Czech newspaper: US troops in the Czech Republic rescued 650 horses that could end up in camping boilers of the Red Army

The Czech newspaper Aktualne distinguished itself by its noteworthy “historical"An opus. The material by Jan Gazdika talks about the "salvation" that the American troops carried out in Czechoslovakia in 1945.

The material contains a statement by Colonel Charles Hancock Reed, who commanded the 2nd Cavalry Group of the US Army. From the article:

US soldiers rescued 650 rare horses in the last days of World War II. They saved them, fearing that bad things could happen to these horses if they were in the hands of the Red Army.

The published material stated that the Americans "saved rare horses from Bohemia, because they were afraid that the Red Army would throw those into the cauldron."

The rest of the article tells how American troops, having landed in Normandy in 1944, marched through Europe and ended up in Germany and Czechoslovakia.

From the material:

Before American troops entered the territory of the Czech Republic, German veterinarians turned to soldiers of the US Army cavalry group with a request to save the horses. One of the veterans said that otherwise rare horses could end up in the cauldrons of field kitchens of the Red Army, as happened at a stud farm in Gradice near Torgau.

Apparently, in this place of the material the reader is invited to be touched by “the care of German veterinarians and American troops for animals.” The fact that the same veterinarians regularly served in Nazi formations that sent people to the oven is, of course, not mentioned in the material. There is no mention of how the “caring American army” had so far razed the German Dresden to the ground, leaving tens of thousands of civilians under burning rubble. And then all of a sudden both of them decided that it was time to save the horses from the Red Army ...

The author cites the statement of American Colonel Reed, which he made after the war:

We were so tired of war, death and destruction then that we wanted to do something beautiful.

To “save” the horses, the colonel singled out five tanks and a convoy of trucks. This technique was used "to break through the Nazi defensive order."

Among the "saved" were 250 animals from the Vienna Riding School, as well as the stallions of the Yugoslav King Peter and the Nazi Foreign Minister Ribbentrop. The total cost of 650 horses was allegedly $ 3 million (at the then exchange rate).

Comments

[Pivot]

[novel66]

brevity - sister ... mine ..

[Pivot]

Why, for some reason, my comment did not appear, I wrote that the Americans probably didn’t sell a single thoroughbred horse at an auction, they returned everything to the owners.

[mitroha]

US soldiers rescued 650 rare horses in the last days of World War II. They saved them, fearing that bad things could happen to these horses if they were in the hands of the Red Army.

Yes, the Red Army saved millions of European squirrels from falling into the hands of Americans. But look at you, one still fell into the hands of a colonel, and he gave it to a journalist .... In a word, you have to bite.

[seregatara1969]

and the young veterinarians didn’t write about the Auschwitz stoves? They feel sorry for the animals! and about the school of border dog breeding, along with dog handlers attacked the Wehrmacht infantry regiment, hand-to-hand, where were the Czechs? They brutalized everything. They have covered their conscience for SEVEN FIVE YEARS. cultural Europe

[Mouse]

brevity - sister ... mine ..

You are not even a talent .... TALENT !!!

[Thrifty]

Europisak's intellectual decay on the face, dullness in their delirium has long crossed the threshold beyond which mental insanity begins.

[marchcat]

The Americans were so tired of the war that they decided to save $ 3 million (at the then exchange rate). This is the whole logic of these "warriors".

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

I have two questions for the Czechs, what did the horses of the last king of Yugoslavia do in the Czech stables?
Second, is this really the only libel you are capable of presenting to the Red Army?
And finally, the Serbs should sue the descendants of the American colonel for robbing the horses of their former king! The Austrians should not be modest either !!!

[rocket757]

The published material stated that the Americans "saved rare horses from Bohemia, because they were afraid that the Red Army would throw those into the cauldron."

And who would write how the soyuznichki Dresden Gallery leveled ... too, Schaub "fighters of the red army" did not cut on hand-rolled cigarettes ???
if you look, there’s a lot more ...
We simply do not descend to the level of the "enlightened, progressive" part of humanity! Let them, all of them be rewarded a hundredfold, MANDATORY!

[Blackgrifon]

Quote: rocket757

And who would write how the soyuznichki Dresden Gallery leveled ... too, Schaub "fighters of the red army" did not cut on hand-rolled cigarettes ???

"This is different - you have to understand here!" (from) :)

[rocket757]

I have not been taught this! this can not be understood in any way and never .... be-eee.

[Albert1988]

Quote: Blackgrifon

"This is different - you have to understand here!" (from) :)

Exactly! Everything becomes clear here from this line:
"Total cost 650 horses amounted to be claimed 3 million (at the then exchange rate) ".
That says it all

[novel66]

so that porcelain is not pulled to the ashtrays .. hello

[rocket757]

They are "enlightened", they are connoisseurs ...
Barking a mongrel mongrel ... it's for a long time.

[4ekist]

The Czech newspaper Aktualne was notable for its “historical” diarrhea. The article, as I understand it, is intended for the Czech reader.

[Invoce]

Quote: rocket757

The published material stated that the Americans "saved rare horses from Bohemia, because they were afraid that the Red Army would throw those into the cauldron."

А who would have written how they allotted the Dresden Gallery ... too, Schaub "fighters of the red army" did not cut them on hand-rolled cigarettes ??? ....

and who said that the Gallery was leveled ??? The Western coalition leveled and burned Dresden, and the Nazis took out the gallery

[Kondratko]

Quote: Invoce

, and the Nazis took out the gallery

A case not to America? )))

[rocket757]

Favorable dog-maker?
There are many versions, but not very pictures and other values.

[orionvitt]

Quote: rocket757

We simply do not descend to the level of the "enlightened, progressive" part of humanity!

Their level, save the herd of horses, our level, save humanity from Nazism. The difference in levels on the face.

[rocket757]

They took part in the fight against fascism, of course, but in their own way. Such they are, we must always remember this.

[ApJlekuHo]

They stole horses so that the Soviet soldiers wouldn't eat them, why can't you read? To whom the war and to whom the replenishment of the budget. That is why they are a superpower, and all the other Hold'ei. Humanity has not yet experienced this, "Nazism" - do not be ridiculous, medicine is more abrupt than any phishism-Nazism in the place taken.

[evgen1221]

Lovely, just lovely. Oh, what good ones, the Akurat after Dresden was drawn to good deeds by an irresistible force.

[novel66]

after Dresden .. but before Hiroshima ... a sudden attack ..

[Mountain shooter]

And what is the fate of these horses? Have the expensive horses returned to their owners? Or "what has fallen from the cart is gone"?
What stables did the rescued horses end up in?

[Cyril G ...]

You are still asking! Like anyone! Colonel Reed. Surely during the robbery by the Anglo-Saxons of Europe, more than one state arose. The Colonel flipped in time.

[Charik]

then the fascists whom the Americans hired to work in America

[knn54]

... The procession was on the road for two days and went to the bridge, from which it was already close at hand to a safe area. But the bridge was barricaded by a group of armed people. These were Czech partisan communists loyal to the USSR.

“You cannot take these horses out of Czechoslovakia,” said the partisan commander, pointing his machine gun at the convoy. Then, Felton writes, Lieutenant Bill Quinlivan appeared on horseback in front of the column, undoing his holster along the way. "Quickly dismantle your barricades here," he shouted menacingly. But the partisans did not obey him.

Without dismounting from the saddle, Quinlivan waved in the direction of the armored personnel carrier, which rolled noisily forward and directed the barrel of the gun at the Czechs. He raised his hand and began to visually count to three. On the figure "two" the nerves of the commander of the partisan detachment could not stand it. He missed the column ...
Horses were not returned to the Czech Republic; General Patton ordered the animals to be returned to Austria.

[Avior]

A Spanish riding school still exists in the very center of Vienna, from the 16th century.
One of the attractions for tourists.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

And what is the fate of these horses? Have the expensive horses returned to their owners? Or "what has fallen from the cart is gone"?

For any mattresses, Czechs did not leave either ears or tails from these horses.

[Polymer]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

What is the fate of these horses?

A few years ago, I recall, the Austrians were accused of adding plenty of horse meat to the sausage. As one of the versions ...
But this is not the boilers of the field kitchen for you - the civilized sausage shop, you know!

[Tavrik]

Great theme for a blockbuster! "Rescue of Ribbentrop's Horse". For the entourage, it is necessary to insert shots of the wild-looking Bolsheviks, relishingly devouring horse meat in Gradica. It is only incomprehensible why the horses themselves in horror did not run away from the Red Army? Didn't they really sense that something bad could happen to them. After all, the Bolsheviks can not only 2 million German women ... that ... But they will not stop at the horses either ...
But justice and civilization triumphed. The USA did not allow the irreparable to happen and again proved that they are rightfully considered the leader of the free world. The memory of saving horses will forever remain in our hearts.
It bore me ...

[depressant]

Me too)))
I would add an episode of how each horse burst gratitude to the saviors.

[Igor Borisov_2]

The total cost of 650 horses was allegedly $ 3 million (at the then exchange rate).

No worries - just business

[askort154]

Outrageous cynicism against the background of thousands of dead Soviet soldiers who liberated Czechoslovakia. Western Slavs are completely bored.

[Zhan]

Quote: askort154

Outrageous cynicism against the background of thousands of dead Soviet soldiers who liberated Czechoslovakia. Western Slavs are completely bored.

What kind of Slavs they are, semi-Germans ... One only needs to remember when they built tanks at Skoda factories, and even like social networks. Competitions were arranged ..

[Prisoner]

Ours also had horses, not Czechs to save. Maybe then there would be no such sub-docks in the Czech Republic.

[Peter is not the first]

Livestock during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Hitler’s invaders inflicted huge damage on the livestock industry of our country. In the regions of the RSFSR temporarily occupied by Nazi troops, the number of cattle decreased by 60% against the pre-war level, sheep and goats - by 70%, pigs - by 90%, horses - by 77%. In the Ukrainian SSR, the number of cattle decreased by 44%, sheep and goats - by 74%, pigs - by 89%, horses - by 70%. In the regions of the Byelorussian SSR, the number of cattle decreased by 69%, sheep and goats by 78%, pigs by 88%, and horses by 61%.

The war caused great damage to livestock breeding. A significant number of pedigree cattle were driven into Nazi Germany and destroyed by the Nazis during the occupation.

http://old.mcx.ru/documents/document/v7_show_print/32114..htm
And the Czechs did not remember how many of our tribal ... appeared in the cauldrons of the Nazi troops and in the pots of German and Czech citizens when they forged weapons for these troops.

[Talgarets]

The owners decided to flatter.

[Pete mitchell]

Quote: Talgarets

The owners decided to flatter.

Eka you are delicate - their owners want the Czechs and others to them waved and delight portrayed.
The article is driven into the heads of liberals of all stripes, cynicism just rolls over ..

[Fishery]

the horses are beautiful, and delicious too.

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

Yes, dried horse meat, not like dried beef! Pork and chicken rest aside !!!
Horse meat’s only competitor is dried venison, although it’s not for everyone !!!

[vkd.dvk]

Czechs ... are happy to look for examples of the "very possible" type, imagining to themselves and to the world that the soldiers will surely devour elite horses. Salvation of Prague does not count.
How long will we silently bear the insult to these shortcomings? Isn’t it time to start answering by recalling the ambassador and breaking off diplomatic relations?

[svp67]

The published material stated that the Americans "saved rare horses from Bohemia, because they were afraid that the Red Army would throw those into the cauldron."

Hmm, the Czechs are now ready to jump out of their skin just to show their loyal feelings to the United States and to spoil Russia.
Yes, by the way, at the expense of the imaginary attempt to poison the figures who demolished the monument to Konev. The most important Czech intelligence officer said that his department did not have such information and does not have it.
And yet, in the Czech Republic they were very indignant at the fact that in Chelyabinsk a monument was desecrated over the grave of the dead legionnaires. We immediately remembered the signed agreements and so on. etc...
Of course, this case does not color us, but once again shows the duplicity of their modern leaders. The monument to Konev, like our other monuments, was moved or demolished from them with a reservation on the actions of the Soviet Army in 1968 ... and they thought to us who the Czech legionaries who died and buried here were for us?

[K-50]

Czech newspaper: US troops in the Czech Republic rescued 650 horses that could end up in camping boilers of the Red Army

What kind of crap about our grandfathers do not blurt out, if only their blood shed during the liberation of these goods, do not remember !!!
Burn in hell, corrupt m raz !!!

[Taras mp]

The nation is worried about the horses, and Leningrad is like little spaghetti or Every fourth inhabitant of Belarus ...... It’s clear that the whole war they supplied the Nazi troops with weapons and we recorded them in the camp of the winners, but we had to make them pay ....

[zombirusrev]

generally Slavs do not eat horse meat. But apparently the Czechs themselves do not belong to them. They have long been in the slaves of the Germans. This is clearly indicated by the complete lack of partisan movement in the Czech Republic during the years of WW2.

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

Slavs eat horse meat, even as they eat. Especially dried! Although I think the direct road of those horses was to the breeding factories. Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers were not so simple. The horse at 45 played a big role both in the war and in agriculture!

[Dali]

Quote: Kote pane Kohanka

Slavs eat horse meat, even as they eat. Especially dried! Although I think the direct road of those horses was to the breeding factories. Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers were not so simple. The horse at 45 played a big role both in the war and in agriculture!

You exaggerate a little. The Slavs ate horse meat only in exceptional cases - either you will die of starvation, you will be left exhausted and the enemy will cut off your head, which is the same as you will die from hunger ... or you will be alive - so do not ...

And now, in the modern world, everything is clear mixed up ...

[Taras mp]

Horses in the cauldrons ???? And how many people have cooked soap in boilers .....

[cniza]

One of the veterans said that otherwise rare horses could end up in the cauldrons of field kitchens of the Red Army, as happened at a stud farm in Gradice near Torgau.

And why lie?

[Gunner]

A feat worthy of an epic. Is the name of the Hero known?

[1536]

It would be interesting to know what happened to these horses after the Americans "rescued" them? Is this written about in the original article of the Czech propagandist? Or we ourselves can guess what the culinary preferences of the American soldiers were, and who also got the millions of dollars if these horses were not eaten?

[Dym71]

Quote: 1536

It would be interesting to know what happened to these horses after the Americans "rescued" them?

They returned to Vienna in 1955.

Among the “saved” were 250 animals from the Vienna Riding School

Lipician Horses of the Vienna Spanish Riding School

[Avior]

The school is now in the very center of Vienna.
Easy to find by smell near the monument to Mozart.

[Krasnodar]

Not far from the chest-shaped theater and hotel ZACHER - this is what is called, in honor of the national Viennese dessert))

[Avior]

More precisely, in honor of the first owner-
Zahera is the son.
The cake was invented by Sacher-dad.

[Krasnodar]

Is it the Lviv dynasty of masochists? )) Which descendants have the right to aliyah?

[Avior]

As I understand it, those are Sacher-Masochi, but they had a Catholic family.
Pope Leopold von Sacher, the creator and director of the Lviv police, is from the Prague Sacher, but he was a Catholic, albeit from the Sephardim, there could be problems with Aliya.
But Masoch is from his mother, daughter of the rector of the Lviv University, it was a well-known respected name in Lviv, steeper than Sacher, Papa Masokh was a famous doctor.
And this one is just Franz Sacher, a Viennese pastry chef.

But is there anything in common - you need to look at portraits.

[Krasnodar]

Thank you, I did not know)).

[Revolver]

Quote: Krasnodar

ZAHER

I apologize for what ???

[anjey]

Yankees and such "dark horses" as Otto Skorzeny were rescued in batches

[Krasnodar]

Like our best friends, the Syrians and the Egyptians

[anjey]

At least they did not plan a global conflict with the USSR and did not massively attract the former Nazis and their agents, like our good American allies

[Krasnodar]

Wow, they didn’t work against the USSR. )))

[tihonmarine]

Quote: 1536

It would be interesting to know what happened to these horses after the Americans "rescued" them?

I'm sorry, what ? Instead of stew, they ate it.

[Ravik]

And then the Americans ate them ...

[Revolver]

Quote: Ravik

And then the Americans ate them ...

How many I live in America, horse meat on sale did not see. America is not Mongolia, and not even France.

[Alexey RA]

Quote: AVTOHTON

Konev was wrong in giving the order to storm Prague, without artillery ..

And what kind of artillery can the advanced units of tank armies have? Anyway, tank armies?

Quote: AVTOHTON

Here it is thanks to about 100 thousand of our soldiers who died and Marshal is now demolished ..etc.

Irreversible losses during the assault on Prague - 11 people.

[AUTOHTON]

Quote: Alexey RA

And what kind of artillery can the advanced units of tank armies have? Anyway, tank armies?

Weird question ? The same carousel tanks can destroy firing points from far away ..

Quote: Alexey RA

Irreversible losses during the assault on Prague - 11 people.

Germany surrendered to us too .. Although the weapons were stamped for the Wehrmacht almost until the end of May, until a Russian officer ordered them to stop working

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Alexey RA

And what kind of artillery can the advanced units of tank armies have? Anyway, tank armies?

Self-propelled artillery. For example, self-propelled guns M18.

[Charik]

why do we need as an example this americosina, here-

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

Quote: tihonmarine

Quote: Alexey RA

And what kind of artillery can the advanced units of tank armies have? Anyway, tank armies?

Self-propelled artillery. For example, self-propelled guns M18.

Phi is not about anything !!!
If I’m not mistaken, Konev had 4 regiments of self-propelled artillery ISU-262 and ISU-122! Plus in the tank armies were the SU-100, SU-76M and SU-57! Plus towed artillery - a couple of dozen batteries of 122mm howitzers and 76mm guns! Plus, the BM-13 Guards Mortar Division! So the tank army of model 45 was still that steam rink !!!

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Kote pane Kohanka

If I’m not mistaken, Konev had 4 ISU-262 self-propelled artillery regiment

I won’t say anything about ISU-262, but my father Koenigsberg hollowed out of ISU-152.

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

Imprinted, of course, ISU-152

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Kote pane Kohanka

Imprinted, of course, ISU-152

Yes, I understand, sorry.

[Revolver]

Quote: Alexey RA

And what kind of artillery can the advanced units of tank armies have? Anyway, tank armies?

In fact, even a high-explosive shell of T-34 85mm tank guns, and even more so, the IS-2 122mm, will not seem enough. And 152mm self-propelled guns were carried, or 6 inches, such as the main caliber, not even a destroyer, but a cruiser, such a suitcase a brick house would turn into a pile of rubble.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: AVTOHTON

There, the Americans of Dresden, along with the inhabitants, burned aviation and heroes now, or the same Hiroshima from Nagasaki.

I wonder why the Americans didn’t hammer in Prague if they bombed Dresden?

[Vitaly Tsymbal]

It's time for "Praguefilm" together with the American "naked wood" to shoot the historical blockbuster "To Save Pat's Mare", when American tank crews, having lost a lot of people, of Czech nationality (Amerjiai do not die, because superheroes), are saved from the hands of the evil Esseovites - mare-haters and hungry mares and wild hordes of Russians, a mare worth several dozen green lemons, for the sake of continuing the mare's happy life on a ranch in Texas, about which the mare dreamed of tormenting in the dungeons of the Gestapo and survived thanks to the Czech overseer. Well, along the way, the plot is small - like three American tanks and a mare liberated Prague))) Why, the main thing is not true, the main art that carries light, kind ... Oh, Czechs, Czechs ...

[Lord of the Sith]

Fuck the inhabitants of the Czech Republic, it was necessary to save the horses)))

By the way, you might think the Czechs themselves do not eat horse meat, how come))

[Gennady Fomkin]

the employees of the All-Union Institute of Plant Production (VIR), who worked and slept in fits and starts, were as hungry and exhausted as all Leningraders. They steadfastly kept all the siege winters, without water, electricity, under continuous shelling. They raved about food, and yet none of them even thought of eating at least a handful of grains in order to save their lives. And here are the horses

[I AM BELARUSIAN]

Everything has been done in order to FORGET the whole truth. God is their judge ...

[iouris]

And what else can you expect from euronazists, descendants of collaborators? I do not mean all Czechs.

[Fantazer911]

Now it became clear to me, and everything fell into place, if they ask me why the Americans landed in Europe during the Great Patriotic War, they saved the HORSES, everything, clearly, there are no words!

[tihonmarine]

The rest of the article tells how American troops, having landed in Normandy in 1944, marched through Europe and ended up in Germany and Czechoslovakia.

Specially designed operation. they stomped half of Europe to save the horses (they don’t have enough American stews, what did they get for mare?)

[Krasnodar]

A stingy male tear runs down his chin from the beginning of self-isolation. And how did the Americans save Nagasaki from the tsunami ...

[LeonidL]

How many Europeans were saved by the Red Army by liberating Europe? How many American guys did the Red Army save by finishing off the fascist reptile, first alone, and then with every blow weakening the Wehrmacht’s capabilities in the West? And how many Europeans and Americans were saved by the Czechs ????? But how many Czechs were killed can probably be counted if you multiply the number of military equipment produced by hardworking Czechs by the approximate number of losses from fire of Czech tanks, self-propelled guns, guns, etc. in the ranks of the allies from North Africa to Norway, from Normandy to Stalingrad. Maybe it’s worth calculating, huh?

[Alexander Sosnitsky]

What to do, now everyone is lying. Some are white and fluffy and at the same time all together forge weapons for the Nazis, who want to slaughter 95-98% of Russians, while others liberate everyone, and the dirty and creepy ones want to breed horses and eat all valuable breeds, and Auschwitz are accidentally good labor camps for re-education of wild hordes in civilized directions. "Arbait mach frei!" It's a pity for the horses, it's good that they saved.

[anjey]

By the way, the Americans with local liberoids prepared and then provoked bloodshed in Prague in 1968, where they were there and blood like a river for a long time. "Kind" and selfless Yankees is a myth for simpletons, such as this Czech holey magazine slut.

[sgapich]

Quote from the original article (translation): “The horses went to Schwarzenberg in Bavaria, and then in two stages to St. Martin near Neustadt, from where 215 horses were returned to Austria. The rest were declared trophies and delivered from the Italian port of Genoa to the United States. ”
The article itself is here:
https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/zahranici/operace-cowboy-americane-zachranili-vzacne-kone-z-houstone/r~38aff99e982811ea9d470cc47ab5f122/

[Vlp8]

)))) so ... liberators zhezh

[German Titov]

Glory to the American warrior !!! That's right, sarcasm! Were there normal horses in the Czech Republic? "Lieutenant Rzhevsky - keep silent about women."

[gurzuf]

"American soldiers rescued 650 rare horses in the final days of World War II. They rescued them for fear that bad things could happen to these horses if they ended up in the hands of the Red Army." That's all there is to know about the Czechs after the siege of Leningrad.

[The Siberian barber]

.... donkey about horses ..

[lvov_aleksey]

how could they get the Anglo-Saxons - the question is - into Czechoslovakia? (ps do not believe the article)
ps if someone did not understand, the meeting was not at Elbe was in Berlin, and not in Czechoslovakia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Armored beast]

Quote: Kote Pan Kokhanka

Yes, dried horse meat, not like dried beef! Pork and chicken rest aside !!!
Horse meat’s only competitor is dried venison, although it’s not for everyone !!!

And you, my friend, is not a Mongol for an hour? Ali Tatar what?

[Chever]

Yeah, really. Even here to say ...

[Alexander Burkunov]

rare means expensive and sold to those who had money. and they came up with a boiler

[aglet]

Quote: Gunner

A feat worthy of an epic. Is the name of the Hero known?

Well Duc, Private Ryan, not otherwise. his handwriting

[boris epstein]

“Among the 'rescued' were 250 animals from the Vienna Riding School, as well as stallions of the Yugoslav King Peter and the Nazi Foreign Minister Ribbentrop. The total cost of 650 horses was allegedly $ 3 million (at the then exchange rate). the main reason for American beauty. The 1945 dollar and the modern dollar are not just two, but ten big differences.

[Cosmonaut TV]

Where did the Americans divide the horses? No, well, could they have taken them to the USA?

[Ham]

that is, American horse thieves steeled 650 thoroughbred horses)))
and the Russians would definitely eat them)
there is a direct comparison - Russians are direct gog and magog and Americans are elves, Savior of Horses