SS General (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

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Summary: the best from the west
Review: Reading Sven Hassel since 1967 and he's my favourite author.His books are of a kind you will read and read and read.... so you must not forget that time too many innocent people died. Sven Hassel has prooved in his books the senselessness of the war. Who can tell me more about Sven Hassel? Joop van der Does

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Summary: S.S. General
Review: S.S. General--A good story-historicaly inaccurate,to much one sided.Ex:Dec.'42 Paulus had only about 100 thanks left,not 600.Tigers were not yet in operation in the southern front.Theodore Eicke was a good div.comander in the Demiansk pocket.The author doesn't seem to know the difference between concentration camps S.S.Einsatzgruppen and Waffen S.S.Most Waffen S.S.div. had troops of high calibre,motivated,well trained, they organization more democratic than regular army, recived the most decorations also they suffered extremely high losses.I only agree with the author about one thing:war is a terrible waste.

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Summary: SS General is a graphic account of the unimaginable horrors
Review: Sven Hassel is a true survivor. His personal account of the horrors of war, the futility and the hope that you must keep going against the odds are no better summarised than in the SS General. The amazing story of his escape from the hell of Stalingrad is compulsory reading.