Abstract

The Menez-Hom hill placed between the Brest harbour and the Douarnenez bay, although only about 350 m height, dominates the surrounding territory. Therefore, during the WW II the German Wehrmacht decided to establish on its top a Stützpunkt (support point) for controlling and eventually impeding access to the Crozon peninsula to foreign troops. The available literature gives only fragmentary information about it but the mention of a Gerät (device— radar?) belonging to the FuMB686 Wolga and the presence of rests of a Seetakt radar on the Menez-Hom hill at the end of the war make the location of the Stützpunkt Wolga at the top of the Menez-Hom hill highly probable. The visit of the Stützpunkt site took place on 27/08/2010 and allowed to identify many of its components and to determine its organization.

Highlights

  • The Menez-Hom hill placed between the Brest harbour and the Douarnenez bay, only about 350 m height, dominates the surrounding territory

  • During the WW II the German Wehrmacht decided to establish on its top a Stützpunkt for controlling and eventually impeding access to the Crozon peninsula to foreign troops

  • The available literature gives only fragmentary information about it but the mention of a Gerät belonging to the FuMB686 Wolga and the presence of rests of a Seetakt radar on the Menez-Hom hill at the end of the war make the location of the Stützpunkt Wolga at the top of the Menez-Hom hill highly probable

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Summary

Introduction

The Menez-Hom hill placed between the Brest harbour and the Douarnenez bay, only about 350 m height, dominates the surrounding territory. During the WW II the German Wehrmacht decided to establish on its top a Stützpunkt (support point) for controlling and eventually impeding access to the Crozon peninsula to foreign troops. The available literature gives only fragmentary information about it, but the mention of a Gerät (device—radar?) belonging to theFuMB686 Wolga (Funk Mess Beobachtung—radar observation) and the presence of rests of a Seetakt radar on the Menez-Hom hill at the end of the war make the location of the Stützpunkt Wolga at the top of the Menez-Hom hill highly probable. The FuMB686 Wolga was initially in charge of passive recognition and identification of foe radar emissions and was operated by part of the 31. Funkmess Abteilung (Blanchard, 2017)

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Stützpunkt Site
Stützpunkt Organization
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