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This is the Juno Beach order of battle on D-Day.
| This article may have confusing or ambiguous abbreviations .(February 2021) |
This is the Juno Beach order of battle on D-Day.
3rd Canadian Infantry Division Divisional Troops [1] [2]
7th Canadian Infantry (Assault) Brigade Group – Mike Green / Mike Red and Nan Green Beaches [6] [7]
8th Canadian Infantry (Assault) Brigade Group – Nan White and Nan Red Beaches [10] [11]
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade – Landing through 8th CIB on Nan Beaches [12] [13]
Supporting corps divisional units integrated in Mike Sector and Nan Sector
British forces on Juno beach included units from Second Army and Combined Operations Headquarters [2] They also provided the tri-service Beach groups that defended the beaches from air attack, directed the following waves and arranged casualty evacuation. The 79th Armoured division was the administrative division of the specialist assault and combat engineering vehicle units allocated to overcome the defences.
Force J was commanded by the British, and the flagship vessel came from the Royal Navy. Among the chief vessels in this combined British and Canadian Force were
The force also included 109 Royal Canadian Navy vessels, among them:
Landing craft from both the RN and RCN were employed in Force J, the total number were:
| Infantrie-Divisionen 716. | |
|---|---|
 Wehrmacht 716 Infantry Division | |
| Active | June 1944 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch |  Wehrmacht Heeren |
| Type | Static Infantry (Bodenständigen) |
| Role | Coastal Defence KVA Caen |
| Size | Division (≈8,000 men) |
| Garrison/HQ | Calvados: Baie-de-Seine |
| Engagements | Normandy Landings |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Wilhelm Richter |
Standing against the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, units of 716.Infanterie-Division (Static) – Wehrmacht Heer Coastal Defence (Bodenständigen) had little tactical mobility and its personnel, in general, belonged to the lowest category of conscript, coming from older age groups or from the Landsturm: Military District 6. While the division in Normandy with the fewest personnel; fronting the Juno sector, its density of troops was a little stronger than elsewhere. The division had no combat experience before D-Day, and on 1 May 1944 it only had 7,771 personnel of all ranks. [18] [19]
The 716. Infanterie-Division consisted of: [20] [ citation needed ]
Panzer-Division 21., belonging to XXXXVII Pz.Gr.West, was allocated to AOK.7 (Army Group B) as its (only) reserve. Pz.Div.21 was reconstituted on 15 July 1943, in the reorganization of schnellen Brigade West (SB 931). Pz.Div.21 was absent from Normandy from March 1944, for Operation Maragretha, in Hungary, until May 1944, when it was reassigned to Brittany, and then moved up into Normandy.[ citation needed ] On 6 June 1944, Panzer-Division 21., on its initiative, adopted a 'new' organization for battle, as Regimental (Brigade) Groups were formed, PzKGr.Oppeln - Pz.Regt.22., and KGr.Luck - Pz.Gren-Regt 125., they regrouping an infantry battalion for a tank battalion, and KGr.Rauch - Pz.Gren-Regt192., was formed, given Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155., assigned a battalion to each Kampfgruppe. [46] The Canadians, coming South, from Juno Beach, did not experience a direct impact from either PzKGr.Oppeln or KGr.Luck and only felt a slight impact, in their area of influence, from the counter-move undertaken by KGr.Rauch, on 6 June.
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