Juno
who were the main participants
Canadian soldiers
what was the terrain like at Gold beach?
High cliffs
what is a u-boat
submarine
when is Tims birthday
October 01, 2002
when did this take place
june 6th 1944
what was the objective of Gold Beach?
secure the beachhead and move west to capture the pillboxes located there.
What is a pillbox?
Solid Concrete Bunker with mounted machine guns.
what was the 101st Airborne?
parachuters, airborne
what is the Other term used for the battle of Juno beach?
Operation OverLord
How large was the Gold beach?
8km or 5 miles wide
What is a Landing craft?
The boats the soldiers rode in onto the beach
what was Chinas role in D-Day?
Nothing
How many Canadian soldiers died at Juno beach?
(Operation OverLord)
Over 5000 Canadians died
Who was part of this invasion
British Second Army, under Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey.
spit fires are?
Planes helping overhead that they used, they had air supperiority.
How many countries participated?
3, Canada, US and Britain.
what German division was the main opposition?
The German 716th devision
What does D-Day mean?
It was known as D-1 and the days after were D+1, D+2, D+.
What did battleships do?
They fired upon the beaches before landing crafts landed.
Who started WW2
MUSTACHE HITLER