The Pegasus and Orne Bridges : Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day PDF
by Neil Barber
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This WWII history chronicles a daring airborne mission that was vital to the success of Operation Tonga, D-Day, and the liberation of France.
When the British Army landed on Sword Beach in Normandy, their only exit eastward required passage across the River Orne and the Caen Canal. But the two bridges fording these waterwaysthe Pegasus and Orne Bridgeswere heavily guarded and wired for demolition in case of a Germans retreat. Capturing these bridges would be next to impossible.
Operation Deadstick, conducted by Major John Howard and his company of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, was a superbly daring, brilliantly executed coup de main assault. The glider-borne troops not only seized both bridges but faced a ferocious and prolonged German counterattack.
Neil Barber, a military historian and expert in British airborne operations, uses extensive personal accounts to tell this incredible story of Allied victory. Covering events and operations from Ranville in the East to Benouville in the West, Pegasus and Orne Bridges chronicles the combat of the 7th, 12th and 13th Parachute Battalions and reinforcements such as the Commandos, seaborne engineers and the Warwicks.
When the British Army landed on Sword Beach in Normandy, their only exit eastward required passage across the River Orne and the Caen Canal. But the two bridges fording these waterwaysthe Pegasus and Orne Bridgeswere heavily guarded and wired for demolition in case of a Germans retreat. Capturing these bridges would be next to impossible.
Operation Deadstick, conducted by Major John Howard and his company of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, was a superbly daring, brilliantly executed coup de main assault. The glider-borne troops not only seized both bridges but faced a ferocious and prolonged German counterattack.
Neil Barber, a military historian and expert in British airborne operations, uses extensive personal accounts to tell this incredible story of Allied victory. Covering events and operations from Ranville in the East to Benouville in the West, Pegasus and Orne Bridges chronicles the combat of the 7th, 12th and 13th Parachute Battalions and reinforcements such as the Commandos, seaborne engineers and the Warwicks.
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- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Pen & Sword Books
- Publication Date:31/05/2014
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- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Pen & Sword Books
- Publication Date:31/05/2014
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- ISBN:9781473831254
