Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin Duniya na II ya ɓarke a ranar 3 ga Satumba, tare da Calais da ke hannun Jamusawa a ranar 25 ga Mayu 1940. Ma'aikatar Pas-de-Calais ta zama yankin da ke da iko na musamman, wanda "Oberkommando der Wehrmacht" ke gudanarwa a Brussels, Belgium. A bakin tekun akwai "yankin da ake kira Red Zone". An ce dokar Faransa ba ta aiki a wannan yankin. A karkashin yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta
, Faransa za ta ba da layin dogo ga Jamusawa ba tare da lalacewa ba kuma za ta yi aiki tare da hukumomin Jamus don dawo da su zuwa yanayin aiki. A watan Mayu 1942, an gina wani reshe a Berck-Ville don haɗawa da filin jirgin sama, sannan Luftwaffe ke amfani da shi. An sake rage ayyukan saboda hukumomin Jamus sun ba da wasu daga cikin locomotives da hannun jari na CF du ARB. Ayyukan sojoji sun fi fifiko kan ayyukan farar hula. A watan Satumbar 1943, an lalata motocin bogies takwas sosai lokacin da Berck-Plage ya shiga cikin mummunan harin. Wasu daga cikin motocin suna gudana a watan Disamba tare da gilashin da ya ɓace, wanda ya haifar da gunaguni a cikin jaridar gida.