This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality - the stuff of all great adventures.Ībout the Author: Stephen E. 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. Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. This gripping account by acclaimed author Stephen E. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. 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. Minute by minute, hour by hour the danger grows.
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