Battle of Castle Itter

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties 1 German Wehrmacht killed (Josef Gangl)
4 Waffen-SS killed
Several wounded (Allied side)
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Austrian_resistance
gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkb:German_Wehrmacht_(anti-Nazi_soldiers)
French prisoners
gptkbp:commander John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr.
Josef Gangl
Kurt-Siegfried Schrader
gptkbp:date 5 May 1945
gptkbp:followedBy Liberation of French prisoners
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Castle Itter
gptkbp:location gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Tyrol
gptkb:Itter_Castle
gptkbp:notableFor only battle in WWII where Americans and Germans fought together against the SS
defense of French VIP prisoners
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy Allied advance into Austria
gptkbp:prisonersInvolved gptkb:Maxime_Weygand
gptkb:Michel_Clemenceau
gptkb:Jean_Borotra
gptkb:Maurice_Gamelin
gptkb:Paul_Reynaud
gptkb:Édouard_Daladier
gptkb:André_François-Poncet
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance example of unusual alliances in WWII
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kasteel_van_Itter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8