The untold history of Western Australia: How Allied submarines used Fremantle as a secret base during WWII
![A British submarine crew based in Fremantle. Credit: Unknown/WAN Historical Archive](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/images/2022-11/9.jpeg?h=c12e0b96&itok=iiNOYpn2)
The news this month that the WA Government has told a strategic review of Australia’s defence force that American and British nuclear-powered submarines should be based — and maintained — in Perth, brought back memories of another time.