Devil's Guard

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Condemned to death for the bloodbaths of World War II, they served their sentence—on the killing fields of Vietnam. The fascinating, true story of the French Foreign Legion’s Nazi battalion
 
WHAT THEY DID IN WORLD WAS II WAS HITORY’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 of 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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4.7
166 reviews
A Google user
January 15, 2012
Read this book based on a recommendation by a friend. Far fetched at the end but not bad. It's claimed to be factual though a search on the web shows some believe it to be fiction. I'd say it is for the most part fact with a little embellishment--okay, a lot of it. Just finished Matterhorn by Karl Malantes the week before this one and though that was an excellent book that was better than this one but not as easy to read in terms of writing style.
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A Google user
September 20, 2010
This is an excellent read based on the true story of a group of German Soldiers who joined the French Foreign legion at the end of the Second World War. It begins with the ordeals they faced escaping Germany when the war ended and takes you with them to Indochina where they faced the communist Viet Minh Guerrilas in gruesome jungle warfare. It is quite disturbing in parts and human life did'nt seem to hold much value but well worth the read if you like war books or want to see what life for German Soldiers was like at the end of World War 2.
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Steve Randall
November 20, 2021
Brilliant account of a little known event surrounding the involvement of former SS Headhunters fighting in Indochina. I don't care if it cannot be corroborated, it's a riviting read. I have read this book at least twenty times, each time I find it nigh on impossible to put down. Would make a cracking film.
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