Here's an extraordinary WWII event you may not know about...

[lspencer534]

Here's a link to an event that happened in the closing hours of WWII, when American GIs and German soldiers joined forces to save the legendary Lipizzaner Horses:

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2018/11/25/operation-cowboy-how-american-gis-german-soldiers-joined-forces-to-save-the-legendary-lipizzaner-horses-in-the-final-hours-of-ww2/?fbclid=IwAR02aZ-zsbKYdutVXAIUbeGdvz-X1sc4r7_OS0jRIxywF0Igm_1kzBMVDnE

[Mike Mercury]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/70/22/f0/7022f0347868170c3c9ee976152694d8.jpg

[lspencer534]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/70/22/f0/7022f0347868170c3c9ee976152694d8.jpg

They are beautiful horses! How anyone could simply shoot them is beyond me. I saw them in my City several years ago when the riders put on a show here.

[6spdC6]

Well many of the German troops including lots of officers were not fanatical Nazis. They were just fighting for their country. I have heard about this before.

Hitler ordered the destruction of Paris but the general in charge did not do it. Sometimes common sense does prevail as these two events prove!

[VITE1]

I did not know that. What a great story.

[Dan Dlabay]

Here is another true story about a German pilot in a Bf 109 who instead of shooting down a crippled B-17 escorted it back to safety. Years later the two pilots meet.:cert:

Bf 109 pilot Franz Stigler and B-17 pilot Charlie Brown's first meeting - YouTube

[mrvette]

:sadangel::sadangel::shots::shots::dance::leaving:

[Lakeside49]

Wow

[CubSmurf]

Here is another true story about a German pilot in a Bf 109 who instead of shooting down a crippled B-17 escorted it back to safety. Years later the two pilots meet.:cert:

Bf 109 pilot Franz Stigler and B-17 pilot Charlie Brown's first meeting - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8EkmyoG83Q)

Great book!

Amazon.com: A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II (2015425255735): Adam Makos, Larry Alexander: Books

[CubSmurf]

Also, made me think of this scene in Crimson Tide:

Crimson Tide- Horse Lesson - YouTube