Germans Always Pick The Best Beach Spots

Off duty: German troops of the 1st Gebirgsjäger relax on a beach near Boulogne in 1940

There are no sunbeds in sight, but this picture is clear evidence, as if any were needed, that the German aptitude for bagging the best sunbathing spots goes back a long way.

There’s barely room to move on this beach near Boulogne, and any Britons trying to find a spot wouldn’t have been terribly welcome.

The year was 1940 and this rare colour photo shows a unit of Hitler’s army relaxing as they waited to see if they would be called on to cross the Channel and attack the South Coast

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