Building Juno Beach

David - the mad genius that built the Juno Beach terrain boards - has started a blog about their construction and related activities. Check out his blog Flames of WArchive.

D-Day 2010: Juno Beach Landings

Why hasn't there been more posted on this blog since March? Well there are a number of reasons. First of all is that real life made a grand entrance with conflicting commitments. Second was the lack of a decent camera to take any pictures. And finally was the plan to build 16' of custom tables for the Canadian landings at Juno Beach to fight a massive battle with more than 12,000 points in armies. I've posted some pictures.

One Royal Marine Commando company and three Canadian infantry companies landed on the beach against three German Festungkompanies. The battlefield covered the landings from Berniers-sur-Mer in the east to west of the Seulle River inland to Graye-sur-Mer. Rory, Geoff, David and Stuart played the Canadians. Duane, Jean-Paul, Matt and Howard played the Germans.

The battle ended with a minor Axis victory as the Canadians experienced a great deal of trouble getting off the beach in a couple of sectors. In the end there just wasn't enough time to get more troops inland to secure the rear objectives.

I will post more details and photos later.

Stuart
Signals Officer