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Paris' catacombs and sewer tunnels are famously labyrinthine. Did any French Resistance groups use these underground locations as bases of operation against their German occupiers during WWII?

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The living conditions of WWII submariners seem unbearable: extremely high casualty rates, long periods underwater, the constant threat of drowning, cramped spaces with no A/C. How did the belligerent navies protect submariners' morale, and how did the men themselves cope with their situation?

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Paris' catacombs and sewer tunnels are famously labyrinthine. Did any French Resistance groups use these underground locations as bases of operation against their German occupiers during WWII?	1994
The living conditions of WWII submariners seem unbearable: extremely high casualty rates, long periods underwater, the constant threat of drowning, cramped spaces with no A/C. How did the belligerent navies protect submariners' morale, and how did the men themselves cope with their situation?	544