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Don Murray reports for CBC-TV.
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 3:28)
Brian Stewart reports for CBC-TV
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 13:15)
Excerpts from a Linden MacIntyre documentary on the D-Day landing.
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 8:12)
Carolyne Dunn reports on D-Day ceremonies in Ottawa.
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 2:11)
Beatrice Politi reports on one veteran and his contribution to the Juno Beach Centre.
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 2:15)
Ron Charles reports on the memorial sculpture outside the Juno Beach Centre.
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 1:35)
Reg Sherren talks to veteran Norman McHolm and Stella Clapton of East Grinstead, England about the local hospital and the "East Grinstead guinea pigs.".
(June 6, 2003 | Real Audio runs 9:24)
For one Saskatchewan veteran, the memories of June 6, 1944 are particularly vivid. His regiment was among the first to storm Juno Beach. He was the 13th man to touch the sand. Sandra Batson has his story.
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 4:07)
The CBC's Rob Gordon has the story of German General Kurt Meyer, infamous for his actions during and after the Second World War.
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 4:00)
The CBC's Harry Forestell spoke with two Canadian veterans Milton Fitzpatrick, from Charlottetown and Ed Reeve from Winnipeg
(June 6, 2003 | Real Video runs 5:38)
CBC Nova Scotia reporter Rob North reports on the Canadian landings on D-Day.
(June 5, 2003 | Real Audio runs 4:42)
D-Day veterans tell their stories to CBC reporter Rob North.
(June 5, 2003 | Real Audio runs 5:16 )
Steve Fischer reports on preparations for the opening of the Juno Beach Centre.
(June 1, 2003 | Real Video runs 2:33)
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QUICK FACTS:
1.1 million Canadians served in WWII,
including 106,000 in the Royal Canadian Navy and 200,000 in the Royal Canadian Air Force
42,042 killed
54,414 wounded
14,000 Canadians landed on D-Day
450 jumped by parachute or landed by glider
10,000 sailors of the RCN were involved
340 killed
574 wounded
47 taken prisoner
During the first six days of the Normandy campaign, 1,017 Canadians died.
By the end of the Normandy campaign, about 5,020 Canadians had been killed. About 5,400 Canadians are buried in Normandy.
In the two and a half months of the Normandy campaign, Allied casualities (killed, wounded and captured) totalled 210,000.
Canadian casualties totalled more than 18,000, including more than 5,000 dead. German casualties were 450,000.
Canadians on D-Day: The Juno Beach Centre
Commemorative Video and DVD
On June 6, 2003 CBC News provided exclusive live coverage of the museum's opening ceremonies from Courselles-sur-mer, France.
CBC Home Video is available on video and DVD.
Approx. 90 minutes
English / colour
$19.95
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