As an emergency measure, we had to rush these 20 Pershing tanks to the European theater.” And then the Germans just kept getting bigger and better, and they were beating ours around.

Makos explained, “We had the Sherman tank and we thought it was the best tank ever. Makos’ main hero is gunner Clarence Smoyer, whose crew was handed a tank that was better than all the others right towards the end of the war.Ģ1-year-old Corporal Gets the War’s Most Advanced Tank He added, though, “There was a big downside: they lost a lot of men, a lot of tanks. It focuses on several Allies ramrodding their tanks through Europe.Īuthor Adam Makos said of them, “They led the way to victory. I always thought the paratroopers or the infantry guys were the first in front. But really these men in the Spearhead division, that was their specialty: piercing through the enemy lines and winning these big battles. The true story of Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War IIdebuted at number four on the New York Times bestseller list in 2019. That’s likely because it’s filled with emotion, romance, horrifying loss, heartbreak, and duels of such suspense and action, they beat most other fights in fiction bestsellers.

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