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At the beginning of 1944 italy was the western allies only active front against nazicontrolled europe, and their only route to the capital was through the liri valley. Monte cassino sven hassel ebok 9780297865742 bokus. Sven hassel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. If you like war novels, you will love monte cassino. Sven and his comrades from 27th penal regiment find themselves in italy on the way to monte cassino. Comrades of war by hassel, sven, 1917publication date 1963 topics world war, 19391945. Assignment gestapo is one of my favorites of his books, they are all entertaining.
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Novel of german 27th penal regiment troops based on authors world war ii experiences. Monte cassino legion of the damned series book 6 ebook. 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. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the monte cassino, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Hassel s books are written in the first person, with hassel himself as a character, though not necessarily the lead character. Monte cassino is an excellnet book depicting the authours amazing experiences in itlay during world war two. In the face of overwhelming allied firepower, sven and his fellow soldiers cling to the mountainside, knowing they cannot defy the odds forever. Description download monte casino sven hassel comments. He and his comrades were regarded as little more than dispensable killingmachines, cannon fodder for hitlers war. Sven hassel based his unflinching narrative on his experiences in the german army.
Monte cassino is a classic sven hassel novel, a noholdsbarred account of frontline combat. Convicted of deserting the german army, sven hassel was sent to a. Jul 07, 2015 monte cassino a major lookout post on the german defensive line is under attack. The novels are based on his own experiences in the german army. Really interesting reading a novel from the other side, and the tactic snd ultimate folly of bombing a historic monastery is explored. On hitlers orders, theyre to hold it so they can blame its destruction on the allied forces. Intensely and with brutal realism, he portrays the cruelty of the war. In later years, sven was legally able to acquire the name hassel, but due to the popularity of his books the name continued with a z in the abovementioned 3. Montecassino scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Hassel was a protected family name in denmark, and so his publishers changed it to hazel in denmark, norway and iceland elsewhere it remained hassel. Hitler has ordered that every position must be held to the last, and every lost position recaptured by counterattack. Sven hassel was the pen name of the danishborn borge willy redsted pedersen 19 april. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to. Deutsch ausgabe sven hassel serie zweiter weltkrieg series by sven hassel.
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Oct 02, 2012 sven hassel, who has died aged 95, wrote 14 massively popular novels about life in the wartime german army. Having survived the horrors of the eastern front, the 27th penal regiment are posted to italy. German side with parts based on stories from his comrades and parts free fantasy. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. The epic battle for monte cassino is captured beautifully by hassel who actually served as a german soldier during this time. 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. Typical hollywoodesque fair of nazis as one dimensional utterly despicable monsters. Jul 20, 2015 sven hassel 10 romans epub et pdf auteurs.
There is quite a bit of question about sven hassel, and some say he made it all up. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The hill is monte cassino, and the horror is the carnage of allied attempts to wrest it from the germans in 1944, among whom are numbered the lads of the 27th penal battalion. Monte cassino today usually spelled montecassino is a rocky hill about kilometres 81 mi southeast of rome, in the latin valley, italy, 2 kilometres 1. It was because of this, that he was able to seek treatment free of charge on an otherwise very costly and unaffordable course of medical care. Sven hassel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. 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.
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