Spearhead - An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy and a Collision of Lives in World War II (Makos Adam)(Pevná vazba)

From the bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the untold story of a World War II tank company fighting from Normandy to the Rhine, where a humble gunner would meet destiny in an iconic duel. Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country reluctant to unleash the power of the Sherman tank he crewed. But as his tank platoon fought its way across Europe, into Germany, and he watched his friends cut down one by one, he learned to kill with deadly accuracy and efficiency, in a new state-of-the-art Pershing tank that spearheaded the way forward. His fight would climax in Cologne, in the shadow of the great cathedral, where he took a shot immortalized in a chance film clip--and where he would later forge a friendship with the German tanker he tragically
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