The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day - Neil Barber - Google Books

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The glider-borne operation to capture Pegasus Bridge has an established place in the annals of warfare. Conducted by Major John Howard and his company of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry it was a superbly daring, brilliantly executed 'coup de…