By June 1944, Juno Beach was a key part of Hitler's vaunted Atlantic Wall, with no less than four major strong points along its length. German pillboxes were sited to sweep the beaches with machine gun fire & were surrounded by belts of barbed wire & mines. Leading the attack were the 3rd Canadian Division, supported by the specialist assault tanks of the 79th Armoured Division (Hobart's ' Funnies'). Despite careful planning, poor D-Day weather led to a piecemeal landing & heroic individual battles in the streets of the seaside towns.