Pegasus Bridge
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.
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Stephen E. Ambrose, leading World War II historian, was the author of numerous books on history including the Number 1 bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, D-DAY (on which SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was based) PEGASUS BRIDGE and WILD BLUE. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He died in 2002.
General Fields
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- : Simon & Schuster, Limited
- : Simon & Schuster, Limited
- : 04 May 2016
- : 198mm X 130mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 September 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : Stephen E. Ambrose
- : Paperback
- : 1609
- : English
- : 940.54214
- : 256
- : 1 x 8 b-w plate section