Wheels of Terror (Cassell Military Paperbacks) - Softcover

Hassel, Sven; O'Hanlon, I.

4.03

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9780304366330: Wheels of Terror (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0304366331 ISBN 13: 9780304366330

Publisher: Cassell, 2007

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The best-selling military writer returns to his comrades in 27th penal battalion, offering another gritty, realistic view of the ordinary soldier in wartime. Now stationed at the Russian Front, and equipped with armored vehicles, Sven Hassel's band of warriors from the German army gird for the next battles. Caught between the insane orders of the Nazi high command and the overwhelming numbers of Russian soldiers, they prepare to fight on nonetheless--and will do anything to survive the inferno. A remorseless ride through a man-made hell.

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About the Author:

Born in 1917 in Fredensborg, Denmark, Sven Hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. He did his compulsory year's military service in the Danish forces in 1936 and then, facing unemployment, joined the German army. He served throughout World War II on all fronts except North Africa. When the war ended in 1945 he was transferred between Russian, American and French prison camps, and upon returning to Denmark, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for treason. He began writing Legion of the Damned during his time as a prisoner of war. His fourteen World War II books, which draw on his own encounters and experiences as a soldier, have sold over 53 million copies worldwide and have been published in more than 50 countries. He peacefully passed away in Barcelona in 2012, where he had resided since 1964.

Review:

An excellent and faithful adaption of the classic anti-war novel by Sven Hassel Pat Mills, author of Charley's War Jordy Diago is to be complimented for his achievements; I certainly hope to see more from him Garth Ennis, author of PREACHER This is a book of horrors. And should be left alone by those prone to nightmares ... A great war novel Alan Sillitoe, author of SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING

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