D Day

Today, June 6, 2013, is the 69th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy.  Here are a few images, taken from the Huffington Post, that show Canadian troops disembarking for what was not going to be a fun day at the beach.

U.S. reinforcements wade through the surf from a landing craft in the days following D-Day and the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France at Normandy in June 1944 during World War II. (AP Photo/Bert Brandt, File)

In this photo provided by the Office of War Information, U.S. landing craft are beached on a Normandy shore to unload troops and supplies to back up Allied advance against the Nazis in France in 1944. (AP Photo/OWI/Richard Boyer)

In this June 6, 1944 file picture, some of the first assault troops to hit the Normandy, France beachhead take cover behind enemy obstacles to fire on German forces as others follow the first tanks plunging through the water towards the German-held shore during World War II. (AP Photo)

Operation Overlord Normandy, Troops of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division are landing at Juno Beach on the outskirts of Bernieres-sur-Mer on D-Day, 6th June 1944. 14,000 Canadian soldiers were put ashore and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead. France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

D-Day at the Ministry of Information - 6-June-1944

Pool photograph. (Photo by Planet News Archive/SSPL/Getty Images)

Operation Overlord Normandy, Troops of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division are landing at Juno Beach on the outskirts of Bernieres-sur-Mer on D-Day. 6th June 1944. 14,000 Canadian soldiers were put ashore and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead. France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

Second-wave troops of 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade, probably Highland Light Infantry of Canada, disembarking with bicycles from LCI(L)s (Landing Craft Infantry Large) onto 'Nan White' Beach, JUNO Area at Bernieres-sur-Mer, shortly before midday on 6 June 1944. (Photo by Canadian Official Photographer/ IWM via Getty Images)

Operation Overlord

The Royal Navy During The Second World War: Operation Overlord (The Normandy Landings), June 1944, A lorry disembarks from a landing ship on the Normandy beaches, 7 June 1944. (Photo by Lt. J A Hampton/ IWM via Getty Images)

Operation Overlord (The Normandy Landings): D-Day 6 June 1944, Beach casualties being helped to the sick-bay on board HMS FROBISHER. The cruiser had helped bombard the enemy coastal positions during the week before D-Day. (Photo by Lt. E E Allen/ IWM via Getty Images)

Juno Beach D-Day Landings

Troops from the 48th Royal Marines at Saint-Aubin-sur-mer on Juno Beach, Normandy, France, during the D-Day landings, 6th June 1944. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Operation Overlord Normandy

Operation Overlord Normandy, Soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division have set up an anti-aircraft Bofors 40 mm/L60 with the British-designed Stiffkey Sight. 6th June 1944. The emplacement is in Bernieres-sur-Mer near Juno Beach. German Luftwaffe war planes are still active in the area. 14,000 Canadian soldiers were put ashore and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead. France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

Operation Overlord Normandy

Operation Overlord Normandy, Soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division have set up an anti-aircraft Bofors 40 mm/L60 with the British-designed Stiffkey Sight. 6th June 1944. The emplacement is in Bernieres-sur-Mer near Juno Beach. German Luftwaffe war planes are still active in the area. 14,000 Canadian soldiers were put ashore and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead. France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

Operation Overlord Normandy

Operation Overlord Normandy, The Saskatchewan Regiment of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division is landing at Juno Beach on the outskirts of Bernieres-sur-Mer on D-Day. 6th June 1944. 14,000 Canadian soldiers were put ashore and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead. France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

Operation Overlord Normandy, A Canadian soldier is directing traffic in Bernieres-sur-Mer. 6th June 1944. The Canadians landed at Juno Beach which is nearby. 14,000 Canadian soldiers were put ashore and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead. France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)