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Comrades of War

by Sven Hassel · 1960

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So severely wounded as to earn a respite from the dreaded Eastern Front, Sven, the Legionnaire and Tiny - having miraculously survived the freezing cattle-truck journey and the surgeons' butchery - find themselves safe behind the lines in a Hamburg hospital.

Genre
war and militaryhistorical fictionWorld War IIadventure
Setting
World War II
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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