![]() Ambrose, Professor of History at the University of New Orleans, collaborated with Major John Howard, commander of the troops tasked with seizing Pegasus Bridge. ![]() įor this book, originally published to mark the 40th anniversary of D-Day, Stephen E. The author of this book traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge, a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality. This gripping account of it brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War Il. In the early hours of 6th June 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defence forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. ![]()
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