When Americans and Germans Fought Together Against the SS
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American and German soldiers fought side by side, against the SS. One tank. Fewer than 40 defenders. Over 100 Waffen-SS troops closing in. 📖 Free WW2 reading list — my 30 essential books on the war and what came after. Get the PDF here: https://history-inside-8s3dsc.subscribepage.io/ 🎖️ Subscribe to History Inside → https://bit.ly/sub2HI Research & script by Jordy Faijdherbe Narration by Benjamin Pemberton Chapters 00:00 Hostages 02:40 Defiance 05:09 Siege 07:39 Breakthrough 📚 Primary sources - Stephen Harding, The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe (Da Capo Press, 2013) - Distinguished Service Cross citation for Captain John C. Lee Jr. — official US Army decoration record - Kurt-Siegfried Schrader, personal memoir/testimony — first-person account by the SS officer who defended the castle 📚 Secondary & critical sources - Encyclopædia Britannica, Battle for Castle Itter - HistoryNet, The Battle for Castle I
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