Osprey - Metz 1944 Camping combining high-angle and direct-fire

combining high-angle and direct-fire

Germany had achieved outstanding successes by using motorized troops with their "Blitzkrieg" tactics

rather than as fellow American soldiers who would actually be deployed to fight a common enemy

IV with great accuracy

describing the course of the battle and the commanders involved

Osprey - Metz 1944 Camping combining high-angle and direct-fireBy Steven J Zaloga. Patton's fortified nemesis. General George Patton's most controversial campaign was the series of battles in autumn 1944 along the German frontier, which centered on the city of Metz. The Moselle region was the gateway to central Germany and had been fortified repeatedly over the centuries and it took nearly four months, from September through December 1944, for Patton's Third Army to capture the Metz Thionville fortified zone.