians. They assaulted a beachfront code-named “Juno”. Multiple Canadians have either died, got wounded or were captured for the cause of ending ww2 on D-day. 1,074 Canadians on the seaborne raid were injured and of those Canadians, 359 were killed. (Canadian encyclopedia 2006).The soldiers present on that day were brave, all of them knew it was a slim chance of surviving, but they still charged fearlessly and achieved many