Canadian Memorial, Bernières-sur-Mer

A memorial to the Allied soldiers whose heroism led to the liberation of Europe.

ICI LE 6 JUIN 194
L'HEROISME DES
FORCES ALLIEES
LIBERE L'EUROPE

HERE ON THE 6TH JUNE 1944
EUROPE WAS LIBERATED
BY THE HEROISM
OF THE ALLIED FORCES

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Location

Place du 6 Juin

14990Bernières-sur-Mer

Calvados

France

Longitude:	-0.422845
Latitude:	49.335326

Nearby

Queen's Own Rifles Memorial, Bernières-sur-Mer

0.02 miles away

A memorial to the queens own Rifles who landed on this beach on the the June 1944, the memorial is a plaque located on a German Tobruk facing the beach.

Canadian Inukshuk Memorial, Bernières-sur-Mer

0.06 miles away

A memorial to the Canadian soldiers who died at Bernières-sur-Mer on the 6th June 1944

Maison de The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada / Canada House

0.08 miles away

This house was liberated at first light on D-Day, 6 June, 1944, by the men of The Queens Own Rifles of Canada who were the first Canadians to land on this beach.