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RE: whats in Paris, France
Posted by:
Ying
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Date: December 08, 2000 03:09AM
<HTML>Hi MPC,
I also got the relative info on France from Michael Gannon\'s \"Operation Drumbeat\", except for what Craig has said, here\'s the more exact info on Admiral Doenitz\'s HQ. The book has a picture of Doenitz\'s HQ chateau with the caption:\"Shown in center is Admiral Karl Doenitz\'s headquarters chateau (BdU) at Kernevel near the mouth of the harbor at Lorient, France\".
I went on to find the part describing Hardegen, together with other two commanders called by Doenitz to his HQ to receive the order of Operation Drumbeat. The part has a bit detail of the route to the HQ:
\"The sedan passed over the Ter River bridge onto Larmor-Plage south of the city and shortly afterward turned east on the rue du south across the roadstead, the officers could see the battlements of the eighteenth-century stone Citadelle de Port-Louis that once guarded the harbor\'s entrance. Their driver stopped to present passes at a guardhouse painted in red and white chevrons, lthen drove onto a gravel driveway and stopped again before the eight sweeping stone steps of handsome chateau.\"
Hope this would be of a little help to you. I really hope that you\'ll have a wonderful time with your girlfriend and your son. Bon voyage!
Have fun,
Ying
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I also got the relative info on France from Michael Gannon\'s \"Operation Drumbeat\", except for what Craig has said, here\'s the more exact info on Admiral Doenitz\'s HQ. The book has a picture of Doenitz\'s HQ chateau with the caption:\"Shown in center is Admiral Karl Doenitz\'s headquarters chateau (BdU) at Kernevel near the mouth of the harbor at Lorient, France\".
I went on to find the part describing Hardegen, together with other two commanders called by Doenitz to his HQ to receive the order of Operation Drumbeat. The part has a bit detail of the route to the HQ:
\"The sedan passed over the Ter River bridge onto Larmor-Plage south of the city and shortly afterward turned east on the rue du south across the roadstead, the officers could see the battlements of the eighteenth-century stone Citadelle de Port-Louis that once guarded the harbor\'s entrance. Their driver stopped to present passes at a guardhouse painted in red and white chevrons, lthen drove onto a gravel driveway and stopped again before the eight sweeping stone steps of handsome chateau.\"
Hope this would be of a little help to you. I really hope that you\'ll have a wonderful time with your girlfriend and your son. Bon voyage!
Have fun,
Ying
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