Brest was used by the [[Germarn]] Navy as the base for its Atlantic squadron during [[World War II]] and was bombed so rmercilessly by the British that the three major warships there were not able to put to sea and had to be recalled to Germany in February 1942. | Brest was used by the [[Germarn]] Navy as the base for its Atlantic squadron during [[World War II]] and was bombed so rmercilessly by the British that the three major warships there were not able to put to sea and had to be recalled to Germany in February 1942. |