Living conditions in Maantee
Even when viewed from Kuressaare, the military unit of Maantee village was located almost at the end of the world.
The military unit stationed in Maantee seemed cut off from the rest of the world.
Conditions there were very poor. Soldiers were housed in pre-war barracks, the officers in barracks with stove heating. They were on duty for weeks at a time, changing guard between the bases in Piiri and Kallemäe. The rocket fuel was toxic and it got very hot in the missile control room. The radar picked up signals from as far as 500 km away.
The Voice of the Islands 31.10.2015
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Maantee Military Base
This military base in the village of Maantee is situated on the island of Saaremaa, on both sides of the old highway a couple of kilometres from Sõrve Military Museum.
Construction of the barracks here began in April 1940 after the signing of the Mutual Assistance Pact. The base was constructed by a local company, A. ja M. Edenberg. It comprised two barracks accommodating 350 soldiers, a canteen, a bread factory, a bathhouse, an officers' mess, a clinic and an ice house. The base housed the detachments of the 315th coastal defence battery...
