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Legion of the Damned (Mass Market Paperback)

by Sven Hassel (Author)

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Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Cassell; New edition edition (April 1 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0304366315
ISBN-13: 978-0304366316
Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 182 g

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #31,668 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Sven Hassel's books have sold 52 million copies worldwide. The critically acclaimed Legion of the Damned has already been translated into 15 languages, and will soon reach the attention of even more readers when it becomes a movie. Hassel, a Danish volunteer who served in the German army throughout WWII, based this story on his own horrific experiences fighting on the Russian front. Never before has violence been described in such graphic and realistic detail.

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. Wounded eight times, he ended the war in a Russian prison camp. He wrote LEGION OF THE DAMNED while being transferred between American, British and Danish prisons before making a new life for himself in Spain.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Legion of the Damned, Nov 10 2009

By	Andreea (Canada) - See all my reviews

Easy to read, fun and tragic in the same time... Hassel manages to paint comically the tragedies of the WWII.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Real Author?, Feb 25 2007

By	C. Rybuck "Funk Bodysnatcher" (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read a few Hassel books back in the 80's and thoroughly enjoyed them. Trouble was I never owned any so I was happy to get the reissue of Legion. While the translation is pretty dodgy and the writing kind of crappy in spots, I still really enjoyed this book. It's actually much less graphic than his later tales.

However, I have come across a site and author who claims that Sven Hassel is not whom he claims to be and is actually a Nazi collaborator who served with the Danish HIPO (hilfspolizei) during the occupation. [...]

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4.0 out of 5 stars dark humor, Jun 18 2004

By	C. D. Hyatt "into88" (Friendswood, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The first half of this novel reads almost like a work of satire,
ridicule mixed with the horror of being incarcerated in a prison camp mixed with the humor of those who dared to defy the
regime with their own individualism. In the end, the Reich needed every man they could get regardless of their personal or political proclivities and the ensuing experiences form the second half of the book which is pure horror.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best and most moving book i have ever read.
"Legion of the damned" is undouubtably the best book i have ever read.The style that Sven Hassel wrote this book is unique and graphic. Read more

Published on April 15 2004 by Keith Bell

5.0 out of 5 stars legion of the damned
If you want to know what hell on earth in Germany during the WW2 and the life of the Penal Batallion, read this book. Read more

Published on Dec 24 2003 by Tim Kritsch