Pegasus Bridge - D-day: The Daring British Airborne Raid
Author(s): Stephen E. Ambrose
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 Information
Stephen E. Ambrose, leading World War II historian, is the author of numerous books on history including the bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS and PEGASUS BRIDGE and definitive biographies on EISENHOWER and NIXON. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans.
General Fields
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- : Simon & Schuster, Limited
- : Pocket Books
- : 0.186
- : 04 November 2002
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Stephen E. Ambrose
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : English
- : 940.54/2142
- : 256
- : b/w illustrations
