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Title:
Pegasus Bridge
Subtitle:
June 6, 1944: D-Day Before Dawn...Minute by Minute, Hour by Hour the Danger Grows
Genre:
History
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Subgenre:
World War II
Series:
WW2 Normandy Allies
Binding:
Paperback
Type of Book:
Non-Fiction
Number of Pages:
199
Number of Chapters:
11
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:54:50
Synopsis:
Stephen E. Ambrose, author of the definitive two-volume biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower, brings to life a mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy Invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces the steps of the operation from the preparations months before to the ultimate, minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge.
Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day. The Allies knew that the bridges over the Orne River and the adjacent canal were the key to D-Day, and so did the Germans. As the invasion loomed ever nearer in the spring of 1944, the Germans guarded the bridges day and night, prepared for their destruction at any moment. This is the story of Major John Howard and the 181 troops under his command, whose task it was to seize Pegasus Bridge. Landing in gliders in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, within yards of the bridge itself, Howard’s small detachment of British airborne troops stormed German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe.
Pegasus Bridge is based on eyewitness accounts from British, French and German sources and includes many photographs and documents never before published. They reveal a tale of drama, suspense, humor, tragedy and marvelous human detail: the Nazi sentry who had just dropped his trousers in the local brothel when the fighting started; the owner of the café beside the bridge who welcomed Howard’s men by digging up 99 bottles of champagne he’d buried after the fall of France; and the stories of the anxious women who waited for the glider pilots back home in England. There were many heroes at Pegasus Bridge, and each played a role in its final success. This is the story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality—the stuff of all great adventures.
Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day. The Allies knew that the bridges over the Orne River and the adjacent canal were the key to D-Day, and so did the Germans. As the invasion loomed ever nearer in the spring of 1944, the Germans guarded the bridges day and night, prepared for their destruction at any moment. This is the story of Major John Howard and the 181 troops under his command, whose task it was to seize Pegasus Bridge. Landing in gliders in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, within yards of the bridge itself, Howard’s small detachment of British airborne troops stormed German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe.
Pegasus Bridge is based on eyewitness accounts from British, French and German sources and includes many photographs and documents never before published. They reveal a tale of drama, suspense, humor, tragedy and marvelous human detail: the Nazi sentry who had just dropped his trousers in the local brothel when the fighting started; the owner of the café beside the bridge who welcomed Howard’s men by digging up 99 bottles of champagne he’d buried after the fall of France; and the stories of the anxious women who waited for the glider pilots back home in England. There were many heroes at Pegasus Bridge, and each played a role in its final success. This is the story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality—the stuff of all great adventures.
Author:
Stephen E. Ambrose
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Publisher:
Touchstone/simon & Schuster
Barcode:
9780671671563
Country:
United States
Copyright Year:
1985
Dewey Decimal System (DDS):
940.5421
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$12.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-13
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:54:50
