Ambrose, Stephen E. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780671671563 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>84023557 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945---Campaigns---France---Normandy
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Normandy (France)---History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.542 AMB