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Castle Itter, Austria [Map]

Itter Castle (German: Schloss Itter) is a 19th-century castle in Itter, a village in Tyrol, Austria. In 1943, during World War II, it was turned into a German prison for French VIPs. The castle was the site of an extraordinary instance of the U.S. Army, German Wehrmacht, Austrian Resistance, and the prisoners themselves fighting side-by-side against the Waffen-SS in the battle for Castle Itter in early May 1945 before the end of the war in Europe. The hill castle is atop a 666-metre knoll at the entrance to the Brixental valley, about 5 kilometres south of Wörgl and 20 kilometres west of Kitzbühel.

On the afternoon of May 4, 1945, the prison's commander fled. Shortly after the SS-Totenkopfverbände guards followed, the prisoners armed themselves and awaited an anticipated attack from Waffen SS troops still aggressively resisting surrender. Two Sherman tanks of the 23rd Tank Battalion of the U.S. 12th Armored Division under the command of Capt. John C. ‘Jack’ Lee Jr., and anti-SS elements of the Wehrmacht under the command of Major Josef ‘Sepp’ Gangl, arrived. Together the three groups repelled probes by SS reconnaissance elements throughout the night. The battle continued through the morning of 5 May, with a strong force of 100–150 SS pressing the attack until reinforcements from the American 142nd Infantry Regiment arrived around 4 PM that day.

This map was created using a GPS height-map as well as topographic and WW2 maps. It features Castle Itter as well as a few of the surrounding villages. It also has accurately placed nature and buildings.

A mission I made for this map: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2942460778

Size: 500x500m
Last update: 3/4/2023