Battle for Castle Itter
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Did someone think "nah, this is too far fetched, people will never believe it" and make The Guns of Navarone, or Kelly's Heroes instead?
edit: fixed typo, said "post" before
(”Production Status: Pre-production”)
> "He was taken to Major Josef Gangl, commander of the remains of a unit of Wehrmacht soldiers who had defied an order to retreat and instead thrown in with the local resistance, being made its head.[23]"
> "Gangl died during the battle[35] from a rifle bullet while trying to move former French prime minister Reynaud out of harm's way[37] and was honored as an Austrian national hero,[38] and a street in Wörgl was named after him.[39][40] "
> "The battle was fought five days after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide[4] and only two days before the signing of Germany's unconditional surrender. It was also the only battle where Americans and Germans fought alongside one another during the war.[41]"
This is the cherry on the top of all this.
> ... Lee [US captain, in charge by this point] accepted tennis star Borotra's offer to vault the castle wall and run the gauntlet of SS strongpoints and ambushes to deliver [a message re: their situation, requesting reinforcements]. He succeeded, requested a uniform, then joined the force as it made haste to reach the prison before its defenders fired their last rounds of ammunition.