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Ghost Riders Mark Felton

Ghost Riders By Mark Felton

Ghost Riders by Mark Felton


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Summary

GIs and Germans join forces in a thrilling true adventure story from the last days of the Second World War.

Ghost Riders Summary

Ghost Riders: Operation Cowboy, the World War Two Mission to Save the World's Finest Horses by Mark Felton

April 1945. As Allied bombs rain down on Europe, a 400-year-old institution looks set to be wiped off the face of the Earth. The famous white Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, unique and precious animals representing centuries of careful breeding, are scattered across rural Austria and Czechoslovakia in areas soon to be swallowed up by Soviet forces - there, doubtless, to become rations for the Red Army.

Their only hope lies with the Americans: what if a small, highly mobile US task force could be sent deep behind German lines, through fanatical SS troops, to rescue the horses before the Soviets arrive. Just five light tanks, a handful of armoured cars and jeeps, and 300 battle-weary GIs must plunge headlong into the unknown on a rescue mission that could change the course of European history.

So begins Operation Cowboy, the greatest Second World War story that has never been fully told. GIs will join forces with surrendered German soldiers and liberated prisoners of war to save the world's finest horses from fanatical SS and the ruthless Red Army in an extraordinary battle during the last few days of the war in Europe.

About Mark Felton

Mark Felton is a well-known British historian whose numerous books and articles on military history have received international attention. His last book Castle of the Eagles ('an extraordinary and largely forgotten wartime story, brought back to life in this Boys' Own account' - Daily Mail) has been optioned by Hollywood for movie development, as has his Zero Night ('a thundering good read' - History of War). After a decade working in Shanghai, Mark now lives in Norwich.

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GOR010310802
9781785785092
1785785095
Ghost Riders: Operation Cowboy, the World War Two Mission to Save the World's Finest Horses by Mark Felton
Used - Very Good
Paperback
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20190606
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