Fort Driant

Quand

27 sept. 1944

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

49.07° N, 6.06° E

Description

architectural structure

Part of the 1944 battle of Metz during WWII

The Battle of Fort Driant was a constituent battle in the 1944 Battle of Metz, during the Lorraine Campaign and the greater Siegfried Line Campaign. The battle was on occupied French territory between the forces of the United States Third Army under the command of General George S. Patton and the forces of Nazi Germany under General Otto von Knobelsdorff and was given the code name Operation thunderbolt.

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