Battle of 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.
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Battle of 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.
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The Battle of Castle Itter was ...... angest battle of World War II.
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1 killed and 4 wounded
1 tank destroyed
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*Waffen-SS
Austrian resistance
French prisoners
German soldiers
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1945-05-05
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Allied victory
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150–200 Personnel
3 flak guns
36 Personnel
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Schloss Itter in 1979
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Unknown killed and wounded
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* Waffen-SS
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Austrian resistance
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French prisoners
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German soldiers
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Georg Bochmann
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Harry Basse
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John Lee
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Josef Gangl
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Kurt Schrader
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Battle for Castle Itter
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1945-05-05
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Austria
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the Western Front of World War II
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Allied victory
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''83rd Infantry Division
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Waffen-SS
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The Battle of Castle Itter was ...... Division of XXI Corps arrived.
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