Juno Beach order of battle
This is the Juno Beach order of battle on D-Day.
Canadian soldiers approaching Juno Beach aboard LCAs
Allied
Top: Wounded Canadian soldiers lying on Juno beach awaiting transfer to casualty clearing station, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. Middle: The same bunker in 2006 Bottom: The view down the beach from the bunker, showing enfilading fire position.
Land
Canadian Army
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
- Mike Sector
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
- 1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Victoria)
- 6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) (London, Ontario) (Sherman DD)
- 1st Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun)
- 7 Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)
- Nan Sector
- 1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment[1]
- 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (Toronto)
- 1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Lévis, Quebec)
- 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse) (Winnipeg) (Sherman DD)
- 8 Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)
- Follow-up forces landed in Nan Sector:
- 1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry of Canada (Galt, Ontario)
- 1st Battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Cornwall, Ontario)
- 1st Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
- 27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment) (Quebec)
- 1st Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun)
- 9 Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)
- Support units integrated with troops in Mike Sector and Nan Sector
- Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (12th, 13th, 14th, and 19th Field Regiments)
- observer elements only, 7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars) (Montreal)
- 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment
- 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
- No. 3 Defence and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots)
- Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers
- 5th Canadian Field Company RCE (Attached)
- 6th Canadian Field Company RCE
- 16th Canadian Field Company RCE
- 18th Canadian Field Company RCE
- Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
- Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
- Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
British
- Ground forces from Combined Operations and the British Army
- HQ, 4th Special Service Brigade
- Elements of 79th Armoured Division
- "B" Squadron, 22nd Dragoons (Royal Armoured Corps) (Sherman Crab Mine flail)
- HQ, 5 Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers (Detachment)
- 3rd and 4th Batteries, 2nd Royal Marine Armoured Support Regiment (Centaur)
- Royal Armoured Corps
- C Squadron, Inns of Court Regiment (armoured car unit tasked with rushing the bridges over the Orne river, South of Caen)
- Royal Engineers (Landed as sub-units distributed amongst assaulting formations)
- 72nd Field Company, RE
- 85th Field Company, RE
- 184th Field Company, RE
- 240th Field Company, RE
- 262nd Field Company, RE
- Royal Artillery
- Elements of 114th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
- Elements of 93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
- Beach groups (102 Beach sub-area)[2]
- No.7 Beach Group, Mike sector (containing the 8th (Irish) Battalion King's Regiment)
- No. 8 Beach Group, Nan sector (containing the 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment)
- In reserve No.4 Beach Group
Naval
Force J was commanded by the British, and the flagship vessel came from the Royal Navy. Among the chief vessels in the force were
The force also included 109 Royal Canadian Navy vessels, among them:
- Two of the 11 destroyers were Canadian:
- Two of the Landing Ships Infantry (Medium) were Canadian:
- HMCS Prince Henry
- HMCS Prince David
Landing craft from both the RN and RCN were employed in Force J, the total number were:
- 1 Landing Ship Headquarters
- 2 Assault Group Headquarters Ship
- 3 Landing Ships Infantry (Large)
- 3 Landing Ships Infantry (Medium)
- 12 Landing Ships Infantry (Hand Hoisting)
- 20 Landing Craft Infantry (Large)
- 8 Landing Craft Infantry (Small)
- 142 Landing Craft Assault
- 4 Landing Craft Assault (Obstacle Clearance)
- 18 Landing Craft Assault (Hedgerow)
- 8 Landing Craft Support (Medium)
- 4 Landing Craft Headquarters
- 22 Landing Ship Tank Mark II
- 2 Landing Craft Tank Mark III (Flotilla of 10 craft each)
- 7 Landing Craft Tank Mark IV (Flotilla of 10 craft each)
- 2 Landing Craft Tank Mark V/VI (Flotilla of 10 craft each)
- 7 Landing Craft Flak
- 7 Landing Craft Gun (Large)
- 7 Landing Craft Tank (Armoured)
- 8 Landing Craft Tank (High Explosive)
- 9 Landing Craft Tank (Rocket)
- 36 Landing Craft Personnel (Large) Smoke Layer
- 4 Landing Barge Flak
- 4 Landing Craft Support (Large) Mark I
- 3 Landing Craft Support (Large) Mark II
- 1 Landing Ship Dock
- 15 Rhino Ferry
German
Six main resistance nests were located in the Juno Beach sector:
- WN26 - Langrune-sur-Mer
- WN27 - St. Aubin-sur-Mer
- WN28 - Bernières-sur-Mer
- WN28a - Beny-sur-Mer
- WN29 - Courseulles
- WN30 - Courseulles
- WN31 - Courseulles
The strongpoints were manned by soldiers of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of Grenadier Regiment 736 of the 716th Infantry Division. East Battalion 441 was also deployed in the vicinity of Courseulles. Artillery support was provided by Artillery Regiment 1716.
References
- ↑ "Juno Beach - Regina Rifles". Members.shaw.ca. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ Rogers, J & D (2012). D-Day Beach Force. The Men Who Turned Chaos into Order (1 ed.). Stroud: The History Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780752463308.
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