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Book 10 of 14: Legion of the Damned

Hassel, Sven

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9780304366873: Blitzfreeze (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
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ISBN 10: 0304366870 ISBN 13: 9780304366873
Publisher: UNKNO, 2007

Synopsis

The Fuhrer's commands were simple - forward to Moscow!And so the mighty Panzer regiments thundered into action - killing, raping, burning their way across the great wastes of Russia…But this was to be the bloodiest of all Hitler's wars - a war where Russian infantrymen threw themselves before the oncoming tanks, where women fought as savagely as men, where German guns killed Germans and Russians alike, mangling them indiscriminately into tattered hunks of meat. And finally Porta, Tiny, Barcelona, all of them - caring nothing for who should win the war - thinking only of their own survival - began the long retreat - back through the corpse-littered plains where blood and bodies were already frozen beneath the winter ice

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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

Hassel's books of war are the most powerful I have ever read

Sven Hassel is one of the best European novelists around, with a flair for excitement that has few equals―STAFFORDSHIRE EVENING STANDARD

In essence this is an expose of the absurdity of war, and a moving plea for peace. As such, it takes its rank with far milder books, such as ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT―NEWSDAY

He is graphic, at times brilliantly so, but never brutal or bitter. He is, too, a first-rate storyteller―WASHINGTON POST

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Publisher
UNKNO
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0304366870
ISBN 13 
9780304366873
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
330
Rating
  • 4.07 out of 5 stars
    997 ratings by Goodreads