A Historian Reacts - THE LAST BATTLE - Sabaton (Castle Itter)
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- The Battle of Castle Itter was fought in the Austrian North Tyrol village of Itter on 5 May 1945, in the last days of the European Theater of World War II.
Troops of the 23rd Tank Battalion of the 12th Armored Division of the US XXI Corps led by Captain John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr., a number of Wehrmacht soldiers led by Major Josef "Sepp" Gangl, SS-Hauptsturmführer Kurt Siegfried Schrader, and recently freed French prisoners of war defended Castle Itter against an attacking force from the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division until relief from the American 142nd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division of XXI Corps arrived.
The French prisoners included former prime ministers, generals and a tennis star, as well as General de Gaulle's sister. It is the only known time during the war in which Americans and Germans fought side by side. Popular accounts of the battle have called it the strangest battle of World War II
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The battle of castle Itter is in my opinion proof that history is far stranger than fiction. After all, the very concept sounds bonkers. "So American and German soldiers are fighting together against Nazi's to protect French prisoners ....oh and their in a castle." It sounds like a rejected script for the original Wolfenstein or something , but nope it's a real event. I personally would never have known about it if it were not for this song.
Also wow that's awesome that Nuclear Blast reached out to you VTH.
same, the first time I heard this song I was EXTREMELY confused until I read the description of it on their website
Some prisoners helped too, and that add much more "wtf" into it
don't forget the tennis player
Don't forget an SS hauptsturmfurher also helped against the nazis.
And that almost 70 y.o. Paul Reynaud took up arms to defend the castle between german Wehrmacht soldiers and American GIs under command of a Wehrmacht Major is almost surreal.
This song is Sabatons most underrated song in my opinion. Such a good song and the history behind it just makes it all the better.
In fact, Fans of Sabaton voted this as the Bands most underrated Songs a while ago.
Yeah just like Soldier of 3 armies and Ghost in the trencher. Wonderfull stories about wonderfull m'en behind both songs.
And smoking snakes
Back in Control ngl
So many Sabaton songs bring up the same thought:
"If there be any glory in War, let it rest on men like them."
You said it better than I could ever say. I someone was to force me to say Sabaton glorifies anything about war, I’d say it’s the great men and women who carved their names in history with great deeds.
Fun Fact: something very similar happened during the Berlin Airlift where US pilots allowed former German Luftwaffe pilots to assist in the effort. They even made the handbooks for repairs in German for that reason.
Yeah they did that. And they achieved so much together. The biggest middle finger to the soviets ever in my opinion from the us and germany
@@raikbarczynski6582 agreed
Honestly the ground-crews during the Airlift is the most amazing part about the whole airlift. Like you had planes landing every 45 seconds at Tempelhof at the later stages.
Absolute magnificient story and the coin "Rosinenbomber" (=Raisin bomber) is one of my favourite words to this day because of it.
@@raikbarczynski6582 in the end, as General Patton once stated, "We fought the wrong enemy."
That someone hasn't made a movie about this story is beyond me
So true. They would not have to add anything to it.
There is a french movie in pre-production about it, named The Last Battle.
www.imdb.com/title/tt5138232/
@@Raigan_Avalon Great news but not much info on it
@@mannistef Agreed, but it's hope.
*chuckles bitterly*
History is written by the victors.
The tank was named "Besotten Jenny". I first heard about this fight in the 70s. "Jenny at the gates" was a phrase still used by the greatest generation - to indicate all hell was about to break out.
My great grandfather was in the 45. Inf. Div. (former Upper-Austrian 4. Div.) He fought in during the invasions of Poland, France and Russia. Sadly he died on 25.9.1941 in Beresanj near Kiev. I plan to visit his grave as soon as Covid lets me.
So what side was he on if he was Austrian? German as part of the Anschluss? Or against that?
@@nathantorresstanevil6958maybe It’s not the same as what my family went through as the original comment owners, but as someone who is Austro-Hungarian I can tell you:
Our ancestors ether fled the country to fight against the nazis or got recruited or went willingly to fight with the nazis usually
My great grandparents (father’s mothers father) got recruited and HAD to go to fight at the Don battle, my other greatgrandpa (dad’s dads dad) fought in ww1 AND ww2 and in the end he just deserted in ww2 he was an old soldier guarding bridges and he thought he had seen enough (had his fair share of adventures in ww1 anyway) and left
My other great grandpa (moms moms dad) was forced into labor in a factory bc he couldn’t be forced into the military bc of his type 1 diabetes until the factory got bombarded and buried him alive (yes he died)
Also if I may add Austria didn’t really exist that time bc of the “Anschluss”
May your great grandfather rest in peace and be loved/ remembered forever @Michael it’s a pity for every soul lost in war
if you feel like telling his tale in detail I’d be very interested in hearing it if you wish to tell more🫶🏻
I clicked on this so fast. Imagine my disappointment when I realized it was scheduled for tomorrow. lol
happens a lot to me on this channel, lol
So you were the one who was waiting when it was like 11 am for me
It's criminal that this isn't a movie! This could easily be one of the go to WW2 classics!
Right?
What I love the most about this song, is that line in the chorus - " Enemies leaving the past ", which obviously referring to the german and american soldiers fighting together. But it can also be interpreted as " Enemies live in the past " - and suddenly the same line critisizes and deposes the SS. I really love how much meaning can a one line can have, when a person who wrote it is good at his job ;)
The story behind this song is so amazing!!! You have to ask yourself after hearing the story, why hasn't anyone made a movie about this!!!
Pretty sure they did
@@jacksmith-vs4ct Really? I haven't found a film about the battle of Castle Itter.
@@brandonarmienti6875 they had it on a old HBO series called band of Brothers I think it was HBO I can’t remember but your band of Brothers was a series about a real group of American soilders of World War II and this battle is in one of the episodes I think the last one not sure
@@bradenmctavish7060 Um I watched Band Of Brothers none of the events in the series was about Castle Itter.
@@brandonarmienti6875 guess I’m more retarted then I thought shows how much I remember 😂
A perfect song for the 5th of May as it is the 76th anniversary of liberation day in the Netherlands
It's also the 76th anniversary of the event the song is about.
As a Canadian my condolences to the Dutch for their suffering
For more info; an SS commander by the name of Kurt Siegfried Schrader helped plan the defense in the Castle. He was befriended by the French When he was recovering from wounds in Castle Itter.
A bit more elaboration on the “Jenny at the gates” line:
In the tanks that were sent to Castle Itter, Besotten Jenny was the only one who made it across a hastily built bridge while the rest had to find a different way across. As such, Jenny was the only tank present at the battle.
When the battle did begin, Jenny was parked right in the middle of the castle gates to block any SS from trying to run through. Thus: “Jenny at the gates.”
This is one of two times Germans and American soldiers fought together in WW2. Another time was to protect and free some prized horses that where being held. This is a lesser known incident, even more so than Castle Itter.
Operation Cowboy
It’s been a bit since the last sabaton reaction, it feels. Very excited for this one.
On another note, I think it’d be cool to check out some songs from the Carolus Rex album. It’s about the Swedish Empire and is kinda underrated as an album I think, so I think it’d be cool to check out.
So many epic songs on that album definitely one of my favorites.
You've mentioned once that you get teary-eyed when listening to "No Bullets Fly"; well this is the song that does the same to me.
I just realized this song came out on may 5th and that’s the day the battle happened!!
Can't be a coincidence.
They did this with quite a few songs, if not all of the ones that have a specific date attached to them due to historic backgrounds :)
I love Austria. When I was skiing in Austria we landed in Innsbruck. On the way to the belts they showed historical airplane models and it went up the late 1930, then there was just a 7 year gap. Austria the country that convinced the world Beethoven was Viennese and Mustasch-man was German. The public relations team of Austria must be aweseome!
Planning on skiing in Austria and landing in Innsbruck later this year. Anything in particular that you visited that you would recommend checking out?
It was less our PR team, than the little angry guy himself telling the whole world he was a german... And with Beethoven: nobody in austria claimed him to be of austrian origin. Thing is, he composed his most famous pieces while living in austria, so people assume he was austrian. (Even though the name part "van" is more usual for people from the netherlands) Just like with Frederic Chopin. (Most people you ask think he was french which he wasn't but he composed a lot in france)
@@nirfz I was joking mate ;) But is it wrong to say that Austria has more of a "war? what war?" attitude whereas in UK for example it's some weird form of self loathing. I'm Swedish and here there is a unhealthy mix of both
@@lightdampsweetenough2065 That depends, my generation (am short over 40 now) was brought up in school with the sentiment (or maybe better: guilty feeling) that "we caused both world wars" and "only our side has ever in history commited war crimes". The "war, what war" generation (or at least where this was somewhat common for some time) is either gone or pretty old by now (80+).
And in general, politics and media and education is pretty sensitive to always make sure people don't forget that we were prominently on the bad side. Which in terms occasionally leads to a bit of overcompensating in behaviour. Example: in some cities there are these engraved metal pieces placed in the ground in front of houses where jewish people lived before they got deported into concentration camps. Some of their names are engraved in those metal "cobble stones" called "Stolpersteine" =stumble-stones. And in the first winter there was a huge outcry/scandal and police investigation, as the metal turned a different colour. Media and left wing people were adamant that some rightwing idiot(s) must have poured acid or somewhat on them with the intention to destroy or damage them. Turned out (after months of investigation) what anyone with a bit of knowledge in metalurgy had tried to tell them: de-icing chemicals and moisture...The city itself had cleared snow and de-iced the ground during winter so that people don't slip and were able to read the engravings... (luckily) no one with bad intentions involved.
@@nirfz I think the generational "shift" has to do with the fall of the Sovjet block. Self loathing and blame games is for the rich middle class with nothing better to. During the cold war it was much harder to do this since both blocks would have quite a bit to explain since they used tech, officers, police and scientists among others from the Third Reich. It turns out that German, American or Russian does not matter when it comes to geopolitical power struggles. My father is 60 now. He grew up during a period when Sweden had a HUGE air force, could field some 1 million men and under buildings we have shelters and many mountains look like Swiss cheese because there was a real fear of invasion. The defense strategy was designed to convince The Sovjets that it was not worth it. The slogan is STILL the official policy by the way "every message of surrender is false" In other words the whole country was going to go down in flames along with the people. Hard to find "safe spaces" in a country which was drilled to not only convince, but to be very unsafe indeed if the invasion came.
I have read so much about this battle (being an Austrian myself), and still confused about the exact buildup and progression of this battle, because its so convoluted. But I will try to give an approximate timeline for those who are interested:
First, the last Commander of KZ Dachau (which was the Concentration Camp overlooking the prison Castle Itter) kills himself, knowing that the war is lost. At this point in time, the US army is already in Kufstein (roughly 30 km away from Castle Itter). Somehow (it's still a miracle how this was possible) a guy named Cuckovic (who was forced to work there as a lakey) left the castle with the message that history guy mentioned, and headed through the forrests to Wörgl (the next town, about 3km away). The SS guys in Itter recognized that he was missing and were swarming out to find him.
Somehow, this guy got lucky and managed to get to Major Josef Gangl, who was responsible for this region. Gangl wanted to help the prisoners, but knew that he could not do this by himself (with very few troops being available and doubt who would help free "enemies". So he took all the soldiers he deemed reliable and marched in the direction of Kufstein, to capitulate and at the same time tell Captain Lee what was about to happen. Both of them knew that leading a large army to the castle would result in the immediate killing of the prisoners, so he himself took a small troop number, one Sherman (Jenny), and Gangl with his men. They somehow managed to avoid the swarmed out SS soldiers and get to the castle, blocked the entrance with Jenny, released and armed the prisoners and awaited the return of the SS. When they came back, the battle started, and they were running low on almost everything and under heavy fire, when just in time the main troops of the US army arrived and reliefed the castle.
Absolutely love the way you make these stories come to life. Big thanks for reacting to one of my favourite songs, all genres.
Thank you so much for covering my favorite sabaton song
i discovered your chanel like 3 days ago and i absolutely love it!!
Definitely one of my favorite stories from WWII. My wife’s great uncle fought in the 9th infantry division and saw action in North Africa and Europe. He was awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart, which we have both and the citations that came with them. We also have a Nazi arm band taken off a Nazi and it’s such a haunting piece of history to look at. Another story I’d love for you to react to, if there are any videos out there about it, is Pavlovs House from the Eastern front with Soviets and Germans. Talk about the tenacity of the Russian soldier!!! I’m sure you already know about it, but a reaction video regarding the story would be great and more people should know about it.
On a side note...since I love your channel and your videos and original content I can forgive the Ohio State sweatshirt. At least it’s not Michigan!! We Are!!!!!
Love your videos! Please keep them coming!
The grain elevator would also bei a good Story. 12 soviet marines Held that damned sucker for i believe 3 days vs a whole Division
This is one of my favorite Battles in History...and one of my favorite Sabaton Songs as well.
YES!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!!! Talk about a catchy chorus for sure! So excited for this to be released!
Just goes to show that the average soldier fights for much different reasons than what the leaders of their nation do.
Jenny was indeed a Sherman tank. They positioned her in front of the portcullis to seal off the castle behind a few tons of solid american steel. I think she was a tank buster variant but I don't remember for sure.
She was
@@quasanchez6179 thanks! ^_^
I'm glad you picked acotter's video for this. The guy has some truly outstanding videos.
if you do hearts of iron by sabaton im willing to share a truely amazing story about my family with all of you. it just doesnt fit this song so my request it not just to get the song featured.
You're so right. That's so cool that you had so many people to go to for history.
My maternal grandfather just passed away three days before Thanksgiving last year at 96. Was in the Navy in the south pacific in WWII and the Air Force in Korea. I recorded a lot of conversations with him before he died. I remember visiting his house and looking at a small shadow box with a medal and ribbons on the wall thinking "I should ask him what this medal was for" I made a mental note to ask him later and forgot. I never got to ask him. I also never thought to ask him about seeing his WWII victory medal until last month. He didnt speak much about Korea and I wished I would have asked more about it. All the things I wish I would have asked and all the things that I hope that I have somewhere in my recordingings. As I look back on how many recordings I have, I realize that it let's not enough. At the time I thought I was recording a lot of segments. Doesnt feel like it now. Just glad my wife got to meet and get to know him for a few years before he passed. Sure do miss him a ton though.
You make me really want to learn more about history. Great stuff
7:33 i know this probably wasnt supposed to sound like that, but i still wanna clarify a bit.
We (in Germany) don't want to 'forget' the war. It's just difficult to honor the memory and/or achievements of many people, that have previously been closely associated with the Nazis. People pick their own reason why they should be remembered so people are rather cautious to honor someone for good deeds, if they have a list of warcrimes to answer for on the other hand. It's difficult to honor someone if there's a fear that it could be abused by right wing organizations. It's hard to explain in some cases.
Just as an example:
- Sophie Scholl, a student, along with her brother and other fellow students formed a resistance and were later caught and executed. To this day on their birthday/deathday you will hear about it, at the very least their names. a no-brainer basicly. a 'safe choice' to honor, if you will.
- von Stauffenberg (operation valkyrie) and the 20th of july was and still is being remembered, although in the past few years, there have been debates about whether it should be. Yes they tried to kill Hitler and end the war. BUT, they were complicit Nazis before they joined the resistance group, with a few exceptions and were 'happy' to just go along with it as long as the war was going in their favour.
Think of it as honoring confederate generals who switched sides 'last minute' as it came clear the war is over. And add a potential list of warcrimes to the mix. Obviously it doesnt diminish the good deeds that they did, lives they saved perhaps. But imagine how people could spin this narrative about controversial people like that, if the US government decided to dedicate a memorial or day to them.
Had to pause the video and come look for this comment.
Well Chris I gotta say as a native of the great lake state, "Go Blue" but still a big fan of your channel and your work
Great channel! Thank you!👍👍
I Sadly was unable to be here for the Premier, Was busy fighting Crusaders in M&B Full invasion 2. Still happy we got here, I waited for this for a while now. you know i did :P
Thanks, Chris!
I'm studying history by the plate boot method:)
5th of may
Vday Is just around the corner
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I absolutely adore this song and especially the story behind it. It wasn't a particular nation that won that day. It was humanity itself. The American and German troops cast aside any disputes and differences, they joined forces to do the right thing. Very moving story that shows that it does not matter where you come from, people are people, and they stay people, even in times of war.
Greetings from Germany, my friend!
My great grandfather passed away like 15 years ago and i did get to talk to him about his experience in the war. I had a history project when i was in school it had to of been 7th or 8th grade and it was talk to your grandparents or great grandparents and ask them about their life. I choose him and he told me a lot about his experiences and told me he fought at iwo jima. Honestly i think that one project is what made me so interested in history.
A great song, and such a great battle. Such a great example of soldiers taking initiative. Working with the enemy because... Are you really my enemy? Or can we do something good together?
Mark Felton does a great comprehensive video about this battle and mentions a second battle when Germans joined the allies for a battle.
th-cam.com/video/80ZyPeoDUqk/w-d-xo.html
May 5th 200 years ago today Napoleon Bonaparte emperor of the first French Empire passed away at age 51 at the island of st Helena. Now whether you like the man or not you cannot deny that this man was a true military genius, VIVE LA PATRI🇫🇷.
Just leaving this here to say I was here before we reach 100k subs. Well deserved!
I actually discovered this epic Sabaton song not too long ago. And when I found out about the story behind the song in Sabaton History, I was blown away. The Battle for Castle Itter has become my most favorite WWII story, and for good reason. This is an epic tale of two warring sides fighting together and protecting the innocent. It’s a battle of the brave and the bold, making a defiant stand against tyranny. The stuff Legends, like this story, are made of. I’m actually surprised that none of my US history classes taught us about this one amazing story. It’s a truly inspiring tale, and it deserves recognition.
Respect for those brave American and German soldiers who gave their lives in this fight.
Hey you are doing great job I love to watch your videos. As i scrolled over your content I noticed u made few videos about D-Day and yet did not react to Sabaton-Primo Victoria. I highly recommend it as I personally think it is one of their best songs.
Thank you for covering this song. I discovered Sabaton this year and I love this song. However, I was honestly confused by the lyrics when I actually listened to them. "American troops and the German army, joining together at last." That confused me so much and now I know there was a battle where American and German soldiers fought together. I'll have read about this battle. It sounds really incredible.
The battle of Castle Itter feels like a spiritual successor to the Battle at Hurtgen Forest. Like the cameraderie that was shown there is something very special. Cease Fires on multiple occasions, exchanging wounded soldiers between one another and medics helping anyone and everyone, even with the enemys medics. They all were in the same gruesome and muddy boat and knew it.
I watched the Sabaton History on this. Joakim said that the song was never that popular so they have never performed it live. Both Parts of that fact blew my mind.
Ohh I waited so long for this
My grand-grand mother was a child during WW1 and lived in Alsace (today france, before WW1 germany). She told me about her fathers experience in WW1, where he got wounded, also about her siblings joining the Nazis in WW2 (she was already in Switzerland at the time of WW2). The point you made about recording would have been so valuable, I really should have done that.
Nice :) I really hope you will do one day Resist and Bite. I would be really interested to hear a reaction to that story :)
A personal favourite of mine and such an amazing story
My favorite Sabaton song. And the story behind it is just so cool.
hey a cool song to check out would be "Horse soldier, horse soldier" by Corb lund. its a cool song talking about how horses were used throughout history and how they were later phased out by modern machines.
This is yet another example of a WW2 story I didn’t know before hearing it from a Sabaton song.
Wow cant believe i haven't heard this. Im definitely going to research this
There were actually two former French Prime Ministers at Castle Itter, Paul Reynaud and Edouard Daladier.
I really hope you do Back In Control some day.
during the fight some of the VIPs where given weapons and joined the fight. The Tennis Star was acting as a runner to grab the ammo, once they started running low Lee, (By this point Gangl, the de facto leader, was killed by a sniper.) Told him that an America Tank division, his divisions sister, was nearby and gave him orders to go get them. He ran off to relay the relief message. He returned riding on one of the tanks.
Your channel is such a good find, i would love you to react to ottoman or turkish history, totally for unbiased reasons
Btw, the footage is as far as I know part of a documentation about the battle. Seen it a few months ago on TV (no idea which channel, I think Welt, formerly N24 [German TV channels]). So probably just taking fitting footage and cutting it together with a fitting song. Another cases are for example Shiroyama with The Last Samurai or Rorke's Drift with Zulu
I highly recommend the song The Last Stand. It's about the last stand of the Swiss Guard in 1527
Did that reaction a while back. One of my favorites!
@@VloggingThroughHistory Oh, oops lol. I must have missed it in the playlist. Watching it now
I think you should do Last dying breath its really cool story behind the song.
This battle is one of those moments that make you think maybe some of these outlandish scenarios in movies are a little less impossible history is full of these moments
This is also one of my favorite events of WW2. For those who are interested there is a good video about this on YT from historian Mark Felton called "The Battle of Castle Itter - US & German Troops Join Forces to Fight the SS"
talk to them! For sure, both my grandmothers died before I could REALLY appreciate that. My 1 grandmother was a Polish refugee following WW2 she had no home to go back to and my other grandmother was an Irish refugee, she fled when the Black and Tans were going around razing towns. I learned a lot from my Polish grandmother, but still I know I could have learned SO much more. But, before she left this world she instilled a healthy distrust of authority in me.
do you ever plan on doing some canadian history stuff? i would love to see that
I think this rivals the no bullets fly story for my favourite ww2 story
If you like melodic Viking metal with bitchin' solos, although they do not have a historical theme, check out LORDI. Especially the songs "The Riff" [which is about guitar solos] and "Hard Rock Hallelujah" [which features the synth organ, like many Sabaton songs]. I had the pleasure of doing lights for their 2017 North American tour, great bunch of Finns.
You hit us with a "welcome everyone" 1st time ive hear that one
I like to mix it up :)
You have a great taste in music
My Grandfather was in WW2. I'll look up what platoon he was in. But he was in the 3rd armor division. In the 90's he wrote a journal remembering his experience. He has a lot of letters he wrote to my Grandmother, I would occasional read. I have all of his draft papers and discharge papers. He even has the news paper clippings of General Maurice Rose. I believe my grandfather was a town south when General Rose was killed. Also, long story of probably one of the darkest experiences my grandfather told us was the morning when 1st Lt. Hughes of Ohio was killed. My grandfather was like Lt Hughes's right hand man. He drove Lt. Hughes around everywhere, wherever Lt. Hughes was my grandfather was right beside him. The morning Lt. Hughes walked up to my grandfather and one other G.I and he said" let's go" So they when on a small patrol up to a open, in the distance there was a farm house and Lt. Hughes saw someone run by so he called them up yelling " comrade , comrade" Three Germans walked up up to him. Note: my grandfather and the other G.I where in a ditch on along the side of the road. Behind them was bunch of trees. So the Germans had no idea they where there. So, Lt. Hughes was talking to them in German, and he called up a translator. Probably like 3 seconds later the German in front just opened fired. In less than a slip second my Grandfather and the other G.I open fired on the three soldiers. My grandfather ran up to the farm house and shaking so badly he couldn't load his rifle. But he got loaded and walked back to the his squad. This happened April 17th or 18th 1945 and my grandfather would be wounded April 23rd 1945 in Grepplin, Germany. My grandfather unfortunately passed away Jan. 1 2016.
I've never heard of this battle till a few weeks ago.
Ha funny enough, bout half an hr ago i was playing this song on guitar. Great song
You should react to smoking snakes as well, is a hell of a song
My Favorite Sabaton song!!!
Today is Napoleon's 200th death anniversary, and also the 75th anniversary of the battle in this video, great timing both for this song and the Napoleonic war series. Great content, thanks for posting!
76th anniversary of Castle Itter but yes.
@@VloggingThroughHistory ah right, thx for the correction.
I know this song is about the Battle Of Castle Itter, but every time I hear it nowadays, a completely different battle enters my mind: The Battle Of Airbase Y-29 on New Year's Day 1945, which was part of Operation Bodenplate by the Luftwaffe.
My great grandpa is almost 100 years old and he was in wwii but he has dementia so his memory is gone its kinda sad cuase one day he will remember and tell a story then the next day he won't even remember there was a war
The tank at the gate was called the Besotten Jenny I believe
This isn't World War 2 military history, but I really hope you watch the video of the first medal of honor ever recorded if you haven't already. It's drone footage of a lone navy seal who gets left on a mountain injured after being shot and passing out, who then wakes up and despite his injuries goes against the taliban by himself as they continue to rush his position. Its a really great video.
th-cam.com/video/3oKMjTqdTYo/w-d-xo.html I left a link to the video!
This needs to be a movie.
Agree 100%
My Great grandfather was on one of the landing craft during the day as a 50 gunner in the rear And I never could get very much information out of him because it was just something he wasn’t willing to talk about what sucks is he passed away a few years ago
In a different event a bunch of prominent hostages were also rescued from the SS and SD in South Tyrol in 1945 by a Wehrmacht unit.
One of the prisoners who had been a high-ranking officer in the Wehrmacht himself managed to call the command of Army Group C in Bolzano which dispatched an officer to monitor the situation.
The officer then requested a number of armed NCOs, later followed by a unit of 150 Panzergrenadiers for the protection of the hostages.
They managed to convince the SS and SD guys to leave when they got a high-ranking SS officer on the telephone to back up their request.
The Wehrmacht then protected the hostages in a hotel until American troops arrived.
The Browning and MG42 fired in the same direction that battle.
If only Patton hadn't be killed.
My great grandfather was aboard the Pola during ww2. He would’ve fought in multiple engagements against the British until he got sick and was taken off the ship in time for its sinking at the battle of cape matapan
Also something that I didn’t hear you say there was also a SS officer helping Gangle and Lee and this SS officer was called Kurt-Siegfried Schrader and because of that he only had 2 years in prison
wow, did not know anything about Gangl and that he is honored here in my homeland
probably more of a tyrolean thing, you don't know nothing about when living in eastern austria haha
In my hot take opinion, the true hero of this battle was Castle Itter itself. We're talking about World War 2 and only weeks or at most a couple months away from the nuclear bombings in Japan. Yet a centuries-old castle still made this much of a difference between the opposing forces that 35 soldiers plus the prisoners were able to hold out until the reinforcements arrived.
Посмотрите фильм Неизвестная война там много кинохроники и он на английском языке снят США в СССР . Многое станет наглядным и понятным , что люди пережили .
To be specific, Besotten Jenny was a Sherman tank. M4A3E8 "Easy Eight"
This is a great music. Tied with To Hell and back. If you didn't reacted to it, do it
i hope you could read this comment, i love your reactions to human history, and i hope you can review the filipino contribution in the korean war..thanks
Someone should make a movie of this
As an austrian i must say that (at least in my area) we dont know castle itter or captain gangl. Maybe this is because i live at the swiss border. More well known is the air war between the us and swiss confederation.
A really cool story, i didn‘t knew about! Whish stuff like that would have happend more often.
Have you ever been to Germany? Which place would you like to visit there most?
I love this song and I cant wait till 1:00 to find out if u like it!!!!
You should watch some cgp gray, ie. Rules or rulers
There's something beautiful about this story.. Days ago they would've probably fired at each other and killed each other. But then all of a sudden they become brothers in arms.
Rest in peace Josef Gangl. His actions show that even in a war like WW2, common sense and empathy still exists in some people.