1941
Study of Bayeux Tapestry
Jankuhn directed Nazi-sponsored research into the embroidery's supposed Germanic and ancestral significance.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bayeux in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Jankuhn directed Nazi-sponsored research into the embroidery's supposed Germanic and ancestral significance.
Jeschke made graphic and colour studies of the embroidery for the Ahnenerbe research project.
German forces withdrew from Bayeux to concentrate their defence around Caen.
The Germans abandon Bayeux
Withdrawal from Normandy is turned down by Hitler. Hitler orders a counterattack from Bayeux
Provenance
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