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Comrades of War
Sven Hassel
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Description for Comrades of War
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
There were not so much people as animals. Sometimes small and frightened, huddling together in cattle cars, wounds gaping, tongues swelling even as they licked the moist frost from the walls...
Grievously wounded - having survived the operating table and the perilous journey West on a freezing freight train - Sven Hassel and his comrades find themselves behind the lines in a Hamburg hospital.
The Reich is a hotbed of lies, betrayal and propaganda. Disgusted by the Nazi cause, the comrades drink themselves into oblivion, visit brothels where women dance naked on saloon tables and reach for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Sven Hassel War Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780228129
SKU
V9781780228129
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Sven Hassel
Born in 1917 in Fredensborg, Denmark, Sven Hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. He did his compulsory year's military service in the Danish forces in 1936 and then, facing unemployment, joined the German army. He served throughout the Second World War on all fronts except North Africa. When the war ended in 1945 he was transferred ... Read more
Reviews for Comrades of War
In essence this is an expose of the absurdity of war, and a moving plea for peace. As such, it takes its rank with far milder books, such as ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - NEWSDAY Hassel's books of war are the most powerful I have ever read He is graphic, at times brilliantly so, but never ... Read more