An extraordinary book, which has captured the attention of all of. Han skrev 14 boger, som er oversat til atten sprog. On hitlers orders, theyre to hold it so they can blame its destruction on the allied forces. Sven hassel was the pen name of the danishborn borge willy redsted pedersen who wrote novels set during world war ii. The cemetery is maintained by the council for the protection of memorial sites of struggle and martyrdom. The thunder of the guns could be heard in rome, 170 miles. Aug 07, 2012 the adviser on the film is dr peter caddickadams, a professional military historian and author of the recentlypublished monte cassino. Although he is arguably one of the most sold danish authors, at most second to hans christian andersen, danish public libraries, as of 2012. Slaget om monte cassino vintern och varen 1944 var ett obeskrivligt helvete for bade anfallare och forsvarare. In later years, sven was legally able to acquire the name hassel, but due to the popularity of his books the name continued with a z in the abovementioned 3.
Having survived the horrors of the eastern front, the 27th penal regiment are posted to italy. Sven hassels iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino. Danish writer sven hassel was born in fredericksborg, denmark, in 1917. Sven hassel s iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino. A kiwi captain, an american private and their wounded italian ally are surrounded in an isolated cellar in monte cassino. Sven hassel was a pen name that borge willy pedersen used to write novels set in the second world war. Sven hassel official site official sven hassel site. Sven hazel har altid selv omgivet sig med megen mystik. For fine examples of portas officer baiting style see three girls chapter 14 of legion of the damned or herr niebelspangs via dolorosa chapter 2 of blitzfreeze. Sven and his comrades from 27th penal regiment find themselves in italy on the way to monte cassino.
The thunder of the guns could be heard in rome, 170 miles away. Hassel was a protected family name in denmark, and so his publishers changed it to hazel in denmark, norway and iceland elsewhere it remained hassel. New film about the battle of monte cassino army rumour service. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and.
Editions of monte cassino by sven hassel goodreads. Sven hassel, auch sven hazel, eigentlich borge willy redsted arbing 19. Monte cassino today usually spelled montecassino is a rocky hill about kilometres 81 mi southeast of rome, in the latin valley, italy, 2 kilometres 1. Although he is arguably one of the most sold danish authors, at most second to hans christian andersen, danish public libraries, as of 2012, did not stock his books. Monte cassino a major lookout post on the german defensive line is under attack.
Legion of the damned kindle edition by sven hassel. It was a good book but difficult to read at some points. Sven hassel based his unflinching narrative on his experiences in the german army. Sven hassel was the pen name of the danishborn borge willy redsted pedersen 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 who wrote novels set during world war ii. Monte cassino ebook by sven hassel 9780297865742 rakuten kobo. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. Portas father is serving time in moabitt according to chapter 9 of monte cassino. Monte cassino is a classic sven hassel novel, a noholdsbarred account of frontline combat.
Sven hassel was a huge seller in the uk in corgi paperback editions in the 1960s and 1970s. Hassel eletrajza vitatott, mivel azt allitotta, hogy sven pedersen neven szuletett 1917ben a daniai frederiksborgban es csak kesobb vette fel anyja leanykori nevet. Monte cassino sven hassel and the few surviving men of his unit are posted to italy, where the armies are locked in battle around the ancient hilltop monastery of monte cassino. Hassels books are written in the first personwith hassel himself as a character, though not necessarily the lead character. Monte cassino, det heliga berget norr om neapel, var en naturlig observationspunkt. He published his first book, legion of the damned, in 1953.
Sven hassel was a world war ii novelist, who completed a series of fourteen books, that tell the battles of a penal regiment on the eastern front. Jul 07, 2015 monte cassino a major lookout post on the german defensive line is under attack. By the time the dane died in 2012 at the age of 95, he was one of the most popular and most prolific authors to come out of denmark. Cassino is located at the foot of monte cairo near the confluence of the gari and liri rivers. I knew peter ca some years ago he will most likely stick to the history, unless the director simply points out who is paying his wages and does want he wants anyway.
His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris. The city is best known as the site of the abbey of montecassino and the battle of monte cassino during world war ii, which resulted in huge allied and german casualties as well as the near total destruction of the town itself. I 1964 bosatte han sig i barcelona i spanien, hvor han dode som 95arig i 2012. Sven hassel, who has died aged 95, wrote 14 massively popular novels about life in the wartime german army. Sep 21, 2012 sven hassel 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 in barcelona was the pen name of the danishborn borge willy redsted pedersen who wrote novels set during world war ii. In the face of overwhelming allied firepower, sven hassel and his comrades are ordered to hold the fortress at all costs. The polish war cemetery at monte cassino holds the graves of 1,072 poles who died storming the bombedout benedictine abbey atop the mountain in may 1944, during the battle of monte cassino. The complete series has to this day been published in. The battle of monte cassino also known as the battle for rome and the battle for cassino was a costly series of four assaults by the allies against the winter line in italy held by axis forces during the italian campaign of world war ii. We were sitting under some trees in a sort of tent made by buttoning capes together. Sluttningarna, mindre hojder och dalen framfor hade av tyskarna byggts ut till en av varldens mest respektingivande forsvarsstallningar. Oct 02, 2012 sven hassel, who has died aged 95, wrote 14 massively popular novels about life in the wartime german army. Theres the usual characters tiny, porta, the legionnaire, the old man etc and their tall tales along with brutal descriptions of the war. Hitler has ordered that every position must be held to the last, and every lost position recaptured by counterattack.
Typical hollywoodesque fair of nazis as one dimensional utterly despicable monsters. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris have. While this is in fact true, the book focuses on the strategic overview of the battle and seldomly goes into detail on first hand accounts of soldiers and civilians within monte cassino. A classic sven hassel, with all the right ingredients blood, guts, fear, high comedy and magnificent courage with the shattered monastery ruins and the seedy streets. The hill is monte cassino, and the horror is the carnage of allied attempts to wrest it from the germans in 1944, among whom are numbered the lads of the 27th penal battalion. Sven hassel i danmark sven hazel, pseudonym for borge willy redsted pedersen, fodd 19 april 1917 nara hillerod, 1 dod 21 september 2012 i barcelona, 2 var en dansk forfattare och enligt honom sjalv tidigare soldat inom wehrmacht under andra varldskriget. He eventually wound up in the german armyits not clear if he was drafted or if he enlisted, even though he was not a german citizenand served in a tank unit in 1939 during the german. Deutsch ausgabe sven hassel serie zweiter weltkrieg. Read monte cassino by sven hassel available from rakuten kobo. Bitva o monte cassino tez zvana bitva o rim ci bitva o cassino byla jedna z nejdelsich a nejtezsich bitev druhe svetove valky, s tezkymi ztratami obou bojujicich stran. Sven hassel is a major brand in fiction with global book sales since first publication of legion of the damned in 1953 of 53 million copies, of which 15 million are in the english language. Hitler has ordered that every position must be held until the last, and every lost position.
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