Recall to Inferno

by George Robert Elford

Book Overview

Radio Hanoi called them the commandos of death. The French Foreign Legion first recruited fugitive veterans of the German S.S. to fight in the bloodstained jungles of Asia. Then came the defeat at... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440201993
• ISBN13: 9780440201991
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Hard to find war story

Classic book with good following. Some doubt as to where the alleged true story ends, but it is a great read nonetheless (if you can find a copy).

One of the best war books of all time

Hans and company are back in this book filled with excitement and chaos. It is also a tragedy, since the American advisors could have potentially prevented the American debacle in Vietnam if only the brass would have listened. Perhaps they did, but they did not take it seriously, and many American soldiers needlessly lost their lives when they were unprepared for a war the likes of which they had never fought before. Even more ominous is the current situation in Iraq which reminds me of the same situation that we had in Vietnam, since it seems that we have learned little about guerilla warfare. How different the situation would be if we had Hans's experience in guerilla warfare in this situation...Unfortunately, we are in a bad situation and we cannot act as Hans and his comrades did. We cannot simply use poison gas to flush out hundreds of guerillas without causing an outcry and hundreds of civilian casualties. We cannot act as Hans did, as his savagery was what made him the most successful anti-guerilla fighter of all time. Anyway, the Batallion of the Damned (now called Task-Force G) causes massive damage to the Vietcong and the Khmer Rouge with the help of American equipment and advisors. This book will clarify the true horror of the wars in Vietnam.

Great Book

This book exposes the light on subjects far forgotten in the annals of History. Few ever knew about former Waffen S.S. commandos joining the French Forgien Legion and even fewer know that those who did fought the Viet Minh with their own tactics. In Devils Guard II you will read on accounts of Mustard Gas used on a supply depot, explosive bullets, ambushing the Viet Minh on their own turf, and long range raids far into North Vietnam. This book is a must have for all Military Historians or anybody else intresed in the infamous French Indo-China War. Belive me when I say this book is a great read. I have read mine so many times I had to tape the cover and spine together to keep it from falling apart.

Excellent, remarkable, thrilling, story of the one time SS.

Must read! The continuing saga of Hans, Reidl, Altrieter and the other men of the one time Battalion of the Damned. In this EPIC they are soldiers of fortune, working for, or rather paid by the government of South Vietnam. Their only mission is to stop the Vietcong by ANY means they see fit. Accompanying them are American "advisors," or rather the American CIA are advised, by the one time German SS, on how to create a guerilla fighting force (10th group ?). The French pull out of Vietnam, yet Hans and his "Cammando of Death" continue to surprise the enemy, destroying, killing, and impeding the communist advance into South Vietnam.