Sven Hassel novels have sold 52 million copies worldwide Sven Hassel novels sold 15 million copies in the UK Relaunched in 11 countries since 1999 'He is a brilliant storyteller' Washington Post
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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