Dora II
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Dora II is an unfinished German submarine base and submarine pen or bunker in Trondheim, Norway, which is next to Dora I. Construction of the bunker was undertaken during the Second World War, but the
Dora I (foreground with blue upper levels) and Dora II (background with only a partial roof). Dora II is a more open and incomplete structure than Dora I.
Inside of Dora 2 (2016)
German U-boat bases in occupied Norway operated between 1940 and 1945, when the Kriegsmarine, converted several naval bases in Norway into submarine bases. Norwegian coastal cities became available to
Dora II
…Arctic Oceans than Germany. Nevertheless, better protection for U-boats from aerial attack was required so a bunker-building programme was instigated. German U-boat bases in occupied Norway operated between 1940 and 1945, when the Kriegsmarine (German navy), converted several naval bases in Norway into submarine bases. Trondheim was an…
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German type VII and IX U-boats at Trondheim after the war on 19 May 1945