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Osprey Raid #11
Pegasus Bridge: Bénouville D-Day 1944
The night before D-Day, light infantry and a detachment of Royal Engineers landed by gliders at Pegasus Bridge, which spanned the Caen Canal. Quickly overwhelming the guards, they managed to hold the bridge and help prevent German reinforcements from reaching the British landing beaches. Will Fowler provides a detailed blow-by-blow account of this classic wartime raid.
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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Will Fowler
119 books15 followersWill Fowler is Professor of Spanish at the University of St Andrews, where he has taught since 1995. He earned his PhD at the University of Bristol and worked as a lecturer in Spanish at Leicester Polytechnic (subsequently renamed De Montfort University) for four years before joining the University of St Andrews.
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February 4, 2016
A good quick and detailed account of the surprised attack on the bridges . First bullets fired on d day
February 15, 2022
An in depth study of a crucial Normandy battle in 1944.
November 14, 2010
Pretty nice examination of a side battle on D-Day--the fight for Pegasus Bridge. Did any reader watch the movie "The Longest Day"? Remember when Lord Lovat's troops (Lovat played by Peter Lawford) with bagpipes playing reinforced the plucky platoons who had used gliders to take two key bridges?
Well, that is the episode covered in this Osprey volume. The tale is told in a slim volume (64 pages). The story begins with the concept of such raids to support the attacks on the beaches. This particular raid would secure key bridges. One key to success was the extreme preparation, carried out under Major John Howard.
Thew book tells of the planning, the preparation, and the execution of the plan. There were glitches in the glider landing, but things went pretty well. The Germans tried to suppress the raid, but--with Lovat appearing--the risky effort turned out to have worked pretty well.
A nice, brief explication of this small but important aspect of D-Day.
Well, that is the episode covered in this Osprey volume. The tale is told in a slim volume (64 pages). The story begins with the concept of such raids to support the attacks on the beaches. This particular raid would secure key bridges. One key to success was the extreme preparation, carried out under Major John Howard.
Thew book tells of the planning, the preparation, and the execution of the plan. There were glitches in the glider landing, but things went pretty well. The Germans tried to suppress the raid, but--with Lovat appearing--the risky effort turned out to have worked pretty well.
A nice, brief explication of this small but important aspect of D-Day.
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