Fall Asleep To | The Complete History of the Battle of Metz | WW2 Relaxing War Documentary

Описание: Fall Asleep To | The Complete History of the Battle of Metz | WW2 Relaxing War Documentary

The Battle of Metz was unlike anything the American Army had faced in Western Europe — a slow, grinding siege fought in rain, fog, mud, and against concrete fortresses designed over decades to be unbreakable. Patton’s Third Army, halted after racing across France, suddenly found itself trapped in a brutal contest of endurance against a city that simply refused to fall.

In this calm, atmospheric long-form documentary, we follow the full story of Metz: the ancient fortress system, the rain-soaked battlefields, the logistical collapse that changed the war, the failed assaults on Fort Driant, the October meat-grinder fighting, and the eventual systematic reduction of the forts.

Designed for sleep, study, and quiet nighttime listening, this episode blends immersive historical storytelling with a gentle narrative pace, guiding you through one of the most stubborn and costly sieges on the Western Front.

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0:00 – Introduction: Metz, the Fortress That Would Not Die
10:20 – Why Metz Stopped Patton’s Third Army
20:40 – The Ancient Forts and Their German Reinforcements
31:00 – Rain, Mud, and the Terrain That Broke the Advance
41:20 – Inside the Fortifications: A Labyrinth of Steel and Concrete
51:40 – Patton’s Fuel Crisis and the Strategic Stalemate
1:02:00 – The First Attempt on Fort Driant
1:12:20 – Inside Driant: Tunnel Warfare and Chaos
1:22:40 – October Offensive: The Meat Grinder Begins
1:33:00 – The Battles for Koenigsmacker and Jea nne d’Arc
1:43:20 – Casualties, Exhaustion, and the Breaking Point
1:53:40 – Engineers Adapt: New Tactics for an Impossible Task
2:04:00 – Task Force Bacon and the Science of Reducing Forts
2:14:20 – Air Support, Chemical Mortars, and Close-Range Tank Fire
2:24:40 – Cracking the Outer Ring of Fortresses
2:35:00 – The Fall of Metz: A Fortress Finally Yields
2:45:20 – Legacy: What Metz Meant for the Western Front