All-around photos

This is the Beny-sur-Mer cemetery. It holds the bodies of all Canadian soliders that died June-August 1945, mainly from the D-Day landings. (For better viewing, we recommend clicking on the panoramic to get the larger version.)


Juno Beach, where the Canadians landed.


This is Gold Beach, the British D-Day landing area. In the water, the black specks are the remains of the Mulberry Harbours. The harbours allowed the Allies to bring in supplies and men. It cost more than the Chunnel to build.


A crater at Vimy Ridge. It's huge.


The Vimy monument above the Douai plain. The two columns at the top of the monument represent Canada and France. The female figure to the right of the columns represents Canada mourning her dead sons.


At the Adegem Canadian War Museum in Belgium. This is the tea room/dance hall. The man on the very right is the man who created the museum as a result of his father's death bed confession. His father had been a spy for the Allies and had to go into hiding just before the Canadians liberated the area. He never told his family about his wartime activities for fear of Nazi reprisals, and he only confessed to being a spy while on his dead bed. The father made his son promise to create a museum which would educate people about the Canadians' war efforts in the area. The father felt a great debt to the Canadians because their liberation of the area allowed him to come out of hiding so quickly.


At the top of the stairs to Sacre Coeur in Montmartre.