The siege of Calais begins

24th May 1940: A motorised Brigade sent out from England have only just arrived when Calais is surrounded and attacked by the Wehrmacht

The fortified entrance to Calais.

With the capture of Boulogne, the Germans were progressing northeast along the French coast, back towards Dunkirk. Calais was the next port along the coast. French and British troops were already falling back into the town - but a Brigade of reinforcements arrived from England late on the 22nd May. They disembarked under…