Deception used to fool Nazis prior to D-Day invasion, says Nanaimo Legion exec

Canada’s contributions to a seminal moment in the Second World War were commemorated at Royal Canadian Legion branch in Nanaimo.
Legion Branch 256 (Mount Benson) held a memorial Saturday, on the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day invasion when Canada and its allies landed at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. Lew Forth, Branch 256 second vice-president, emceed the event, remembering the lives lost on Juno Beach.
The first line of German defences was “completely smashed by evening,” h