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Battle of Metz

Battle of Metz was a siege conducted on 27 September 1944 at Metz, in what is now France; it lasted 3 months. It was part of the Western Front, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: American victory.

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Battle of Metz
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Fought27 September 1944lasted 3 months
WhereMetz, France49.120N, 6.178E
OutcomeAmerican victory
BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstNazi Germany
Part ofWestern Front1939 to 1945

Where it sits in the Western Front

Siege of Fort Hegra, 1940Battle of France, 1940German invasion of Belgium, 1940Battle of Maastricht, 1940Battle of Sedan, 1940Battle of Boulogne, 1940Battle of Dunkirk, 1940Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 1940Siege of Lille, 1940Dunkirk evacuation, 1940Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche, 1940Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, 1944Operation Madelaine, 1944Battle of Moerbrugge, 1944Siege of Dunkirk, 1944Battle of Metz, 1944Battle of Opheusden, 1944Battle of Vianden, 1944Battle of Broekhuizen, 1944Losheim Gap, 1944Battle of Clervaux, 1944Siege of Bastogne, 1944Battle of St. Vith, 1944Operation Nordwind, 1944Operation Bodenplatte, 1945Battle of Bure, 1945Battle for the Kapelsche Veer, 1945Operation Blockbuster, 1945Battle of Würzburg, 1945Ruhr Pocket, 1945Battle of Hamburg, 194519401945Battle of Metz, 1944
31 placed engagements of the Western Front in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date27 September 1944
to 13 December 1944
PlaceMetz, France
49.120N, 6.178E
KindSiege, interwar and Second World War
Territorial changeThe US occupy the city of Metz
Commanders
  • Otto von Knobelsdorff
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 11 times between AD 451 and 1944.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1944

Battle of Metz is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1723307, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Metz, revision 1370449677, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.