Showa 1944-1953 by Shigeru Mizuki

Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan is the third of four volumes in Shigeru Mizuki's manga history of the Showa era, translated into English by Zack Davisson. It covers the final, catastrophic phase of the Pacific War, from island battles such as Guadalcanal and Okinawa to the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender, followed by the hard years of occupation and rebuilding.

Mizuki weaves the national story together with his own. A soldier who lost an arm on Rabaul, he weighs staying among the Tolai people who befriended him against returning to a ruined Japan and a career in art. The result is a powerful anti-war work from one of Japan's best-loved cartoonists, ideal for readers of graphic memoir and twentieth-century history.

• Author: Shigeru Mizuki
• Translator: Zack Davisson
• Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
• Format: Paperback, 536 pages
• Language: English
• Series: Showa: A History of Japan, Volume 3 of 4
• ISBN: 9781770466272