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Pegasus Bridge

6 June 1944

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

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Paperback | 15 November 1988

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208 Pages

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23.5 x 13.97 x 1.91

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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.

Industry Reviews

Drew Middleton The New York Times Book Review An illuminating account of an operation as strategically important as any fought on D-Day. James Pitts New Orleans Times A little gem. One that will be drawn from by historians of the future. Noland Norgaard The Denver Post The best war story this reviewer has ever read. Los Angeles Herald Examiner All the vividness of a movie, and all the intelligence -- in every sense -- of fine military history.

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Non-Fiction History General & World History Military History Second World War Regional & National History European History Engineering & Technology Other Technologies & Applied Sciences Military Engineering Warfare & Defence Military & Defence Strategy

Military Tactics

Preface
D-Day: 0000 to 0015 Hours
D-Day Minus Two Years
D-Day Minus One Year to D-Day Minus One Month
D-Day Minus One Month to D-Day
D-Day: 0016 to 0026 Hours
D-Day: 0026 to 0600 Hours
D-Day: 0600 to 1200 Hours
D-Day: 1200 to 2400 Hours
D-Day Plus One to D-Day Plus Ninety
D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years
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Pegasus Bridge

6 June 1944

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