Pegasus Bridge - D-Day: the daring British airborne raid
Böcker. 20031985.
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.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780743450683
- Titel
- Pegasus Bridge - D-Day: the daring British airborne raid
- Författare
- Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Utgivningsår
- 20031985
- Språk
- English