D-Day Landings: Pegasus The Red Devils in Normandy

by Clark, Lloyd

• ISBN13: 9780752476629
• ISBN10: 0752476629
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-01
• Publisher: Spellmount

Summary

Packed with color photographs and detailed maps, the perfect pocket guide to the Normandy battle zone The strengths, weaknesses, and sheer drama of airborne warfare are all encapsulated in the 6th Airborne Division's attacks on Pegasus Bridge and the Merville Battery in Normandy. The lightly armed but highly trained and motivated airborne troops sought to overcome a more heavily armed enemy desperate to unhinge the D-day invasion. Starting with an examination of the 6th Airborne Division, its plan, and the German opposition, Lloyd Clark provides an overview of British operations east of the River Orne from the initial landings in the early hours of June 6, 1944, to the capture of Breville, seven days later. The battlefield tours that follow include not only the famous and dramatic assaults on Pegasus Bridge and the Merville Battery, but also the lesser-known struggles to secure the British southern flank on June 6 and 7 and the Battle of Breville on June 12. Full of color photos and detailed maps, this is the must-have guide for any armchair historian or battlefield tourist.

Author Biography

Lloyd Clark is a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and is a specialist in the history of airborne warfare. He is the author of Anzio, The Battle of the Tanks, and Crossing the Rhine.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Battle Zone Normandy	p. 8
History	p. 11
The Development of Airborne Warfare	p. 12
Preparation, Planning and the Enemy	p. 23
Into Battle, 6 June	p. 39
Consolidation, 7-9 June	p. 65
Pushing Forward, 10-12 June	p. 80
6th Airborne Division in the Summer of 1944	p. 91
Battlefield Tours	p. 95
General Touring Information	p. 96
Pegasus Bridge - Horsa Bridge	p. 105
The Merville Battery	p. 127
The Southern Flank	p. 151
The Battle of Bréviile	p. 167
On Your Return	p. 183
Further Research	p. 184
Acknowledgements	p. 188
Index	p. 189
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