War Stories is a good tribute to WWII soldiers.First story is about an Wehrmacht tank squad trying to find American soldiers so they can surrender to them while fighting communists.The main character was remembering war crimes and was full of regrets.I liked this story, the ending was ironic.Second story "D-day dodgers" about British soldiers fighting in Italy.They were called "D-day dodgers" because they didn't participate in D-day but instead they were in Italy and that was seen by some as "ta...

Brilliant illustrations!

Good Solid Graphic MovelMr. Ennis has a very good selection here. The art and story telling are both engaging. The stories all tie to real life incidents. I will read this more than once.

4.5 really

Certainly an Ennis-esque look at war, and three of the stories certainly had the grip his earlier works bring with them.

I’ve heard great things about Garth Ennis' war comics, and have wanted to give them a go for a while now. I know he’s passionate about the subject of war and the people who fight in it. So I picked up this, the first volume of Ennis’ War Stories series from the early 2000s. And I’m glad I did, because this is an extraordinary book.I’m honestly at a loss for words at how good this is. There’s a deep humanity and poignancy to these stories that I rarely find in comics, let alone books of any kind....

4 stories...some better than others, but all pretty good.

D-Day Dodgers and Nightingale were good

I just couldn't get into this at all. The stories are well written but the coloring on these stories is all washy. I can't really get behind the style for the art. Garth Ennis really does write his heart out, and it shows, the research, and the maturity of these stories compared to a lot of his other stories. However, I didn't really connect to any stories. It may be because Military stories usually don't do much for me. So I believe this isn't bad at all, just not for me. A 2.5 out of 5 for me....

This isn't a sanitized, cleaned up version of war. This is blood, guts and shellshock. A collection of four tales, each illustrated by different artists and featuring different aspects of World War Two. There are few happy endings here.Johann's Tiger tells the story from a German tank commander's perspective. His crew have faced the worst of the war and now all the commander wants is for his crew to survive and for himself to be punished for his own war crimes.D-Day Dodgers tells the tale of tho...

War is brutal, as are these stories. I especially enjoyed D-Day Dodgers and Screaming Eagles.

These WW2 war stories are a series of one-shot comics Garth Ennis did with a plethora of the best comics artists around at the moment including Chris Weston, John Higgins, Dave Gibbons and David Lloyd. The stories in this volume include: the story of a Nazi tank commander as he and his crew evade their own troops in order to surrender to the Allies in the final months of the war; a group of soldiers tasked with taking Italy from the south upwards but being labelled "D-Day Dodgers" as if what the...

I began this more than a little skeptical, having just read - and deeply disliked - Garth Ennis's The Boys. but War Stories is a very different kind of project, with Ennis showing a deep reverence for those who sacrificed everything during WWII and a deep appreciation for the horror, cost and ultimate futility of war. In this volume, we get a series of stories about a German tank crew without a tank, a unit of British soldiers fighting a war everyone back home seems to have forgotten, a unit of

Back when I read Preacher (a series that I completed, despite souring on it pretty heavily halfway through), I never would have expected Garth Ennis to produce a comic with anything approaching maturity or subtlety. And yet here he is, delivering smart and emotionally compelling comics based on real events in World War II. These are extensively researched and realistic stories about men (it's always men -- I'd love a similar collection from the perspectives of female medics and/or civilians) try...

Brutal. Can't say I *enjoyed* it. Not for the faint of heart, not for children. Lots of bad language, bad behavior, and of course brutal violence. Painful. Probably a very accurate portrayal of war, and therefore, very ugly and excruciating. Well-done, in that respect. But not for everyone. I certainly cringed throughout. These are stories from real men, who cannot escape what they went through or had to do, and I do not take them lightly. These stories, however horrifying, need to be told.

I do enjoy War Stories before this edition was released. Originally published in 2001 under DC Vertigo imprint, War Stories was written in one-shot series by Garth Ennis featuring artwork by Gary Erskine, John Higgins, Dave Gibbons and David Lloyd. These stories is brings life of what war was before and the experiences these characters go through. Its not really a bad read, given how dated it does feel but its one of those stories that's worth picking up and read.

4 war stories showing the true horror and anguish of war. I didnt like the style of artwork for the final story. Too washed out.

Johahn Kleist is the commander of a Tiger tank squad. He and his crew have been with the tank for over 2 years. The end of the war finds them fatigued and on the retreat from the swarming Russians. The massacre they have to face and the lost cause of the war has determined Johann to seek out the Americans and defect.(view spoiler)[He is haunted by his past misdeeds when he was harsh with the Russian soldiers and civilians alike. Now he just wants to die, but his men sacrifice themselves to save

I really enjoyed this! Short but sweet.

A collection of war stories inspired by true WWII events. Garth Ennis writes the scripts, while numerous artists and colorists do the art. While the writing is consistently engaging and mature, the art is more a matter of personal preferences. Not all artists did it for me, and I'd be lying that it didn't diminish my enjoyment of the comic. Nevertheless, this is a very good collection worth having on your shelves.