Thread: Seven Hassel Books - anyone have one?

Originally Posted by Backcountry Bob

Read most of Sven Hassel and the Sharpe series.

Can any of you remember the Edge series of westerns? A high body count in each book and the last sentence of each chapter contained a terrible pun.

Edge and Steele..??

One used a Winchester, the other use a Colt Revolving Rifle….


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When do you head in ..got a second hand book dealer in Richmond that will have a few copies..happy to purchase and send down

Had about 17 of them (I thought I had them all but not sure) but gave them to a second hand book dealer about 15 years ago, from memory and as mentioned above Legion of the Dammed summed up his exploits, there was one other that was similar, I do recall the "SS General" as being brutal, a good read.

I always enjoyed this one...

Funny as..

Yeap I was also a teenager digesting them all.... wheels of terror i think was the first, I will have a look in the attic.

My bad it was indeed Legion of the Dammed as his first novel.
Found this site too
https://www.svenhassel.com/about/

My trip fell through thanks to a couple of the group coming down with Covid 4-5 days out from flying in. Still managed to get a couple of Hassel's books though. Cheers.

Originally Posted by Backcountry Bob

Read most of Sven Hassel and the Sharpe series.

Can any of you remember the Edge series of westerns? A high body count in each book and the last sentence of each chapter contained a terrible pun.

there were a fairly high count of discarded panties too in some of the westerns of that time...

Originally Posted by Backcountry Bob

Read most of Sven Hassel and the Sharpe series.

Can any of you remember the Edge series of westerns? A high body count in each book and the last sentence of each chapter contained a terrible pun.

Edge also used a cut throat razor.
“He had no friends, but two companions, death itself and the acrid smell of gunpowder “ IIRC.


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if you like those books you should track down a copy of Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer.

This is one of the best books I have read.

A German officer escapes captivity and due to his fluency in the Russian language is drafted into the Russian Army.

True story too.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...black-fur-coat

Originally Posted by norsk

This is one of the best books I have read.

A German officer escapes captivity and due to his fluency in the Russian language is drafted into the Russian Army.

True story too.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...black-fur-coat

That looks good, I just finished this https://www.amazon.com.au/Night-Bayo.../dp/1784384682

Another one that was good, was Devil's Guard. It was about SS soldiers that joined the French Foreign Legioin after WW2 and went to fight the Viet Minh in Indochina. (Vietnam in the 50's) Great book. Purported to be based on a true story; there was an actual battalion of ex German soldeirs in the Foreign Legion in Vietnam.
Havn't seen a copy for years and years, but if you see one - get it. Great story and well told

If you aren't having any luck in the second hand shops, you can find these books on amazon if you have a kindle or similar.