{"product_id":"battle-of-the-bulge-a-graphic-history-of-allied-victory-in-the-ardennes-1944-1945-paperback","title":"Battle of the Bulge: A Graphic History of Allied Victory in the Ardennes, 1944-1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWayne Vansant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFought 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, The Battle of the Bulge is a story of incredible triumph, now beautifully illustrated in graphic novel format for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter and artist \u003cb\u003eWayne Vansant\u003c\/b\u003e was the primary artist for Marvel's \u003ci\u003eThe 'Nam \u003c\/i\u003efor more than five years. Since then, he has written and illustrated many historically accurate graphic histories, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Hammer and the Anvil\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Vietnam War: A Graphic History\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNormandy: A Graphic History of D-Day, The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (Zenith Press, 2012); \u003ci\u003eGettysburg: The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and the Turning Point of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e (Zenith Press, 2013); \u003ci\u003eGrant vs. Lee: The Graphic History of the Civil War's Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War\u003c\/i\u003e (Zenith Press, 2013); \u003ci\u003eBombing Nazi Germany: The Graphic History of the Allied Air Campaign That Defeated Hitler in World War II\u003c\/i\u003e (Zenith Press, 2013); and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Baron: The Graphic History of Richthofen's Flying Circus and the Air War in WWI \u003c\/i\u003e(Zenith Press, 2014). He is currently working on \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of the Bulge: A Graphic History of Allied Victory in the Ardennes, 1944-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (Zenith Press, 2014) for the 70th anniversary of the battle in December 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761458348320,"sku":"9780760346228","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9aaa571998b8d8271fc06f9e6cc246d3.webp?v=1780208048","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/battle-of-the-bulge-a-graphic-history-of-allied-victory-in-the-ardennes-1944-1945-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}