Pegasus Bridge: Bénouville D-Day 1944
- ISBN-10
- 1472806352
- ISBN-13
- 9781472806352
- Series
- Pegasus Bridge
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-20
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Author
- Will Fowler
Description
The night before D-Day, light infantry and a detachment of Royal Engineers landed by gliders at Pegasus Bridge, which spanned the Caen Canal. Quickly overwhelming the guards, they managed to hold the bridge and help prevent German reinforcements from reaching the British landing beaches. Will Fowler provides a detailed blow-by-blow account of this classic wartime raid.
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