Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944
Ambrose, Stephen E.
Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944 / Stephen E. Ambrose - New York : Simon and Schuster, A Touchstone Book , 1988, c1985. - 197 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
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.
9780671671563
84023557
World War, 1939-1945---Campaigns---France---Normandy
Normandy (France)---History
940.542 AMB
Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944 / Stephen E. Ambrose - New York : Simon and Schuster, A Touchstone Book , 1988, c1985. - 197 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
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.
9780671671563
84023557
World War, 1939-1945---Campaigns---France---Normandy
Normandy (France)---History
940.542 AMB
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