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Hitler was convinced the Allies would land in the Pas De Calais area near Dunkerque (Dunkirk) France.

The allies had tricked him into believing it. They set up phony military equipment on the shores opposite to Calais to make Hitler think they were building up forces to attack at Dunkerque. They sent phoney messages that the the Nazis listened to and believed. They also sent a bogus force of army people to Norway. This deception was called Operation Fortitude. See link below.

Hitler was convinced the Allies would never land in Normandy where there were no shipping piers. He would not guess the allies would bring their own piers. When they did land at Normandy he said that landing force was a prelude to the main forces coming to Calais. He failed to understand the forces at Normandy WAS the main landing - the Brits and Americans had tricked him immensely.

For the most part, it was the German High Command, not Hitler, who expected an invasion of France to be at the Pas De Calais.

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