Pegasus Bridge: D-day: The Daring British Airborne Raid

D-Day before dawn. Minute by minute, hour by hour the danger grows...

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defence 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 by acclaimed author Stephen E. 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.

Title - Pegasus Bridge: D-day: The Daring British Airborne Raid

Edition -

Author - Stephen E. Ambrose

ISBN 13 - 9780743450683

Imprint - Simon & Schuster

Publisher - Simon & Schuster

Date Published - 04/11/2002

Prize -

No. of pages - 256

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English