The battle over monte casino was one of the bloodiest of the ww ii and no doubt hassel decided to put his band there. Sven hassel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. As a german battalion commander rudolf bohmler fought in the front line during the fierce battles fought at monte cassino. He ended the second world war in a prisoner of war camp, where he wrote his. Having been to monte cassino on a recent trip to italy and being somewhat familiar with the battle that was fought there in 1944, i picked this book out first to read. Monte cassino, det heliga berget norr om neapel, var en naturlig observationspunkt. Sven hassels most popular book is legion of the damned. Sven hassel s iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino. Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned goodreads. Sven hassel 230 followers hassel served in the danish merchant navy till 1937, when he moved to germany to join the army. I have read all sven hassel s penal battallion books, but this one struck a chord as a great uncle was killed at cassino, fighting for new zealand. The battle of monte cassino download ebook pdf, epub. Sven hassel was a pen name that borge willy pedersen used to write novels set in the second world war.
A kesselring tabornok altal iranyitott nemet hadsereg minden erofeszites ellenere honapok ota hatralasra. He published his first book, legion of the damned, in 1953. The thunder of the guns could be heard in rome, 170 miles. Read the sven hassel collection by sven hassel available from rakuten kobo. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Monte cassino a major lookout post on the german defensive line is under attack. Emil cioranpe culmile disperarii emil cioran ispita dea exista sven hassel sven hassel monte cassino sven. The battle over monte casino was one of the bloodiest of the ww ii and no doubt hassel decided to put his. Monte cassino sven hassel serie zweiter weltkrieg german edition hassel, sven on. We were sitting under some trees in a sort of tent made by buttoning capes together. After the war he wrote this remarkable history, one of the first fulllength accounts of this famous and controversial episode in the struggle for italy.
To get in touch with us, please send us a message in the form below and well get back to you as soon as possible. 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. Sven hassel s descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever reada great war novel. 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. Sven hassel and the few surviving men of his unit are posted to italy, where the armies are locked in battle around the ancient hilltop monastery of monte cassino.
The legion of the damned sven hassel official site. Convicted of deserting the german army, sven hassel was sent to a punishment regiment on the russian front. Sven hassel based his unflinching narrative on his experiences in the german army. The novels are based on his own experiences in the german army. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He was raised in a poor danish workingclass family, and it was these conditions that drove him to join the merchant navy at the early age of 14, as a shipboy. Avoids history of wimer and post weimar europe, role of longheld traditional antisemitism, versailles devastation and famines of europe and most notably, the influx of militant communism especially rosa luxembourg sdp member and kurt eisner of the bavarian soviet republic a deliberate stab into the. Sven hassel has 48 books on goodreads with 29010 ratings. Monte cassino sven hassel ebok 9780297865742 bokus. Monte cassino legion of the damned, book 6 by sven hassel book cover, description, publication history. Editions of monte cassino by sven hassel goodreads. After the fall of kharkov the 27th regiment was withdrawn and sent to dnepropetrovsk, where we were allotted the armored train leipzig.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read monte cassino. Read monte cassino by sven hassel available from rakuten kobo. He ended the second world war in a prisoner of war camp, where he wrote his first novel legion of the damned. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading monte cassino legion of the damned series book 6. Click download or read online button to get the battle of monte cassino book now. Monte cassino is a classic sven hassel novel, a noholdsbarred account of frontline combat. Typical hollywoodesque fair of nazis as one dimensional utterly despicable monsters. Sven hassel 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 in barcelona was the pen. Hitler has ordered that every position must be held until the last, and every lost position. Sven hassel 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 in barcelona was the pen name of the danishborn. Sven, porta, tiny, barcelona and others were fighting for survival against masses of allied forces and yes they managed it again. Sven hassel official site official sven hassel site. Monte cassino isbn 9780297865742 pdf epub sven hassel. Monte cassino legion of the damned series book 6 kindle edition by hassel, sven.
One reader said simply anything by sven hassel, whom i never even heard of before. In the face of overwhelming allied firepower, sven hassel and his comrades are ordered to hold the fortress at all costs. Sven hassel was the pen name of the danishborn borge willy redsted pedersen 19 april. By the time the dane died in 2012 at the age of 95, he was one of the most popular and most prolific authors to come out of denmark. Sven hassel was born in 1917 in the small danish town of frederiksborg. As soon as we were installed, we and another armored train went to kharol, 100 kilometres west of poltava, where we did some firing practice to. Monte cassino by sven hassel books hachette australia. This is a book of horrors, and should be left alone by those prone to nightmares.
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