Osprey Graphic History #9

The ninth entry in Osprey's Graphic History series brings the chaos and courage of D-Day to vivid life, with a Richard Elson cover that throws readers directly onto the beach — helmeted Allied soldiers surge forward under a sky torn apart by explosions and smoke, their faces set with grim determination as landing craft and military vehicles press through the carnage behind them. Writer Doug Murray and artist Anthony Williams chart the Allied landings that began the liberation of Europe, making this 2007 volume a gripping blend of historical scholarship and sequential art. If the storming intensity of that cover is any indication, this is wartime comics storytelling at its most visceral.