https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal Made by: Ben Zhang en-us 2020-12-19 21:29:11 UTC 2020-12-19 21:50:07 UTC hello@padlet.com 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033732113 The history of Brest was during the Middle Ages, the history of its fortress. Then in 1631, Richelieu made it a naval harbour. Up until the second part of the 20th century, Brest expanded around its arsenal.]]> 2020-12-19 21:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033732113 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033737034 In 1680–1688, fortifications by Vauban (1633–1707) followed. Throughout the 18th century, these fortifications, and with them the naval importance of the town, will continue to grow.]]> 2020-12-19 21:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033737034 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033737685 In 1694, in its assault on Brest, an English squadron under Lord Berkeley was soundly defeated.]]> 2020-12-19 21:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033737685 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033738110 Brest was used as the disembarking port for much of the soldiers arriving from the United States in 1917, during the First World War. Thousands of such men, on their way to the front lines, crossed the harbor. On 13 February 1918, to fly seaplanes, the United States Navy created a naval air station. Shortly after the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the base closed.]]> 2020-12-19 21:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033738110 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033738533 The Germans operated a large U-boat submarine base at Brest during the Second World War. It was also a base for some of the German surface fleet, giving maintenance facilities and direct access to the Atlantic Ocean, while being beyond the range of RAF bombers. Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen were repaired in the dockyards for most of 1941.]]> 2020-12-19 21:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033738533 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033739001 The city was almost completely devastated after the Battle of Brest in 1944, following the Allied invasion of Normandy, with only a small number of buildings left intact. After the war, the West German government paid the displaced and destitute citizens of Brest several billion Deutschmarks as compensation for the loss of their region. Utilitarian granite and concrete structures compose of significant portions of today's restored city.]]> 2020-12-19 21:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033739001 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033739351 In 1972, at Île Longue in the Rade de Brest, the French Navy opened its nuclear weapons submarine (deterrence) base (Brest roadstead). For the French nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines, this remains a significant base.]]> 2020-12-19 21:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033739351 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033740450 St. Louis Church, Brest constructed.]]> 2020-12-19 21:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033740450 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033741402 Saint-Sauveur Church built in Recouvrance.]]> 2020-12-19 21:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033741402 25bzhang3_1 https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033741948 Chamber of Commerce established.]]> 2020-12-19 21:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/25bzhang3_1/p5u8qz04uymrufal/wish/1033741948