Operation Overlord Normandy Soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division have set up a mortar on Juno Beach where they landed on D-Day on the outskirts of Bernieres-sur-Mer. 14,000 Canadians were put ashore and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead. World War II. Department Calvados, Region Lower Normandy, France. 6th June 1944