George Robert Elford
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 4.15 | 862 Users | 57 Reviews
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| Title | : | Devil's Guard (Devil's Guard #1) |
| Author | : | George Robert Elford |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | December 1972 by Dell Publishing Co. (first published 1971) |
| Categories | : | War. Military Fiction. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Military. Military History |
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WHAT THEY DID IN WORLD WAR II WAS HISTORY'S BLOODIEST NIGHTMARE.The ashes of World War II were still cooling when France went to war in the jungles of Southeast Asia. In that struggle, its frontline troops were the misfits, criminals and mercenaries of the French Foreign Legion. And among that international army of the desperate and the damned, none were so bloodstained as the fugitive veterans of the German S.S.
WHAT THEY DID IN VIETNAM WAS ITS UGLIEST SECRET -- UNTIL NOW.
Loathed by the French, feared and hated by the Vietnamese, the Germans fought not for patriotism or glory but because fighting for France was better than hanging from its gallows. Here now is the untold story of the killer elite whose discipline, ferocity and suicidal courage made them the weapon of last resort.
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| Original Title: | Devil's Guard |
| ISBN: | 0440120144 (ISBN13: 9780440120148) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Devil's Guard #1 |
Rating Containing Books Devil's Guard (Devil's Guard #1)
Ratings: 4.15 From 862 Users | 57 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books Devil's Guard (Devil's Guard #1)
MehI cannot say that I completely enjoyed this book, while it was an interesting concept I wish that it wasnt sold as a non fiction account, written like a journal, some parts are better than others.This is a classic that is hard to find, but passed around Marine Infantry Platoons for all grunts to read. It is a fascinating tale of Germany SS troops who evaded capture after the end of WWII from the Eastern front with Russia. They escaped to Switzerland where they joined the French Foreign Legion. The Irony of having former SS troops serve France while the rest of their comrades are being sentenced to death is not lost. In the Legion they are sent to French Indochina, where they are
Title: Devil's GuardAuthor: George Robert Elford ISBN: 978-0-440-12014-8Publisher: Dell PublishingSoftcoverPages: 336Photos/Maps: 0Elford's book has become, in the opinion of many, a classic biography of a soldier engaged in asymmetric warfare. The main character, ex-Waffen SS partisanjaeger Hans Josef Wagemueller, is pro-ported to have met with the author in the far east and to have related his story to him. The author recounts his tale, with as little changed as possible, of him leading his
As a pulp fiction book, brilliant.
The first military book i read back in the early eighties, believed it at the time but since proved to be fiction. Still a cracking read
An intruiging first hand account of anti-guerrilla warfare. A truly unique book that underscores many of the issues that modern nation states face when fighting insurgencies from the moral high ground.
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