O.G.P.U. Prison (Legion of the Damned series Book 13)

I'm a very lazy reader and Sven Hassel is pretty much all I read . This Danish born writter claims his fourteen books are based on personal experiences based on his service in the German army in world war 2 . If you have never read any of his work dont think they are extolling the virtues of the German army they more concern the battle for personal survival of a group of missfits in the war who could have fought for any side and didnt really care for the beliefs of their leaders but merely fought to survive .I have all fourteen books as paperbacks that are getting very tatty as I read that slowly that I read them all and can then start again so I was delighted to get a kindle and download them to it . I would wholeheartedly recommend all of his books to anyone likeing war books .

Read about a factual based but fictional aspect from a german soldier's perspective. Fascinating and Sven Hassel manages to draw you in and keep you addicted! The only shame about all of his books is that they are not in historical order and the characters get a bit confusing as they are out of time sync.

A little long winded. Whilst I accept than this is part fact, and fiction. It shows how brutal war is, maybe low value of life. Not only the civilians, but the militar

if you know of sven hassel then this is a must read,it is up there with all of his other novels about this band of ex-criminals fighting for their lives.if not then do yourself a favour and give it a read ....you will be hooked.

Read this book back in the 70s still got it

Good read except that there's too much of the book dedicated to things away from the main characters. But all of Sven Hassel's books are worth reading and I've got one more to read and that will be the complete set. I must have read all of these around 8-9 times, since reading the first book back in the 70's and I dare say I'll read them again sometime.

Read all of Sven Hassels books and even though they are gruesome they also have a lot of humour. Any war story lovers would enjoj this very much. I just wish there were more of them.

If not obvious from the title and cover! :-)I read all Hassel's books as a teenager and in my early 20's. For blood and guts, gritty war tales they are great. I bought OGPU Prison (again - my original paperbacks long ago went to a charity shop, I think) just because it popped up somewhere on a screen on my Kindle as a nostalgia read. I've only dipped into it so far, but it is how I remember it. Well crafted characters that one kind of grows to like (which is odd when they are the 'baddies' - and often brutal and harrowing descriptions of warfare on the Russian Front.

Have been reading Sven Hassel since early 70's.

THE NAZI WORLD AND THE WORLD OF THE PENAL BATTALION AND GESTAPO- & WAR GUNS AND SEX - LOVE -DEATH- - PRISON - ALIEN CULTURES, ODD PEOPLE, HE KNOWS ALL, TELLS ALL AND FORESEES ALL.

J'ai choisi de mettre 2 étoiles car je pensais acheter ce livre en Français et je me réjouissais trop de lire cet auteur que je lis ou relis depuis 20 ans

Took quite a while to arrive but it was NOT the sellers fault. Canada Post is pokey and pricey. Great adventure stories.

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.