Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

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199, [1] pp. Includes section of black & white photographs. "In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense fo rces 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." Show more