author: Garth Ennis
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/06/09
date added: 2014/06/09
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Garth Ennis Complete Battlefields Volume 3' is a showcase of the great writing that Garth Ennis is known for. There are 2 complete, and completely different, stories featured in this volume. Both are based on true events and very memorable.
'The Fall and Rise of Anna Kharkova' follows a female Russian pilot starting at the end of World War II. The female pilots were known as Night Witches. She goes on an unauthorized raid over Germany and ends up crashing. She spends the rest of the war injured and being tended to by a British soldier. Upon her release, she is branded a traitor by her country because they demanded that soldiers fight to the death, not capture. The story follows her journey as an outcast, when all she really wants to do is fly again.
In 'The Green Fields Beyond' it's the Korean War and we follow the Hussars into tank battle during the Chinese Spring offensive of 1951. During the adventure, we visit the Glosters during their defense of Hill 235. It's one of those do or die defenses where courage is born out of hopelessness.
The volume ends with a nice essay detailing the true events that inspired these two stories. The stories are not that far fetched. The writing is top notch and the art is very good. I really enjoyed this one.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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