{"product_id":"german-saboteurs","title":"German Saboteurs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpecial Operations on the Eastern Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“You are not who you were. From this moment, that name never existed. You are Russian now.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1938 he was fifteen, thinking only of the sailing season. Then a single telegram arrived — and refusing it meant death. He was pulled from an ordinary boyhood into a secret academy that trained boys to disappear behind Soviet lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix hundred adolescents walked through the gates in complete ignorance; four hundred walked out, forever changed. They were stripped of their names, their language, their identities — trained until they thought and dreamed in Russian. Those who failed the exams were never sent home. They were carried out feet first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background:#f3efe6;padding:10px 14px;border-left:3px solid #7a6a4f;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e📚 Buy any 2 books, save 15%\u003c\/strong\u003e — applied automatically at checkout, no code needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside this memoir:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fifteen-year-old conscripted by a telegram he couldn’t refuse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix hundred boys enter, four hundred leave — the making of the “Fifth Column”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrained to erase his own name and think, speak, and dream as another man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Instant download · PDF + EPUB · reads on any device · 298 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers of:\u003c\/strong\u003e WWII special operations, behind-the-lines history, and rarely-told frontline accounts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished as a historical document — presented for remembrance and understanding, not glorification.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:28px;border-top:1px solid #cfc4a6;padding-top:20px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;color:#26231d;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:20px;letter-spacing:1px;margin:0 0 12px;\"\u003eWhat readers are saying\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"position:relative;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;font-size:18px;color:#d3c8ab;vertical-align:middle;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003cspan style=\"position:absolute;left:0;top:0;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;color:#b0803a;width:86%;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px;vertical-align:middle;\"\u003e4.3\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:13px;color:#7a7263;vertical-align:middle;\"\u003e· 3 reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #e0d8c2;padding:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position:relative;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;font-size:15px;color:#d3c8ab;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003cspan style=\"position:absolute;left:0;top:0;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;color:#b0803a;width:100%;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:8px 0 6px;line-height:1.7;\"\u003e“A unique blend of military memoir and documentary prose with elements of a psychological thriller. This book is a real find for research historians, reenactors, and anyone interested in the tactics of special operations — literature that makes you think and weigh the hard moral dilemmas of a man at war.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:13px;color:#7a7263;\"\u003e— Robert\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #e0d8c2;padding:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position:relative;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;font-size:15px;color:#d3c8ab;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003cspan style=\"position:absolute;left:0;top:0;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;color:#b0803a;width:80%;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:8px 0 6px;line-height:1.7;\"\u003e“Extremely good. The details of the operations in the East and the Baltics are fascinating to read — German tactics were something insane for that time, and it was exactly that kind of planning that gave them their early successes in Western Europe and the East. I liked the book overall.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:13px;color:#7a7263;\"\u003e— Alex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #e0d8c2;padding:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"position:relative;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;font-size:15px;color:#d3c8ab;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003cspan style=\"position:absolute;left:0;top:0;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;color:#b0803a;width:80%;\"\u003e★★★★★\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:8px 0 6px;line-height:1.7;\"\u003e“It follows the German special operations through a young man who wasn’t deeply motivated or consumed by Nazi ideology — just an ordinary, sympathetic person paying his due to his country. Some scenes are quite harsh and not for the faint of heart. I’d give it 4 out of 5, as a few moments felt to me like they carried a touch of literary styling.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:13px;color:#7a7263;\"\u003e— Wilson\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Frontline voices","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54266270908782,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/2745\/2270\/files\/german_saboteurs_cover.png?v=1783287929","url":"https:\/\/voicefrontline.com\/products\/german-saboteurs","provider":"Frontline voices","version":"1.0","type":"link"}