A rescue with too many horsesSourced
The horses outnumbered the soldiers
During Operation Cowboy in 1945, US troops moved horses from Hostau in what is now Czechia. The horses outnumbered their personnel, so freed Allied prisoners and German prisoners helped. Lipizzaner mares and foals were moved behind US lines.
The operation’s name suited the work.
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