Monte cassino is a classic sven hassel novel, a noholdsbarred account of frontline combat. Sven hassel s most popular book is legion of the damned. Monte cassino ebook by sven hassel 9780297865742 rakuten kobo. Monte cassino ebook by sven hassel 9780297865742 rakuten. Hassel served with the 2nd panzer division stationed at eisenach and in. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. This is a book of horrors, and should be left alone by those prone to nightmares. Sven hassel is currently considered a single author. Jul 20, 2015 sven hassel 10 romans epub et pdf auteurs.
The commissar had the biggest secret of the russian war. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris. Sven hassel was the pen name of the danishborn borge willy redsted pedersen 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 who wrote novels set during world war ii. Sven hassels unflinching narrative is based on his own experiences in the german army. Sven hassel 19 april 1917 barcelona 21 september 2012 was a danishborn writer who wrote novels set during world war ii. Sven hassel, who has died aged 95, wrote 14 massively popular novels about life in the wartime german army. Sven hassel, a danishborn writer whose pulp novels depicting grunt life in the wehrmacht during world war ii drawn, he said, from his own combat experiences sold millions of copies. From the start, i must say that i never considered myself a fan of sven hassels literature and this.
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Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned. These will definitely be my holiday reading this year. Comrades of war by hassel, sven, 1917publication date 1963 topics world war, 19391945 publisher. Amellett, hogy a regenyeinek nepszerusege az 1970es, 1980as evek elejen ert tetopontjara, az internet megjelenese fordulopontot hozott e tekintetben is az idosebb rajongok forumokon elemezhetik a reszleteket es emlekezhetnek kedvenc olvasmanyukra. Dec 16, 20 the definitive ebook collection of sven hassel s iconic, violent war novels. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris have. Sven hassel born in 1917 in fredensborg, denmark, sven hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. Sven hassel was a pen name that borge willy pedersen used to write novels set in the second world war. Sven hassel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Sven hassels iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino. Sven hassel s descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. First started to read them as a year old way back in 1979. Also comes with the benefit that no matter what happens i will always have an electronic copy and can now reread these books as often as i like, wherever i like.
Sven hassel 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 in barcelona 1 2 was the pen name of the danishborn borge willy redsted pedersen 3 4 5 who wrote novels set during world war ii in denmark he used the pen name sven hazel. Sven hassel legion of the damned sad statue youtube. Starting in 1953 he published 14 novels, written in the first. From the fight for survival against the ferocious red army and the icy, shellravaged wastes of the vicious russian winter, to the bloodiest battles on the eastern front, sven hassels gripping novels are based on his own experiences in the german army. These books, at this amazing price, is an offer not to be refused though. Oct 02, 2012 sven hassel, who has died aged 95, wrote 14 massively popular novels about life in the wartime german army. His unflinching narrative takes us to the most extreme outposts of war, where soldiers face an inferno of blood and butchery. Hitler has ordered that every position must be held to the last, and every lost position recaptured by counterattack. The fieldpost numbers he mentions are to the 65 panzer abteilung and 7th company which if i remember correctly he mentions in some books, then the abteilung was absorbed byt the 11th panzer regiment, both in the 6 panzer division. Btw has anybody tried to check records of sven hassel.
The sven hassel collection by sven hassel books hachette. Convicted of deserting the german army, sven hassel was sent to a punishment regiment on the russian front. Sven hassel librarything catalog your books online. He published his first book, legion of the damned, in 1953. Although he is arguably one of the most sold danish authors, at most second to hans christian andersen, danish public libraries, as of 2012, did not stock his books. Nov 14, 2012 sven hassel was a remarkable but controversial author who wrote successful novels set on the eastern front in the second world war.
Latest version by dule mehic download sven hassel razorite pariz. Sven hassels descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. Sven hassel official site official sven hassel site. Sven hassel, alias borge willy redsted arbing 19172012, war ein danischer trivialautor.
Explore books by sven hassel with our selection at. He and his comrades were regarded as little more than dispensable killingmachines, cannon fodder for hitlers war. He began writing his first novel, legion of the damned, in a prisoner of war camp at the end of the second world war. Sven hassel was a remarkable but controversial author who wrote successful novels set on the eastern front in the second world war.
It is possible that he did serve in the 6th panzer division or heard the stories from somebody who did. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. War story of the 27th panzers, hitlers heavyduty combat regiment composed of prisoners. He did his compulsory years military service in the danish forces in 1936 and then, facing unemployment, joined the german army. He ended the second world war in a prisoner of war camp, where he wrote his first novel legion of the damned. 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. Used to buy one on the market 2nd hand on a saturday then return it the next week and buy another. The sven hassel collection sven hassel war classics ebook. Having survived the horrors of the eastern front, the 27th penal regiment are posted to italy. The sven hassel collection by sven hassel nook book ebook.
This is the first in a series of wwii books about a danish soldier serving in the german army, purporting to be autobiographical. Sven hassel has 48 books on goodreads with 29181 ratings. Sven hassel s iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino. The complete series has to this day been published in. The definitive ebook collection of sven hassels iconic, violent war novels. The thunder of the guns could be heard in rome, 170 miles away. This iconic antiwar novel is a testament to the atrocities suffered by the lone soldier in the fight for survival. Feb 11, 2014 sven hassel 19 april 1917 barcelona 21 september 2012 was a danishborn writer who wrote novels set during world war ii. Dec 23, 2010 sven hassel s ultimate tank warfare novel.
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