Six days : the incredible story of D-Day's lost chapter / written by Robert Venditti & Kevin Maurer ; art by Andrea Mutti ; color by Lee Loughridge ; lettering by Clayton Cowles.
Publisher:
DC Comics,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
One of D-Days worst mistakes becomes an unexpected story of human triumph. June 6, 1944. The military called it Operation Overlord. The world would come to know it a D-Day. And for the paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, the moment theyd been waiting forthe Allied invasion of Normandy and the final push to free Europe from Nazi controlhad arrived. Then everything went wrong. Dropped a full 15 miles wide of their intended target and stranded deep behind enemy lines, a small group of Americans had only one choice: rely on the help of the people of Graignes, the village where theyd been forces to make their stand. These French citizens had a choice of their own to make: force the Americans out, or help them&and risk utter annihilation at the hand of the Germans should the enemy prevail. The people of Graignes made their choice, and when a German division approached the village on its way to the key city of Carentan, the day of reckoning arrived. For six days, a handful of lost soldiers and a band of desperate villagers became a single community that worked, lived, and ultimately fought together for the cause of freedom.
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