Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose (1985, Hardcover)

Simon & Schuster

0671523740

9780671523749

1964276

Pegasus Bridge : June 6, 1944

Europe / France

1985

208 Pages

English

Non-Classifiable, History

Stephen E. Ambrose

Hardcover

2.4 Oz

Trade

21

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940.54/2142

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense 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 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.

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