Wheels of Terror

by Sven Hassel

Book Overview

The best-selling military writer returns to his comrades in 27th penal battalion, offering another gritty, realistic view of the ordinary soldier in wartime. Now stationed at the Russian Front, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304366331
• ISBN13: 9780304366330
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cassell
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Sven's best

I think this one has to be the classic 'realistic' Hassel. We go from the horror of an air-raid through the 'bull' of barracks, executing 'traitor's to the Reich and then into the Russian Front. The descriptions of the fighting are graphic but we still see the humanity in the soldiers making itself felt when the Old Man breaks up what is about to become a torture session and when the platoon act as midwives to a refugee. Both horrific and moving this one is the quintessential Hassel for me and gets better on each reading. I shoudl add that I first read it 30 years ago!!

Wheels Of Terror

If you enjoy reading war adventure books and you like books that put you right in the middle of the horror and bloodshed, this one is for you.On the back cover there is a warning in red lettering,"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---Alan Sillitoe--This book and others by Sven Hassel are true gems that take the reader to a place and time that is horrifying. You feel the fear,and understand the terrors of war as if it is really happening. These books are a true window into the world of the WW2 Russian front at its worst. A definate must read for all war novel enthusiasts who enjoy reading what it was truely like on the Russian front. Non stop action from page 1 through to the end. These books are my all time favorites and I'm sure they will become one of your favorites as well.

The book that began the series

I have read many of Sven Hassels works and have found them ALL to be chillingly descriptive and accurate about the real frontline conditions faced by the German Military. These books also reveal the harsh and deadly occurances within the military heirarchy during ww2. I you desire a descriptive and action filled perspective on ww2, I recommend you read this book.

VERY good book

This book is one of the 13 in the series, and it is really good and describes the actual 2ww and does it in a very realistic way. I can strongly recommend you to read this

For the sake of humanity, everyone should read this book.

Mans inhumanity to man. This sentence, for me, has always required an explanation, and, finally here is the most comprehensive explanation I have ever heard. When I read this book and his other titles it is if I am transported to the scene. The sights, the sounds and most of all the fear, is in the bed with me, scaring me out of the romantic notion of soldiering that encapsulated me as a boy. Please read it, for if you are to be sick reading it "such sickness is humanitys only hope for a sane and healthy world"