The Nazi Castle Battle!
Known as one of the strangest battles in history: The Battle for Castle Itter, an abandoned Nazi Prison Castle. This was the ONLY time in World War 2 where Americans, Germans and French joined forces to fight against the Nazis.
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This is one of those historical events which must have a movie about them. Imagine American and Germans troops along some French prisoners, of which one was a tennis player, fighting Hitler's Waffen SS troops.
most of the French prisoners were actually political prisoners. One was a former PM who was recorded as taking up a spare gun from the armory and helping in the defense, the German Army major Josef Gangl actually lost his life saving the PM from a SS sniper.
Yes and when the allies were closing in Germany they were these French prisoners that were in the fancy castle but 1945 Wathen SS troops went and killed them but human troops defected and told Americans about this and they survived
@@tylerdowning4916 None of which you said makes any sense
The last battle
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Fun Fact: As the tennis player was running to get reinforcements he stumbled upon two SS soldiers Manning a machine gun. At this point, he switched his appearance to match as an Austrian peasant. He proceeded to take a leak in front of the two soldiers and carry on his way. Leaving them completely dumbfounded.
Sneak: 100
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French sigma grindset
It helped that he also spoke German with an Austrian Dialect.
lol
“After Adolf hitball committed self destruction” I’m dead💀
Also Hitball going to Argentina
“Nazi SS” “Adolf Hitball”
“Nazis”
Adolf hitball also is
That real-life event deserves a real-life live-action movie.
That would be epic! I would watch it
It is one of two known times during the war in which Americans and Germans fought side by side, the other being Operation Cowboy. Popular accounts of the battle have called it the strangest battle of World War II. ...
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What happened in operation cowboy
@@bannado5696 Americans were asked to save prized horses from behind enemy lines before the Soviet forces overtook the area. Well the short of it at least.
@@ImNotTheProtagonist are you fucken kidding me ?! They legit sent in soldiers to save a bunch of fucken horses ?! Whoever came up with that operation should have been executed for putting human lives at risk for a bunch of animals.
@@ImNotTheProtagonist k thx
American soilder: never thought I'll die along side a Nazi German soilder: how about a long side a freind ? American soilder: ja , I can do that ( German soilder smiles)
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@@EEEEEEEE damn, inspirational, thank you it would really help a lot of people, if only more people saw this
@@EEEEEEEE Very inspirational :)
@@EEEEEEEE How Much Wisdom
@@EEEEEEEE you are as wise as master Oogwgay
I know I’m a little late to this one, but Mr. Spherical has a way of making everything perfectly balanced. Humor, tragedy, history, an awesome art style, he does it all. I have 2 people to thank for my newfound love of history, and Mr. Spherical and Drew Durnil. So keep up your awesome work, providing knowledge and humor. Also, “Adolf Hitball committed self-destruction” will always make me laugh.
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4:59 Wait are you using a tennis racket? HELL YA BRO
I didn't even know this battle happened, so cool seeing the Americans and Germans team up to fight against the Nazis.
King And General's has an excellent video on the topic. So does Yarnhub.
there a song about this event too, from the sabaton band
Same
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@@veasnatdm4861 may I get a link to the song?
There's a important part you missed. The tennis player dressed up as an Austrian and when he got over the wall, he immediately ran into a nazi enemy machine gun nest. He pretended to forage for mushrooms, then peed on a tree, then left. The Germans were so confused they let him go.
I absolutely love this story, would love to see an actual movie made about it. Just to clarify a few things. It wasn't just Nazis coming back to take the castle and kill the prisoners, it was the bloody SS. And the tennis player (at least from the accounts I read) dodged gunfire and scaled a wall to get reinforcements. The battle had a major effect on French history, cause it was major head of the French government that were being held at the castle. If they were killed, French history may have been change drastically post WWII, hence why the SS wanted to kill them.
To add to the team up: there was actually a wounded SS soldier still on the castle that had previously befriended the prisoners and joined them in the defense of the Castle. Also there was another instance of cooperation, involving a Cossack unit, in Operation Cowboy
Is it talking about that siege where the wehrmacht und the US Army fought against the SS?
That's what I'm thinking! 😁
Yea I’m pretty sure it is the battle where the French vips and the American and German troops all fought against the SS.
Yes, Castle Itter
Yes it is
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Battle of Castle Itter.A battle with A decorated Wehrmacht Officer(Joseph Gangl),a literal SS Officer(Kurt-Siegfried Schrader and Americans(John ‘Jack’ Lee) fighting on the same side with the aid of a frech tennis player,politicians and generals and the Austrian Resistance.Strangest battle in World War II for sure
It's not the strangest battle for me, it's the definition of redemption from the enemy.
3:43 this part😂
I love the battle of castle itter and the song that Sabaton made called “The Last Battle” which is the same thing except it’s a musical about the American and the German army against the SS Troops, The Battle of Castle Itter, the war in Europe before VE-Day.
I know the French tennis player wasn't actually hitting people with his tennis balls to defend the castle but I'd like to imagine he did. Also, I loved this video, very interesting would love to see more niche cool history stuff
What if he essentially played tennis with grenades?
The whole tennis racket thing was a joke.
So I'm curious I love this story, and was trying to do some research on this story about the French tennis player. I tried spelling his name in many different ways but cannot find anything on him. Who exactly was he? Or better yet, what was his legal name? I was wanting to find out more about him and this story. ^_^ Still one of my favorite histrory stories. No matter where we're all from, good will always triumph over evil!
Id actually wouldnt be a bad replacement if you needed,you can hit them in the head and knock them out,so its easier to shoot them,or hitting the guns to break them
@@striderpup1169 that's actually what he did
One of the last wars of WW2 and was one of the strangest. This battle showed that not all Germans were bad. Great animation. I wish we could learn these types of battles in school.
Yes, this represent the difference between ordinary german soldier who's just following orders from SS
Yeah some people need to remember that hitler and the nazis were only voted in by I think like 37% of the population, meaning a majority of 63% didn’t support nazism. The reason he got in was because there were so many parties and candidates meaning the voting was heavily split up.
battle not war
It was the last in Europe, but certainly not one of the last of the war, there was still over a month for painstaking fights left, at this point I beleive the airborn was getting redeployed to the Pacific to help at Okinawa
@eastern ducky this is a way of evil to justify itself
6:05 "you should alway expect the unexpected"
5:41 WIlhelm scream was a nice touch
When U know the story because Sabaton spoiled it, but U want to see Spherical Balls to do the show!
Hell yeah!
I thought the same
5 th of may, V day is just around the corner 1945 the Führer reign is at it’s end Jenny at the gates, as the SS open fire There´s no time to waste, the final battle has begun After the downfall, a castle besieged Facing the nazis awaiting relief Gangl and Lee and their men set the prisoners free An it’s the end of the line of the final journey Enemies leaving the past And it’s American troops and the German army Joining together at last One last fight, it’s the death throes of the 3:rd reich Justice shall be done, the final battle remains Ammo is running low, they’re depleting their machineguns Every bullet counts until surrender is announced After the downfall, a castle relieved Defeating the nazis who held them besieged Gangl and Lee and their men set the prisoners free From the foot of the alps to the shores of the sea From the foot of the alps to the shores of the sea From the home of the brave, from the land of the free From the foot of the alps to the shores of the sea
@@Orenju11 I'm going to screen shot this
@@SebastianRamirez-lx4hz kzhead.info/sun/ZK-rp9mAjnqNaps/bejne.html Idk if Sabaton did but Yarnhub did for sure.
The story that was never told in World War II where Americans and Germans in the French civilians fight together
This story should be told more often
As far as battles go, it was pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things. It has symbolic value but had no effect on the war’s outcome. And I note that the Wehrmacht fought against the SS when the war was clearly over and the Americans were winning. Noble I guess but they would have laughed in the Americans face if the Axis were winning. It’s easy to do the right thing when it means joining the victors.
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YEAH EXACTLY
I’m glad to see a video on this battle!! I’ve really had an interest in this battle lately, and recently found this channel so I’m really happy to see you make a video on it!
I love how they showed the detail of the radio operator being the only tank crew member to survive
Fun fact : the tennis player disguised himself as an austrian looking for food, ran into germans, peed on a tree infront of them and left
Mmmmmmmushroom
Sigma mindset
Pee
SIGMA MALE
Battle of castle itter, where whermacht major Josef gangl and US captain John Lee together defended the French political prisoners in a mediaeval castle against Nazi soldiers. Unfortunately Josef gangl was shot and killed. when trying to protect the French political prisoners. Ultimately battle was won when a Tennis player Jean Barotra, one of the prisoners, bravely escaped castle to call out for American reinforcements, and succeeded in its venture. The American reinforcements arrived at right time, and chased away the fleeing Nazis.
Gangl wasn't an SS Major, he's a Wehrmacht major. You're confusing him with the guard SS that also helped defensed the castle
@@winddings351 So Some SS Decided To Defect Too?
ss captain Sigfrid Shrader thought with the wehmacht soilders, and americans in the battle
@@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025 Well kinda, he was a prison guard that the French prisoner befriended. He also moved his family into the castle, so in a way, defending the castle also means protecting his family
the wechmaht were still Nazis
"Now it's the end of the line of the final journey, enemies leaving the past. It's American troops and the German army, joining together at last." Sabaton The Last Battle
I was looking for this comment
4:48 got me laughing when he said "DIE YOU MOTHER-" 😂😂
MrSphearical is one of the only KZheadrs that makes ads/sponsors entertaining
I agree. The only other I can think of is Oversimplified. Only two out of my list of subscriptions.
Same with internet historian
Yarn hub
Clearly you haven’t seen Internet Historian (you should definitely check it out)
@@JayJay5244 they said "*one* of the only", and not "the only", so i suppose they implied that there may be more that they don't know about
This was the best countryballs animation i've seen today! Pay respects and remember our true heroes in world war 2
0:01 POV: you’re watching timed comments and found this
Yes
I knew it! The fact France was in war with a tennis racket was hilarious!
Out of all the stories from WW2, the Battle of Castle Itter is my favourite. Not all Germans were enslaved to Nazism Ideals, and the Battle proved it.
"Aryan" can be many things so Nazi ideals sounds better
@@prathamshrivastava1314 True, I'll edit that in
And it's the end of the line of the final journey, enemies leaving the past, and it's American troops and the German army joining together at last!
I see your a man of culture as well.
Love you MrSpherical. That's 2 for 2 of you taking time to animate my 2 favorite history stories of all time! Now, if you pick the story of Wojtek (Sorry Poland I know that's improper spelling!) the bear who served in world war 2 I'll really know you and I are on the exact same historical wavelength! Your content is my favorite. Please never stop, please take my money!
"stay alive until im dead" got me dead on the ground
*It’s also the only time Americans 🇺🇸 fought a battle inside a medieval castle.* *They also fought in Wolfenstein castle.* 🏰
Yeah USA world king 👑🇺🇲
@@jesseshano7768 And Russia
not too mention Americans did Seige shuri castle in the pacific
@@nembox3414 ha ha Russia can’t even invade a tiny country..
@@nembox3414 my friend russia is doing the same with its agents whatever we do, so the best of them is the f16 and f 35 project, but my government has started secretly making secret weapons of mass destruction, and russia is the only country that has weapons of mass destruction that we have weapons of doom and that is America, he said to him. He said if we don't come together, he will take over the whole world, as he does now, do you think all the states in the Asian continent and Russia could have the power to defeat America even if they knew, President Donald trump the population of China would be 1 million and it would be a crime against humanity and we did not do this because everyone will hate America. we just run the world russia one of our stupid little brothers just good search why do they call us super power 🗽😎✝️🇺🇲
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. Troops of the 23rd Tank Battalion of the 12th Armored Division of the US XXI Corps led by Captain John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr., a number of Wehrmacht soldiers led by Major Josef "Sepp" Gangl, SS-Hauptsturmführer Kurt-Siegfried Schrader, and recently freed French prisoners of war defended Castle Itter against an attacking force from the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division until relief from the American 142nd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division of XXI Corps arrived. The French prisoners included former prime ministers, generals, a tennis star, and Charles de Gaulle's sister. It is one of two known times during the war in which Americans and Germans fought side by side, the other being Operation Cowboy. Popular accounts of the battle have called it the strangest battle of World War II
This should be a movie.
mate you just copied this from wikipedia
@@eletricica8859 very much did
And the former french prime minister being held in castle itter was the one who allowed his armies to get blitzkreiged in Belgium when the war began.
Yes,I think you are either smart or you googled it
I think some info to add that doesn’t take away too much from the story but is worth mentioning was gangl is known as a hero to the Austrian resistance since he provided weapons and info when he was stationed there which probably helped when he met with the Americans. I actually ended up reading up on him and I’m astonished. He served in so many fronts, west and east, even surviving Caen and escaping the falaise pocket
This was one of the last battles in WW2. Incredible 😌
8:08 can we all agree that this one is the most funniest part ever?🤣🤣
Whhaahaa 🤣😅
No this is the most funny part 0:19
@@ohbhai4102 not that funny much though
it sounds really dumb to me as a german native speaker 😂
@@boronsson what does it mean?
5:35 "WAS THAT A F***ING ANTI TANK GUN!?" That laughed me out 😂😂😂
4:21
I have loved watching the channel grow from hardly and views but great content to finally gathering a substantial audience
6:55 this killed me 😂
The tennis player was actually almost caught on his way to get reinforcements, but he disguised himself as an Austrian Citizen picking mushrooms. Then he processed to pee next to a tree and then kept running to find reinforcements.
lmfao
And he was almost caught by 2 SS soldiers manning a MG-42. I can't imagine what would have happened if he got caught.
@@pyro_teamfartress2 he would got killed and there is a possibility that the Nazis would still exist
I love to see the battle of castle Itter gaining more recognition, I love this ridiculous battle, I first learned about it from the Sabaton song “The last battle,” both the song and battle are awesome, thank you so much for bringing more recognition to this battle. :)
Thankyou so much for this video mr spherical this is one of my favorite war stories so thankyou for getting more people to learn about this story. God bless you.
Sabaton made an epic piece of music called "The Last Battle" dedicated to this event. Still one of the best and most epic battles of World War 2
I died to laugh with the final "Nazi Prison Castle" and the thunderstruck hitting the german soldier
The *Nazi soldier.
For anyone confusee, the German army at that time was divided into SS and Wehrmacht. SS was Hitler‘s army, which were formed basically by nazis, and their duties had to do with murdering jews and stuff like that. Wehrmacht, in the other hand, was just the normal National Army and had nothing to do with nazism. Wehrmacht soldiers did have the swastika in their uniforms because they were still commanded by Hitler. But being Nazi, as opposed to SS, was not a requirement for joining the Wehrmacht. Also, as a German speaker, I don’t want to translate the word Wehrmacht because it sounds stupid when translated. Let’s just use it in German :D
Defense forces What's the problem?
@@1aboPLZ That they did not defend anything, they were only attacking other countries.
Well the Wehrmacht also participated in the Holocaust so... Actually they are not much better than the SS.
@@condedooku9750 yes but this translation fits as much as the german original one. And today its still called defense expenses and not military expenses
This is partially true. The Wehrmacht was officially non-political, but in reality was VERY involved in the holocaust. while the SS were the main perpetrators of German Wartime Atrocities the Wehrmacht had their fair share as well (Although to a substantially lesser degree). It's not a bad thing that you said this though, it allows people like me to debunk it. The idea that the Wehrmacht were not involved in the crimes comitted by the Nazi Regieme is a still common misconceptionc called the "Clean Wehrmacht Myth". The myth originates fro just after WW2 ended and Germany was under allied occupation. The Western Allies wanted to make sure that the soon to be formed Federal Republic of Germany (or west germany) could defend itself from possible Soviet attack which meant they needed a standing army of their own. The problem is, the commanders and soldiers of this new army would have to be the same ones who just lost WW2. So, the Clean Wehrmacht myth was created to stem any public outrage this would give.
Wow cool mini film Mr spherical keep up the good work :)
MrSpherical: *makes a humorous video about the final battle at Castle Itter* Sabaton fans: Allow us to introduce ourselves~ Also Sabaton fans: JENNY AT THE GATES!
its historically accurate. its called the battle of castle itter. The castle was used as a prison for some high profile french POW, a member of czech resistance, and a famous tennis player. As it clear that the germans lost the war at this point the garrison abandoned their post. The french prisoner then send someone to find nearby allied troops. They find an american infantry units. Along the way they encounter a wehrmact german troops who proceed to surrender to the americans. The nearby SS troops then decide to attack the itter castle. Its dubbed the strangest battle in WW2 fought side by side by a rag tag group of american, wehrmacht, french POW, and some czech resistance group against the SS german division.
No matter who I watch making a video about this historical event it's always a great experience, but with MrSphereical that extra bit of humor and personality to these videos really makes it stand out. I'm really glad that this channel is doing so well and hopefully it'll keep getting more and more popular! So thank you MrSphereical
i knew of this battle before, but the second i realized that this was about it, i knew it was gonna be good
If that tennis player got a headshot with that racket i would be totally suprised
*knocks an SS down and unconscious* *They die of a meth overdose*
4:03 I love how you mentioned M4 Sherman nicknamed "Besotten Jenny" that helped defend the itter castle
Man I love this type of videos keep making videos like this
I like how you can take things like war and politics, and make them such lighthearted topics
Castle Itter, where an american captain met an whermahct major who was in the austrian resistance and both went to a castle where French VIPs were held pow and there was an SS Hauptsturmmführer that vowed to protect the castle against the SS, 1 soldier from Gangl's side deserted and the SS came, the Sherman blew up and Gangl died because he took a bullet for a former president, another sherman came by and the allied team won.
Again, and I will keep saying this until they actually do it but… HOW THE FUCK HASN’T THIS BEEN TURNED INTO A MOVIE YET?!?!?!?!?!?!
@@kaleoarnold3709 This is where we come in.
@@MrSpherical BAHAH
6:57 why did i laugh at this part for some reason
He was speedrunning
When USA said “silly mustache man may be dead but his spirit still lives on or something like that” really got me lol
When you realize this is the closest we get to a movie of the siege of castle itter. still absolute awesome man.
After all these years, I finally found it... *Bowser's last castle!*
“Adolf Hitball committed self-destruction” LMAO
Thunder: *Strikes Nazi Soldier* Soldier: Scheiße! American: okay, what is up with the weather here?
Man I'm so glad I learned this from listening to music it got me to see it in a different way thank God for sabaton bro Also been here since 8k subs love this channel
What's the name of the song used during the battle if you know?
@@smartlucker4011 it's from sabaton
@@ronaldpagar6513 what’s the name of the song by sabaton
@@smartlucker4011 the last battle
@@ronaldpagar6513 interesting because I don’t hear the same song during this battle. It is less rock and more chorus based
Thanks MrSpherical this premiere is/was awesome! Can definetely really tell your improving and enjoying making these!
1:32 comited self destruct🤣
5:56 BRO GOT IT WANGIN’
i keep re-playing this video idk why but thats so COOl!
0:17 “Captain Lee! I got news from Berlin!”Yep this is Castle Battle Everyone Knows But In The Real Battle,The entire Americans are tankers (Lee Himself is a Tanker) and Also Is not a Nazi Prison Camp is a freaking a Castle with politicians.There Are Many Easter eggs to the real battle.Good Job.
The Americans were from the 12th AD, 23rd tank battalion, so that makes sense. And Lee would have had seven or so Shermans, but he couldn’t take them all across a bridge. It used to be a Nazi prison castle, but it was abandoned by the SS garrison.
I also wish for a million bucks
One of the best German general was there, the man who nearly singlehandly defeated France, the famous Maurice Gamelin
My favorite WW II battle, great video!
Set your reminders everyone! And don't forget to subscribe!
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I shall
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your videos are the best
it is the Council of Spheres
7:55 with that animation of the good germans it kinda made me sad ngl
The Last Battle is a great book. I highly recommend it.
Don't forget sabaton as well
Hey Mr spherical I love all your content of your videos and I would really like to see malta being interviewed by you in the next video if you want😊
2:49 OMG Companyballs Is Here!!!!!!!!!! Thats What I Waiting For!
I love how the lighting strick started a fire but Lee and Gangel don't even noticed or care
Ah castle itter, an amazing story of human co-operation, even if the enemy is who they need to team up with
Congrats On 825K Subs! this video is amazing.
I love how even Mr. Spherical even got the besotten jenny tank accurate.
The castle is called Castle Itter, it was after Hiltter killed himself and Germany Surrendered. A German Weirmacht company that just surrendered to an American Airborn company and an SS officer who was also an Austrian resistance. The occupants of the castle were VIP prisoners. They included politicians, athletes and otheres. At the surrender, the SS left with a notice that they wold return to kill them all. They sent an athlete with an Austrian dialect over the walls to get help, the Americans, Weirmacht and single SS officer held off an entire SS battalion for over a day until the American Sherman tank division could arrive. The castle has not been repaired, it still bears the wounds inflicted that day.
The tennis ball player would just replace greaneades instead of balls ...XD
The channel releases videos regularly, with an easy to understand and interesting historical recap. Hope the channel produces more interesting historical videos☺☺
0:12 FORESHADOWING
I still cant believe they didnt make a movie or a game about this story-like battle.
6:50 imagine this guy just use his tennis racket to fly away to the litteral reinforcements with the harry potter flute just going to this guy
It's so epic to know that even those who did bad things knew when they could redeem themselves and take the first step...THIS VIDEO WAS EPICCC 🔥
3:24 Did he say "ball-owers?"
I am so excited about this! It's going be so good!
I want a movie of this.
Castle Itter, also you forgot the part we’re the tennis guy runs into a German machine gun nest an convinces them he’s a Austria forager
What a Legend 6:08 :(
Great video. Not all Germans were Nazis in war most were just soldiers serving their countries not the Nazi party
What a fucking legendary battle. A movie is needed about this
I just wanted you to know that you have great animations and good content and you deserve more subs
It's rather nice to see a video of "The Last Battle" & the respect given to the German soldiers(especially seeing officer Gangle sacrifice, as well as showing him being a KEY leader in the Austrian resistance 🇦🇹)
It's the end of the line, of the final journey, enemies leaving the past. And it's American troops and the German army, joining together at last!
5:05 it works better when the germans starts throwing grenade
They're gonna be like the Military dudes in half life throwing grenade and yelling "G R E N A D E"