Schlosss Itter Research Paper

The Battle of Schloss Itter Schloss Itter was one of the strangest battles in the history of the world. The reason I studied this topic was because it was very peculiar.

There was many reasons this battle was particularly anomalous. One reason was that Americans and Germans fought together.“In early May 1945, American and German soldiers fought together against the Nazi SS to free prominent French prisoners of war. It is believed to be the only battle in the war in which Americans and Germans fought as allies” (Bell). This battle was during World War II where the U.S. and Germany abhorred each other. This was because the U. S. was fighting against Nazi Germany and not expecting and German armed forces to side with them during the war. This battle was interesting because Germans sided with the Americans to fight against the Nazis. “Days after Hitler’s suicide a group of American soldiers, French prisoners, and, yes, German soldiers defended an Austrian castle against an SS division—the only time Germans and Allies fought together in World War II” (Roberts). The Germans were fighting against their own government? This signaled the downfall of Nazi Germany in one battle Now, further researching into this topic, the soldiers did not exactly support Hitler or his extreme view of government. “Yet when the units of

e veteran 17th Waffen-SS Panzer Grenadier Division arrived to recapture the castle and execute the prisoners, Lee’s beleaguered and outnumbered men were joined by anti-Nazi German soldiers of the Wehrmacht, as well as some of the extremely feisty wives and girlfriends of the