The other day I learned that the Juno awards were not named in relation to Juno Beach in Normandy. I had always assumed there was a connection between the two.
I also learned that Juno beach was originally code named Jelly Beach. Each of the three British/Canadian invasion beachheads in Normandy were named for fish - Swordfish, Goldfish, and Jellyfish which were shortened to remove 'fish'. Winston Churchill apparently felt Jelly was not a dignified name for a beach that was likely going to see a large loss of life and requested it's name be changed. Juno was the replacement name.
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