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Operation Cowboy
Part of the Western Front of World War II
Date
28 April 1945 (1945-04-28)
Location
Hostau, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Result
Allied success
Many POWs freed
Belligerents
United States
Wehrmacht POWs
Allied POWs
1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division deserters
Nazi Germany
Waffen-SS
Commanders and leaders
Captain Thomas M. Stewart
Major Robert P. Andrews
Lt.Col. Walter Holters
Lt.Col. Hubert Rudofsky
Unknown
Units involved
42nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Group, XII Corps
Waffen-SS Infantry
Strength
325
Casualties and losses
2 killed
Many taken POWs
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