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Hitler has ordered that every position must be held to the last, and every lost position recaptured by counterattack. Not excessively, but he does correct some of the lies we learn in our history books, and much. The story is about death, destruction and struggle. The novels are based on his own experiences in the german army. The thunder of the guns could be heard in rome, 170 miles. Jul 07, 2015 sven hassel s iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino. Fordomtes legion is the first in a series of fourteen world war ii novels written by sven hassel.
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Born in 1917 in fredensborg, denmark, sven hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. By the time the dane died in 2012 at the age of 95, he was one of the most popular and most prolific authors to come out of denmark. Sven hassel rates among the truly great war book writers. Sven hassel has 48 books on goodreads with 28999 ratings. 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.
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Sven hassel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned. Hassel served in the danish merchant navy till 1937, when he moved to germany to join the army he served with the second panzer division stationed at eisenach and in 1939 was a tank driver during the invasion of poland a year later he attempted to escape because of being mentally exhausted he was transferred to a sonderabteilung, a penal unit manned by criminals and dissidents he served with. Legion of the damned isbn 9780297865735 pdf epub sven. The sven hassel collection sven hassel war classics. Sven hassel 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 in barcelona was the pen. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris have. Hassel recounts his experience as a soldier of slaughter and brings the reader into the parallel hell of the barracks and that of fighting through horror, sadism and madness. Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned goodreads. He and his comrades are regarded as expendable, cannon fodder in the battle against the implacable red army. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. The only other sven hassel book i have found was a beat up copy of r. Sven hassel s iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.