Pegasus Bridge : Bénouville, D-Day 1944 / Will Fowler.

• Origins -- Initial strategy -- The plan -- The raid -- Analysis -- Conclusions.

• "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"--Publisher's website. 

Ämnesord

D-dagen 1944  (sao)

Andra världskriget 1939-1945  (sao)

Militära operationer  (sao)

World War, 1939-1945  -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy. (LCSH)

World War, 1939-1945  -- Aerial operations, British. (LCSH)

Military campaigns.  (fast)

Military operations, Aerial  -- British. (fast)

Campaigns  (LCSH)

World War, 1939-1945  (LCSH)

Frankrike  (sao)

Frankrike  -- Normandie (sao)

France  -- Normandy. (fast)

1939-1945  (fast)

Institutionsnamn

Great Britain. Army. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

Great Britain. Army. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

Konferensnamn

World War (1939-1945)

Klassifikation

D756.5.N6 (LCC)

940.5421422 (DDC)

K.54b (kssb/8 (machine generated))