![]() ![]() ![]() The book was written in the 1980s when Ambrose had access to both British and Germans who had been involved in the operation, so the book is largely first person accounts expertly woven together by Ambrose into a page turning narrative. The audacity of the raid and how it succeeded by guile and by luck, aided by strategic errors by the Germans, was key to securing the eastern flank of the invasion against counterattack by a German tank division, and is one of the great stories and successes of the invasion. Summary in 3 Sentences: This is the famous story of the glider-born commando raid at the very beginning of the invasion – British commandos inserted to land near a critical bridge on the east flank of the invasion beaches just 16 minutes after midnight on the morning of 6 June. I like the way Ambrose writes, and as this seemed to be a relatively short book (~200 pages) I thought it would be worth reading. it was a classic strategic special operation that succeeded. Why This Book: I had heard about Pegasus bridge and it was mentioned in Ryan’s and Ambrose’s books. ![]()
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