Legiunea blestemaților: Ediție română

by Sven Hassel

Lipsa de soldaţi îl determină pe Hitler să folosească orice mijloace pentru a face înrolări. Astfel, criminali, prizonieri politici şi dezertori sunt amnistiaţi şi trimişi la război. Cu toţii sfârşesc într-un batalion disciplinar şi sunt trimişi în cele mai grele misiuni. Supunerea orbească este unul dintre lucrurile cele mai înspăimântătoare. De cel puţin douăzeci de ori pe zi li se aminteşte, cu înjurături şi instrucţii la sânge, că aparţin unui regiment disciplinar şi că vor fi cei mai buni soldaţi din lume. Regimentul Blindat nr. 27 este obligat să lupte într-un război în care nu crede niciunul din soldaţii lui. CHICAGO SUNDAY „O CAPODOPERĂ”Sven Hassel a fost trimis într-un batalion disciplinar al armatei germane ca simplu soldat. Cu un realism intim şi brutal, el narează atrocităţile războiului, crimele naziştilor şi umorul cinic şi grosolan al soldaţilor. Cu o vânzare de peste 50 de milioane de exemplare, sunt cărţile de război cele mai vândute din lume.

266 pages

Published January 1, 1953

About the author

Hassel served in the Danish merchant navy till 1937, when he moved to Germany to join the army. He served with the second Panzer Division stationed at Eisenach and in 1939 was a tank driver during the invasion of Poland. A year later he attempted to escape because of being mentally exhausted. He was transferred to a Sonderabteilung, a penal unit manned by criminals and dissidents. He served with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and later the 11th and 27th Panzer Regiments (6th Panzer Division) on all fronts except North Africa and was wounded several times. Eventually he reached the rank of lieutenant and received an Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class. He surrendered to Soviet troops in Berlin in 1945 and spent the following years in various POW camps. He began to write his first book Legion of the Damned while he was interned. He was released in 1949, and was planning to join the French Foreign Legion when he met Dorthe Jensen. They got married in 1951. He went to work in a car factory. In 1957 Sven Hassel suffered from an attack of a sickness caught during the war and was paralyzed for almost two years. After recovery, he began to write more books.

See also Sven Hazel