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Ghost riders, when US and German soldiers fought together to save the world's most beautiful horses in the last days of World War II, Mark Felton

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-284) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Ghost riders

1023491596

Mark Felton

when US and German soldiers fought together to save the world's most beautiful horses in the last days of World War II

"As the Red Army closes in on the Third Reich, a German colonel sends an American intelligence officer an unusual report about a POW camp soon to be overrun by the Soviets. Locked up, the report says, are over a thousand horses, including the entire herd of white Lipizzaners from Vienna's Spanish Riding School, as well as Europe's finest Arabian stallions--stolen to create an equine "master race." The horses are worth millions and, if the starving Red Army reaches the stables first, they will kill the horses for rations. The Americans, under the command of General George Patton, whose love of horses was legendary, decide to help the Germans save the majestic creatures. "--Jacket

"Always ready" -- Colonel "H" -- Action this day -- White gold -- Operation Sauerkraut -- Plenipotentiary -- Duty -- "Adolf ist kaput!" -- Enemy situation unknown -- Liberators and saviors -- No way out -- The Alamo -- All quiet on the Western front -- The green light -- Day of days -- Operation cowboy -- The grand drive