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    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...
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    Itter Castle (‹See Tfd›German: Schloss Itter) is a 19th-century castle in Itter, a village in Tyrol, Austria. In 1943, during World War II, it was turned...
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  • Union. The Austrian resistance were involved in the Battle of Castle Itter, the Austrian village of Itter in the North Tyrol, was fought on 5 May 1945, only...
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    Josef Gangl (category German Army officers of World War II)
    killed in action on May 5, 1945, at Itter Castle, Tyrol. He took part in the defense of Castle Itter against troops of the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division...
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  • Operation Cowboy (category Battles of World War II involving Germany)
    the other being the Battle of Castle Itter. After the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in 1938, the Lipizzaner Breeding Mares of the Spanish Riding...
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    Édouard Daladier (category Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic)
    and finally in Itter Castle. After the Battle of Castle Itter, Daladier resumed his political career as a member of the French Chamber of Deputies from...
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    Georg Bochmann (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
    him. He would then lead SS troops from the Berlichingen at the Battle of Castle Itter. In its aftermath, on 9 May 1945 Georg Bochmann surrendered to United...
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    Jean Borotra (category Commanders of the Legion of Honour)
    years of World War II and subsequently fought in the Battle for Castle Itter. Borotra was born in Domaine du Pouy, Biarritz, Aquitaine, the oldest of four...
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    Battle of Heilbronn Operation Amherst Battle of Nuremberg Battle of Hamburg Battle of Castle Itter Liberation of Arnhem Battle of Groningen Battle of...
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  • tells the story of the World War II Battle for Castle Itter. Published by Da Capo Press, on May 7, 2013, it describes a mixed force of United States Army...
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  • World War II by Cornelius Ryan The Last Battle (Harding book), a 2013 book about the Battle for Castle Itter in World War II by Stephen Harding Le Dernier...
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    "Hondo Castle (Misato-machi Chivala Hondo Castle)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 July 2017. Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia...
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  • from "last stand" military battles. On 10 June 2016 the first single "The Lost Battalion" was released, followed by "Blood of Bannockburn" on 15 July and...
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    when the hamlet was owned by the bishopric of Regensburg. The small castle of the village, Itter Castle, was a prison for French high personalities during...
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    17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen (category Panzergrenadier divisions of the Waffen-SS)
    surrender, elements of the division attacked the 13th-century castle Itter Castle in Tyrol, Austria. Castle Itter (administratively a part of the Dachau concentration...
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  • of wars and conflicts involving Austria.   Victory   Defeat   Another result   Ongoing History of Austria Austrian Armed Forces Military history of Austria...
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  • May 5 (category Days of the year)
    six people near Bly, Oregon. 1945 – World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, one of only two battles in that war in which American and German troops fought...
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  • 142nd Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    for bravery, the Medal of Honor. Members of the 142nd arriving as reinforcements tipped the Battle for Castle Itter in favor of a combined U.S. Army/Wehrmacht...
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    Paul Reynaud (category Members of the 12th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic)
    until liberation in 1945, where he was released after the Battle of Itter Castle in which one of the leaders, German Major Josef Gangl, declared a hero by...
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  • 4 Days in May (category Eastern Front of World War II films)
    Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe, a book about the Battle for Castle Itter The information...
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    Wörgl (redirect from Miracle of Wörgl)
    1965 The near Itter Castle was the site of one of the last European battles of World War II.[citation needed] The Battle for Itter Castle took place on...
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    Liechtenstein Castle (‹See Tfd›German: Burg Liechtenstein) is a castle near Maria Enzersdorf in Lower Austria, bordering Vienna. It is on the edge of the Wienerwald...
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    12th Armored Division (United States) (category Armored divisions of the United States Army)
    the rescue of VIP French prisoners from an Alpine castle in Tyrol during the Battle for Castle Itter. Under Lee's command were members of the German Wehrmacht...
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    Maurice Gamelin (category Chiefs of the Staff of the French Army)
    Germans to the Itter Castle in North Tyrol with a few other French high officials. He was freed from the castle after the Battle for Castle Itter. After the...
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    36th Infantry Division (United States) (category Infantry divisions of the United States Army)
    30th. Members of the 36th Division's 142nd Infantry arriving as reinforcements on 5 May tipped the Battle for Castle Itter in favor of a combined U.S...
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    The Battle for Castle Itter was fought in Austria, resulting in Allied victory. Japanese balloon bombs achieved their only success of the war when one...
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    Maxime Weygand (category Chiefs of the Staff of the French Army)
    Following the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942, Weygand was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned at Itter Castle in Austria until May 1945...
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    Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (1919–1944) (category Recipients of the Silver Star)
    of Company B, would distinguish himself at the end of the war during the Battle for Castle Itter. Meigs called a halt until the guns could be located...
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  • Eduard Weiter (category German Army personnel of World War I)
    fled Dachau immediately before its liberation and reached castle Schloss Itter in Austria, where he died under mysterious circumstances. According to Paul...
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