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Originally Posted by joea
So when u-boats were first transferred to the French bases...or later on new boats sent to join their flotillas in France from Germany...I assume they went the long way around instead of hugging the coast on the occupied side? :hmm:
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Boats transferring from Germany to the French Atlantic ports, and newly built boats heading to the flotillas based there, would usually do a patrol in the North Atlantic first, then proceed to which ever French base they'd been assigned to.