BÉNY-SUR-MER/BASLY Calvados - 12 km north of Caen
 Bény-sur-Mer was liberated by le Régiment de La Chaudière
On 6 June 1944 the Canadians of the Queen’s Own Rifles and Le Régiment de La Chaudière landed in Normandy on Juno Beach. After fierce engagements on the beaches, they broke through and progress inland in the afternoon. Supported by a tank squadron of The Fort Garry Horse, the French Canadians of Le Régiment de La Chaudière liberated Bény-sur-Mer. They moved on and captured Les Moulineaux German strongpoint, a coastal battery fitted with four 105 mm guns, before entering Basly. They reinforced their positions in the evening of 6 June, with the arrival of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers tanks, which had been entangled in jam in Bernières-sur-Mer beach.
  
     
   
 
 
La Chaudière Regiment plaque
Bény-sur-Mer
This plaque is dedicated to the French Canadian soldiers of La Chaudière Regiment, who liberated Bény-sur-Mer.
Situation : on the town main place
  
  Airfield B4 stele
 Bény-sur-Mer
This stele remembers the allied airfield built in this place. The 401st, 411st and 412th squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force were based here from 18 June to 7 August 1944.
Situation : at the exit of the town, at the D404 crossroad
   
   
  Canadian monument
Basly
This monument is in memory of the Canadian soldiers who liberated Basly on 6 June 1944.
Situation : on the war memorial place
 
ROAD MAP
 
INTERESTING WEB SITES

Personal web site about D-day and Normandy battle
http://www.debarquement-normandie.com/
Association web site about Canadian soldiers in Normandy
http://www.valourandhorror.com
Personal web site about La Chaudière Regiment
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1618/histoire.html
Association web site about Canadian soldiers on D-day
http://www.waramps.ca/military/wwii/dday.html
 
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