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)

Canadian troops on Juno Beach

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

A Universal or (Bren Gun) Carrier of a Canadian Airborne unit at Falaise, in August 1944. (scanned by HOS Bandit)