9780451224958-0451224957-The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

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

ISBN-13: 9780451224958
ISBN-10: 0451224957
Edition: Reprint
Author: Gregory A. Freeman
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Dutton Caliber
Format: Paperback 336 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780451224958
ISBN-10: 0451224957
Edition: Reprint
Author: Gregory A. Freeman
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Dutton Caliber
Format: Paperback 336 pages

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The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II (ISBN-13: 9780451224958 and ISBN-10: 0451224957), written by authors Gregory A. Freeman, was published by Dutton Caliber in 2008. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other United States History (European History, United States, Military History, World War II, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.57.

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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
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