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mods: Hitler's U-boat fortresses Bradham, Randolph creator author text bibliography History. Military history. ctu 2003 monographic eng print xxii, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm "The French naval bases at St. Nazaire and Lorient, occupied by the Germans in June 1940, quickly became the homes of massive U-boat fortresses - nearly indestructible submarine pens, built by mostly slave labor. From these bases, the U-boats struck merchant shipping at will from the Mediterranean to the North Sea. Thousands of vessels were lost, along with vital war material destined for Britain and the Soviet Union. As a result, the Royal Air Force began an all-out bombardment of the two portraits. "Despite their extensive efforts - and those of the Americans who joined them in 1942 - the fortresses would survive, surrounded by the decimated French towns and countryside. This is the story of what was, perhaps, the longest ongoing battle in Europe during the Second World War, seen through the eyes of someone who experienced much of it firsthand."--Jacket. 1940 -- The Beginning -- Aerial Bombardment -- U-Boat Menace -- Those Who Would Resist -- 1941 -- Expansion of the U-Boat Bases -- Bombardment Continues -- The Resistance -- 1942 -- U-Boat Destruction -- Operation Chariot -- Evacuation, Bombardments, and U-Boats -- 1943 -- Bombardment Intensifies--The Apocalypse -- February 28, 1943--The Apocalypse -- The U-Boats Meet Resistance -- French Forces of the Interior--Origin -- 1944 -- Germans on the Defensive -- The Resistance Mobilizes for War -- The Resistance Movement in Morbihan and in the Loire Atlantic -- La Nouette, 6 to 18 June, 1944 -- The Battle -- 1944--July, August, September -- Breakout and Engagement -- General Fahrmbacher's Report Post-War on Preparation of the Defense of Lorient -- Hennebont -- French Forces Mobilize for War -- 83rd Infantry Division Captures 20,000 Germans -- 1944--October, November, December -- Ground War--94th Infantry Division Takes Over -- Record of 94t…