Spearhead An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy and a Collision of Lives in World War II

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'Gripping' Wall Street Journal ________________________ At first, gunner Clarence Smoyer and his fellow crewmen in the legendary 3rd Armored Division - 'Spearhead' - thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: the lead tank always gets hit. After seeing his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, Clarence and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art 'super tank', one of twenty in the European theatre. But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: now they will spearhead every attack and, in doing so, will lead the US Army into its largest urban battle of the war, the fight for Cologne, the 'Fortress City' of Germany... 'Spearhead shimmers in eclipsing moments of valor, luck and compassion.' Washington Times

Book information

ISBN: 9781782395812
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 940.541273092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 426g
Height: 131mm
Width: 198mm
Spine width: 33mm