{"product_id":"krugers-korps","title":"Kruger's Korps","description":"\u003cb\u003eIt's lugers and panzers in a deadly game of espionage with an American spy behind enemy lines in World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eName: Rolf Kruger\u003cbr\u003e Rank: Ensign, US Navy\u003cbr\u003e Assignment: Intelligence Officer to Colonel William \"Wild Bill\" Donovan, director of the Office of Strategic Services, to serve as an OSS spy.\u003cbr\u003e Mission: Infiltrate a top-secret Afrika Korps unit.\u003cbr\u003e The Stakes: Perhaps the outcome of the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Operation Torch is about to get underway: the Allied invasion of northwest Africa. The Germans know this, and a secret Afrika Korps unit is at work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Allied officials are unsure of the unit's purpose--but they fear the worst. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the British, the nightmare scenario is a Nazi-instigated Islamic jihad--and a strike against the Suez Canal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the Americans, the looming danger is Vichy France--Nazi Germany's ally--hurling artillery shells and spitting machine gun bullets against the American landings in Algeria and Morocco. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And there is another risk: The possible development of a supersecret weapon, somewhere in Africa, by a mysterious SS military engineer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rolf Kruger, a German-born but American-raised OSS agent is sent on a daring mission to impersonate a German officer newly assigned to the secret Afrika Korps unit, uncover the unit's purpose, and foil it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His friends are few, the dangers are many, and his loyalties will be tested in a crucible of war--and a deadly competition of spies.","brand":"Knox Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48515481665785,"sku":"9798895654675","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_17d2a73c-9250-491b-a016-883f5a798bcf.jpg?v=1781207852","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/krugers-korps","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}