There’s A New Battle On Juno Beach during the 78th D-Day anniversary

On the 78th anniversary of the D-Day operation in France, a proposed condo development set to be constructed on Juno Beach wages on.
Earlier this year, a French property developer plans to build a 70-unit condominium complex on the beach. But one group continues to petition Canada’s federal government to put a stop to the project.

More than 14,000 Canadians stormed Juno Beach under gunfire and artillery on June 6, 1944 to help liberate Europe from occupation by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, making it a sacred site in Canadian military history. More than 5,000 Canadians were killed in the Battle of Normandy, and 381 were killed on D-Day.

Development for the proposed condo plans also involves the use of the private driveway belonging to the Canadian-built Juno Beach Centre Memorial and Museum in Normandy, which receives more than 100,000 visitors from across the globe each year. Construction on the project could begin as early as this September. Through the Save Juno Beach campaign, 65,000 letters have been sent by Canadians to politicians in Ottawa and France with calls to protect the site.

https://www.savejunobeach.ca/