{"product_id":"9780451419149","title":"Savage Will: The Daring Escape of Americans Trapped Behind Nazi Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008669139184,"sku":"9780451419149","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780451419149_p0.jpg?v=1763704378","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780451419149","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}