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They should make Itter Castle a movie if it’s not already

“Makarov you ever hear the old saying? The enemy of my enemy is my friend?”

Another small fact about Gangle he was notorious for helping the local resistance movements long before the battle of castle itter occurred

Gangl is one of the unsung heroes of WW2. It's a shame his sacrifice isn't more widely known. Charlie Brown and Franz Stiegler's story is one of the rare happy endings. The fact they remained close friends all the way up to their deaths is something you can't put a price on.

Hmm from what I’ve learned on the Sabaton History KZfaq channel The German officer was actually one of the two men who met Captain Lee and told him of the situation at Itter and they got German support on route.

this is a certified simple history classic

The Battle of itter Castle shows how much the diferencie was between the Wechmart and the SS, the SS were loyal to Hitler and it's ideals to the end, while the Wechmart were probably done with it and didn't wanted Germany to suffer anymore

Castle Itter will always be my favorite story in WW2. American and German troops along with the prisoners fighting off SS troops until rescue. Rest well Gangal, you and your men fought well.

*”Teams have been auto-balanced”* You are now defending!

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

Switzerland: I'm neutral Swiss volunteers in the Waffen-SS: Maybe, maybe not

_"If you wanna see what people are made of, start a war."_ I like that this quote goes both ways

In war, it don't matter who's side you're on. In the end, you're all still human. Sometimes you must put aside the differences you have for one another, and go for who deserves absolute retribution for their most insane and immoral sins. No one should be treated as just "a number".

Starting with two of my favourite Sabaton inspirations. Nice

I know these are extremely grim circumstances but it shows the most beautiful side of humanity, our mercy and compassion for one another

Definitely one of the more bizarre stories of the second world war. Thanks for bringing it alive through animation!!!

‘Fly fighting fair, its the code of the air. Brothers, heroes, foes.’ - Sabaton No bullets fly: telling the story of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown. Their song covered the story magnificently and is one of those moments in the war where their humanity was restored.

4:03 *A Very Charlie Brown WW2*

Enemies working together is simply beautiful, putting their differences aside and defeating a greater force. simply beautiful

Love hearing stories of them work together tbh its really great especially Itter castle. two sides team up against the worst foe. Happy Holidays All!

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

“I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness, while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill Advisors: No way, man! This guy has betrayed literally everyone he ever worked for. *Boo Hoo Lu Bu was executed*

They don’t hate each other They protect what’s behind them

Amazing video as always! Good work on the animation.

Fun fact Himmler personally requested the recruitment of Finnish soldiers in the SS due to their ferocity in the Winter War.

Sabaton - The Last Battle It's about the battle of Itter Castle. Great song. Sabaton - No Bullets Fly Ye Olde Pub and the Bf 109 (Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident)

"Its the end of the line of the final journey Enemies leaving the past" - Sabaton's "The Final Battle" Its neat to see how soldiers of 2 sides threw aside their differences to fight for the greater good. Also, there was an SS officer who was on the Allied-Wehrmacht side, he got two years in military prison for his actions (as with most SS, he would've been shot, if he hadn't helped the Americans!)

There were also cases of such interactions on the pacific theater. There were lots of Indians who sided with the Japanese against the British. Additionally, there were quite a few Korean collaborators who fought with the Japanese for special privileges and even a few Americans who lived in Japan and never spoke up against Japan’s aggression for special privileges. I feel they deserve a mention too

wow! this was fascinating! keep it up Simple History!

Both Charlie & Franz lived in close proximity to each other by chance. Franz emigrated to Canada & settled in Vancouver. Charlie lived in Seattle Franz later learned of the story through a newspaper & wrote a letter to Charlie

The Nazis also teamed up with the British and Joseph joestar to combat a man named Kars who became the ultimate life form, can never find that in the history books though

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

My great grandfather on my father's side of the family fought in the Battle for Castle Itter and he was one of the wehrmacht soldiers, my father told me stories about him when I was younger but he passed a decade before I was born, my father told me that he never talked about the war much except for the Battle for Castle Itter

0:48 That looks like flag of Yugoslavia from 1943.-1946.

3:49 FROM DOWN BELOW AN ENEMY SPOTTED SO HURRY UP, REARM AND REFUEL

Animation look’s especially detailed this one, great job!!!

Brilliant video. Just a note, on 10:55 you did not include the Danish flag, even though they were the first ones you mentioned

Imagine a game during the middle of ww2 aliens decided to invade earth and suddenly german fallschirmjagers start to fight together with US airborne against aliens

I finally saw you! I seen your video's for years! Badass boss!

To anyone reading this. I ask you to please look up the “Sabaton” song about this. It’s called “The Last Battle” It’s so good

Merry Christmas simple history

When I watched this video, it was 2 minutes old. Anyway, awesome video, keep up the great work

Those storys always remind me of the storys my grandparents told me. When english bombers attacked and the airhorn was activated all children and women went to the basement and the men took signalcolored shirts or other obvious signs and ran outside on the cropfields. They signaled that their houses are inhabiting civilians and the bombers dropped the bombs before the house or flew off to somewhere else. The house of my grandparents was only hit once by a bomb in the whole war and has still a crack in the middle to this day.

The fact that the two pilots survived the war AND became friends afterwards is incredibly heartwarming.

“Makarov, You Ever Hear The Old Saying, The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend???" - Captain Price

13:01 did the German just shoot a Russian RPG7 that was designed 40 years after WW2 😂

I really loved this video, fantastic as always❤ Keep going at make more videos like that❤❤ But i have only one question: why did the german soldier use RPG at 12:57?

In one alternate universe there is a common cause for Axis and Allies to unite. Against Zombies. 🧟‍♂️ 🧟‍♀️ (Elena Siegman music kicks in.)🗡🎸

I read the book and watched the Wendigoon video on Castle Itter and I found it so fascinating. I plan to give a college presentation on the battle in the coming semester, if my history club will allow me to.

Uhh about this part 13:01, am I seeing things or this guy is armed with a RPG-7 instead of either a Panzerfaust or Panzerschreck??

Gotta love simple history

Great stories 😊

I like how Allies and Axis are working together as a team.

The battle of Niš occurred on November 7th 1944. The Soviet army and the Yugoslav resistance liberated Niš on October 14th. Six days later Belgrade, and Vrbas were liberated, while Novi Sad was liberated on October 23rd 1944. What was suppose to be done in Niš (on November 7th 1944 I mean), there was suppose to be a parade dedicated to mark the October revolution during that time. I think that this can't be considered as a cooperation between Allies and Axis. It can be more considered as an accident which happened due to the lack of information (but I'm not here to judge). Since you mentioned P-38's, I can add that at the end of WWII, there were couple of B-17's and P-38's that landed on Sombor's airfield in 1945, also in Yugoslavia (now Serbia). On Sombor airfield, besides US crew, there were Soviet crew operating on that airfield. What happened next was that Yugoslav soldiers and crew, they repainted American B-17 G, and also P-38 to have Yugoslav markings. One rumor about B-17 g says that this airplane was sent to USSR, while other says it remained in service in Yugoslav air force for one year (what is true from these two things, it's hard to say). Also in service was a P-38 Lighting, and it was in service also for one year in Yugoslav air force. There is a rumor that in the depths of Belgrade's museum of aviation are now B-17G, and also a P-38 L. After WWII, Yugoslavia received 8 P-51 D mustangs, and also 4 B-24 Liberators, believe it or not.

I like the redone version of the first story, looks cleaner than the first time you talked about that.

I love your voice. Its engaging to watch your videos.

12:57 Why does one of those German soldier have a Soviet RPG, a weapon that didn’t enter service until the 1950s?

The fact that Brown could keep his bomber in the air, is a testament to the engineers at Boeing. They made them tough.

Interesting stuff!

When I saw this video, my first words were "about time you made such video!". Now we just need is a movie.

Outstanding I learned some interesting new facts

I always het goosebumps front the pilot story, especially them becoming friends

"I never thought I'd be fighting alongside a German." "Wie wäre es mit einem Freund?" "I think I'd like that."

This was certainly the strangest and wildest battle of the war. Notwithstanding the VIPs and German American cooperation and fighting alongside each other.

First one: Sounds like something you would see in a Video game.

There should be a movie made about the battle of castle itter and with its showcasing around the world finally absolving the German people of the crimes of their ancestors. The German people like every people from other nations should be able to be proud of their country without having to constantly apologize for what some of their ancestors once did. If we applied this rule for everyone, everybody had to apologize for their ancestors crimes.

Awesome video. 🎉

I love the direct refrence to the sabaton song during castle Itter

Blud tried to be a French guy when you can see his helmet and everything💀 13:23

If I remember correctly stickler occasionally made it look like he was attacking the bomber while flying over the AAA placements to ensure no flak was fired

one of my favorite stories my great grandfather told me when he was in ww2 was Itter Castle. He had a buddy named Harry Basses.

Subatomic, Last Battle moment:

Very nice Sabaton reference in the opening

The story of Castle Itter begs to be made into a movie.

The entire world war is a case of one side "actively or inadvertently aiding their enemies".

Castle Itter and The story of the Ye Old Pub are both also know by Sabaton Fans by The Last Battle & No Bullets Fly.. Gotta love history

Just shows that not all axis troops were crazy monsters

One of the coolest battles ever!

13:27 that’s how I finished just about every single essay I ever wrote in school 😂 rephrasing the intro line

There is also an incident documented, which took place in May of 1945 on the Rügen island, where Soviet and Wehrmacht troops together were saving the inhabitans of a German orphanage from rape / violent attacks of other Soviet troops. Achim von Borries made a movie out of this stuff called „4 Tage im Mai“ (Four days in May) in 2011…

holy crap i did not know the 33rd grenadier division used RPGs 😆12:55

That first story be a good movie.

Did anyone notice the French SS infantryman using an RPG?

This is a neat video

This is awesome

The second story about Stigler just has to be made into a film, would be absolutely amazing.

Damn I love these videos

You should check out sabatons song on this, the last battle. There's also a song about ye old pub called no bullets fly

It is a great paradox indeed.

They seriously need to make a movie about the last battle. Its too freakishly true, its a must be told story.

We need live action movies of these events

I wonder if there’s any modern day instances of enemies working together

Simple History thought they could give an RPG-7V to the Germans defending the bunker and thought we wouldn't notice.

According to TV Tropes this would be an example of "Enemy Mine."

4:03 And right by his side is Snoopy on his red dog house 😂

A movie about gangl needs to be made to remember a hero

The thumbnail is so badass i clicked. You've got your view

3:48 All I have now is Sabaton playing in my head when watching this bit. Best to watch the animated music video on this if you want?

There were also long term operations. In late 1945, before returning of the french colonial forces, japanese troops fought under british command in Indochina against the Vietminh. (Both with much more success than the french later!) The British also used Wehrmacht troops in Greece as security forces against the communists. A lot of german Feldgendarmarie (militaty police) remained in service under command of the Allies.