{"product_id":"9781538006405","title":"WWIIAR EAGLES","description":"The victors get to write history; but there always is the other side of the story.\u003cbr\u003e The whole German Army in April 1945 was retreating along the Russian Front. As the regular Army troops retreated the decimated Waffen-SS battalions fought a rearguard action.\u003cbr\u003eOberstgruppenfuhrer \"Papa\" Hausser orders the top 40 heroes from Army Group G to assemble at a Russian Hunting Lodge. All of the soldiers are recipients of the coveted Knight's Cross.\u003cbr\u003eThe German Army has heard of Field Marshall Paulus' surrender and the execution of all German soldiers who wore the Totenkopf-SS emblem. Hausser has devised a plan to save his heroes. He has assembled captured Russian uniforms and weapons and disguises his men as a Russian Penal Battalion.\u003cbr\u003eThe novel focuses on four of the survivors.\u003cbr\u003eROLF ZISSLER, returns to his family farm in the Russian Zone and experiences the extreme cruelty of their Russian masters.\u003cbr\u003eTOMAS HOECKER, returns to Hamburg in the British Zone and is recruited by British Intelligence.\u003cbr\u003eBARON ALEX-PAUL BERGMANN, survives in the American Zone and operates his family's world famous vineyard in Idar-Oberstein on the Nahe River.\u003cbr\u003eUWE HAAS, ends up in the French Zone and continues his murder activities as a hired killer.","brand":"NOOK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052907806960,"sku":"9781538006405","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781538006405_p0.jpg?v=1763744640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781538006405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}