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Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned #1)

Sven Hassel

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

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Title	:	Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned #1)
Author	:	Sven Hassel
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	August 14th 2003 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (first published January 1st 1953)
Categories	:	War. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Military Fiction

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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.

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Original Title:	De Fordömtes Legion
ISBN:	0304366315 (ISBN13: 9780304366316)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Legion of the Damned #1

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A guilty pleasure - my dad had these books on this shelf for years and I'd peek at them, for some reason they seemed forbidden.They are a fun read, a kind of WW2 pulp fiction, all from the perspective of a German penal unit. Wild, realistic most the time, and oddly poignant for such a tale.

This book shows the true, stupid face of totalitarianism and the terrible price that has to be paid by the warriors...sad but excellent!

It is a must read novel for as many people as possible, especially for the ones that did not participated in any war. Its purpose is to spoil the heroic vision regarding wars and to show that there is nothing good in such an action. Perhaps the human kind would avoid in the future such events if as many as possible people would read similar books. In this context it makes no sense to discuss anything about style or literary value. The book must have 5 star rating.My copy of this book is in

This book is a must to better understand the complexities of the war. And World War II is unlike any other war in the history of humanity.Who is an enemy and who is a friend? Who is right and who is wrong? Sven Hassel shows that the line is so thin that at times it just can't be seen.

It gives you a greater understanding about life in general and about people and what we can do if the environment forces us to adapt. In the end it doesn't matter if you're German, Russian, American, Syrian or Nepalese we should all do everything in our power to stop war from ever happening.

I read everything by Sven Hassel when I was a teenager and, at the time, thought he was great...now, I am not so sure.The Legion of the Damned gives an overview of his time a soldier in the Second World War and goes right through from start to finish. The problem that then kicks in is that, with me having read all his other stuff, he manages to omit a large number of comrades who feature endlessly in his other books.This leads me to believe that he was making a lot of it up and that his time

It gives you a greater understanding about life in general and about people and what we can do if the environment forces us to adapt. In the end it doesn't matter if you're German, Russian, American, Syrian or Nepalese we should all do everything in our power to stop war from ever happening.