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.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen E. Ambrose
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.05.2016
• EAN: 9781471158315
• ISBN: 978-1-4711-5831-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Modern warfare, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Ancient warfare, Medieval warfare (predating gunpowder warfare)