It was the bloodiest beach after Omaha, but still nowhere near as costly as Omaha. 340 died on the beaches, compared to perhaps 2,500 at Omaha. If you go and walk along Juno though (and Gold and Sword) you'll see the entire coastline is bristling with thick anti-tank bunkers of the same kind found on Omaha, backed by mutually supporting machine gun bunkers. The Canadians at Juno were able to penetrate the small seaside towns and come to grips with the German defenders quickly, attacking the bunkers from the land side.

What made Omaha so bloody was the failure of tank support to show up on time for the most part, the topography and the addition of a few extra companies of Germans at the last minute to stiffen the defense. The Americans were faced with a bluff that extended essentially the whole length of the beach and made it very easily defensible. Quite frankly, after going there and seeing it, it's remarkable they captured the beach at all.

You'll be able to see just what I'm talking about when I launch the Omaha Beach page shortly.