Hello and

welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast

I'm Angus Wallace

Last year I talked to Mark Felton about the escape attempts

of British VIP prisoners held by the Italians.

That was episode 49, Castle of Eagles.

The book is possibly my favorite read of last year.

Well, Mark's back with another cracking story he's managed to turn up in the archives,

that of Operation cowboy. The book is Ghost Riders.

It recounts the activities of an American unit which raced into Czechoslovakia to accept the surrender of a group of Germans.

In doing so, they managed to rescue a number of Allied POWs and with the help of German POWs they fought off a concerted

attack by a SS unit and then and then evacuated the maze of the famous Viennese Spanish riding school.

Patrons of the podcast will be aware that during my conversations quite a bit never makes into the

final podcast left on the cutting room floor that's not to say it's worthless

it's perhaps off topic general World War II chat, but sometimes what you get in the

podcast is all there is. When I do these extras I like to share them with patrons of the show. Those people who through a small

contribution of a dollar or so each month help me find the time to put the podcast together. So if you want more World War II

chat head to patreon.com slash W. W.W.2 podcast or W.W.2 Podcast.

dot com slash done it for more details on how to become a patron.

Mark. Welcome back.

For people to understand this, I guess the starting point needs to be for us to look at the Spanish

riding school in Vienna.

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