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Devil's Guard

(Book #1 in the Devil's Guard Series)

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Book Overview

The personal account of a guerrilla fighter in the French Foreign Legion, reveals the Nazi Battalion's inhumanities to Indochinese villagers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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8 customer ratings | 5 reviews

Rated 5 stars
"We spoke to them in the only language they understood: the machine gun."

This incredible tale of combat was written by George Robert Elford and was based (according to the author) on first-hand interviews with "Hans Josef Wagemueller" (an alias, he refused to give his real name for obvious reasons), a former SS "partisan-jaeger" (guerrilla hunter) who miraculously survived the horrors of the Eastern front in World War II. He led a large group of German SS troops through Russian lines trying to...

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Rated 5 stars
Devil's Guard - Brilliant Expose

Excellent expose of real history! I read (and still have) the first two books (Devil's Guard I and II) but just found out there was a third. I know a former U.S. army veteran whose father served in the German army during WWII. He knew nothing about these books BUT he did know about the events disclosed in this series. His father had friends (former German Army soldiers) who did serve with the French Foreign Legion...

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Shocking, brutal account of war - absolutely enthralling !!

I first read this book as a teenager and found it an educating experience ! My father is a WW2 veteran, who served with the Irish Guards and who encountered Waffen SS units in Normandy and subsequently later, and who maintains respect for their fighting capabilities. It was he who purchased the book at an airport on the way to Germany on a holiday to see my relations. My mother is German and her father served with an Alpine-jaeger...

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Rated 5 stars
A must-read for anyone interested in Vietnam.

This book was recommended to me by a friend who was finishing up film school. This is the first-hand account of an experienced combat officer who lead an all-German battalion of the renowned French Foreign Legion. The details and descriptions are blunt, but nevertheless necessary in conveying the harsh realities of fighting an unconventional war against communist guerrillas. Hans Wagemuller is the alias for the book's main...

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