some problems i had with this movie

I agree. I also wonder why those double agents didn't take Schaffer as hostage in the cable car with them. Not doing this allowed Smith to go after them with 1 less major worry.

My biggest problem with this film is the part where the general alarm is set off and what do the Germans do to get to Eastwood and company before they escape? Why they spend a great amount of time breaking the castles wooden doors with sledge hammers.

Never mind they had cannon,grenades and other explosives lying around. It really spoils the film for me.

Nope, I don't share any thoughts with you...

Some of what you say makes sense, but ask yourself why you were surprised at the obvious. Loads of explosions and fires at the Schloss and you expect the town garrison to ignore it?

So many things wrong with the OP.

“the germans get shot down way to easy …at least outnumber them 1 to 1000 ”

1000 to 1?? Only 24 Germans are actively engaged in the bus chase. 7 in the town (4 on a truck and 3 in the street), 2 at a guard post, 2 on a motorcycle with sidecar, 3 in a car before the bridge blows, 4 guards at the airport, and 6 in two cars at the airport. (7+2+2+3+4+3+3=24). 4 of those were driving vehicles and weren’t firing, so only 20 Germans shot at them during the chase; only 20. 9 of the 20 Germans shot were in the open while Eastwood and Ure were firing from behind the bus seat (3 in the street, 2 at the guard post, and 4 at the airport). Of the 11 remaining Germans in vehicles who were shot, 8 were shot by someone in a fixed position (Ure got 2 and Burton got 3, both while standing under cover behind the bus, and Eastwood got 3 standing on the bridge as they approached. (At that moment he was the only one not under some kind of cover during the chase). So it is not a stretch that they could take out 20 soldiers under those circumstances.

“also the amount of ammunition they carried was unbelievable”

To answer people who scoff at ‘unlimited firepower’, in the castle Eastwood fires a total of 8 burst on screen: 1 long burst, after which he is shown manipulating something (I assume reloading), 3 more bursts (some short some longer), a burst from 2 guns at once, followed by a final burst. That is 7 so far. Here a grenade is thrown at Eastwood’s feet and we can see 4 spent clips on the floor. Considering each burst is a half to a full clip (30 rounds I assume) he probably used 4 to 5 clips in that engagement. A final burst at soldiers on the stairs brings the total bursts to 8. 6 spare clips would have easily accounted for all shots at the castle. Remember, they entered the castle with 2 full backpacks of explosives, guns, and ammo.

Leaving the castle they took the 3rd backpack which would account for the ammo used in the bus chase. In the bus Eastwood is shown taking out at least 5 clips from the backpack during a lull in the shooting. He is also shown running out of ammo and reloading during the bus chase. So all ammo is easily accounted for and quite believable.

The OP claimed Eastwood barred a door with “convenient … couple of planks next to the door”

The ‘plank’ used to bar the door was made for the door! That’s what the clips in the door were for! The wood bar even shows wear from past use barring the door!

“when they need to bail the cabin there happens to be a small river right beneath them”

During most aerial shots of the cable car, a road and river are shown running most of the way underneath them. Why should that be odd? The part they jump into is deep because of a small damn (shown) regulating the flow of the river. The river is not frozen because depending on temperature and water flow rivers don’t always freeze. Or do you suggest they melted the entire river for that shot? Lol

“how did they know the germans were waiting for them”

It’s safe to assume they would realize the castle would call down to the town to get guards at the cable station. That’s a no-brainer.

“Schaffer carried enough dynamite to make hiroshima look like a fart.”

(fun fact: Little Boy, the Hiroshima bomb, was a 16 kiloton blast, or equal to 32 million pounds of explosives).

They use 12 dynamite bundles in the castle: 6 in the conference room, 1 in a records room, 1 in an ammunition room, 1 tossed out the window into a gun bunker, 1 in the room while hiding, and 1 for each cable car. That’s only 12. Mary Ure enters the conference room with a suitcase containing supplies from the two backpacks brought into the castle. Inside you can see 12 dynamite bundles visible.
Outside the castle only 8 bundles are shown being used: 1 to escape the shed, and 7 on the road linked to poles (7 poles are shown hit by the bus, 6 explosions are shown). All in all that is a total of 20 dynamite bundles. All accounted for and easily carried in the backpacks.

So for people who scoff about ammo, reloading, dynamite, and for those who use hyperboles in their posts, I suggest paying more attention the next time you watch the film. Is Where Eagles Dare perfect? Of course not. Few films are, but it’s entertaining, exciting, and well within the realm of believability.

It's the kind of film where you sometimes have to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy it for what it is but the scene where Smith and Schafer are seen preparing to escape from the car after their arrest at Zum Wilden Hirsch and Schafer tells the guard next to him to rest easy because 'it's my shoelaces' always makes me smile.

You have to read the film based on the simplistic entertainment piece that it happens to be, based on its sub-genre. If you're looking for realism, you've come to the wrong place.

and the Germans couldn't hit a barn door even if they were inside the barn!