Following the Allied landing during D-Day on June 6, 1944, a massive amount of equipment rolled off floating harbors. Among these were the American-made Sherman tanks, large vehicles feared by the German forces. But by September, the Germans were fielding their own large tank, the Panther, with an even bigger tank, the Tiger, slowly appearing on the battlefield.
Clarence Smoyer is part of E company in the 3rd Armored Division, and is riding in a Sherman tank as the Americans are pushing towards Germany. On the opposite side, Gustav Schaefer rides in a German tank, with the mission of destroying as many American tanks as possible to prevent them from reaching Germany. Through bloody and violent actions causing the deaths of many, armies fight each other as the Germans slowly retreat, pushed on both sides by the Allies and the Soviets. Clarence and Gustav's lives intersect in an urban battle. In the 2000s, both tank crew members are reunited, seeking answers as to what happened on that fateful day in 1944, an event that kept haunting them.
Fans of the Second World War will appreciate this inside look in the lives of crewmen aboard some of the deadliest machines of the war, and will feel every bullet and explosion as the war reaches its climax in Germany.
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