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Legion of the Damned was the first of 14 novels written by Sven Hassel, a Danish volunteer who served in the German army throughout World War II. Never before had violence been described in such hideously graphic detail; it was a far cry from British or American war novels. Based on Sven Hassel's own horrific experiences fighting on the Russian Front, Legion of the Damned won critical acclaim across Europe and America and was translated into 15 languages.

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Hassel's books of war are the most powerful I have ever read.--Alan Silitoe

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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 World War II on all fronts except North Africa. Wounded eight times, he ended the war in a Russian prison camp. He wrote Legion of the Damned while being transferred between American, British and Danish prisons before making a new life for himself in Spain.

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