SS General (original title: SS-Generalen) is a novel by the Danish writer Sven Hassel.
Written in the first person, SS-General is based on the adventures of a group of German penal battalion soldiers in the Battle of Stalingrad.
The book describes their escape from the Stalingrad siege under the leadership of a fanatical Brigadeführer of the Waffen-SS.
Like all Sven Hassel's books it contains graphic descriptions of war's brutality, as well as elements of military humor.
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