The American Spy

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color:#252525">It's 1943, and the world is at war. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill have already picked a date for over one hundred and fifty
thousand Allied soldiers to storm Normandy's beaches and take the battle to
Germany. But the Germans may have new weapons to stop the invasion dead in its
tracks. British Intelligence learned the Germans were developing rockets to be
used for warfare, and information from Polish Resistance and Royal Air Force
reconnaissance photos corroborated it. Recorded conversations between captured
German generals verified it—Germany was close to developing the V2—a rocket
that could carry one thousand kilograms of explosives and be fired a distance
of 200 miles. The Allies agree if the Germans use the V-2 against our invasion,
we could not survive.

minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#252525">Britain launched Operation Hydra, where the Royal Air Force
bombed the V2 production site on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. They lost
forty aircraft in the raid and barely put a dent in the program. In response,
the Nazis moved it to an underground mine immune to Allied bombing.

minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#252525">Roosevelt and Brigadier General William J. Donovan developed a
plan. A German scientist assigned to the V2 project may cooperate with the
Allies. They recruit an American Army officer of German descent to flip the
scientist to our side.  Lieutenant Mathias Jansen becomes a spy for the
Office of Strategic Services and parachutes into Western Poland to stop the
production of the rocket at their underground factory. Jansen has a plan that
may work but is unaware that a Gestapo agent knows of his mission from
intercepted radio communications. He is a patriot but has a hidden motive for
risking his life behind enemy lines. He’s in love with a German woman he hasn’t
seen since the war began.

minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#252525">The American Spy is the story of a spy and saboteur who is
hunted by the Gestapo in Germany. It is firmly grounded in the history of World
War Two and will appeal to readers who enjoy history and adventure alike.