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Pegasus Bridge

by Stephen E. Ambrose · 1984

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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.

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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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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this
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military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thistechnologytechnologyMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thiswarwarMore like thisLess of this
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World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisNormandyNormandyMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 199 pages

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