Operation Overlord Normandy Soldiers of Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers are cleaning up on Juno Beach where the Canadians 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. 8th June 1944