Nishizumi Miho, a new transfer student to Ooarai Girls' Academy, would like nothing more than to enjoy a peaceful, stress-free school life. Unfortunately, her new school just revived its tankery program and enlists Miho to put together a team so that they may compete in a national tournament. As Miho struggles to overcome her turbulent past with tanks, she must first learn to tread lightly with her eccentric companions. Can Miho possibly plow through the challenges and master the art of tankery, or will she get left behind in the dust?
This is the story of Miho Nishizumi in her elementary school days, taking place six years prior to the events in Girls und Panzer. Having been raised in a prestigious household that adheres strictly to the values of tankery, life isn't easy for young Miho. With an older sister who has already risen to great heights, Miho has some very large shoes to fill. Together with a group of new friends, and a blossoming interest in tankery, Miho will set out on a road that may very well change her future.
After their Tankery victory over Anzio, the girls of Ooarai Girls' Academy move on to the semi-final match. Their next opponent is Pravda Girls' High School, the winners of the last year's Tankery Nationals tournament, directly due to Nishizumi Miho's actions and her unique "style" of Tankery. Meanwhile, the Ooarai girls learn that high stakes are on the line for this match, possibly the school itself! Against Pravda's team of high-powered and strongly-armored tanks, can Miho lead Ooarai to victory?
It's the National Tankery Finals, and Ooarai Girls' Academy faces their toughest opponent yet: Kuromorimine Girls' High School! Led by Nishizumi Miho's elder sister, Maho, who follows the ruthless doctrines of Nishizumi Tankery Style, Kuromorimine brings a powerful array of tanks to the field that will test Miho's strategic skills as a commander and Ooarai's ability to work as a team. This match will also force Miho to come to terms with her past, as she faces off against former teammates and friends.
Miho is determined to bridge the gap of animosity between her best friend Emi and her sister Maho, and arranges a Tankery practice match between the two teams. After the match, Emi gains admiration for Maho as a person, but is perplexed by Maho's absolute ruthlessness on the field. This new revelation also shocks Miho to the core, as she tries to accept that her sister's - and her family's - Tankery style run contrary to her own values. Family ties and precious friendships will be tested as Miho ponders whether she is even cut out for Tankery to begin with.
Civilization is dead, but not Chito and Yuuri. Time to hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and wander what's left of the world! Sharing a can of soup or scouting for spare parts might not be the experience they were hoping for, but all in all, life isn't too bad...
Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore, they had to stay ashore. The Germans made every effort to push them back into the sea. This book depicts the such key events in the Allied liberation of Europe as: 1. Construction of the Mulberry Harbors, two giant artificial harbors built in England and floated across the English Channel so that troops, vehicles, and supplies could be offloaded across the invasion beaches.2. The Capture of Cherbourg, the nearest French port, against a labyrinth of Gennan pillboxes.3. The American fight through the heavy bocage (hedgerow country) to take the vital town of Saint-Lô.4. The British-Canadian struggle for the city of Caen against the “Hitler Youth Division,” made up of 23,000 seventeen- and eighteen-year-old Nazi fanatics.5. The breakout of General Patton’s Third Army and the desperate US 30th Division’s defense of Mortaine.6. The Falaise Pocket, known as the “Killing Ground, ” where the remnants of two German armies were trapped and bombed and shelled into submission. The slaughter was so great that 5,000 Germans were buried in one mass grave. 7. The Liberation of Paris, led by the 2nd Free French Armored Division, which had been fighting for four long years with this goal in mind.
These are the stories of what happened during the 1,000 years of Kaname’s slumber and the start of his human life. Yuki and Zero attempt to capture the "Vampire King," who is responsible for the recent bombings. While trying to deactivate a bomb, Zero is taken hostage, and Yuki and Maria head to his rescue. -- VIZ Media
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.
