The Germans took away the Jews' clothing because they use to steal any valuable things. So they would've thought that the clothing was valuable and stole it.
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As early as 1935, Germany began to pass the Nuremberg Laws which began to strip Jews of their rights and privileges in German Society.
The Germans were trying weaken English defenses and take over the country.
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Most of the Germans thought the invasion would happen at Straits of Calais. This was the shortest crossing point.
According to The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank" After May 1940 the good times were few and far between: first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews. Our freedom was severely restricted by a series of anti-Jewish decrees: Jews were required to wear a yellow star; Jews were required to turn in their bicycles; Jews were forbidden to use street-cars; Jews were forbidden to ride in cars, even their own; Jews were required to do their shopping between 3 and 5 P.M.; Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty parlors; Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8 P.M. and 6 A.M.; Jews were forbidden to attend theaters, movies or any other forms of entertainment; Jews were forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic fields; Jews were forbidden to go rowing; Jews were forbidden to take part in any athletic activity in public; Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8 P.M.; Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools, etc. You couldn't do this and you couldn't do that, but life went on" (page 3).