The Forgotten 500 (The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II)

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The astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—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 planes—without tools, without alerting the Germans, and without endangering the villagers. And the cargo planes had to make it through enemy airspace and back—without getting shot down themselves.
 
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.

“Amazing [and] riveting.”—James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers

This book title, The Forgotten 500 (The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II), ISBN: 9780451224958, by Gregory A. Freeman, published by Penguin Publishing Group (September 2, 2008) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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Product Details

Author:
Gregory A. Freeman
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
336
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group (September 2, 2008)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9780451224958
ISBN-10:
0451224957
Weight:
11.8oz
Dimensions:
5.94" x 8.92" x 0.69"
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36
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