The unknown battle, Metz, 1944 / Anthony Kemp.
"The battle of Metz in the autumn of 1944 was the last time in the history of modern warfare when supposedly out-dated fortresses, built nearly a half century earlier, were able to play a decisive role. Impervious to heavy artillery and air bombardment, they enabled a weak and die-hard German f...
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New York :
Stein and Day,
1981.
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Table of Contents:
- The general situation: late August 1944
- Third army and its commander
- The situation in Lorraine: end of August, early September
- The advance is resumed
- The continuation of the September battle
- The attack on Fort Driant
- The October lull
- Preparations for the final battle
- The initial stage of the November battle
- The closing jaws
- The final reduction of the city
- The aftermath.