A plaque to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders who landed on the beach at Bernières-sur-Mer on the 6th June 1944.
ICI A DEBARQUE
LE SIX JUIN 1944
LE REGIMENT CANADIEN
NORTH-NOVA-SCOTIA
HIGHLANDERS
LANDED HERE ON
THE SIX JUNE 1944
CANADIAN REGIMENT
NORTH-NOVA-SCOTIA
HIGHLANDERS
Address
Promenade des Français
Bernières-sur-Mer, Calvados
14990
France
Coordinates
49.335383, -0.4266257
Parking
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.
A memorial to the Allied soldiers whose heroism led to the liberation of Europe.
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.
