La Pallice (also known as grand port maritime de La Rochelle) is the commercial deep-water port of La Rochelle, France.
Grue la Pallice
During the Fall of France, on 19 June 1940, approximately 6,000 Polish soldiers in exile under the command of Stanisław Sosabowski arrived at La Pallice, from where they were evacuated to Great Britain - thus able to go on fighting till the end of the war.
La Pallice is equipped with oil unloading equipment, and mainly handles tropical wood. It is also the home of La Rochelle's fishing fleet, which was moved from the old harbour in the city centre during the 1980s.
Panorama of La Pallice industrial harbour, seen from Île de Ré
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^ abcAmbrosius, Martin. "U-boat Base La Pallice". Battlefields. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
^Lepage, Jean-Denis G.G. (2016). "Organisation Todt". Hitler's Armed Forces Auxiliaries: An Illustrated History of the Wehrmachtsgefolge, 1933–1945. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN978-1476620886.
pallice, also, known, grand, port, maritime, rochelle, commercial, deep, water, port, rochelle, france, grue, pallice, during, fall, france, june, 1940, approximately, polish, soldiers, exile, under, command, stanisław, sosabowski, arrived, from, where, they, . La Pallice also known as grand port maritime de La Rochelle is the commercial deep water port of La Rochelle France Grue la Pallice During the Fall of France on 19 June 1940 approximately 6 000 Polish soldiers in exile under the command of Stanislaw Sosabowski arrived at La Pallice from where they were evacuated to Great Britain thus able to go on fighting till the end of the war Under the Nazi Occupation of France La Pallice was used as a U boat base Base sous marine de La Rochelle fr from October 1941 when the 3rd U boat Flotilla was moved there from its base in Kiel La Pallice was subject to the allied siege of La Rochelle in 1944 45 which ended with the capitulation of Germany 1 The large submarine base built at that time still stands largely is not in use 1 It was used as a backdrop for the film Das Boot 1981 2 and Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 1 La Pallice is equipped with oil unloading equipment and mainly handles tropical wood It is also the home of La Rochelle s fishing fleet which was moved from the old harbour in the city centre during the 1980s Panorama of La Pallice industrial harbour seen from Ile de ReReferences edit a b c Ambrosius Martin U boat Base La Pallice Battlefields Retrieved October 5 2017 Lepage Jean Denis G G 2016 Organisation Todt Hitler s Armed Forces Auxiliaries An Illustrated History of the Wehrmachtsgefolge 1933 1945 McFarland p 46 ISBN 978 1476620886 External links editGerman submarine base in La Pallice 46 09 30 N 1 13 40 W 46 15833 N 1 22778 W 46 15833 1 22778 nbsp This Charente Maritime geographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title La Pallice amp oldid 1035534506, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
