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The US Army & German Wehrmacht VS Waffen SS - Battle for Castle Itter 1945 (2017x57)

Air date: Sep 11, 2017

On 5 May 1945, a few days after Hitler’s suicide, American soldiers under command of US Army Captain John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr. teamed up with a number of Wehrmacht soldiers under German major, Josef Sepp Gangl who was opposed to the Nazis to rescue VIP prisoners from Castle Itter .