Days before the end of the Second World War, members of the German army approached an American armoured division waving a white flag.
The goal wasn't surrendering, rather enlisting the Yanks to help them on a final mission to save a castle full of the political future (for good or ill) of post-war France from roving bands of Waffen SS.
Works cited:
https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/last-battle
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-for-Castle-Itter
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/castle-itter
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/france-passes-anti-radicalism-bill-that-worries-muslims-1.5310806
https://www.thedailybeast.com/world-war-iis-strangest-battle-when-americans-and-germans-fought-together
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