Sven hassel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Hassels character describes the horrors of war and the horror that he became as a member of the legion of the damned. Sven hassel, left, started work on his first and bestknown book, legion of the damned, while he was held as a prisoner of war sven hassel, who. Sven hassels iconic war novel about the russian front. The movie is wheels of terror misfit brigade, song.
One of the last of the series which is about a german platoon porta, tiny, old man, the legionnaire, heide, barcelonablom, sven, etc. The legion of the damned sven hassel official site. Sven hassel has 48 books on goodreads with 28926 ratings. Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned. The complete series has to this day been published in. Sven hassel has 48 books on goodreads with 28864 ratings. He began to write his first book, legion of the damned while he was interned.
The legion of the damned no ordinary novel of war, this has the special quality of being an accurate account not only of armies fighting but of the opposed loyalties of individuals fighting within themselves while remaining loyal not to a dreadful system but to the known and treasured friends. An extraordinary book, which has captured the attention of all of europe new york times. Autobiography legion of the damned, wheels of terror, comrades of war, march battalion, assignment gestapo, monte cassino, liquidate paris, ss general, r. 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. Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned goodreads. The book covers a chronological period of a number of years, starting with the protagonists arrest and time in german concentration camps, and ending with his being an officer and company commander on the russian front. Fordomtes legion is the first in a series of fourteen world war ii novels written by sven hassel. The book covers a chronological period of a number of years, starting with the protagonists arrest and time in german concentration camps. Legion of the damned series by sven hassel goodreads. Hassel served in the danish merchant navy till 1937, when he moved to germany to join the army. Legion of the damned is a graphic and unflinching depiction of the.
Sven hassels most popular book is legion of the damned. Sven hassel s most popular book is legion of the damned. Sven hassel legion of the damned sad statue youtube. The book covers a chronological period of a number of years. Sven and his new friends were expendable pawns deployed as sacrifices to keep the red army occupied. An extraordinary book, which has captured the attention of all of europe new york times legion of the damned is an incredible picture of totalitarianism, of stupefying injustice. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Legion of the damned is the first in a series of fourteen world war ii novels written by sven hassel. When they caught him, he was sent to a penal regiment on the russian front. Sven hassel official site official sven hassel site. Sven hassel was a world war ii novelist, who completed a series of fourteen books, that tell the battles of a penal regiment on the eastern front.
Sven hassel 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 in barcelona was the pen. Buy legion of the damned sven hassel war classics reissue by hassel, sven isbn. While there is some controversy with respect to hassels wwii stories this book reads to me as an unapologetic confessional of a young man caught up in the horrors of an impossible situation. The novels are based on his own experiences in the german army. He is graphic, at times brilliantly so, but never brutal or bitter.
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