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Bordeaux Submarine Base

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Bordeaux Submarine Base

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Bordeaux, Port de la Lune

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  • Location: New Aquitaine, France

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    February 12, 2021

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    built by the Germans between 1941 and 1943. Long neglected, it has now become a pool of light. after having served in the war it is now a center dedicated to culture.
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    The submarine bunker Bordeaux[1] (French Base sous-marine de Bordeaux) was a protected submarine base of the German and Italian naval forces in Bordeaux, southern France, during World War II. The base was subordinate to the German commander of the U-boat fleet Karl Dönitz.
    After the war, the submarine bunkers proved impervious to demolition due to their massive, reinforced construction. Since 2010, after the conversion a few years ago, around 12,000 m² of the 42,000 m² building has been open to the public as a cultural center for performing arts, exhibitions and evening events.


    Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Boot-Bunker_Bordeaux
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    Due to the increasing threat to the base from Allied air raids, Admiral Dönitz decided in the summer of 1941 to build a submarine bunker for the base in Bordeaux. …
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