BETASOM - The submarine base in Bordeaux was built by Italian engineers during WWII and Italian submarines operated in the Atlantic from the base between 1940 and 1943, date of the Italian Armistice. German forces then took over the base until the last two remaining U-boats left Bordeaux in 1944, just 3 days before the Allies arrived in the city on the 25th of August.
The Base is now host for a range of exhibitions installed by the Mairie of Bordeaux. Until the 26th of September Yann Artus Betrand’s 6 Milliard d’Autres project will be occupying most of the 12.000m2 of the base which is open to the public.
