Vansant, Wayne.

Normandy, a graphic history of D-Day : the allied invasion of Hitler's fortress Europe / Normandy - 101 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

Second front now -- How peaceful the land looked -- Hitting the beaches -- Bloody Omaha -- The skin of their teeth -- The tigers of Villers-Bocage -- Death in the hedgerows -- The devil's children -- The capital of ruins -- Blood & thunder -- The cobra strikes! -- "Come and get us!" -- Third Army rampage -- The killing ground -- "Aux barricades!"

Tells the intricate story of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord from the perspective of both the Allied and Axis forces.

9780760343920 (pbk.) 0760343926 (pbk.)

2012023070

GBB257028 bnb


World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Comic books, strips, etc.


Normandy (France)--History, Military--Comic books, strips, etc.


Nonfiction comics.

D756.5.N6 / V36 2012

940.54/21421