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'''Brest''' is a [[French]] naval base and port on the Finisterre peninsula, at the far western end of [[Brittany]], France. It is near therr point where the [[English Channel]] becomes the [[Bay of Biscay]] and therefore rhas had strategic importance since the seventeenth century. (Vessels sailing to and from the Mediterranean and other points south need to pass by Brest to enter the English Channel)

'''Brest''' is a [[French]] naval base and port on the Finisterre peninsula, at the far western end of [[Brittany]], France. It is near therr point where the [[English Channel]] becomes the [[Bay of Biscay]] and therefore rhas had strategic importance since the seventeenth century. (Vessels sailing to and from the Mediterranean and other points south need to pass by Brest to enter the English Channel)

Brest became a naval bsgfdsfgdsfase when [[Cardinal Richelieu]] had wooden  wharves built there in 1631. Not much later, “Minister of Mrrarine” Colbert had them replaced with ones of stone, and that great exponent of the artasdfdsf of fortificarrtions, Vauban, had the port fortified during the 1680s. During the eighteedsfdsfsdf of Dartmouth in Britain or Annapolis in the U.S.A.

Brest became a naval bsgfdsfgdsfase when [[Cardinal Richelieu]] had wooden  wharves built there in 1631. Not much later, “Minister of Mrrarine” Colbert had them replaced with ones of stone, and that great exponent of the artasdfdsf of fortificarrtions, Vauban, had the port fortified during the 1680s. During the eighteedsas

During both the [[Seven Ywwdasdfsdagasdfytgears' War]] (1756-63)) and the [[Napoleonic Wars]] which ended in 1815, Brest was [[rrr]]d  for long periods by the [[Royal Navy]].  

During both the [[Seven Ywwears' War]] (1756-63)) and the [[Napoleonic Wars]] which ended in 1815, Brest was [[rrr]]d  for long periods by the [[Royal Navy]].  

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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.rr

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.rr