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The Forgotten 500 is the gripping, behind-the-scenes look at the greatest escape of World War II. And the cargo planes had to make it through enemy airspace and back-without getting shot down themselves.Ĭlassified 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 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. Quick Book Reviews A collection of book reviews, written by a small group of literature lovers, of all the books we consider noteworthy. 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. Freeman is the story of the greatest rescue operation attempted during World War II. “Amazing riveting.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.ĭuring a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.

“Amazing riveting.”-James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers And the cargo planes had to make it through enemy airspace and back-without getting shot down themselves.Ĭlassified 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 destined to become required reading for serious students of the Second World War.'-Malcolm McConnell, 1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of American Soldier. 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 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.ĭuring a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.