Carl Shilleto Libros

This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge. Together, these two books form the fully revised and updated edition of the previous best selling Battleground Europe Series book Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery.

Originally published in one volume under title Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery by L. Cooper, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1999.

This text provides information about museums, sites, memorials, statues and cemetries in relation to D-Day and the battle for Normandy. It gives details of how to get to them and what to see, and with the aid of maps and photographs it gives the reader a comprehensive account of the major battles. It also helps the reader to understand what it was like to have endured the ordeal of combat through contemporary eyewitness accounts. The book covers the period from June to August 1944 when the allies stormed the shore, fought their way through the brocage country of Normandy, and eventually broke through the Avranches gap.

This book provides a unique insight into the roles played by American, British, and Canadian airborne forces during the critical early stages of the Normandy campaign in 1944. It highlights their strategic contributions and the impact of their operations on the overall success of the Allied invasion, offering a detailed analysis of this pivotal moment in World War II history.