Question

Where did Hitler and his staff believe the Allies would attack?

Answer 1

Hitler and his military staff believed that the Allies would likely launch their main invasion in the Pas de Calais region of France, which is the closest point between Britain and mainland Europe. This assumption led them to fortify that area heavily in anticipation of an Allied attack.

Despite their preparations, the Allies chose to launch Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion, in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The successful landings in Normandy caught the German forces off guard, as they had concentrated their defenses in the Pas de Calais, which ultimately contributed to the superiority of the Allied forces in the initial stages of the liberation of Western Europe.