TY - BOOK AU - Young,Thomas W. TI - Silver Wings, Iron Cross SN - 9781496730435 (hbk.) U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New York, NY PB - Kensington Publishing Corp. KW - United States KW - Air Force KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Fiction KW - Fighter pilots KW - Nazis KW - Prisoner-of-war camps KW - Historical fiction KW - Suspense fiction KW - France KW - History KW - German occupation, 1940-1945 KW - War stories KW - gsafd KW - War fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "A World War II thriller"--Cover N2 - World War II Lieutenant Karl Hagan earned his wings the hard way. But when his plane is shot down behind enemy lines, he's forced to make the hardest decision of his life: trusting the enemy. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Albrecht wore his Iron Cross with pride. But when his U-boat is attacked in a devastating air raid, he abandons ship and finds an unlikely ally: the pilot who bombed him. From the smoke-filled skies over Europe to the fire-blasted waters of a Nazi naval base to the battle-scarred German countryside, the American and the German must form an uneasy truce if they hope to survive. It is November of 1944. The tides of war have turned. Allies have taken back France, and German troops have retreated. But for Karl and Wilhelm, the war is far from over. Each must be prepared to lie for the other, fight for the other, or die with the other. But their short-lived alliance won't truly be put to the test until they reach the end of the line--inside a POW camp ER -