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Re: Why was L'Orient not bombed during construction?
Posted by: Natter ()
Date: September 18, 2013 05:37PM

Hi

Here are some of the titles on the subject of uboat-bunkers I find on my bookshelf:

"L'incroyable histoire de la Poche de Saint-Nazaire" (Luc Braeuer, 2000. ISBN 2-9513787-1-8 )
"U-Boote! Brest 1940 - 1942, la tanière des 1ère et 9e flottilles" (Luc Braeuer / Benoit Senne, 2011. ISBN 9-782-84497-213-2 )
"U-Boote! Lorient Juin 40 - Juin 41, le premier "age d'or"" (Luc Braeuer, 2009. ISBN 2-9525651-3-9 )
"U-Boote! Lorient Juillet 41 - Juillet 42, cap sur les côtes américaines" (Luc Braeuer, 2010. ISBN 9-782-84497-177-7 )
"U-Boote! Lorient Août 42 - Août 43, combats sur tous les océans" (Luc Braeuer, 2013. ISBN 9-782-84497-252-1 )
"Boote unter Beton - Die Hamburger U-Boot Bunker" (Jan Heitmann, 2007. ISBN 978-3-931129-32-3 )
"Die deutschen Ubootbunker und Bunkerwerften - Bau, Verwendung und Bedeutung verbunkerter Ubootstützpunkte in beiden Weltkriegen" (Sönke Neitzel, 1991. ISBN 3-7637-5823-2 )
"Deutsche U-Boot-Stützpunkte und Bunkeranlagen 1939-1945" (Jak P. Mallmann-Showell, 2003. ISBN 3-613-02331-8 )
"Die Deutsche U-Boote und ihre Werften, Band 1" (Eberhard Rössler, 1980. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7 )
"Die Deutsche U-Boote und ihre Werften, Band 2" (Eberhard Rössler, 1980. ISBN 3-7637-5218-8 )
"German U-Boat Bunkers - Yesterday and today" (K.Heinz / M.Schmeelke, 1999. ISBN 0-7643-0786-X )
"Die U-Boot-Bunkerwerft "Valentin" - Der U-Boot-Sektionsbau, die Betonbautechnik und der menschenunwürdige Einsatz von 1943 bis 1945" (Rainer Christochowitz, 2000. ISBN 3-934836-05-4 )
"Bunker 'Valentin' - Marinerüstung, Zwangsarbeit und Erinnerung" (Marc Buggeln, 2010. ISBN 978-3-8378-4004-9 )
"Bunker 'Valentin' - Kriegswirtschaft und Zwangsarbeit Bremen-Farge 1943-1945" (D.Schmidt / F.Becker, 1996. ISBN 3-86108-288-8 )
"U-Boat bases and bunkers 1941-45" (Gordon Williamson, 2003 ISBN 1-84176-556-2 )
"Hitler's U-Boat Fortresses" (Randolf Bradham, 2003. ISBN 1-59228-680-1 )
"Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine 1935-1945, Band 3 - Die U-Boot Waffe-Kleinkampfmittel-Marineinfanterie Divisionen-Seeflieger-Häfen und Stützpunkte" (Podzun-Pallas)
"Osprey Fortress 003 - U-Boat Bases and Bunkers 1941-45"
"U-Boote - The History of the Kriegsmarine U-Boats 1935-45"
"U-Boote 1939-45 - The History of the Kriegsmarine U-Boats"
"U-Boote - The History of the Kriegsmarine U-Boats 1935-1945"
"Fortress Europe - Hitler's U-Boat Bases"

I might have a few more, but that's what I can find for now. You should be able to obtain most of these online (eBay, Abe Books etc).


As mr Braeuer has posted here, I'll take the opportunity to ask him if there's more books to be published on the Lorient-theme (for the period after august 1943)?

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Why was L'Orient not bombed during construction? Flaccus 07/28/2013 04:22PM
Re: Why was L'Orient not bombed during construction? Freddy 07/30/2013 07:59AM
Re: Bombing of Lorient during construction Flaccus 07/30/2013 12:40PM
Re: Bombing of Lorient during construction MB 07/30/2013 09:45PM
Re: Bombing of Lorient during construction Luc Braeuer 08/15/2013 10:55AM
Re: Bombing of Lorient during construction Flaccus 08/15/2013 01:14PM
Re: Bombing of Lorient during construction Luc Braeuer 08/15/2013 04:30PM
Re: Bombing of Lorient during construction Flaccus 08/19/2013 09:58PM
Re: Bombing of Lorient during construction JWHitsch 10/15/2013 01:56PM
Re: Bombing of Lorient during construction MB 10/15/2013 05:06PM
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Re: Why was L'Orient not bombed during construction? mike4rest 08/28/2013 10:47PM
Re: Why was L'Orient not bombed during construction? Natter 09/18/2013 05:37PM
Re: Why was L'Orient not bombed during construction? MB 09/18/2013 06:28PM


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