Author: Sven Hassel
Year: 1953
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War/Military, Historical fiction, Fiction
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9780304366316
0304366315 |
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Sven Hassel's iconic war novel about the Russian Front.
'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... He is graphic, at times brilliantly so, but never brutal or bitter. He is, too, a first rate storyteller' - Washington Post
Convicted of deserting the German army, Sven Hassel is sent to a penal regiment on the Russian Front. He and his comrades are regarded as expendable, cannon fodder in the battle against the implacable Red Army. Outnumbered and outgunned, they fight their way across the frozen steppe...
This iconic anti-war novel is a testament to the atrocities suffered by the lone soldier in the fight for survival.
Sven Hassel's unflinching narrative is based on his own experiences in the German Army. He began writing his first novel, Legion of the Damned in a prisoner of war camp at the end of World War Two.
This book is part of the "Legion of the Damned" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Commissar"
First published in 1984
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 | "Court Martial"
First published in 1978
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 | "Blitzfreeze"
First published in 1973
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 | "Reign of Hell"
First published in 1971
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 | "SS General"
First published in 1969
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 | "Liquidate Paris"
First published in 1967
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 | "Monte Cassino"
First published in 1963
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 | "Wheels of Terror"
First published in 1958
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 | "Comrades of War"
First published in 1958
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 | "March Battalion"
First published in 1958
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