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Mark Felton is an author and historian who has written extensively on World War II. He also produces short films on various subjects. We spoke about his latest WWII history book Ghost Riders.
0:57 – Mark talks about how he got into writing on this subject.
2:44 – Mark talks about how he tells the story in the book.
5:00 – Mark talks about Patton and the individuals who were important to this story.
7:20 – Mark talks about how he treats the Soviets in the book.
9:37 – Mark talks about the SS in this story.
13:10 – Mark talks about plans for an Aryan warhorse.
18:20 – Mark talks about how General Patton launched this operation.
24:00 – Mark talks about the Cossacks in the book.
26:00 – Mark talks about how he collected his information for the book.
36:00 – Mark discusses the Disney film “Miracle of the White Stallions” which is a ficitonalized version of this story.
57:58 – Mark can be found at markfelton.co.uk and he has a youtube channel with lots of films at Mark Felton Productions.
Links of interest
https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/mark-felton/ghost-riders/9780306825606/
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Guests: Mark Felton
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, D-Day, Ardennes, Germany, Riding horses, Patton, WWII, world war II, Lipizzaner, Lipizzan, Soviets, German SS, Aryan, tanks, cavalry, Task Force Baum, Cossacks, Hostau, Americans, disney film, san diego zoo, spanish riding school, vienna