Wheels of Terror

Sven Hassel

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Fiction, War & combat fiction, Second World War fiction, Graphic novels: literary & memoirs, Fiction in translation

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- Paperback Jul 8, 2014 | 9781780228211 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- e-Book Oct 1, 2015 | 9780297609780 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 29, 2014 | 9781409155096 | RRP $33.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jul 8, 2014 | 9781780228211 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 1, 2015 | 9780297609780 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 29, 2014 | 9781409155096 | RRP $33.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jul 8, 2014 | 9781780228211 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 1, 2015 | 9780297609780 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 29, 2014 | 9781409155096 | RRP $33.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Dec 23, 2010 | 9780297865766 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Sven Hassel's ultimate tank warfare novel, now relaunched with a stunning new look.

Sven Hassel's ultimate tank warfare novel.

'This is a book of horrors, and should be left alone by those prone to nightmares. Sven Hassel's descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war I have ever read ... A great war novel!' Alan Silitoe

Stationed on the Russian Front and now equipped with armoured vehicles, Sven Hassel and his comrades from the 27th Penal Regiment fight on remorselessly...

All of them should be dead: life expectancy on the Russian Front is measured in weeks. But Sven, Porta, Tiny and The Legionnaire fight to the end, not for Germany, not for Hitler, but for survival.

WHEELS OF TERROR is a sobering depiction of war's brutalities, and the violence and inhumanity that the history books leave out.

Praise for Wheels of Terror

In essence this is an expose of the absurdity of war, and a moving plea for peace. As such, it takes its rank with far milder books, such as ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - NEWSDAY
Hassel's books of war are the most powerful I have ever read
He is graphic, at times brilliantly so, but never brutal or bitter. He is, too, a first-rate storyteller - WASHINGTON POST

Sven Hassel

Born in 1917 in Fredensborg, Denmark, Sven Hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. He did his compulsory year's military service in the Danish forces in 1936 and then, facing unemployment, joined the German army. He served throughout World War II on all fronts except North Africa. When the war ended in 1945 he was transferred between Russian, American and French prison camps, and upon returning to Denmark, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for treason. He began writing LEGION OF THE DAMNED during his time as a prisoner of war. His fourteen World War II books, which draw on his own encounters and experiences as a soldier, have sold over 53 million copies worldwide and have been published in more than 50 countries. He peacefully passed away in Barcelona in 2012, where he had resided since 1964.