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 94th Infantry Division -- French Battle Germans South of the Loire River -- Sinking of the Leopoldville -- 1945 -- Enter the 66th Infantry (Black Panther) Division -- French Forces Reorganize and Strongly Hold the Line -- Official Record of the 66th Infantry Division -- History of the Pockets -- Campaign of the Pockets -- Evacuations -- Surrender -- Monuments. Randolph Bradham. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index. British Library not licensed to copy 0. Uk e-gx--- e-fr--- World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine Navy-yards and naval stations France Lorient History 20th century Navy-yards and naval stations France Saint-Nazaire History 20th century Lorient (France) History, Military 20th century Saint-Nazaire (France) History, Military 20th century Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Opérations navales allemandes Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Opérations sous-marines Bases navales France Lorient Histoire 20e siècle Bases navales France Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) Histoire 20e siècle Military operations, Naval German Military operations, Naval Submarine Navy-yards and naval stations France Lorient France Saint-Nazaire Unterseebootkrieg Deutschland Arsenal de Lorient Hafen Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire Hafen Lorient Arsenal de Lorient World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb Geschichte 1940-1945. 1900-1999 fast Geschichte 1940-1945 swd D781 .B68 2003 940.54/51 8 8,1 8,2 0275981339 9780275981334 2003051755 http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e3k6-aa https://doi.org/10.5040/9798400665783?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections https://doi.org/10.5040/9798400665783?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e3k6-aa TAG TAGC British Library not licensed to copy 0. Uk DLC 030508 20240807184910.7 in00004808543 eng