SS General (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS) - Softcover

Hassel, Sven

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9780304366347: SS General (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS)

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ISBN 10: 030436634X ISBN 13: 9780304366347

Publisher: Phoenix, 2003

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It was said that Stalingrad had been burning since August, ever since the first German bombs were dropped...

Sven Hassel and his comrades are plunged into the maelstrom of Stalingrad.

Radio Moscow reports that one German soldier dies every minute.

Trapped by the Russian counter-attack, starving soldiers must resort to cannibalism to survive. But 'Tiny', Porta, the Legionnaire and Sven attempt to break out, to fight their way across the frozen steppe.

Their leader: an SS general who takes no prisoners.

SS GENERAL is the definitive Stalingrad novel, a gripping portrait of war's brutal realities.

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Review:

Hassel's books of war are the most powerful I have ever read

The story shudders from page to page while the devoted friends live precariously from year to year, until only the one survivor is left to write this book. And a gripping book it is--CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE

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

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SS GENERAL is the definitive Stalingrad novel, a gripping portrait of war's brutal realities.

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