This 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 Déroulède (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 Württemberg)
- Groupe fortifié du Mont Saint-Quentin (Feste Prinz Friedrich-Karl)
- Fort Diou (Ostfort)
- Fort Girardin (Fort Mannstein)
Forts of the second belt
- Groupe fortifié de l’Aisne (Feste Wagner)
- Groupe fortifié Driant (Feste Kronprinz)
- Groupe fortifié François de Guise (Feste Leipzig)
- Groupe fortifié Jeanne d’Arc (Feste Kaiserin)
- Groupe fortifié Lorraine (Feste Lothringen)
- Groupe fortifié La Marne (Feste GeneralFeldMarshall Freiherr von der Goltz)
- Groupe fortifié Verdun (Feste Haeseler, sometimes referred to as Feste Graf Haeseler)
- Groupe fortifié l’Yser (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.
- l’ouvrage d’infanterie de Marival: Marival bunker
- le point d’appui de Vaux Sud: Vaux Southern point of support
- le point d’appui de Vaux Nord: Vaux Northern point of support
- l’ouvrage d’infanterie de Bois-la-Dame: Bois-la-Dame† bunker
- le point d’appui de Jussy Sud: Jussy Southern point of support
- le point d’appui de Jussy Nord: Jussy Northern point of support
- le point d’appui de Saint Hubert: Saint Hubert point of support
† - Lady of the Woods
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