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Hitler's Gateway to the Atlantic: German Naval Bases in France 1940-1945 Reporting from the Front: War Reporters during the Great War by Best, Brian; Hellwinkel, Lars is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An excellent book that examines the role that the French Atlantic ports played for the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War ( Warship Annual ). When the Wehrmacht overran France in May and June of 1940, the German navys dream of access to the Atlantic was realized, and Brest, Lorient, St. Nazaire, La Pallice and Bordeaux were converted into naval bases for surface, U-boat and auxiliary cruiser operations, though it is only the heavily fortified U-boat bunkers that have received any attention to date. The book describes the extent to which the French, both locally and at the level of the Vichy Government, cooperated with the German authorities in occupied France to convert the existing ports, and explains how the 45,000 workers of the Todt Organization built the monumental bunkers and other facilities. This fascinating narrative of the German occupation is balanced by the story of the vicious British maritime-air campaign that was commenced immediately following the fall of France, and which was far more effective than has been previously suggested. The German attempt to turn Brittany into a vast bastion area after the Normandy landings is a further aspect which is covered

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Author

Best, Brian; Hellwinkel, Lars

Publisher

Sensory World;Seaforth Publishing

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781473842793

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Travel, Military