The legion of the damned / / Sven Hassel; translated from the Danish by Maurice Michael

• Autore: Hassel Sven <1917-2012, >
• Pubblicazione: [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , [2016]; ©2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 pages)
• Disciplina: 839.813/74
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Russia (Federation); War stories
• Persona (resp. second.): MichaelMaurice <1909-1998, >
• Note generali: Translated from the Danish.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PUBLISHER'S NOTE -- Filthy Deserter -- They Died by Day, They Died by Night -- Fagen -- One Hundred and Thirty-five Corpses -- Spit and Polish -- One Kind of Soldier -- Our First Meeting -- Curiosities of the Balkans -- The Glories of the Balkans -- Ursula -- The Last Days -- Porta's Leave -- Destination: North Africa -- Three Girls -- In Church -- Before the Attack -- The Spectacle -- Captivity -- The Swine Meier -- Sleep Your Fill, Boys -- 988th Reserve Battalion -- Death Rolls Up -- Separate Peace -- The Proud Fate -- The Armored Train -- Hals-Und-Beinbruch -- Wishing You a Long Illness -- The War Continues According to Plan -- Soviet Propaganda at the Front -- Retreat from Kiev -- There's a Man Lying Out on the Wire -- Company Commander -- Von Barring -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.
• Sommario/riassunto: Includes the World War Two On The Eastern Front (1941-1945) Illustration Pack - 198 photos/illustrations and 46 maps. The Nazi army's own DIRTY DOZEN--a convict battalion commanded to ravage and kill! Sven Hassel's iconic war novel about the Russian Front. 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 Legion of the Damned in a prisoner of war camp at the end of World War II. "Rough honesty"--Commonwealth "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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Legion of The Damned
• ISBN: 9781787200173; 1787200175
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910156460503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II