Allied Siege of La Rochelle
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The Allied siege of La Rochelle occurred during the Second World War in 1944–45, when Allied troops invaded France. La Rochelle was an important German naval base on the Atlantic for surface ships and submarines, from which U-boat campaigns were launched.
1944 — 1945
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Location: 46.1594, -1.1514, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1944 — 1945 Allied Siege of La Rochelle
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1224 | Siege of La Rochelle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1372 | Siege of La Rochelle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1372 | Battle of La Rochelle | Kingdom of England, Crown of Castile, naval battle, Castilian Navy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1372 | Siege of Soubise | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1573 | Siege of La Rochelle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1621 | Blockade of La Rochelle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1622 | Blockade of La Rochelle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1622 | Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré | France, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1625 | Recovery of Ré island | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1627 | Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1627 | Siege of La Rochelle | siege, Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Benjamin, Duke of Frontenay, Jean Guiton, Louis XIII of France | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1627 | Battle of Pont du Feneau | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1757 | Raid on Rochefort | Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1809 | Battle of the Basque Roads | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Allied Siege of La Rochelle | siege | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | U-667 | Type VIIC submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | U-766 | U-boat, Type VIIC submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1941 | La Rochelle submarine base | submarine pen | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort de Chef-de-Baie | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Fouras | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de La Prée | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Énet | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Liédot | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Louis | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Madame | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1672 | Fort Lapointe | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1673 | Redoute de l'Aiguille | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1674 | Sablanceau and Redoute of Rivedoux | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1683 | Fort Lupin | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1742 | Batterie Grouin | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1801 | Fort Boyard | sea fort | Wikidata |
| site | military base | 1665 | Arsenal de Rochefort | shipyard, naval base, arsenal | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Musée National de la Marine de Rochefort | naval museum | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Fortifications maritimes de La Rochelle | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | 1399 | tour de Moureilles | fortified tower | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Memorial de la poche de La Rochelle | Commons | ||
