O.G.P.U. Prison [Paperback]

Sven Hassel (Author)

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Publication Date: June 3, 2008

Once again, Sven Hassel vividly portrays the horrors of war.
It stood at the top of the hill, dominating the Russian landscape, menacing and impenetrable: the O.G.P.U Prison. Although they had no tanks to protect them, Porta and his fellow fighters were told to take it in any way they could—with machine guns, flamethrowers, entrenching tools, their bare hands if need be. But although they were used to war with its death and vile savagery, O.G.P.U. Prison was something different. This place was a hell they hadn’t encountered before, a bastion, an inferno that rained blood and butchery on Porta, the Legionnaire, Tiny, Barcelona and the men of the Panzer battalion.

 

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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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• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Cassell; Reprint edition (June 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753822547
• ISBN-13: 978-0753822548
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,175,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Scandinavian

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Independiente de que muchas historias se superponen en el tiempo y por tanto hacen imposible que el autor las haya protagonizado a todas en simultáneo, no deja de ser un conjunto de historias anecdóticas de la guerra y sus imágenes. Particularmente he leido todas las obras en castellano y ahora voy por ellas en Ingles. A aquellos que les gustan las historias del la 2a.guerra, sin prestar mucha atención a la rigurosidad temporal, es recomendable, puedo decir que estan para mi en la misma categoría de Un Puente Demasiado Lejano, El Dia Mas largo o libros de Ambrose, con las respetuosas salvedades entre unos y otros.