Author(s): Ambrose, Stephen E.,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 05/05/2016,
Pagination: 256 pages, 1 x 8 b-w plate section,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd,
Published By: Simon & Schuster Ltd,
Book Classification: Military history
Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 17mm
Weight: 196g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781471158315

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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.