Subdeacon Joe Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 US, French, Wehrmacht Fight Together 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. Andrew Roberts on a story so wild that it has to be made into a movie. The most extraordinary things about this truly incredible tale of World WarII are that it hasn’t been told before in English, and that it hasn’talready been made into a blockbuster Hollywood movie. Here are the basicfacts: on 5 May 1945—five days after Hitler’s suicide—threeSherman tanks from the 23rd Tank Battalion of the U.S. 12th ArmoredDivision under the command of Capt. John C. ‘Jack’ Lee Jr., liberated anAustrian castle called Schloss Itter in the Tyrol, a special prisonthat housed various French VIPs, including the ex-prime ministers PaulReynaud and Eduard Daladier and former commanders-in-chief GeneralsMaxime Weygand and Paul Gamelin, amongst several others. Yet when theunits of the veteran 17th Waffen-SS Panzer Grenadier Division arrived torecapture the castle and execute the prisoners, Lee’s beleaguered andoutnumbered men were joined by anti-Nazi German soldiers of theWehrmacht, as well as some of the extremely feisty wives and girlfriendsof the (needless-to-say hitherto bickering) French VIPs, and togetherthey fought off some of the best crack troops of the Third Reich. StevenSpielberg, how did you miss this story? Standard comment about fiction vs. real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Interesting!!!! And it would make a great movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Interesting!!!! And it would make a great movie! Even if all they did was tell the simple truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Even if all they did was tell the simple truth! Oh, I seriously doubt they could do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker, SASS #55963 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Here is an article about the operation. http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-for-castle-itter.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Oh, I seriously doubt they could do that... Yeah...no place for the lesbian, albino, African-American dwarf, widowed mother of 6, OSS Major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil dogooder Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Sounds like a good read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Sounds like a good read And like it's been said...a damn good movie ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Sanity was making it's way into the non-SS ranks I believe. Would make a good movie as long as Hollyweird didn't mess with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 The SS units were never favorites of the Wehrmacht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Oh, I seriously doubt they could do that... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA It is Hollywood, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 "Well, it was just the damnedest thing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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