L'Alsace à tout prix #[nn]

This opening volume of L'Alsace à tout prix! plunges readers straight into the brutal battlefields of the Great War in Alsace, as depicted on the cover where a determined French soldier — his regimental number 152 visible on his kepi — leads a desperate charge alongside rifle-wielding comrades through a snow-dusted trench, the sky behind them burning a hellish red. Frédéric Garcia and Jean Paillot bring visceral energy to this 2014 bande dessinée, part of Éditions du Signe's heritage line dedicated to the 1914–18 conflict on Alsatian soil. For anyone drawn to WWI history told through the comics medium, this first tome promises an ambitious, grounded look at one of the war's most contested fronts.