Fought in the winter of 1944-1945, the coldest season in over
100 years, the Battle of the Bulge still ranks as the single
largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. Thirty-one
American divisions - fully one-third of the U.S. Army raised during
World War II - saw action in this battle. This battle was truly a
test: could this conscript army from a pacifistic democracy defeat
the best remaining men and machines that Germany's totalitarian
government could produce? In "Battle of the Bulge," author and
artist Wayne Vansant brings readers into the frozen foxholes,
haunting forests, and devastated villages of the Ardennes during
that freezing cold winter. With meticulous historical accuracy and
hand-drawn visuals that can tell a story in ways words alone
cannot, Vansant recounts the Bulge with insightful detail,
replaying the thrusts and volleys of both the combined Allied and
German forces during the tumultuous battle. This is a story of
panic, fear, and physical misery; a story of how a generation of
draftees, National Guardsmen, and a small core of regular officers
and NCOs faced those three elements as snow piled around their
foxholes and the incessant drumming of artillery splintered the
woods that gave them shelter. It is the story of men, frozen and
hurting, far from home and holding little hope of seeing it again
until the killing finally ended. Above all, "Battle of the Bulge"
is a story of incredible triumph, now beautifully illustrated in
graphic novel format for the first time.
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