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Group Fortification Verdun
The '', ''renamed Group Fortification Verdun after 1919, is a military installation near Metz. Constituted as forts Sommy and Saint-Blaise, the fortified group is part of the second fortified belt of forts of Metz. It had its baptism of fire in late 1944, when the Battle of Metz occurred.
== Historical context ==
During the German annexation, Metz, will oscillate between a German garrison of between 15,000 and 20,000 men at the beginning of period〔René Bour, ''Histoire de Metz'', 1950, p. 227.〕 and will exceed 25,000 men just before the First World War,〔''L’Express'', no 2937, du 18 au 24 octobre 2007, dossier « Metz en 1900 », Philippe Martin.〕 gradually becoming the first stronghold of German Reich.〔François Roth : ''Metz annexée à l’Empire allemand'', in François-Yves Le Moigne, ''Histoire de Metz'', Privat, Toulouse, 1986, (p. 350).〕 The ' complete the Second fort belt around Metz composed of Festen Wagner (1904-1912), Crown Prince (1899 - 1905), Leipzig (1907–1912), empress (1899-1905), Lorraine (1899-1905), Freiherr von der Goltz (1907-1916), Haeseler (1899-1905), Prince Regent Luitpold (1907-1914) and Infantry-Werk Belle-Croix (1908-1914).
Named in honor of Count Gottlieb von Haeseler, Commander XVIth Army Corps Metz, the Group Fortification was built on the right bank of the Moselle, south of Metz, between the villages of Corny-sur-Moselle and D'Augny. Complementary to the Feste Crown Prince, the ' controlled the Moselle valley, at the axis of the road and rail communication between Metz and Nancy. The fort was part of a wider program of fortifications called "Moselstellung" encompassing fortresses scattered between Thionville and Metz in the valley Moselle. The aim of Germany was to protect against a French attack to take back Alsace-Lorraine from the German Empire. The fortification system was designed to accommodate the growing advances in artillery since the end of XIXis century. Based on new defensive concepts, such as dispersal and concealment, the fortified group was to be, in case of attack, an impassable barrier for French forces.
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