Order of Sven Hassel Books

Sven Hassel was a Danish author renowned for his Legion of the Damned series. He began his military career in the Danish merchant navy until 1937, after which he moved to Germany and joined their army. As a tank driver during the invasion of Poland, he served with the second Panzer Division, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant and earning both the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class. However, he surrendered to Soviet forces in 1945 and was taken to a POW camp, where he started writing Legion of the Damned. After his release, he married his wife in 1951 and worked in a car factory while continuing to write. A wartime illness left him paralyzed for nearly two years, but he eventually recovered and resumed his writing career.