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TIL about Major Josef Gangl, a Wehrmacht officer and the only known fatality from the Battle of Castle Itter, where Wehrmacht soldiers teamed with American soldiers to defend the castle from the Waffen SS. He died while escorting former French Prime Minister, Paul Raynaud, to safety.

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