Keroman Submarine Base
| Keroman Submarine Base | |
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| Lorient, France | |
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 Keroman Submarine Base
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| Coordinates | 47°43′45″N 3°22′13″W / 47.72917°N 3.37028°W |
| Type | Submarine base |
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
Coordinates: 47°43′39″N 3°22′03″W / 47.72750°N 3.36750°W
Keroman Submarine Base was a German U-boat base located in Lorient during World War II. Großadmiral Karl Dönitz decided to build the base on 28 June 1940. Between February 1941 and January 1942 three gigantic reinforced concrete structures were built on the Keroman peninsula. They are called K1, K2 and K3. In 1944 work began on a fourth structure. The base was capable of sheltering thirty submarines under cover. Although Lorient was heavily damaged by Allied bombing raids, this naval base survived through to the end of the war. Lorient was held until May 1945 by the Germans' Wehrmacht Heer regular army forces, though surrounded by the American Army; the Germans refused to surrender.
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