CBC D-Day Live

Imagine June 6, 1944 – D-Day – if it were covered today. Follow us to relive the day moment by moment, with a focus on Canada’s role in the historic invasion.

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2/2 Their success came at a cost: 359 dead, 715 wounded, 47 taken prisoner

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1/2 By the end of D-Day, Canadians had advanced 14.5 km, further inland than the other Allies

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0400 1/2 U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt reads his self-penned Victory Prayer on air LISTEN: http://t.co/HyHTUNGYao

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3/3 LISTEN: Thomas Plant, a sub lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy, describes landing on Gold Beach http://t.co/uTOX5vsPVi

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2/3 25,000 troops had been landed on Gold, with fewer than 1,000 casualties

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1/3 British troops have established a large beachhead on Gold Beach, linking it to the Canadians at Juno Beach

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0000 1/2 After intense fighting, U.S. forces have established a small beachhead on Omaha Beach #DDay70

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2/2 34,250 Americans troops have landed; 2,000 have been killed #DDay70

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2305 German dive bombers attack Omaha Beach. U.S. 26th Regiment 3rd Battalion try to file off the beach, doing so in lines to avoid mines

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2300 1st Battalion, Canadian Scottish Regiment, reports 23 killed, 61 injured, 1 missing #DDay70

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In the darkness, enemy and Allied bombers trade bombs from the skies over Tailleville, where the North Shore Regt. has settled for the night

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Highland Light Infantry settles in after being ordered to spend the night in Bény-sur-Mer, ending the day with 0 casualties, 0 shots fired

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2145 A second wave of U.S. 26th Regiment, 3rd Battalion leaves its ship and lands on Omaha Easy Red

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2/2 Called a Mulberry harbour, it will allow them to bring in supplies until the invasion is complete #DDay70

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1/2 British troops capture Arromanches, on Gold Beach, to build a temporary port (Map courtesy @CanWarMuseum)

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2100 King George VI addresses the Peoples of the British Empire after being updated by Gen. Eisenhower. LISTEN: http://t.co/987PGGPq9X

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2/2 Excited and friendly, the locals offer their best luck, and glasses of wine and milk #DDay70

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1/2 As they await orders to move forward, Highland Light Infantry troops mingle with locals, who are happy to see the Germans gone

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1950 Regina Rifles D Coy. reaches Le Fresne-Camilly. Battalion HQ reports that its original D-Day objective has been reached