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6th June - Overlord
As a good drawing is often better than a thousand explanations, what could be better than a Comic Strip to tell the tale of Operation Overlord and the Allied Landings in Normandy ? Without wishing to give a parody of a famous phrase printed by an equally famous newspaper read by young people aged 7 to 70, it is clear that comic strips are read by a very wide public.
Bringing together pictures and texts, they are close to both literature and cinema, but are extremely good at being concise and straight to the point. These are surely the reasons why they are read with great interest by children, teenagers, parents and grandparents alike.
I hope that this book will both serve to pass on the message of those who experienced these battles and the occupation first-hand and also interest the younger generations as they learn of the high price paid for Freedom.
Such are my wishes as, on behalf of the Normandy Landings Committee, it is my pleasure to give my support to this initiative.
Bringing together pictures and texts, they are close to both literature and cinema, but are extremely good at being concise and straight to the point. These are surely the reasons why they are read with great interest by children, teenagers, parents and grandparents alike.
I hope that this book will both serve to pass on the message of those who experienced these battles and the occupation first-hand and also interest the younger generations as they learn of the high price paid for Freedom.
Such are my wishes as, on behalf of the Normandy Landings Committee, it is my pleasure to give my support to this initiative.
90 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1994
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August 4, 2023
Fumetto simpatico per avere un idea della manovra in Normandia.
August 8, 2020
A graphic novel of the days before and after D-Day. Slightly muddled it tries to create a narrative but it’s hard to keep track of who is who and the illustrations don’t always help as the uniforms look similar. There are also several annoying spelling and grammatical errors. Overall not a bad effort but could have been better.
February 6, 2020
Un cómic completamente caótico, sin hilo conductor, por lo que resulta bastante difícil ubicarte en la historia. Además la traducción en algunas partes es mejorable.
August 2, 2025
Interessant verhaal over de dagen rondom D-day, maar het stripverhaal is best lastig te volgen, doordat personages moeilijk te onderscheiden zijn. Het gaat ook een beetje van de hak op de tak.
August 8, 2024
For only 82 pages, this book is very good for telling the story of D-Day and Overlord.
Every so often, it tells you about the museums. For example on page 52 (of my edition), it tells you about the sleeve insignia worn by commander kiefer's French commandos and then says about the 4th commando museum in Ouistreham.
Because it is a comic, the pictures gave you a better idea of what places looked like and what it was like.
Every so often, it tells you about the museums. For example on page 52 (of my edition), it tells you about the sleeve insignia worn by commander kiefer's French commandos and then says about the 4th commando museum in Ouistreham.
Because it is a comic, the pictures gave you a better idea of what places looked like and what it was like.
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