The second world war claimed over 60 million lives and flattened most of europe. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. He was fortunate enough to see wheels of terror receive a film adaptation in 1987. Enjoyes everyone of sven hassel books too but dont get me started on j t edson. Sven hassel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Hassels books of war are the most powerful i have ever read. War story of the 27th panzers, hitlers heavyduty combat regiment composed of prisoners. The sven hassel collection includes all 14 books in sven hassels series and exclusive extra material. The sven hassel collection by sven hassel nook book.
A motley group of routine german prisoners including david patrick kelly, jay sanders and bruce davison are enlisted by a nazi colonel david carradine. Sven hassel compares favorably with ernest hemingway. Sven hassel official site official sven hassel site. Sven hassel s writing has the lasting proportions of greatness. Sven hassels descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. Timeline world history documentaries 1,405,702 views. Read the sven hassel collection by sven hassel available from rakuten kobo.
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. He joined the danish merchant marine when he was 20, and a year later moved to germany. The misfit brigade is a 1987 american television film loosely based on the sven hassel novel wheels of terror. He joined the merchant marine in 1931, taking his mothers maiden name hassel as his own surname. Monte cassino ebook by sven hassel 9780297865742 rakuten kobo. We are very proud to once and for all enter the age of social networking. Oct 05, 2007 sven hassel read the books, there great. When they caught him, he was sent to a penal regiment on the russian front. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. He and his 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 hassel s gripping novels are based on his own.
The complete series has to this day been published in. He did his compulsory years military service in the danish forces in 1936 and then, facing unemployment, joined the german army. Sven hassel was living in barcelona, spain when he passed away. Sven hassel s unflinching narrative is based on his own experiences in the german army. The commissar had the biggest secret of the russian war. Seventyone years after it ended, the second world war is still the gotto global conflict for hundreds, nay, thousands, of books, movies, tv series, comics, and gungho trigger happy violent computer games. Sven hassel real name borge willy redsted pedersen, 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 was a danish author of fourteen world war ii novels based around the experiences both tragic and comedic of 2 section a unit of the 27th penal panzer regiment, made up of courtmartialed soldiers and former inmates of concentration camps and prisons. 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. He ended the second world war in a prisoner of war camp, where he wrote his first novel legion of the damned. The sven hassel collection sven hassel war classics. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required.
Sven hassel rates among the truly great war book writers. Jul 20, 2015 sven hassel 10 romans epub et pdf auteurs. Site dedicated to the great danish war story writer sven hassel portas kitchen sven hassel web site from joseph porta and the peaceloving burghers of the 27 th penal panzer regiment. Ah sven hassel what a bloody good read dont recall the film that was supposedly made but one film always reminded me of him. Starting in 1953 he published 14 novels, written in the first. The following biography of sven hassel is pieced together from several official sources book covers, the brochure for the film of wheels of terror, interviews and a press release kindly supplied by svens son, michael. Sven hassel is currently considered a single author. Feb 11, 2014 sven hassel 19 april 1917 barcelona 21 september 2012 was a danishborn writer who wrote novels set during world war ii.
Sven hassel based his unflinching narrative on his experiences in the german army. Comrades of war is a gritty portrayal of wars harsh realities and the fear and fanaticism at the heart of the third reich. Sven hassel born in 1917 in fredensborg, denmark, sven hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. Sven hassel, novelist who depicted nazi soldiers lives. Sven hassel sven pedersen was born on april 19th 1917 to a typical danish workingclass family in frederiksborg, denmark. His unflinching narrative takes us to the most extreme outposts of war, where soldiers face an inferno of blood and butchery.
The sven hassel collection by sven hassel nook book ebook. Hassel recounts his experience as a soldier of slaughter and brings the reader into the parallel hell of the barracks and that of fighting through horror, sadism and madness. The sven hassel collection by sven hassel goodreads. He began writing his first novel, legion of the damned in a prisoner of war camp at the end of the second world war.
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 hassel s gripping novels are based on his own experiences in the german army. Hassel served with the 2nd panzer division stationed at eisenach and in. This is the official page of sven hassel, run by family. Sven hassel was a remarkable but controversial author who wrote successful novels set on the eastern front in the second world war. The soldiers story world war 2 battle documentary timeline duration. This is a book of horrors, and should be left alone by those prone to nightmares. From the fight for survival against the ferocious red army and the icy. The novels are based on his own experiences in the german army.
Dec 23, 2010 sven hassel s ultimate tank warfare novel. Convicted of deserting the german army, sven hassel was sent to a punishment regiment on the russian front. The sven hassel collection sven hassel war classics ebook. Sven hassel and the strange obsession with nazi fiction. Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned. 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.
If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Sven hassels unflinching narrative is based on his own experiences in the german army. Explore books by sven hassel with our selection at. Born in 1917 in fredensborg, denmark, sven hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. 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. The sven hassel collection by sven hassel 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. Reign of hell 2007 and other, read online free in epub,txt at. In 1943, this motley tank crew is sent on a suicide mission behind enemy lines to destroy a soviet train thats carrying fuel for the red army.
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. Sven hassel s descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. Sven pedersen was born on april 19th 1917 in frederiksborg, denmark. Monte cassino is a classic sven hassel novel, a noholdsbarred account of frontline combat. Sven hassel, whose factbased tales of second world warfare have sold millions, has created another horrific war novel, this time set on the deadly russian front. Although he is arguably one of the most sold danish authors, at most second to hans christian andersen, danish public libraries, as of 2012. He published his first book, legion of the damned, in 1953. He eventually wound up in the german armyits not clear if he was drafted or if he enlisted, even though he was not a german citizenand served in a tank unit in 1939 during the german. Danish writer sven hassel was born in fredericksborg, denmark, in 1917. He and his comrades were regarded as little more than dispensable killingmachines, cannon fodder for hitlers war. Hassel presents his best scenes with the restraint and emotional control of hemingway. 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 barcelona 21 september 2012 was a danishborn writer who wrote novels set during world war ii. The second world war is the war that just keeps on giving.