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March Battalion
Sven Hassel
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Description for March Battalion
Paperback. A famously gritty war novel set on the Eastern Front and a gripping insight into the brutalities of war, now relaunched with a stunning new look. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Danger was forgotten, death was forgotten, the war was forgotten. They only knew they had to kill... The figures in khaki were no longer soldiers, no longer men.
Sven Hassel and his comrades are once more hurled into the ferocity of the frontline.
The Eastern Front is a sight of unprecedented destruction. The soldiers there - the tank battalions of Hitler's penal regiments - are considered expendable by the German high command.
Treated like animals, they learn to live like animals, to fight like beasts. The only other option is to die a bloody death... ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Sven Hassel War Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780228167
SKU
V9781780228167
Shipping Time
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 March Battalion
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