Two Generals

An interesting biography, focusing on a Canadian regiment at D-Day, but it felt like a series of vignettes and lacked depth.Part of that is the graphic format and breadth of the story being attempted.Read this if you are interested in D-Day history, as it adds to the story and will prompt me to do a little more research.

Scott Chantler, for those who are in the know, is a multi-award winning cartoonist/graphic novelist/comic creator (However you wish to phrase it) and this is his finest work.Based on the battle of Caen just after D-Day 1944, it documents the little known hardships of the Canadian HLI regiment in and around the area.It documents Chantler's own Grandfather and his mate as the war slowly grows all too real.It's well written, touching and Chantler's art and use of colour is astounding. A must read for world war buffs and comic fans alike.

My wife bought me a copy of the World War 2 graphic novel "Two Generals" for Christmas, the story of two Canadian officers who take part in the battle for Normandy following the D-Day landings. For half an hour I was oblivious to the screams and shouts of my two kids as I read this book, choking back the tears. I had no family at Normandy and am not prone to emotional outbursts so I can only conclude that this is simply an excellent story, heart-breakingly well told.My wife was cross with me for leaving her to look after two screaming children, so I just passed the book to her and watched her react in the same way that I had.The author's impressive research is noticeable on every page. The front cover for example shows St Giles Church, Stokes Poges, with the ivy and bushes as they were in the 1940s not as they are now. It stands up well to a re-read, with subtleties noticed that I missed the first time.If Herge had written for adults, he would have come up with something like this!

This graphic novel is truly an amazing piece of contemporary Canadian literature! I read this novel for one of my classes and was very pleased to keep it and re-read it. Chantler tells his grandfather's story in a truly compelling way. Additionally, I really liked the quality of the book itself. I have to say, for the material and the overall presentation, this is a very fair price for the book!! It's a great buy and read; you'll be immediately drawn in by the great artwork, the top-notch quality of the pages, and the well-crafted storyline. Lastly, shipping was amazingly quick, just in time for when I would need it for my class!

As a high school teacher of lower level learners this is a wonderful tool with which to teach WWII. Living just north of where the book was written (St. Thomas - I am in London) the content details of things like Wolsely Barracks make the book come alive for my students!

A very enjoyable read. The research and historical detail are excellent, with one notable exception: a panel showing German paratroopers dropping into Normandy (they fought there, but did not jump in).

The artwork is top notch and the story is told in a way that really makes you think of what life was like for our soldiers fighting in World War II. I couldn't put this book down. I really became immersed in the story, I loved the detail in the artwork and in the story, really made me think of what life was like during those times.

great read and great condition

Good read, I enjoyed!

Amazing probably the best graphical representation of the canadian involvent in ww2 and also of the effects on our veterans all in all azing book

timely delivery ....well packed with minor scratches associated with paperback ,The paperback has an enhanced raised and smooth Drawing on the cover ...In the middlecool .

I rarely read graphic novels, but as the son and grandson of WWII veterans and the nephew of a Normandy campaign veteran, I was caught by this true account of the author’s grandfather at war.I expected to read a good story about someone else’s war. What I did not expect was to be be so captured by a narrative that so well captured the essence of my own loss and the memory of my own comrades who we lost in foreign fields.This is a grand but simple story, and a healing one at that. And is a powerful use of the medium.