{"product_id":"knights-cross-oak-leaves-and-swords-gordon-williamson-9781841766430","title":"Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients 1941-45","description":"Osprey's survey of the recipients of the Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves and Swords awards during World War II (1939-1945). On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmachtstormed forward across the frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight's Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the silver clasp of the Oak-Leaves with Swords. It would be awarded to only 159 men of the approximately 15 million who served in the German armed forces during World War II. This third in a sequence of four titles describes and illustrates a selection of the recipients: from much-wounded front line infantry officers, to Hitler's 'brother-in-law'; from a sergeant pilot fighter ace, to the commanding general of the greatest tank force ever gathered on the Russian Front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Williamson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1841766437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781841766430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.64h x 7.22w x 0.20d","brand":"Gordon Williamson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445790519551,"sku":"9781841766430","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd1d46ef-fac5-4a84-bd1d-b9847a1b40ca.jpg?v=1777220667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knights-cross-oak-leaves-and-swords-gordon-williamson-9781841766430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}