Fortifications of Metz
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The fortifications of Metz, a city in northeastern France, are extensive, due to the city's strategic position near the border of France and Germany. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area wa
Fort de Plappeville / Fort Alvensleben, September 7, 1940
Fort l’Aisne (Feste Wagner), 1904-1912
Siege of Metz (1870)
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The Siege of Metz was a siege fought during the Franco-Prussian War from 19 August to 27 October 1870, and ended in a decisive allied German victory.
Fortifications of Metz
…period. The first, inner belt of fortifications were completed by the French just prior to the Franco-Prussian War and were in service during the Siege of Metz from 3 September to 23 October 1870. The forts were in a ring approximately 4 km out from the city center, and were (anti-clockwise from the south…
One of the Metz forts under German occupation after the French surrender
Defence of Metz by the French Army – painting by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville
The Surrender of the French Army at Metz, Conrad Freyberg (1876)