Cet ouvrage documente le rôle joué par la sixième division aéroportée britannique, chargée d'assurer la protection des plages à proximité de lieux comme Pegasus Bridge et la batterie de Merville, en surprenant les Allemands derrière leurs lignes, la veille du débarquement. Avec de nombreux documents et photographies d'archives. ©Electre 2025
The 6th airborne from Normandy to the Baltic
Pegasus 1944
June 6th, 1944 : D-Day, a day of immense hope and trepidation, had finally dawned. It was time to go. But the night before the Allied armada crossed the Channel, airborne troops had already played a role crucial to the success of the entire operation - they had eased the task of the invaders by hindering the German response. This is what the men of the 6th Airborne had set out to accomplish in their surprise attacks behind the enemy lines at Pegasus Bridge and the Merville Battery, placenames now synonymous with the history of D-Day.
So began a war of positions that lasted for more than two months until the Allied breakout in August unleashed a pursuit of the retreating but defiant enemy, first to the Seine River, and on to the Ardennes, the Rhine, and finally the Baltic.
Paru le : 26/06/2025
Thématique : Seconde guerre mondiale
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Olivier Richard
Éditeur(s) :
OREP
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Contributeur(s) : Collaborateur : Paul Le Trevier - Collaborateur : Mémorial Pegasus (Ranville, Calvados) - Préfacier : Hew Pike
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-8151-0969-7
EAN13 : 9782815109697
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 112
Hauteur: 30.0 cm / Largeur 21.0 cm
Poids: 565 g
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