8 Dec 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

On May 5th, 1945 it became the site of one of the last battles of the war in Europe. With the total surrender of Germany only days away a small group of elderly French politicians, newly liberated, found themselves mounting a desperate defense of their former prison against the remnants of Hitler’s fanatical Waffen SS. Assisting them was an American tank crew, a decorated German officer, and a handful of his soldiers. It remains the only battle of WWII where Allied and German forces fought side by side.

The Battle for Schloss Itter | The Unravel

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[Bob Womack]

Read "The Last Battle" by Stephen Harding. Available on Amazon.

Bob