Pegasus Bridge
About this book
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II.
This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality—the stuff of all great adventures.
Subjects
- britten
- brücke
- campaigns
- eroberung
- geschichte 1944
- great britain
- great britain. army. airborne division, 6th
- history
- invasie (1944)
- invasion (1944)
- luchtlandingen
- luftwaffe
- military campaigns
- normandy (france), history
- regimental histories
- tweede wereldoorlog
- world war, 1939-1945
- world war, 1939-1945, campaigns, france, normandy