Maledetti da Dio

Que gran obra, que frío y cruel realismo. La gran falta de soldados hace que Hitler usa cualquier posibilidad para llamar a filas. Criminales, presos políticos y desertores son amnistiados y mandados a la guerra. Todos terminan en un batallón de castigo y son mandados a los peores misiones. La obedec Leggi tutto

"Dar asta e razboiul in toata splendoarea lui, monstruos pana la absurd." Un roman care imi aduce aminte de copilarie, imaginea pe care o vad in fata ochilor fiind aceea in care ma chinuiam sa ajung la raftul al 3-lea din biblioteca unde se afla aceasta carte, iar atunci cand intrebam de ea mi se ras Leggi tutto

After 100 pages read from this book I've already said to myself that I DO not like this book, because it's too boring even though it's about WW2, which is my obsession. But at some point, the main character, Sven, said that people think that war is someting wow, something romantic and they always ex Leggi tutto

Șocantă, o radiografie în cuvinte simple a ororilor de care suntem capabili, a distrugerilor și durerii. M-a surprind să citesc despre București, nu mă așteptam. Modul simplu în care autorul relatează tot ceea ce a trăit face ca fiecare etapă să fie intensă, dar cel mai emoționat și uman moment mi s Leggi tutto

War is hell. Sherman said it, but it might just as well have been said by a German tank soldier on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. Partially auto-biographical, and partly historical fiction, Legion of the Damned is the story of one such soldier, Sven. Sven isn't an eager soldier. He hates Leggi tutto

This is the first one from the famous series of fourteen WWII novels written by someone who was a war combatant. The story was published for the first time in 1953 (well, that's already 70 years ago...) and it's about German soldiers on the Eastern Russian front. I presume this is far from being eve Leggi tutto

This book is about a legion of convicted criminals sent to fight in the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union instead of being executed. The soldiers face certain death while cursing the Nazi regime that has started the war. Anti-war novels like the Naked and the Dead were more literary but this book ha Leggi tutto

It is a must read novel for as many people as possible, especially for the ones that did not participated in any war. Its purpose is to spoil the heroic vision regarding wars and to show that there is nothing good in such an action. Perhaps the human kind would avoid in the future such events if as

This book was hard to read. I considered not even reviewing it but here goes. Alright, after mulling this one over for awhile I've decided it's a pretty decent book. This is an anti war novel generated by a German soldier. It is probably one of the better cases against war I have ever read. War is a Leggi tutto