Savage Will

The Daring Escape of Americans Trapped Behind Nazi Lines

Timothy M. Gay

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New American Library
22 October 2014

20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Military history; Second World War

The trade paperback reprint of the thrilling story of the escape of American medics and nurses trapped behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied Albania during World War II.

In the tradition of incredible true stories from The Great Escape to Argo, Savage Will recounts a tale of survival, daring, and evasion behind enemy lines- that of American medics and nurses stranded for two months in Nazi-occupied Albania.

""Amazing.""-The Washington Times . ""New and surprising.""-America in WWII . ""A must-read espionage and survival story.""-Marcus Brotherton . ""Wonderfully entertaining""-Alex Kershaw

In 1943, men and women of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron boarded a routine flight from Sicily to the Italian mainland to care for wounded soldiers. En route, their plane drifted hundreds of miles off course and crash-landed in remote mountainous Albania.

The unarmed Americans were trapped hundreds of blizzard-plagued miles from Allied lines, in a country torn apart by rival bands of pro- and anti-German guerrillas. Hunted by German soldiers, the castaways relied on what one survivor called their ""savage will"" to elude their enemy and find their way to freedom.

What followed is the most thrilling untold story of World War II-a saga reaching from President Roosevelt and top Allied intelligence officials to a host of brave Albanian Resistance fighters, the British and U.S. Mediterranean air forces, and the dashing English lieutenant and the tenacious American captain sent behind enemy lines to carry out a heroic rescue.

By: Timothy M. Gay
Imprint: New American Library
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 354g
ISBN: 9780451419149
ISBN 10: 0451419146
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 22 October 2014
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Timothy M. Gay is the award-winning author of Assignment to Hell, Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert- The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson, and Tris Speaker- The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend. His essays and op-ed pieces on American history, politics, public policy, and sports have appeared in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, USA Today, and many other publications. A graduate of Georgetown University, where he majored in American history, Tim lives in Virginia with his wife and children.

Reviews for Savage Will: The Daring Escape of Americans Trapped Behind Nazi Lines

“[A] moving story of survival, heroism, and escape.”—Alex Kershaw, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Liberator “A must-read espionage and survival story…This is Argo meets Ernest Shackleton during WWII’s darkest days.”—Marcus Brotherton, Author of Shifty’s War