Assault Troops headed for Juno Beach, their gray Canadian 3d Infantry Division Patches obscured by a censors brush, ride to an unknown future in the cramped hold of an LCA. The grim-faced squad ponders its fate and wonders; will the invasion succeed, or will it be an even bigger, bloodier repeat of the only other Canadian combat landing, the disaster at Dieppe? (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Canadian 3d Inf Div

This Staghound of the XII Manitoba Dragoons was knocked-out  near Eerde,in the region of Ommen(The Netherlands) ,March1945.The crew escaped unharmed.Greetz,Brummbar

Knocked-out Staghound

Canadian troops trudge past a large bunker on Juno Beach. Although the painted decoy image of a large coastal gun may look laughable, in the heat of battle-with smoke and haze obscuring it's details-the decoy could well draw fire away from real German positions or confuse the attacking Allies. (scanned by HOS Bandit)