With its 480,000 cubic metres of concrete and its successive layered design, the Saint-Nazaire submarine base resisted 13 raids and 2,000 tons of bombs. The Allies finally renounced destroying it, recognizing that the human cost was not worth it in the face of a formidable German engineering. More
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With its 480,000 cubic metres of concrete and its successive layered design, the Saint-Nazaire submarine base resisted 13 raids and 2,000 tons of bombs. The Allies finally renounced destroying it, recognizing that the human cost was not worth it in the face of a formidable German engineering. More