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Fortifications Of MetzThis is a list of the foritifications that are around the area of Metz. Because they switched hands quite often, the French given names are listed as well as any applicable German ones. Forts of the first belt - Fort Decaen (Fort Schwerin)
- Fort Droulde (Fort Kameke)
- Fort Gambetta (Fort Hindersin)
- Fort des Bordes (Fort Zatrow)
- Fort de Plappeville (Fort Alvenslebenn)
- Fort de Queuleu (Feste Goeben)
- Fort de Saint Julien (Fort Manteuffel)
- Fort de Saint Privat (Fort Prinz August Von Wrttemberg)
- Groupe fortifi du Mont Saint-Quentin (Feste Prinz Friedrich-Karl)
- Fort Diou (Ostfort)
- Fort Girardin (Fort Mannstein)
Forts of the second belt - Groupe fortifi de lAisne (Feste Wagner)
- Groupe fortifi Driant (Feste Kronprinz)
- Groupe fortifi Franois de Guise (Feste Leipzig)
- Groupe fortifi Jeanne dArc (Feste Kaiserin)
- Groupe fortifi Lorraine (Feste Lothringen)
- Groupe fortifi La Marne (Feste GeneralFeldMarshall Freiherr von der Goltz)
- Groupe fortifi Verdun (Feste Haeseler, sometimes referred to as Feste Graf Haeseler)
- Groupe fortifi lYser (Feste PrinzRegent Luitpold)
"Les sept nains" (The seven dwarves) These are a series of small devensive emplacements in a line between Driant and Jeanne d'Arc. The name of them was created by the Americans of the U.S. Third Army during the Battle for Metz. Following the names is an English translation. They are sometimes (mistakenly) referred to as forts. - louvrage dinfanterie de Marival: Marival bunker
- le point dappui de Vaux Sud: Vaux Southern point of support
- le point dappui de Vaux Nord: Vaux Northern point of support
- louvrage dinfanterie de Bois-la-Dame: Bois-la-Dame† bunker
- le point dappui de Jussy Sud: Jussy Southern point of support
- le point dappui de Jussy Nord: Jussy Northern point of support
- le point dappui de Saint Hubert: Saint Hubert point of support
† - Lady of the Woods External links
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