[3] The Feste Kameke is designed in the spirit of the "detached forts" concept developed by Hans Alexis von Biehler in Germany.

Until 2002, the fort served as a repository of chemical weapons, bombs or unexploded shell of phosgene or sulfur mustard, mainly dating from World War I.

[4] The next day, 3 September 1944, the troops of General Krause took position on a line from Pagny-sur-Moselle to Mondelange, passing to the west of Metz by Chambley, Mars-la-Tour, Jarny and Briey.

[5] When hostilities resumed after a rainy month, the soldiers of the 462 Volks-Grenadier-Division still firmly held the forts of Metz, though supply lines were more difficult under artillery fire and frequent bombings.

[6] On 9 November 1944, as a prelude to the assault on Metz, as many as 1,299 heavy bombers, B-17s and B-24s, dump 3,753 tons of bombs, and 1,000 to 2,000 "livres" on fortifications and strategic points in the combat zone of IIIrd Army.

[8] On 15 November 1944, on a cool, damp morning, 377th Infantry Regiment of 95th American division, leaves Maizières-lès-Metz, entering the north of Metz in Woippy before being stopped by gunfire from fort Déroulède (Kameke), Gambetta (Hindersin), and Saint-Julien (Manteuffel).

Facing them, giving desperate resistance, are the men of 1515 Grenadier-Regiment " Stössel " of the 462th Volks-Grenadier-Division, reinforced by a reserve company, the 38th SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment.