The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All ... the GreatestRescue Mission of World War II

The astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War IIâ€”when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia...

During a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian farmers and peasants risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers while they waited for rescue, and in 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip large enough for C-47 cargo planesâ€”without tools, without alerting the Germans, and without endangering the villagers. And the cargo planes had to make it through enemy airspace and backâ€”without getting shot down themselves.
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Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time ever. The Forgotten 500 is the gripping, behind-the-scenes look at the greatest escape of World War II.

â€œAmazing [and] riveting.â€â€”James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers
Country USA
Manufacturer Dutton Caliber
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2008-09-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Dutton Caliber
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2008-09-02
Format	Kindle eBook

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All ... the GreatestRescue Mission of World War II

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