The Battle of Castle Itter was fought on 5 May 1945, in the Austrian village of Itter in the North Tyrol region of the country, during the last days of the European Theater of World War II.

Battle for Castle Itter, World War II military engagement in which U.S. soldiers joined forces with renegade German troops to turn back a Waffen- SS assault on a stronghold in Tirol, Austria, …

May 5, 2025 · Members of the Wehrmacht, who had joined them in an effort to secure high-value prisoners of war who were kept in the castle. The Battle of Castle Itter took place 80 years ago …

Sep 11, 2008 · On May 4, 1945, GIs of the 23rd Tank Battalion's Company B and the 411th Infantry Regiment were thrust into an unlikely battle for the castle that involved a group of …

Apr 28, 2025 · When the SS arrived, Castle Itter was as prepared as it could be to withstand the siege. The fighting was intense. When the SS could not take any more ground with small …

In a war where millions died on all sides, the Battle of Castle Itter seems like a relatively small-scale battle, involving just a few hundred men. Yet it represented a moment when the lines …

Feb 13, 2025 · On May 5, 1945, two days before the surrender of Nazi Germany, the Battle of Castle Itter took place in the Austrian Alps as the Germans were renting the property for years …

Oct 2, 2024 · The Battle for Castle Itter, fought just days before Germany’s official surrender on May 7, 1945, stands out in history as one of the most bizarre and unique engagements of …

4 days ago · At Castle Itter, a small force of American soldiers and Austrian resistance fighters—fewer than 300 men—stood against a Wehrmacht force numbering in the thousands.

Mar 20, 2021 · The Battle was carried out on May 5th 1945 in Itter, North Tyrol, Austria, and involved Wehrmacht soldiers, US troops of the 23rd Tank Battalion of the 12th Armored …