A Historian Reacts - THE LAST BATTLE - Sabaton (Castle Itter)

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 See the original video here -    • Video   To learn more about the battle, see Yarnhub's video here -    • When Germans, Americans and French fought ...   Links: patreon -   / vth   travel gofundme - https://www.gofundme.com/f/hgg-vth-tr... Discord -   / discord   Twitter -   / thehistoryguy25   For business inquiries contact: [email protected] my history/strategy gaming channel -    / @thehistoryguy   Special Thanks to the following who are the official sponsors of this channel: Tier 6 - Kryštof Kotásek, Mike Tasset, Insane, Daniel Nimko, Ziv Tier 5 - Edward Guest, Austin Powell, Grant Nystrom Tier 4 - Samuel Enns, Brenden Woodhull, Graham Brown, Sandor Nagy, Derek Wohl Tier 3 - Rafal Dubas, Matthew Calderwood, Kyle Hosea, Brandon Grams, Qethsegol, Robin Svensson, Austin White, Chris Curtis, John Molden, Peter Gadja, Raoul Kunz, Typhon, SGTMcAllen, David Storey, Cabo #History #WW2