ASSAULTING JUNO BEACH

This remarkable photo shows the beginning of the Canadian assault on Juno Beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer, France. The attack on Mike Red Beach (left of the harbour) and Nan Green Beach (right of the harbour) has just begun as Sherman Duplex Drive tanks have arrived after covering some 1,500 metres from their launch point offshore. Though some accounts say the tanks arrived after the infantry, this photo clearly shows the tanks engaging the German defences before the landing of the infantry. On each side of the harbour a single tank from the 1st Hussars Regiment can be seen to have driven right up to a German bunker. On the right of the photo, another Sherman has manoeuvred extensively (see the tracks in the sand) as it engages the German defenders.