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Narrated by:
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Sam Devereaux
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Sven Hassel
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Porta struggles to keep the heavy tank between the marching soldiers. One moment of inattention, and he will bulldoze an entire company. An enormous fireball strikes the bushes in front of the vehicle. The panzer soldiers jump head first from the tanks for cover. With frightened eyes and beating hearts they lay in the sun, waiting for death. A great wall of fire rises towards the sky. - Stalin organ, Heide mumbles terrified. Porta speeds up the engine. The tank plows through sun and water. They are near Moscow, 1941.
"A BRILLIANT DESCRIPTION OF THE WAR" MIROIR DE L’HISTOIRE, FRANCE
Sven Hassel was sent to a penal battalion as a private in the German forces. Intensely and with brutal realism, he portrays the cruelty of the war, the Nazi crimes and the crude and cynical humor of the soldiers. With more than 50 million sold copies, this is one of the world’s best selling war novels. rn
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- kevin M.
- 04-12-23
real war
spot on book you got to feel they hopelessness and just getting on with living day by day
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- Jayceon1888
- 04-03-20
Another Great Yarn
Sven Porta Tiny and the crew on operation Barbarossa then taifun with all the usual brutality and dark humour fans of Sven Hassel have come to love. Not one of the best books but still very enjoyable all the same. The storylines not as good as wheels of terror, comrades of war or Bloody Road to Death but still has Porta telling his fantastical stories and getting upto mischief with Tiny. For a Sven Hassel fan it’s a must ***’
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- Markbleep
- 08-12-24
Mixed review
Great story, horrifically told.
The narrator may be good at doing certain things, narrating Sven Hassel books is not one of them.
He puts stupid accents into the characters voices, for example…Porta (a German soldier) somehow seemingly has a British west country accent.
He also repeatedly mispronounces the names of the main characters. Jullius Heide should be pronounced as "High-duh", or even as (from very famous film and books) "high-dee". However the narrator constantly refers to him as "hey-dee".
It’s horrifically bad, and really puts the listener off…mostly for the accents.
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- Brian Young
- 21-07-21
Poor Narration
The narrator was poor, mispronounced to many words making it difficult to concentrate on the story. such a shame as I'm a Sven Hassel fan.
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- R. J. Selwyn
- 05-02-22
Very Interesting but graphic Story
I enjoyed this book as I used to at a younger age when I served in Germany. Very graphic and clearly from the memories of someone who had experienced this. What is most interesting however is the fact that Sven Hassel was Danish, served in the Wehrmacht but was accused of being a traitor and/or fabricating his experiences. You decide, my only criticism for this German story based in Russia is why on earth did the narrator chose to use various British accents such as Yorkshire etc for the characters. His lack of understanding of the German language and pronunciation also took something away. I know many many English speaking Germans. I'm sure it wouldn't have been too hard to find someone for that little bit of authenticity. That said, the author whoever he really was, was indeed very gifted. What absolute horror he must have experienced. Great Story!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- GreyAlpha
- 08-04-22
Do yourself a favour- just read the book
A great story, utterly ruined by a terrible narrator. I'd have thought that some idea of German pronunciation might have played a part
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- William Lewis
- 18-01-23
the book!!
story very good but narration and especially so called accents are so silly there insulting. sorry bout I believe in telling truth.
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- j lawley
- 29-08-20
inept narrator
great story inept narrator. who ever thought to give German soldiers local English dialogue. nearly spoiled the book. only saved by the excellent story
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- pauldrums777
- 20-04-20
ww2 Russian front set in Yorkshire England
I purchased this after listening to Wheels of Terror narrated by Rupert Degas who did a fantastic job.
after 2 minutes I had to give up sorry.
the accents that the narrator does here are completely unsuitable for this novel. (Russian front ww2)
I feel like I'm listening to some English farmers up north rather than eastern Europeans and Germans soldiers.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 02-08-22
what the hell is this.
no way on earth am i going to be able to listen to this. im sure the story is great as many have said, however the narration is abysmal. sounds like the war is being fought by the cast of the last of the summer wine. i keep expecting to hear that nora batty is advancing from moscow or that nurse gladis emmanuel has the red army in its grip. did they not listen to this before they released it only wish i could get refund. please please do purchase.
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