{"product_id":"savage-will-the-daring-escape-of-americans-trapped-behind-nazi-lines-9780451419149","title":"Savage Will: The Daring Escape of Americans Trapped Behind Nazi Lines","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of incredible true stories from \u003ci\u003eThe Great Escape\u003c\/i\u003e to\u003ci\u003e Argo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSavage Will \u003c\/i\u003erecounts a tale of survival, daring, and evasion behind enemy lines: that of American medics and nurses stranded for two months in Nazi-occupied Albania. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Amazing.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e - \"New and surprising.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerica in WWII \u003c\/i\u003e- \"A must-read espionage and survival story.\"--Marcus Brotherton - \"Wonderfully entertaining\"--Alex Kershaw\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 1943, men and women of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron boarded a routine flight from Sicily to the Italian mainland to care for wounded soldiers. En route, their plane drifted hundreds of miles off course and crash-landed in remote mountainous Albania. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The unarmed Americans were trapped hundreds of blizzard-plagued miles from Allied lines, in a country torn apart by rival bands of pro- and anti-German guerrillas. Hunted by German soldiers, the castaways relied on what one survivor called their \"savage will\" to elude their enemy and find their way to freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What followed is the most thrilling untold story of World War II--a saga reaching from President Roosevelt and top Allied intelligence officials to a host of brave Albanian Resistance fighters, the British and U.S. Mediterranean air forces, and the dashing English lieutenant and the tenacious American captain sent behind enemy lines to carry out a heroic rescue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton Caliber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451419149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Timothy M. Gay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334055592117,"sku":"9780451419149","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c24b3499-a95c-474c-83c0-56d5e9e6f5ae.jpg?v=1752583469","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/savage-will-the-daring-escape-of-americans-trapped-behind-nazi-lines-9780451419149","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}