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The previously untold story of how three decorated bulldozer drivers made sure the Juno Beach landings were a success is recounted here by Neil Huband
Juno Beach, June 6, 1944. The second wave of assault troops from the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade are disgorged from landing craft
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For quite some time, the first Canadian assault forces to land at Juno Beach were trapped in a killing zone. The preliminary air and sea bombardments had failed to knock out the particularly wellpositioned German defences between Gold and Sword beaches.
Almost every yard of Juno was covered by the full range of guns and mortars available to the German defenders and, with no shelter, very little cover and in some places no way that any wheeled vehicles could get off the beach, the casualty rates began to increase.
