Fort Saint-Privat (Feste Prinz August von Württemberg before 1919) is a fortification near Metz.

Fort Saint-Privat is part of Metz' first fortified belt, designed during the Second French Empire by Napoléon III.

On November 9, 1944 (before to the attack on Metz) the United States Air Force sent 1,299 heavy bombers, B-17s and B-24s, dumping 3,753 tons of bombs and 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of ammunition on fortifications and strategic points in the combat zone of the US Third Army.

During the cold, wet night of November 16, 1944, the 11th Infantry regiment lost four officers and 118 men on the ground;[7] German losses were also heavy.

Fighting resumed northeast of the base (where a German section clung to the last buildings) the following day, with shots fired primarily from Fort Saint-Privat.

[9] On November 21, General Kittel (who was wounded in the Riberpray barrack) was captured, and Metz was liberated at 14:35 the following day.

On November 29, Matzdorff agreed to surrender unconditionally with 22 officers and 488 men (80 of whom were wounded and without care for over a week).

[note 1] The German General Staff objective, to play for time by stalling US troops as long as possible ahead of the Siegfried Line, was largely achieved.