Pegasus Bridge, by Stephen Ambrose (1988, Trade Paperback)

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In the early morning of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British 6th Airborne troops was dropped into France to secure the critical bridges over the Caen Canal and the River Orne, north of Caen. The success of this mission was critical to the D-Day landings, since the bridges were the only way the German Panzer Divisions, based on the east side of the waterways, could get across the obstacles and attack the landing beaches. If the British had failed to hold the bridges, the effect on the invasion could have been catastrophic. As it was, the Airborne troops held on for 36 hours in some bitter, often hand-to-hand, fighting, until they were relieved by Lord Lovat's Royal Marine Commandos, the latter led in by Lovat and his personal bagpiper, Bill Millin. The bridges were held, and the threat to the beaches removed. This book on the action, by author Stephen Ambrose, is based on personal accounts of the action, and is well written and quite gripping. A must read for students of the D-Day landings. This 1988 Trade Paperback is in good condition, with no internal markings apart from a slight browning of the pages, and a cover with nominal wear.

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