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Twilight of the Gods

A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer's Experiences with the 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division 'Nordland', Eastern Front 1944-45
Few new personal accounts by Waffen-SS soldiers appear in English; even fewer originate from the multitude of non-German European volunteers who formed such an important proportion of this service's manpower. Twilight of the Gods was originally written in Swedish, and published in Buenos Aires shortly after the end of WWII. Erik Wallin, a Swedish soldier who volunteered for service with the Waffen-SS, and participated in the climactic battles on the Eastern Front during late 1944 and 1945, later telling his story to this book's editor, Thorolf Hillblad. Les mer
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Few new personal accounts by Waffen-SS soldiers appear in English; even fewer originate from the multitude of non-German European volunteers who formed such an important proportion of this service's manpower. Twilight of the Gods was originally written in Swedish, and published in Buenos Aires shortly after the end of WWII. Erik Wallin, a Swedish soldier who volunteered for service with the Waffen-SS, and participated in the climactic battles on the Eastern Front during late 1944 and 1945, later telling his story to this book's editor, Thorolf Hillblad.

Wallin served with the Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, a unit composed mainly of non-German volunteers, including Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes. The division enjoyed a high reputation for its combat capability, and was always at the focal points of the fighting on the Eastern Front in the last year of the war. During this period it saw combat in the Baltic, in Pomerania, on the Oder, and finally in defence of Berlin, where it was destroyed.

Erik Wallin served with his unit in all of these locations, and provides the reader with a fascinating glimpse into these final battles. The book is written with a 'no holds barred' approach which will captivate, excite and maybe even shock the reader - his recollections do not evade the brutality of fighting against the advancing Red Army. Twilight of the Gods is destined to become a classic memoir of the Second World War.

Detaljer

Forlag
Helion & Company
Innbinding
Innbundet
Språk
Engelsk
ISBN
9781874622161
Utgivelsesår
2004
Format
23 x 15 cm

Om forfatteren

Thorolf Hillblad ran a newspaper in Sweden.

Medlemmers vurdering

H
Haefs – 24.07.2007

– Torolf Hillblad gir oss her den dramatiske fortellingen til svenske Erik Wallin. Erik var svensk frivillig til det tyske Waffen-ss og kjempet på østfronten sammen med gutter og menn fra hele europa fra 1944-1945. Det var her, og i denne siste tiden av krigen de verste slagene fant sted. Erik var soldat i en rekognoseringsavdeling i Divisjon Nordland og var med kampene helt til siste slutt i Berlins gater. Helt klart en av de mer dramatiske fortellingene av frontkjempere jeg har lest. Et lite minus er kanskje at boka er skrevet på engelsk, men behersker du dette språket er det en lettlest bok. Du finner også en del sort/hvitt bilder bakerst i boka.

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