Operation Cowboy: Saving the Lipizzaner Horses
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Operation Cowboy:
The Rescue of the Lipizzaner Stallions
Photo by Bob Haarmans
By now, President Roosevelt had died & Truman had taken his place. Hitler also had committed suicide & US troops were sweeping across Germany.
Confusion & horror swept across Europe as the U.S. Allies discovered the true secrets of the Nazi Camps
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Another crisis was arising now. Although culture may not have seemed important at this time, without an intervention, the world would loose a very important bit of it's culture; the Lippizaner horses.
Photo by Axel Bührmann
These horses were first bred by Austrian nobility in the mid-16th century. They were prized as war horses & for their intelligence, strength, & beauty.
Photo by Gattou - Lucie Provencher
Even though their maneuvers were for war,the precision & fluidity
of their movements makes it look like an equine ballet.
Photo by MilesBintz
In an attempt to make the perfect race of horses, Hitler had the Lipizzaners taken from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria and moved to Czechoslovakia.
Photo by moqub
Nearly 700 horses were moved. Everyone feared that they would be killed to feed the starving German troops.
Photo by gus_the_mouse
A German veterinarian, Rudolph Lessing, alerted General George Patton about the horses & asked him to save them. One of Patton's men, Colonel Charles Reed of the 2nd Cavalry responded with "Operation Cowboy" .
Photo by Old Guard Museum
The 42nd Cavalry squadron went to Houstau, Germany to get the Lipizzaners and lead them back to Bavaria, but before they could they had to break through a line of German Troops to get to the horses.
Photo by Presidential Inaugural Committee
They loaded the foals, who were to young to travel, onto trucks and drove them to Bavaria. The others they rode back to American lines.
Photo by macstre
Even though the mission was successful, during the transfer, the farm was attacked by German troops. Several US soldiers were wounded, & two were killed.
Operation Cowboy is still remembered today. A monument was given in 2006 to remember the mission to save these prized horses.
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