When U.S. Cavalry and Germans Fought Together in WWII

Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought alongside each other against a common enemy. The raid saved more than 1,200 horses, including 375 irreplaceable Lipizzaners whose bloodlines stretched back four centuries through the Habsburg Dynasty. Days later, the Czechs greeted their American liberators with flowers as U.S. armor rolled into Pilsen. But the Yalta Conference had assigned Czechoslovakia to the Soviet sphere of influence. Read Full Article »