Americans & Germans vs. the SS?! The Battle of Castle Itter!

⚔️ In one of the strangest moments in WWII, Americans and German soldiers actually teamed up to fight against the SS!

📌 May 5, 1945 – Castle Itter, Austria. With Hitler’s regime collapsing, a group of French VIP prisoners was trapped inside a Nazi-controlled castle. But when a group of German Wehrmacht soldiers turned against the SS, they joined forces with U.S. troops to defend the castle!

🎯 The result? A battle where enemies became allies… and the SS was defeated!

📌 In this short, you’ll learn:
✅ Why German soldiers switched sides to help the Americans
✅ How a tiny force held off an SS attack until U.S. tanks arrived
✅ Why this was the only battle where Nazis and Americans fought together!

💬 What do you think—was this the strangest battle in history? Comment below!

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[goldagoldstein]

It was called the "Wolfenstein effect".😅

[stephenhannell]

Ive subscribed, and look up RAF wren on back of spitfire its an odd one but very true and when she landed safely she was put on a charge for losing her beret😂😂😂

[stephenhannell]

I've told people about this before and got told I don't know anything, just like rommel ended up in British field hospital in north Africa and noticed how his wounded was being looked after and he ordered that the British troops git the same respect.castle itter was supposed have art and gold stored in it.hence the ss.