Lorient Submarine Base - Wikipedia
WEBLorient Submarine Base was a submarine naval base located in Lorient, France. It was built in 1941 by the German Kriegsmarine, and was continued to be enlarged until 1943. After the German defeat it was used by the French Navy. It was decommissioned in 1995 and converted to civilian use.
France’s U-Boat Bunkers Survived the War—And Thrive Today - HistoryNet
WEBAug 14, 2019 · Germany constructed both massive wet-pen bunkers (header) and dry-pen bunkers (above) to house its U-boat fleet at Lorient, France. (Bundesarchiv) Dönitz believed—more so than Adolf Hitler or Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the head of the German navy—that U-boats were key to winning the naval war against Britain. Cut off its supply line to ...
Saint-Nazaire submarine base - Wikipedia
WEBThe submarine base of Saint-Nazaire is one of five large fortified U-boat pens built by Germany during the Second World War in occupied Saint-Nazaire, France.
uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - Bases in France
WEBThe Bases in France. The French harbours on the west coast were captured by the German army after the stunning victory over the allied forces in May-June 1940. Almost right away widespread preperations for an all-out U-boat deployment from those bases went into action.
Visit the Lorient U-boat Base | Lorient | Category (en-gb)
WEBThe detailled story of the german U-boat bases of the second world war in France. Read the history of each base, get some phtos, and discover the german submarines which participated in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Nazi U-Boat Pens – La Rochelle, France - Atlas Obscura
WEBFeb 8, 2017 · Discover Nazi U-Boat Pens in La Rochelle, France: A massive, secret marina for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
History | Lorient | Category (en-gb) - U-boat bases
WEBLorient was the largest of the 5 German Atlantic Coast bases in France, of 1149 careenings which took place in France, 492 were undertaken in Lorient. The detailled story of the german U-boat bases of the second world war in France.
The submarine base of Saint-Nazaire An iconic part of the town
WEBThis 301m-long strategic base was built in just 16 months in 1941-42, using nearly 500,000m3 of concrete. With a roof up to 9.6m thick, it housed the fearsome U-Boats plus hundreds of men, their offices and workshops until May 1945.
uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - Bases - Lorient, France
WEBGerman forces captured Lorient on June 21, 1940. The Germans needed those French bases for the ongoing Battle of the Atlantic and Kptlt. Lemp's U-30 was the first German U-boat to take use of the Lorient base on July 7, 1940. This was also the first replenishing from any French base.
The submarine base of Lorient | Chemins de mémoire
WEBFrom the summer of 1940 and the German victory in the west, the Kriegesmarine fits out bases in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. The Lorient arsenal is chosen by Admiral Karl Dönitz to accommodate one of the five huge bases installed on the French coasts of the Atlantic to protect the U-Boote.