The Legion of the Damned

The Legion of the Damned is the first book written by Sven Hassel about his life as a penal soldier in the german nazi-army during WWII.

During the events in this novel we are introduced to Sven and his friends and fellow convicted soldiers in the 27th penal Panzerbatallion, and we follow the events of the entire war. From Svens courtmartial in 1939 as a deserter and all the way to Germanys defeat in Berlin in 1945.