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Legion of the Damned

By: Sven Hassel
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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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 the Second World War. Read by Rupert Degas.

©1957 Sven Hassel (P)2014 Orion Publishing Group Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military War Military Red Army

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Editor reviews

"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)
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Such great detail of what happened to him! and his opinions of the world at that time.

Great book!

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Love all his books could do with the rest of them on here in English too

Last one

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The narrator was not easy to understand sometimes and the volume spikes were a nuisance too.

Great story but let down by narrator

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Absolutely gripped from start to finish. The narration was perfect, the story harrowing. Very much looking forward to the next in the series

Fantastic tale, superb narration

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A narration of the horrors of war, the evil acts man commit against man and testament to human suffering and survival against the odds.

Horrifying experience of WWII

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