Battle of Metz
September 27 – December 13, 1944 · Metz, France
Result American victory
Late September 1944 to mid-December battle at Metz, France, then part of Nazi Germany, in the Lorraine Campaign. The U.S. Third Army under Lt. Gen. George Patton faced the German army under Gen. Otto von Knobelsdorff; strong German resistance caused heavy casualties on both sides. U.S. forces captured the city, hostilities ceased on 22 November, and the last forts surrendered on 13 December.
