20 August 1940
Operation Sea Lion
Kesselring is ordered to concentrate his forces in the Pas de Calais
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Pas de Calais in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Kesselring is ordered to concentrate his forces in the Pas de Calais
The strongest part has 93 heavy gun emplacements & 39 mobile heavy guns
Fooled by Operation Fortitude into believing the Allies will attack the Pas de Calais
Mistakenly believes the Allies will land near the Somme & the Schelde
The High Command keep forces in Calais beleiving there will be a larger invasion there
The Allies begin their breakout from Normandy
Provenance
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