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The Battle of Gettysburg is a landmark event in United States
history. Widely recognized as the Civil War's turning point, it
accounted for the most casualties of any battle during the war and
spelled the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. In this
powerful graphic history, Wayne Vansant describes the history
leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg, as well all of the major
military events on July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, including the famous
fight for Little Round Top on the second day and the death march
known as Pickett's Charge on the third and final day. He paints
portraits of each army's leaders, such as Robert E. Lee, James
Longstreet, George Meade, and the then little-known Joshua
Chamberlain.
Vansant concludes a few months later at the dedication of the
Soldier's National Cemetery in November, 1863, when Abraham Lincoln
delivered one of the most iconic speeches of all time, the
Gettysburg Address. "Gettysburg" delivers one of the hallmark
events of American history in an exciting and innovative
format."Wayne Vansant has authored a graphic account of the Battle
of Gettysburg with rich illustrations and narrative that makes
history come alive. This book will not only spark an interest in
the terrible battle and sad aftermath, but will provide the reader
with a good understanding of the men and armies memorialized at
Gettysburg National Military Park today." - "John Heiser,
Historian, Gettysburg, PA"
Knights of the Skull is a full-color, graphic non-fiction series
chronicling the development of the German Panzer (armored) forces
in World War II. Volume 2 starts with the April 1941 Balkans and
Greece campaigns, then moves into the planning and early months of
Operation Barbarossa-the German invasion of the Soviet Union in
June 1941. With detailed, and historically accurate illustrations
of vehicles, uniforms, locations, and characters, this vivid
chronicle of the early years of World War II in Europe is not only
an artistic look at the war, but is also a concise history of
Germany's influential approach to armored warfare. Tactics
developed and executed during Germany's 1939-41 campaigns changed
warfare forever, and were honed throughout the remaining years of
the war.
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.
"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-Lo.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.
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Days of Darkness (Paperback)
Wayne Vansant; Illustrated by Wayne Vansant
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Days of Wrath (Paperback)
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Hailed by many as the greatest war novel of all time and publicly
burned by the Nazis for being "degenerate," Erich Maria Remarque's
masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front, is an elegant
statement on a generation of men destroyed by war. Caught up by a
romantic sense of patriotism and encouraged to enlist by authority
figures who would not risk their lives to do the same, Paul Bäumer
and his classmates join the fighting in the trenches of the Western
Front in World War I. He is soon disenchanted by the constant
bombardments and ruthless struggle to survive. Through years in
battle, Paul and those he serves with become men defined by the
violence around them, desperate to stay as decent as they can while
growing more and more distant from the society for which they are
fighting. This graphic novel recreates the classic story in vivid
detail through meticulous research. The accurate depictions of
uniforms, weapons, trenches, and death brings the horrors of the
Western Front to life in a bold new way.
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