D-Day before dawn. Minute by minute hour by hour the danger grows. & 160; & 160;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. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day the turning point of World War II. This gripping account by acclaimed author Stephen E. Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that had it been unsuccessful the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. 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. This is a story of heroism and cowardice kindness and brutality - the stuff of all great adventures. Language: English