{"product_id":"the-fifteen-murder-retribution-and-the-forgotten-story-of-nazi-pows-in-america-hardcover","title":"The Fifteen: Murder, Retribution, and the Forgotten Story of Nazi POWs in America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Geroux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe revelatory true story of the long-forgotten POW camps for German soldiers erected in hundreds of small U.S. towns during World War II, and the secret Nazi killings that ensnared fifteen brave American POWs in a high-stakes showdown.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In the pantheon of American history, it's very hard to find compelling, original stories, and even harder to find authors worthy of them. In \u003ci\u003eThe Fifteen\u003c\/i\u003e, William Geroux delivers the goods.\"--John U. Bacon, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Halifax Explosion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe American government was faced with an unprecedented challenge: where to house the nearly 400,000 German prisoners of war plucked from the battlefield and shipped across the Atlantic. On orders from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Department of War hastily built hundreds of POW camps in the United States. Today, traces of those camps--which once dotted the landscape from Maine to California--have all but vanished. Forgotten, too, is the grisly series of killings that took place within them: Nazi power games playing out in the heart of the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProtected by the Geneva Convention, German POWs were well-fed and housed. Many worked on American farms, and a few would even go on to marry farmers' daughters. Ardent Nazis in the camps, however, took a dim view of fellow Germans who befriended their captors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon, the killings began. In camp after camp, Nazis attacked fellow Germans they deemed disloyal. Fifteen were sentenced to death by secret U.S. military tribunals for acts of murder. In response, German authorities condemned fifteen American POWs to the same fate, and, in the waning days of the war, Germany proposed an audacious trade: fifteen German lives for fifteen American lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on extensive research, journalist and author William Geroux shines a spotlight on this story of murder and high-stakes diplomacy, and on the fifteen American lives that hung in the balance--from a fearless P-51 Mustang fighter pilot to a hot-tempered lieutenant colonel nicknamed \"King Kong.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePropulsive and vividly rendered, \u003ci\u003eThe Fifteen\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that what happens to soldiers after they exit the battlefield can be just as harrowing as what they experience on it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Geroux \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Ships of Archangel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mathews Men\u003c\/i\u003e. He has spent twenty-five years as a journalist, writing often about the military and winning awards for breaking news coverage, investigative journalism, and feature writing. A native of Washington, DC, and graduate of the College of William and Mary, Geroux lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53064982528333,"sku":"9780593594254","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/fgkpI1_H569780593594254.webp?v=1766606133","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-fifteen-murder-retribution-and-the-forgotten-story-of-nazi-pows-in-america-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}