BETASOM
OrganizationWorld War II
Italian submarine base at Bordeaux during World War II
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BETASOM
- World War II
BETASOM was a Regia Marina submarine base established at Bordeaux, France during the Second World War. Its name was an Italian acronym of Bordeaux Sommergibile or Sommergibili. From 1940 to 1943, Italian submarines based there took part in the Battle of the Atlantic as part of the Axis anti-shipping campaign against the Allies.
- Location
- Bordeaux, France
- Operator
- Regia Marina
- Atlantic operations
- 1940 to 1943
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- BETASOM (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q3631797
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By P. Charpiat. CC BY-SA 2.5 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsP. Charpiat, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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