page_title: Fortress Europe
hierarchical_section_title: Fortress Europe
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Cotentin peninsula Français&#160;: Carte routière du départment Manche Nederlands: kaart van Cotentin Légende&#160;:
context_page_description: Fortress Europe was a military propaganda term used by both sides of the Second World War which referred to the areas of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, as opposed to the United Kingdom across the Channel.
context_section_description: Fortress Europe (German: Festung Europa) was a military propaganda term used by both sides of the Second World War which referred to the areas of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, as opposed to the United Kingdom across the Channel.
caption: Cotentin Peninsula (Cherbourg peninsula) in Normandy
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