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Re: U-boat pens in La Rochelle/La Pallice
Posted by:
Howard Markham
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Date: September 23, 2008 04:02PM
Hello Julie
I realise this is way late and you will have visited these pens by now but I was joining a ship way back in the 80's in La Pallice and sayed at a small Pension just accross from these Pens. The whole harbour complex at La Pallice was built by the Germans and is still in use today as a commercial port facility. When I visited the Pens the French Army still operated a radio facility from the complex so access was prohibited to most of the structure. Many of the older residents of La Pallice including the Lady who owned the Pension I stayed in had vivid memories of the many raids carried out to destroy the Pens without success.
Hope you and your Father had a Good Holiday!
Howard
I realise this is way late and you will have visited these pens by now but I was joining a ship way back in the 80's in La Pallice and sayed at a small Pension just accross from these Pens. The whole harbour complex at La Pallice was built by the Germans and is still in use today as a commercial port facility. When I visited the Pens the French Army still operated a radio facility from the complex so access was prohibited to most of the structure. Many of the older residents of La Pallice including the Lady who owned the Pension I stayed in had vivid memories of the many raids carried out to destroy the Pens without success.
Hope you and your Father had a Good Holiday!
Howard
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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U-boat pens in La Rochelle/La Pallice | Julie Quick | 08/11/2008 01:38PM |
Re: U-boat pens in La Rochelle/La Pallice | Kevin M. Pearson | 08/11/2008 02:45PM |
Re: U-boat pens in La Rochelle/La Pallice | peter jones | 09/18/2011 03:40PM |
Re: U-boat pens in La Rochelle/La Pallice | Peter Jones | 01/29/2012 02:18PM |
Re: U-boat pens in La Rochelle/La Pallice | Howard Markham | 09/23/2008 04:02PM |
Re: U-boat pens in La Rochelle/La Pallice | lufkincy | 09/30/2008 01:21AM |
Re: U-boat pens in La Rochelle/La Pallice | David MacPherson | 10/12/2008 02:32PM |
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