ADMIRAL DONITZ IN THE MAP ROOM ON THE CHATEAU’S GROUND FLOOR OPPOSITE HIS OFFICE. THE LOCATION OF Bdu COMMAND AT KERNEVAL, OPPOSITE LORIENT, WAS IDEAL FOR VIEWING ARRIVING OR DEPARTING U-BOATS FROM THE ROOF OF THE ATTACHED BUNKER. UNTIL LATER IN THE WAR U-BOAT COMMAND HID IN PLAIN SIGHT AS LORIENT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A CHATEAU ON EITHER SIDE OF HEADQUARTERS ALSO SERVED U-BOAT COMMAND. TODAY, HE WOULD EASILY IF NOT PAINFULLY, IDENTIFY HIS ELEGANT HOME AND COMMAND. EVEN THE PRESENT ENTRANCE IS THE SAME IRON GATE THROUGH WHICH ENTERED U-BOAT CAPTAINS, DIGNITARIES AND CHATEAU STAFF. AND THE ADJACENT CHATEAUX AND THEIR BUNKERS REMAIN AS THEY WERE IN 1942