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Legion of the Damned Series

This series delves into the brutal reality of World War II, focusing on the experiences of ordinary soldiers in relentless combat. With uncompromising realism and raw authenticity, it reveals the horrors of the conflict directly from the front lines. Each installment offers a glimpse into desperation, camaraderie, and the constant struggle for survival during one of history's darkest periods.

SS General
Legie prokletých
The Commissar
Wheels of Terror
O.G.P.U. Prison
The legion of the damned

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  1. 1

    Legie prokletých

    • 261 pages
    • 10 hours of reading
    4.3(368)Add rating

    Přeloženo z anglického vydání (The Legion Of The Damned, 1989) dánského originálu. Trestní tábor SS Lengries patřil k nejhrůznějším a nejsadističtějším nacistickým vězením. Byl vyhrazen pro dezertéry, politické vězně a nepřátele Třetí říše. Když führer potřeboval pro ruskou ofenzivu lidskou sílu, kterou mohl snadno obětovat, znamenalo to pro mnohé z nich jedinou šanci na únik, Svenn Hassel a muži tankového praporu, podřízeni tvrdé disciplíně 27.trestního pluku, byli posláni na jatka východní fronty. Bojovali, aby se pomstili, jejich odvetou byl odpor a zmar. Bojovali ve válce, o které doufali, že bude prohraná.... celý text

    Legie prokletých
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    Comrades of war

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    A sobering depiction of war's brutalities, and the violence and inhumanity that the history books leave out, now relaunched with a stunning new look.

    Comrades of war
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    March Battalion

    • 224 pages
    • 8 hours of reading
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    Into the screaming inferno of the Russian Front the Tank Battalions of Hitler's Penal Regiments were thrown. That was no surprise: these soldiers were pure cannon fodder to the German High Command men whose lives were considered expendable. And because they were treated like animals, they also learned to live like animals. They stole and cheated in the manner of beasts, and died brutally and bloodily, fighting not only the enemy, but each other. Bestselling author Sven Hassel, whose World War II themed novels have sold more than 52 million copies, tells the gripping story of the soldiers sacrificed in the Fuhrer's Russian Offensive.

    March Battalion
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    Assignment Gestapo

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
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    A sobering portrait of the absurdity of the Nazi regime and the atrocities committed by Hitler's secret police, now relaunched with a stunning new look.

    Assignment Gestapo
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    Monte Cassino

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    It's clear why Sven Hassell's books have sold millions. From a no-holds barred description of frontline combat to accounts of partisan attacks and adventures in Rome on leave, his World War II story is a classic. Here, Sven and his comrades who have survived the deadly fighting on the Russian front are posted to Italy, where the armies are locked in battle around the ancient hilltop of Monte Cassino. In the face of overwhelming Allied firepower, Sven and his fellow soldiers cling to the mountainside, knowing they cannot defy the odds forever.

    Monte Cassino
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    Liquidate Paris

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    I had a grenade in my hand. So, no doubt, did the English private. I tore out the pin with my teeth. Lay there and counted. Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four. . .It is Hitler's last chance to save The Third Reich. . . Millions of Allied troops have landed in Normandy. The orders are Sven and his comrades, hardened by a savage war that has led them from the bloody steppes of the Russian Front, to the slopes of Monte Cassino, are ordered to withdraw to Strasbourg and destroy Paris on the way. . . Liquidate Paris shows the eruption of  World War II in its most brutal and cruel phase, as allied troops advance upon Paris and the penal regiment retreat

    Liquidate Paris
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    SS General

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    SS GENERAL is the definitive Stalingrad novel, a gripping portrait of war's brutal realities, now relaunched with a stunning new look.

    SS General
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    The legion of the damned

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    BLITZFREEZE is a shocking insight into the realities of war, the conditions endured by ordinary soldiers and their unwavering solidarity, now relaunched with a stunning new look.

    The legion of the damned
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    The bloody road to death

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    THE BLOODY ROAD TO DEATH depicts all the savagery of war punctuated with black humour, as Tiny, Porta and the rest of the men advance across Europe. Now relaunched with a stunning new look.

    The bloody road to death
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    Court Martial

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    COURT MARTIAL is Sven Hassel's darkest novel and a shocking insight into the cruelty the Nazi regime inflicted on its own people. Now relaunched with a stunning new look.

    Court Martial
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    O.G.P.U. Prison

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
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    O.G.P.U. PRISON is one of Sven Hassel's most compulsively readable novels, full of battle scenes, written in the gritty style that Hassel is renowned for. Now relaunched with a stunning new look.

    O.G.P.U. Prison
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    The Commissar

    • 368 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
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    THE COMMISSAR is a shocking insight into the brutalities faced by ordinary soldiers and the atrocities committed in the name of survival. Now relaunched with a stunning new look.

    The Commissar