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SS General

by Sven Hassel · 1969

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The great Stalingrad novel—written by a German survivor. Sven Hassell and his diminishing band of veterans find themselves plunged into the maelstrom of Stalingrad. Radio Moscow boasts that one German soldier dies every minute as they struggle forward on the front, and when the Russians surround the German 6th Army, it seems they're doomed. But Sven and his friends make a last-ditch attempt to break out, to fight their way across the frozen steppe to freedom. Their leader: a fanatical SS general.

Genre
war and militaryhistorical fictionWorld War IIadventure
Setting
World War II
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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