Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths by Shigeru Mizuki.
Title: Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths.
Author: Shigeru Mizuki.
Genre: Non-fiction, autobiographical, graphic novel, manga, WWII, history.
Country: Japan.
Language: Japanese.
Publication Date: 1973.
Summary: A semi-autobiographical account of the desperate final weeks of a Japanese infantry unit at the end of World War II. The soldiers are told that they must go into battle and die for the honor of their country, with certain execution facing them if they return alive. The authgor was a soldier himself (he was severely injured and lost an arm), and uses his experiences to convey the devastating consequences and moral depravity of the war.
My rating: 8.5/10