{"product_id":"they-shall-not-see-the-dawn-the-manhunt-for-the-third-reichs-most-wanted","title":"They Shall Not See the Dawn: The Manhunt for the Third Reich's Most Wanted","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"I thought my post-World War II research was exhaustive. But Charles Lachman has topped me. \n\u003ci\u003eThey Shall Not See the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e--very relevant to today--moves quickly, and the reader will learn something on every page.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eBill O'Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e, #1 \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eKilling the SS\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A timely, thrilling history of how some of the greatest villains ever were hunted down and brought to justice. I loved the pace and style. A must read for World War II buffs and all those who love a damn good true story.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eAlex Kershaw\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe First Wave \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e The Liberator \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"When the guns fell silent in Europe in 1945, the final chapter of the war was only beginning: the frantic efforts to track down the major surviving Nazi criminals. Highlighting the role of the American and British soldiers who captured them, Charles Lachman vividly recounts their impressive but too-often overlooked exploits.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eAndrew Nagorski\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eHitlerland \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e The Nazi Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With immersive writing that drops you into the smoldering ruins of World War II Europe, this harrowing narrative tracks the US Army's Counter Intelligence Corps in their desperate hunt to capture Hitler's surviving top leadership. Built on exhaustively detailed research, it's history rendered with thriller-grade tension.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eNeal Bascomb\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Winter Fortress \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e Hunting Eichmann \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"How the most notorious Nazi war criminals were caught and made to pay for their crimes. . . . Showcases the smarts that Allied sleuths employed to capture . . . the Nazi fugitives. . . . Glimpses of reprehensible Nazis like Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss . . . as they switch identities and sneak underground. . . . We also follow the extraordinary men, including many American-, British-, and German-born Jews, who were tasked with chasing down the regime's most wanted, and . . . their often frightening but ultimately satisfying face-to-face encounters with real-life monsters. . . . History with the panache of a Howard Hawks war movie.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A visceral, heart-pounding account, \n\u003ci\u003eThey Shall Not See the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e is a cinematic thriller that proves no war criminal is out of reach. . . . Lachman masterfully recreates the greatest manhunt, told through the eyes of an unlikely band of scholars, linguists, and refugees in a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse. This is narrative nonfiction as it's supposed to be written.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eKevin Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e, #1 \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling coauthor of \n\u003ci\u003eNo Easy Day \u003c\/i\u003eand author of \n\u003ci\u003eDamn Lucky \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Allied sleuths track down, interrogate, prosecute, and hang Nazis in this two-fisted WWII history. . . . with colorful backstories of the perps and the investigators hunting them. . . . In energetic, hard-boiled prose, the author renders an atmospheric story of desperate men facing a bleak but well-earned comeuppance. . . . A riveting portrait of Nazism as a species of squalid criminality.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Charles Lachman illuminates a lesser-known epilogue to World War II, when the pursuit of justice for atrocities committed by the Nazis was anything but certain: Could the war criminals be found? Would they even be alive to arrest? Would the Allied High Command bring them to justice? You can feel the urgency that overwhelms Lachman's characters as they answer these questions and uncover the insidious networks of the Third Reich. They are the quiet heroes and relentless investigators who refused to let the Nazi architects of human rights violations disappear. This is a gripping account of unfinished business and of the effort to restore the soul of humanity on an international stage.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eMatthew Black\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eOperation Underworld\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for Charles Lachman's #1 National Bestseller, \u003ci\u003eCodename Nemo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Charles Lachman weaves the incredible story of the capture by American forces of a German U-boat and its secrets during World War II, an operation which allowed Allied forces to shock the German Navy. Richly detailed with undeniable suspense and action, \n\u003ci\u003eCodename Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e is destined for the non-fiction best seller lists.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Bill O'Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e, #1 \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Killing Series \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It's an exciting account of a daring military maneuver.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A satisfying World War II history.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Crisp as a torpedo striking the water, Codename Nemo pulls you along with a deeply personal account of the hunters on both sides of an amazing drama.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Walter R. Borneman\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Admirals\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eBrothers Down\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A relentless, pressure-packed plunge into the depths of war. \n\u003ci\u003e. . .\u003c\/i\u003e A story-telling tour-de-force indeed, the quintessential story of the Battle of the Atlantic, rendered in taut prose, and with an immediacy and intimacy that all but makes a participant of the reader.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--James Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eUnsinkable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCharles Lachman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of one novel and five narrative nonfiction books, including the national bestseller \n\u003ci\u003eCodename Nemo, Footsteps in the Snow, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e The Last Lincolns\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been praised by \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \n\u003ci\u003e New York Post, and The Christian Science Monito\u003c\/i\u003er, and have been adapted into CNN and Lifetime docuseries. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He is also the executive producer of \n\u003ci\u003eInside Editio\u003c\/i\u003en, the most widely watched syndicated news magazine in the United States. He has been featured on \n\u003ci\u003eCBS Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN, MSNBC, History, Lifetime, C-Span, Sirius\/XM, and other local and national programs. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn \"Army of Werewolves\" and the greatest manhunt in history. . . . After Hitler's suicide, American intelligence feared that surviving Third Reich leaders were plotting a comeback with hidden weapons, rocket programs, and th\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eeir Führer's final testament. \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMay 1945. The Reich is in ruins. Hitler is dead. Yet for the US Army's Counter Intelligence Corps, the real war has just begun. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThey Shall Not See the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e is the true historical thriller following a unit of American agents, drawn from every walk of life, hunting Hitler's dangerous henchmen still at large and feared to be carrying their Führer's final political testament, orders for a guerilla resistance, and plans for rocket and nuclear programs hidden in mountain strongholds. It was a race against time to capture World War II's most notorious Nazis before they could vanish or rally a new resistance. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The CIC men were college students, linguists, an actor, young draftees, and refugees armedwith guns, intellect, intuition, and sheer daring. Their quarry included Ernst Kaltenbrunner, the monstrous Gestapo chief; Julius Streicher, Hitler's notorious \"Jew-baiter\"; Robert Ley, master of slave labor; and other war criminals desperate to escape justice. Against all odds, the CIC brought them down, ensuring their places in the dock at Nuremberg. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Timed for publication during the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg verdict and hangings, \n\u003ci\u003eThey Shall Not See the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e resurrects the heroic exploits of America's \"G-men in khakis,\" the men who ensured that the architects of Nazi horror would never walk free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/08\/2026 (EAN 9798895151068, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9798895151068, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eLachman, Charles\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCharles Lachman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of one novel and five narrative nonfiction books, including the national bestseller \n\u003ci\u003eCodename Nemo, Footsteps in the Snow, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e The Last Lincolns\u003c\/i\u003e. 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