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    The Battle of Metz was fought during World War II at the French city of Metz, then part of Nazi Germany, from late September 1944 through mid-December...
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    Metz (/ˈmɛts/ METS, French: [mɛs] , Latin: Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle...
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    not born with the nobiliary particle von. From 1904 to 1908, Ribbentrop took French courses at Lycée Fabert in Metz, the German Empire's most powerful fortress...
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  • Maximilian von Jaunez (9 March 1873 – 9 May 1947), commonly known as Max Jaunez, was a French-German industrialist and politician. From 1903 to 1907,...
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  • later Hans von Biehler while Metz was under German control—they earned the city the reputation of premier stronghold of the German reich. These fortifications...
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    the twelfth century". von Aretin, Karl Otmar Freiherr (31 December 1983). Schieder, Theodor; Brunn, Gerhard (eds.). "Das Reich ohne Hauptstadt? Die Multizentralitat...
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    of Metz. Patton's forces first reached the fortress at Metz on 5 September 1944, forcing a German surrender on 21 November 1944. The battle of Metz took...
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    army near Metz, and a smaller portion near Strasbourg. The German forces were grouped into three armies: the First of 60,000 men under Von Steinmetz,...
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    locations, from 1902 to 1904 he was Kompaniechef of Infantry Regiment 98 at Metz, from 1908 to 1910 he was with the XIII Army Corps and in 1910 he became...
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    During this time, the Götz von Berlichingen was transferred to SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon's XIII SS Corps. US forces liberated Metz on November 22, 1944. Elements...
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    department of Bas-Rhin Bezirk Lothringen, (Lorraine), whose capital was Metz, had a land area of 6,216 km2 (2,400 sq mi) and corresponded precisely to...
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    Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934), known as simply Paul von Hindenburg, was a German military...
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  • 2007]. Aufsätze, Band 2. S.31. Michel Margue/Michel Pauly: Luxemburg, Metz und das Reich. Die Reichsstadt im Gesichtsfeld Karls IV.. In: Ulrike Hohensee (Hg...
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    Fort Saint-Privat (category Fortifications of Metz)
    Saint-Privat (Feste Prinz August von Württemberg before 1919) is a fortification near Metz. Part of the forts of Metz, it had its baptism of fire in late...
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  • Metz, the capital and the prefecture of the Moselle department in France, has a recorded history dating back over 2,000 years. During this time, it was...
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  • Statistik, Verlag von Heinrich Hübner, Leipzig 1854 Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 1880–1918 Statistisches...
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  • 258th ID XLVI Panzer Corps (von Vietinghoff) 5th Bz, 11th Pz, 251nd ID LVII Panzer Corps (Kuntzen) 20th Pz, SS "Das Reich" Mot.Div., 3rd Mot.Div. [352]...
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  • "Pre-Interview: Philip Kojo Metz". bpigs.com. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25. "PRESSEMITTEILUNG: Skulptur "SORRYFORNOTHING" von Philip Kojo Metz enthüllt". Kulturprojekte...
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    worked as "Reichskommissar for the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich", in charge of fully integrating it as the Ostmark politically, economically...
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    Armee bis zur Capitulation von Metz (The Operations of the Second Army until the surrender of Metz) and Die Sieben Tage von Le Mans (The Seven Days of...
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    (parliament), the Bezirkstag von Lothringen (French: Conseil Général de la Lorraine). The capital of the Department of Lorraine was Metz. The department comprised...
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    Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (/ˈbɪzmɑːrk/; born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a Prussian statesman and diplomat...
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    he became commander of the 30th Infantry Division at Metz. In 1883, he succeeded Albrecht von Stosch, a fierce opponent of Chancellor Bismarck, as Chief...
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    Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 – 18 October 1948) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) and Commander-in-Chief...
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    Rudolf Schmundt (category Military personnel from Metz)
    Hitler and died a few months later from his wounds. Schmundt was born in Metz (then in Germany) and served as a lieutenant for the German Army during World...
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    Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee (8 April 1832 – 5 March 1904) was a German field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) who became Chief of the...
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  • Kurt von Falkowski (3 November 1886 – 1 April 1953) was a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Kurt von Falkowski was born in Metz, Lorraine...
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    is valid in all three participant states from Metz to Koblenz. In 1921 the Moselle (Mo) became a Reich waterway, today it is a federal waterway (Bundeswasserstraße)...
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    3. Reich. Arndt, p. 250. ISBN 978-3-887-41116-9 Nationalsozialistisches Jahrbuch, 1934, Die SA der NSDAP, Abteilung I, p. 157. Friedrich Ritter von Krausser...
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    Second World War to reward participation in the campaigns in Crete, Africa, Metz and Courland. There are several patterns of cuff titles known to have been...
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