is a

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manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

artist. His works include military comics such as ''Panzergrenadier'' (装甲擲弾兵), ''Warrior in Flames -Jochen Peiper'' (炎の騎士　ヨーヘン・パイパー戦記) & ''Unternehmen Blau'' (ブラウ作戦).

Works

''Works about World War II:'' *''The Black Knight Story'' (黒騎士物語), 1985 *''Panzer Vor!'' (パンツァーフォー！), 1986 *''Panzergrenadier'' (装甲擲弾兵), 1987 *''Panzer Krieg'' (パンツァークリーク), 1988 *''Death of the Steel'' (鋼鉄の死神), 1989 - The biography of

Michael Wittmann Michael Wittmann (22 April 19148 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armored Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. Whil ...

. *''Warrior in Flames - Jochen Peiper'' (炎の騎士　ヨーヘン・パイパー戦記), 1990 - The biography of

Jochen Peiper Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976) was a German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) officer and a Nazi war criminal convicted for the Malmedy massacre of U.S. Army prisoners of war (POWs). During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper served ...

. *''Kampfgruppe Zbv'' (カンプグルッペZbv), 1993 *''Happy Tiger'' (ハッピータイガー), 1993 *''Japanisch Frw. Bataillon der Waffen SS'' (東亜総統特務隊), 1995. - 'Japanese foreign legion of the

Waffen-SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...

.' It's a comedy. *''Unternehmen Barbarossa'' (バルバロッサ作戦), 2001. -

Operation Barbarossa Operation Barbarossa (german: link=no, Unternehmen Barbarossa; ) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. The operation, code-named after ...

*''Unternehmen Taifun'' (タイフーン作戦), 2002. -

Operation Typhoon The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between September 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defensive e ...

*''Unternehmen Blau'' (ブラウ作戦), 2003. -

Operation Blue Case Blue (German: ''Fall Blau'') was the German Armed Forces' plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II. The objective was to capture the oil fields of the Cauca ...

*''Unternehmen Zitadelle'' (ツィタデル作戦), 2005. -

Operation Zitadelle The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front engagement between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in the southwestern USSR during late summer 1943; it ultimately became the largest tank battle in history. ...

*''Deutschland Afrika Korps'' (アフリカ軍団), 2006. -

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and the biography of

Erwin Rommel Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel () (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German field marshal during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox (, ), he served in the ''Wehrmacht'' (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as servi ...

. *''Samland 1945'' (ザームラント1945), 2007. - Battle of

Sambia Sambia (russian: Самбийский полуостров, lit=Sambian Peninsula, translit=Sambiysky poluostrov) or Samland (russian: Земландский полуостров, lit=Zemlandic Peninsula, translit=Zemlandsky poluostrov) or Kalini ...

. ''Works about the Vietnam War:'' *

Cat Shit One is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. It was published in North America and the United Kingdom (printed in Canada) in 2004 by ADV Manga. It was also released in Poland in 2006, also under the title ''Ca ...

(キャットシットワン), 1998 *''Vietnam War'' (ヴェトナムウォー), 1999 ''Alternate history:'' *''World War III'' (第3次世界大戦), 1988 *''Battle over Hokkaidō'' (バトルオーバー北海道), 1989 - Set in 1995, Soviet hardliners assassinate

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and launch a war against

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

and Japan. In the Far East, the Soviet military fights the

JSDF The Japan Self-Defense Forces ( ja, 自衛隊, Jieitai; abbreviated JSDF), also informally known as the Japanese Armed Forces, are the unified ''de facto''Since Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution outlaws the formation of armed forces, the ...

in a battle over control of

Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

. *''Raid on Tokyo/Tokyo Wars'' (トウキョウウォーズ), 1991 - This is a story of the JSDF fighting against the Soviet Army in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

and Niigata. *''Korean War II'' (第2次朝鮮戦争ユギオII), 1996 *''Samurai Soldier'' (サムライ・ソルジャー), 1999 *''Omega 7'' (オメガ7), 2002 *''Omega J'' (オメガJ), 2003 ''Science Fiction:'' *''Gatse'' (ワンマン・アーミー　ゲイツ), 1987 *''The Time Troopers'' (タイム・トルーパー), 1989 *''HYDT'' (士官候補生ハイト), 1989 American comic books: *''Psychonauts'' (with writer Alan Grant, 4-issue mini series,

Epic Comics Epic Comics (also known as the Epic Comics Group)Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins: The Truth About the Epic Comics Group!" Marvel comics cover-dated November 1982. was an imprint of Marvel Comics from 1982 to 1996. A spin-off of the publisher's ...

, 1993–1994) ''Video games:'' *'' Accele Brid'' (Character Designer)

References

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Lambiek Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum, ), though since 2007, his son Boris Kousemaker is the current owner. From 1968 to 2015, it was located ...

's Comiclopedia * *

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