 During the period when invasion was most feared, the division was stationed just north of London.By the end of 1940 the division was stationed in East Kent, where it remained for the next four years, first in defensive mode, later training intensively for the Allied invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord).It was later noted that its habitual training area round Stone Street, Kent, bore a marked resemblance to the "Bocage" countryside in Normandy where it would later fight.