Straight of Dover
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The Strait of Dover, in the English Channel, separates Britain from France.
The Germans were convinced any invasion would be at the narrowest part of the English Channel - between Dover and Calais.
Its called the "waist"
the English Channel and the Western Approaches part of the Atlantic. At its narrowest point the English Channel is only 21 miles wide and is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
The Channel Islands of Guernsy and Jersey which are not a part of the UK, but are instead Crown dependencies.
Dover town is located in the home country of Kent, in South East England. It lies south-east of Canterbury, north-east to Dungeness, east to Maidstone and faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel.
The Germans were fooled into believing that the Allies would invade France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, to land in or near calais. The landing in Normandy, was initially viewed by the Germans as a diversion.
It's narrowest at Lake Itasca in north central Minnesota.
In the English Channel off of the coast of France although they are part of the UK.
It is the body of water between England and France.