![]() ![]() Makos drops the reader back into the Pershing’s turret and dials up a battle scene to rival the peak moments of Fury. National Archives Doane went back to that street. THE NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER A band of brothers in an American tank. But they suffered just like the guys in the modern wars. Katharina Esser, after the car she was in was hit by gunfire during a tank battle in Cologne, Germany, in the final days of World War II. "You don't think a WWII veteran as holding onto something like this. ![]() Adam Makos’ brilliant and descriptive storytelling paints a clear picture of the men and the battles. "And so the more he watches the film, the more he replays it in his mind, the deeper it sinks, and now it's part of him," said Makos. The book follows the stories of tank gunners Clarence and Gustav through the European theater until their wars collide in Cologne as the Allies break into Germany. While working on the book, Adam Makos also developed a friendship with Smoyer, and tried to help the man he sees as a war hero come to terms with the past. The former fighters from both sides were united by the fear they'd been the one who'd killed Katharina Esser. Inside the German tank, which also fired toward Esser's car, was bow gunner Gustav Schaefer, whom Smoyer met years after the war, and befriended. of the European war, the fight for Cologne, the Fortress City of Germany. You have German soldiers and snipers moving through tunnels, through the walls of the houses, and then on top of that you have to worry about a German tank coming around the corner." Tank Gunner, His Enemy and a Collision of Lives in World War II by Adam. They're worried about Germans dug into the basement. "I think there was something about Cologne," said Makos. ![]()
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