Soon a pattern emerged: The lead tank always gets hit. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next.

At first, Clarence and his fellow crews in the legendary 3rd Armored Division-“Spearhead”-thought their tanks were invincible. When Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunner’s seat of his Sherman tank, his crewmates discover that the gentle giant from Pennsylvania has a hidden talent: He’s a natural-born shooter. Makos drops the reader back into the Pershing’s turret and dials up a battle scene to rival the peak moments of Fury.” -The Wall Street Journal From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel-and forge an enduring bond with his enemy. THE NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER “A band of brothers in an American tank. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.ĭownload Spearhead Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as “top secret.” It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. What happened next would defy imagination and later be called “the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.” The U.S. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler-and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber’s tail. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany.

“Oh, it’s a good one!”-Fox News A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Spearhead.

“A remarkable story.worth retelling and celebrating.”-USA Today.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.”-CNN

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