Sometimes we may ship your order in several parts, particularly if you have 'Pre-Order' titles in your order or titles which are held in stock with our publishing partners. Signed Books are shipped in our specially made book mailing cartons, with the books themselves wrapped in paper to protect them. Orders for delivery in the UK are despatched by Courier and Signed For delivery services and will normally be delivered to you within a few days of placing your order. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. Ambrose, leading World War II historian, was the author of numerous books on history including the Number 1 bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, D-DAY (on which SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was based) PEGASUS BRIDGE and WILD BLUE. This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality - the stuff of all great adventures.Ībout the Author: Stephen E. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. This gripping account by acclaimed author Stephen E. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defence forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Minute by minute, hour by hour the danger grows.

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Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E. Ambrose