Normandy - A Graphic History of D Day, Allied Invasion of Hitler s Fortress

Zusatztext "I am very pleased to have discovered a new history graphic novel series! beginning with Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day: The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe which is both written and illustrated by Wayne Vansant. Other books will follow! on subjects including Gettysburg! Civil War Generals Grant and Lee! and the Bombing of Nazi Germany. The series is aimed at teen readers! but I find it's great for adults interested in experiencing history through the graphic novel medium. I recommend this book and the forthcoming books in the series to anyone who enjoys graphic novels and/or history! and for those older kids in your life who are having a hard time getting into history. We will definitely be using it for our homeschooling curriculum when my kids are a bit older." - WIRED.com Geek Dad Informationen zum Autor Writer and artist Wayne Vansant was the primary artist for Marvel's The 'Nam for more than five years. Since then, he has written and illustrated many historically accurate graphic histories, such as The Hammer and the Anvil; The Vietnam War: A Graphic History; Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day, The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe (Zenith Press, 2012); Gettysburg: The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and the Turning Point of the Civil War (Zenith Press, 2013); Grant vs. Lee: The Graphic History of the Civil War's Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War (Zenith Press, 2013); Bombing Nazi Germany: The Graphic History of the Allied Air Campaign That Defeated Hitler in World War II (Zenith Press, 2013); and The Red Baron: The Graphic History of Richthofen's Flying Circus and the Air War in WWI (Zenith Press, 2014). He is currently working on The Battle of the Bulge: A Graphic History of Allied Victory in the Ardennes, 1944-1945 (Zenith Press, 2014) for the 70th anniversary of the battle in December 2014. Klappentext "What a glorious book, vivid, accurate, utterly bewitching." -Alex Kershaw, bestselling author of "The Bedford Boys, One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice""" The Allied invasion of Europe was the most anticipated event of WWII. In this powerful graphic history, Wayne Vansant tells the intricate story of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord from the invasion of five D-Day beaches (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword) on June 6, 1944, to the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944. In between Vansant paints a portrait of the campaign's vicious and unforgiving fighting, including the Allies' capture of Cherbourg, the deadly battles in hedgerow country, the Allied struggle for Caen, the breakout of Patton's Third Army, and the eventual defeat of Axis forces in the Falaise Pocket. It was the Allied success in Normandy that hastened the beginning of the end for the Nazis. About the Author: Writer and artist Wayne Vansant was the primary artist for Marvel's "The 'Nam" for more than five years. Since then he has written and/or illustrated many historically accurate graphic histories including "Antietam: The Fiery Trial" (for the National Park Service) and "The Vietnam War: A Graphic History." He is currently working on "Gettysburg," a graphic history of the Civil War's most famous battle. Zusammenfassung Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown! as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah! Omaha! Gold! Juno! and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore! they had to stay ashore. The Germans made every effort to push them back into the sea. This book depicts the such key events in the Allied liberation of Europe as:   1. Construction of the Mulberry Harbors! two giant artificial harbors built in England and floated across the English Channel so that troops! vehicles! and supplies could be off...

List of contents

Introduction 6
Chapter 1 Second Front Now!
Chapter 2 How Peaceful the Land Looked
Chapter 3 Hitting the Beaches
Chapter 4 Bloody Omaha
Chapter 5 The Skin of Their Teeth
Chapter 6 The Tigers of Villers-Bocage
Chapter 7 Death in the Hedgerows
Chapter 8 The Devil’s Children
Chapter 9 The Capital of Ruins
Chapter 10 Blood & Thunder
Chapter 11 The Cobra Strikes!
Chapter 12 “Come and Get Us!”
Chapter 13 Third Army Rampage
Chapter 14 The Killing Ground
Chapter 15 “Aux Barricades!”

About the author

Writer and artist Wayne Vansant was the primary artist for Marvel's The 'Nam for more than five years. Since then, he has written and illustrated many historically accurate graphic histories, such as The Hammer and the Anvil; The Vietnam War: A Graphic History; Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day, The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe (Zenith Press, 2012); Gettysburg: The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and the Turning Point of the Civil War (Zenith Press, 2013); Grant vs. Lee: The Graphic History of the Civil War's Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War (Zenith Press, 2013); Bombing Nazi Germany: The Graphic History of the Allied Air Campaign That Defeated Hitler in World War II (Zenith Press, 2013); and The Red Baron: The Graphic History of Richthofen's Flying Circus and the Air War in WWI (Zenith Press, 2014). He is currently working on The Battle of the Bulge: A Graphic History of Allied Victory in the Ardennes, 1944-1945 (Zenith Press, 2014) for the 70th anniversary of the battle in December 2014.

Summary

Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore, they had to stay ashore. The Germans made every effort to push them back into the sea. This book depicts the such key events in the Allied liberation of Europe as: 1. Construction of the Mulberry Harbors, two giant artificial harbors built in England and floated across the English Channel so that troops, vehicles, and supplies could be offloaded across the invasion beaches.2. The Capture of Cherbourg, the nearest French port, against a labyrinth of Gennan pillboxes.3. The American fight through the heavy bocage (hedgerow country) to take the vital town of Saint-Lô.4. The British-Canadian struggle for the city of Caen against the “Hitler Youth Division,” made up of 23,000 seventeen- and eighteen-year-old Nazi fanatics.5. The breakout of General Patton’s Third Army and the desperate US 30th Division’s defense of Mortaine.6. The Falaise Pocket, known as the “Killing Ground, ” where the remnants of two German armies were trapped and bombed and shelled into submission. The slaughter was so great that 5,000 Germans were buried in one mass grave. 7. The Liberation of Paris, led by the 2nd Free French Armored Division, which had been fighting for four long years with this goal in mind.

Product details

• Authors: Wayne Vansant
• Assisted by: Wayne Vansant (Illustration)
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9780760343920
• ISBN: 978-0-7603-4392-0
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 231 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Zenith Graphic Histories; Zenith Graphic Histories
• Subject: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic