Archaeological Discovery, 2017, 5, 61-78
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DOI: 10.4236/ad.2017.52004 April 29, 2017
The WWII German Heavy Artillery Battery AV
67 of Cleus Foz (Finistère-FR)
Giancarlo T. Tomezzoli
Etno-Archaeological Observatory, Munich, Germany
Abstract
The reading of literature concerning the Atlantic Wall and of the previously
published articles may have conveyed the concept that the German military
structures of the Atlantic Wall were formed by Regelbauten (rule-built con-
structions) (Rs). This concept is not totally wrong, but leads to neglect the
important role played by the verstärktenfeldmäßigen Bauwerke (strengthened
field constructions) (Vfs) normally included in said structures. The present
article, concerning the visit of the site of the WW II German heavy artillery
battery of Cleus Foz (Finistère-FR) and the discussion of its organization,
show that the Vfs in this battery represented the majority of its bunkers, and
in this way indicate how said concept should be corrected.
Keywords
World War II, Third Reich, Atlantic Wall, Cleus Foz, AberWrach,
Vf, Finistère, Brittany
1. Introduction
The reading of literature concerning the Atlantic Wall (Dupont, 1994) (Chazette,
1995) (Duquesne, 1976) and of previous published articles (Tomezzoli & Mar-
zin, 2015) (Tomezzoli & Pottier, 2016a) (Tomezzoli & Pottier, 2016b) (Tomez-
zoli, 2017), describing the surviving components of the German military struc-
tures of the Atlantic Wall, may have conveyed the concept that they were formed
by Regelbauten (rule-built constructions) (Rs). This concept is not totally wrong,
but leads to neglect the role played by the verstärktenfeldmäßigen Bauwerke
(strengthened field constructions) (Vf) often included in said structures. The Vfs
were bunkers of various designs, conceived for resisting to bombs up to 50 kg on
the coverage and 105 mm direct impacts on the walls. The Vfs of the WW II
How to cite this paper: Tomezzoli, G. T.
(2017). The WWII German Heavy Artillery
Battery AV 67 of CleusFoz (Finistère-FR).
Archaeological Discovery, 5, 61-78.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ad.2017.52004
Received: January 3, 2017
Accepted: April 26, 2017
Published: April 29, 2017
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