Saint-Nazaire
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- Saint-Nazaire is also a commune of the Gard département of France.
Template:FRdot Saint-Nazaire is a city and commune in the Loire-Atlantique département of France, of which it is a sous-préfecture. It is a major harbor, on the right bank of the Loire river estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean.
The shipyard at Saint-Nazaire built the SS Normandie in the 1930s that required the construction of a massive new dock infrastructure. This gave the port a massive strategic importance to the Axis during the Second World War. Following the fall of France the port was a base of operations for the German Navy and was the target of Allied operations.
Economy
- First port of France on the Atlantic side
- Shipyard
See also
- 1942 raid on the dry docks - see Operation Chariot
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