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Kriegsmarine Naval Bases in France.

The first plan of the Kriegsmarine High Command decided that Brest would be a first-order Naval Base. As naval bases of second order for light surface forces were intended the ports of Cherbourg (up to destroyers) and Boulogne (S-Boote). Le Havre and Saint-Malo were intended as a naval bases of third-order for light surface forces up to destroyers.

On the Atlantic coast were also provided as naval bases of second-order, Saint Nazaire and Lorient; the first port for naval forces of all types and the second for submersibles (Lorient in turn was envisioned as a naval base of third-order for surface forces until light cruisers). Further south were provided the ports of La Rochelle-Rochefort and Bayonne as operational naval bases for light surface forces (Torpedo boats and destroyers); in turn on the Quiberon Peninsula was established an anchorage for naval forces of all types.

Source: Militärgeschichte Zeitschrift für historische Bildung-Heft 2-2010.

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Kriegsmarine Naval Bases in France.

Source: U Boote. Eine Bildchronik 1939-1945.

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Allied Bombing of the French Ports, 1942-1943!

The allied forces were powerless to exercise proper control over the vast western European coast from Narvik to the Bay of Biscay. Unable to impose an effective blockade of the German submarines operating from French ports, during the period from 1942 to 1943 they used air raids on the ports of Lorient, St. Nazaire, La Pallice and to a lesser extent against Brest and Bordeaux. Most of Lorient and St. Nazaire were destroyed in the process, in a deliberate attempt to reduce the u boats activities.

Sources: Bombs, Cities, and Submarines: Allied Bombing of the French Ports, 1942-1943. Josef W. Konvitz. The International History Review. Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb., 1992), pp. 23-44
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/World-War-II-U- ... 280a91cc43

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Allied Bombing of the French Ports, 1942-1943!

Sources: WWII US Army Air Force Foto BORDEAUX Luftbild U-Boot-Bunker Luftangriff Mai 1943

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Allied Bombing of the French Ports, 1942-1943!

B-17s over Lorient!

Sources: THE MIGHTY EIGHTH IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR By Graham Smith

This mission was carried out with 65 planes unloading 162.5 tons of bombs. Cheers. Raúl M .

Hi Raul,
I'm just back at home and was in Saint Nazaire last week-end.
Here below are some actual views of the german u-boat base:




Kindly regards
Prosper

Hello Prosper ; thank you very much for sharing those "now" pictures here, fully appreciated . Cheers. Raúl M .

Very nice photos!!

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Kriegsmarine Naval Bases in France.

Source: http://www.ebay.at/itm/Foto-Soldat-Hafe ... 5b3058f1dd

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Kriegsmarine Naval Bases in France - Lorient ??.

Source: https://www.delcampe.net/de/sammlerobje ... 66427.html

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Lorient!

Source: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/cc/54 ... b5db29.jpg

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Dry dock!

Source: https://www.ebay.at/itm/U-Boot-auf-Reed ... SwQmJcb80u

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The U-Bootwaffe in action - Lorient.

Source: https://www.ebay.de/itm/FOTO-WK-2-U-BOO ... 4acb63d74a
http://www.ubootarchiv.de/ubootwiki/index.php/U_105

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St. Nazaire.

According to the source U Endrass (IMO U 46)......................

Sources: https://picclick.de/Q384-Foto-Wehrmacht ... id=1&pid=1

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U-Boot in Stützpunkt! (St. Nazaire).

Routine tasks on U 593 (Type VII C) in port.........................

Source: https://kriegsmarine-shop.de/p/deutsche ... azaire-2wk

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