The Pegasus and Orne Bridges
Subtitle: their capture, defence and relief on D-Day
By: Neil Barber
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Barnsley, Eng
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781848840416
Subjects: Great Britain. Army. Parachute Regiment. Battalion, 12th; British Aerial operations; Great Britain. Army. Parachute Regiment. Battalion, 7th; Campaigns; Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945; Great Britain. Army. Parachute Regiment. Battalion, 13th; Regimental histories
Description: "The glider-borne operation to capture the Pegasus and River Orne Bridges has an established place in the annals of warfare. Conducted by Major John Howard and his six platoons of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, it was a superbly daring, brilliantly executed 'coup de main' assault."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 318) and index.