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Book Synopsis The Pegasus Bridge Show by : Michael Bawtree
Download or read book The Pegasus Bridge Show written by Michael Bawtree and published by Mereo Books. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dramatic story by famous actor and producer Michael Bawtree is told in 'free-cantering' verse, and tells of the capture of Pegasus and Horsa Bridges during the opening minutes of D-Day, 1944. This book is a dramatized account of the critical operation to capture Pegasus Bridge by Allied forces in 1944, in the opening stages of D-Day. It is based on an earlier show and DVD presentation by the same author, with original words and music that set the event within the history of previous cross-Channel campaigns. This account draws on the memories of some of those involved and the author's own experience of serving in the same regiment. As with the show, all profits from sales of the book will be donated to The Veterans' Charity, set up to provide assistance to ex-servicemen and women in time of need.
Book Synopsis Pegasus Bridge by : Stephen E. Ambrose
Download or read book Pegasus Bridge written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense 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 of it by acclaimed author Stephen 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.
Book Synopsis Red Devils in Normandy by : Georges Bernage
Download or read book Red Devils in Normandy written by Georges Bernage and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes it is easy to forget that the US 82nd and 101st airborne divisions were not the only paratroopers to drop into Normandy on D Day!The British 6th Airborne Division had a vital task in securing the flank at the opposite end of the invasion zone from Utah Beach. The landings, both by glider and parachute, by these intrepid soldiers and their taking of the strategically important Pegasus Bridge and the silencing of the battery at Merville contributed greatly to the success of the invasion.This highly illustrated book, with detailed photo captions, depicts the soldiers and their equipment and analyzes the tactics and success of their mission.
Download or read book Pegasus Bridge written by Will Fowler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The night before D-Day, light infantry and a detachment of Royal Engineers landed by gliders at Pegasus Bridge, which spanned the Caen Canal. Quickly overwhelming the guards, they managed to hold the bridge and help prevent German reinforcements from reaching the British landing beaches. Will Fowler provides a detailed blow-by-blow account of this classic wartime raid.
Download or read book Show No Fear written by Bernd Horn and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Show No Fear is a collection of essays that captures the richness of Canadian military history. Although Canadians see their nation as a peaceable kingdom and themselves as an unmilitary people, the truth is that Canada has a proud military heritage. Moreover, the nations citizens and their descendants share a legacy of courage, tenacity, and warfighting prowess. This volume of daring actions showcases the country’s rich and distinct national military experience while capturing the indomitable spirit of the Canadian soldier. Actions studied include military bravery in the Seven Years War, the British attacks on Fort Mackinac and Fort Detroit in the War of 1812, the Lake Erie expeditions during the American Civil War, courage displayed at Paardeberg in the Boer War, trench raiding in the First World War, bold valour in the ill-fated Dieppe Raid in the Second World War, toe-to-toe fighting with the Chinese in the Korean War, and present-day heroics in Afghanistan.
Book Synopsis The End of Olympus by : Kate O'Hearn
Download or read book The End of Olympus written by Kate O'Hearn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily and Pegasus face their greatest challenge yet when they venture back to Earth to save a friend in this sixth and final book of an exciting series that puts a modern thrill into ancient mythology. After the events in Hawaii, Emily is contending with diminished powers, a new body, and the fact that she has to teach the Titan Lorin how to use her own powers. To make matters worse, Joel has been acting strangely towards her ever since she changed, and it’s all become too much. However, Emily has one last promise to fulfill, one she made a long time ago: to save Agent B from the secret government agency called the CRU. But when Emily, Pegasus, Joel, and Paelen arrive in London, they discover that Agent B has been captured by the CRU and the only way to free him is for Emily and Lorin to surrender. As Emily and her friends delve deeper into the CRU’s history, horrible discoveries are made. Not only about the victims the powerful agency has been trapping and abusing for centuries, but about the very origins of the secret agency itself. Origins that lead directly back to...Emily.
Book Synopsis Fighting Brigadier by : Peter Harclerode
Download or read book Fighting Brigadier written by Peter Harclerode and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s James Hill was forced to leave the Army because he was under 26 when he married. Recalled to the colors, he won his MC with the BEF in 1940. He was one of the first to volunteer for airborne forces and became second-in-command of 1 PARA. He was in the thick of the expansion of Airborne forces in 1941-42 and took command of 1 PARA in North Africa, winning his first DSO. He converted 10th Bn The Essex Regiment to 9 PARA and later in 1943 took command of 3 Parachute Brigade, playing a major role in the D-Day Landings. Wounded twice, his Brigade captured the key Merville Battery.The Brigade recovered to England in September 1944 before returning to Europe to contain the German winter Bulge offensive. In March 1945 his Brigade played a key role in the Rhine Crossing and raced east to block the Russian advance on Denmark.Post war Brigadier Hill was a leading figure in the Parachute Regiment and revered by fellow Paras. He died in 2006.
Book Synopsis The Pegasus and Orne Bridges by : Neil Barber
Download or read book The Pegasus and Orne Bridges written by Neil Barber and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This WWII history chronicles a daring airborne mission that was vital to the success of Operation Tonga, D-Day, and the liberation of France. When the British Army landed on Sword Beach in Normandy, their only exit eastward required passage across the River Orne and the Caen Canal. But the two bridges fording these waterways—the Pegasus and Orne Bridges—were heavily guarded and wired for demolition in case of a Germans retreat. Capturing these bridges would be next to impossible. Operation Deadstick, conducted by Major John Howard and his company of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, was a superbly daring, brilliantly executed 'coup de main' assault. The glider-borne troops not only seized both bridges but faced a ferocious and prolonged German counterattack. Neil Barber, a military historian and expert in British airborne operations, uses extensive personal accounts to tell this incredible story of Allied victory. Covering events and operations from Ranville in the East to Benouville in the West, Pegasus and Orne Bridges chronicles the combat of the 7th, 12th and 13th Parachute Battalions and reinforcements such as the Commandos, seaborne engineers and the Warwicks.
Book Synopsis Pegasus In Space by : Anne McCaffrey
Download or read book Pegasus In Space written by Anne McCaffrey and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, open your mind to new worlds and new concepts: telepathy and tele kinetics. Worlds where amazing gifts can lead to power and persecution. Perfect for fans of David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams. 'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES 'Wonderful' -- ***** Reader review 'Uplifting and inspiring' -- ***** Reader review 'Totally gripped me' -- ***** Reader review 'There is only one word for this - AMAZING!' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************************** Peter Reidinger was the most brilliant and powerful telepath and telekinetic yet discovered on earth.He was also barely fifteen years old who 'moved' his body through kinesis. When the telepaths of earth suspected a plot to take over Padrugoi, the newly manned space station, they realised they needed his unique gifts to foil the insane plans of Barchenka, the space construction manager, but even they didn't realise how strong were his abilities to 'read' the minds of those about him and move heavy loads over vast distances. As his career progressed, so his talents increased beyond the dreams of those trying to reach out into space. Peter Reidinger was going to be the salvation of man's exploration of the stars. And even as he became the most important man on earth, so his friendship with the tiny orphan girl found in the floods of Bangladesh grew and flourished. For Amariyah too had psychic gifts which no-one, at first, could define. But these 'special' people were constantly at risk - hated and feared by the avaricious, the evil and the ignorant, whose constant ambition was to destroy Peter Reidinger and those like him.
Book Synopsis Escape from Atlantis by : Kate O'Hearn
Download or read book Escape from Atlantis written by Kate O'Hearn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the Pegasus series comes a spellbinding first book in a new fantasy series for fans of Rick Riordan and Shannon Messenger following two cousins whose summer vacation gets swept away by a storm that lands them on the lost island of Atlantis. The last way that Riley Evans wanted to spend spring break was studying whales on the family sailboat in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. With only her dad, aunt, and annoying cousin Alfie for company, she is so bored staring at the waves that she’s starting to see mermaids between them. But when their boat is capsized during a sudden storm, Riley finds more excitement than she bargained for as she and Alfie are washed ashore with neither of their parents in sight. Where they’ve been shipwrecked is no deserted island, though. Atlantis is a place beyond imagination, inhabited by both people and incredible creatures ranging from unicorns and gargoyles to talking animals. But not everyone welcomes the cousins’ arrival, and beneath the wonder of this mythical land lurk dangerous secrets—something strange is happening to the inhabitants. What Riley wants more than anything is to find her father and go home. But the closer she gets to this goal, the more the islanders seem determined to keep her from reaching it. As Riley and Alfie unravel the mystery of Atlantis and its most terrifying part, the Forbidden Zone, they realize that the clock is ticking. If they can’t learn what happened to their parents and find a way off the island soon, it may be too late to leave.
Book Synopsis Rangers Lead the Way by : Steven J. Zaloga
Download or read book Rangers Lead the Way written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early hours of D-Day, 1944, a group from the US Army 2nd Rangers Battalion were sent on one of the legendary raids of World War II. The mission was to scale the cliffs overlooking Omaha beach and assault the German coastal artillery at Pointe-du-Hoc. It was thought that only a raid could ensure that the guns would remain silent during the D-Day landings. But allied intelligence was wrong.After climbing the cliffs under aggressive German fire and securing the battery site, the Rangers discovered that the guns themselves were no longer there. It was only due to the heroic actions of the Rangers involved that the guns were located in firing positions facing Utah beach and destroyed before they could be used. In the first of a brand new series for Osprey, this act of audacious daring is brought to life, complete with illustrated artwork, maps and rare German accounts. Taking a more critical look at the story, Steven Zaloga analyses every detail, from the intelligence failings to the boldness of the Rangers' in the face of such odds.
Book Synopsis Kiss of the Night by : Sherrilyn Kenyon
Download or read book Kiss of the Night written by Sherrilyn Kenyon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-04-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Dark-Hunter novel, Wulf and Cassandra face ancient curses, prophecies, and the direct meddling of the Greek gods to find true happiness.
Download or read book Vanguard written by D. Abrutat and published by Uniform. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation OVERLORD, the opening up of an Allied second front by the invasionof the Normandy beaches in June 1944 was the largest military invasion of all time,but it was preceded by years of industrial scale intelligence collection and dangerousclandestine reconnaissance missions off the French coast. VANGUARD is the untold story of this work, the intelligence machine and covertreconnaissance missions that went into the D-Day planning, such as the signalsintelligence intercepts, the agent running operations orchestrated by the 15th Flotilla,to the clandestine work of the X-Craft and COPP (Combined Operations PilotageParties) diver teams that scoured the Normandy coast months before the June 1944deadline. The book pulls together previously unpublished but declassified Top Secretdocuments, diaries, letters and personal accounts from some of the few remainingveterans who were there.
Download or read book The Longest Day written by Cornelius Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II—the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.
Book Synopsis Decision in Normandy by : Carlo D'Este
Download or read book Decision in Normandy written by Carlo D'Este and published by . This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time in paperback, is an outstanding military history that offers a dramatic new perspective on the Allied campaign that began with the invasion of the D-Day beaches of Normandy. Nationa advertising in Military History.
Book Synopsis Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge by : Carl Shilleto
Download or read book Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge written by Carl Shilleto and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This battlefield guide is the companion work to Merville Battery & The Dives Bridges. Together, these two books form the fully revised and updated edition of the previous best selling Battleground Europe Series book Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery.This book examines, in great detail, the attack by 2 Oxf Bucks and engineers of the British 6th Airborne Division, in six gliders, on the Caen Canal and River Orne bridges in the early hours of D-Day, 6 June 1944. It also describes part of the battle for the village of Bnouville by 7 Para and Ranville by 13 Para. It was the combination of these actions that allowed the link-up between the commandos and airborne troops on D-Day. Thereby, forming a bridgehead to help secure the eastern flank of the greatest combined military operation in history; Operation OVERLORD.In addition to explaining how these objectives were achieved, this battlefield guide relates the battles to the area as it is today. The book contains details of the museums, memorials, cemeteries and associated organizations. All of which will unravel the history of the area to the visitor and armchair traveler alike.To further aid the battlefield tourist, GPS data is also provided for either satellite navigation by vehicle or for viewing on Google Earth.
Download or read book Pegasus written by Danielle Steel and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One life-changing war. A love story that would echo across the decadesâe¦ On the cusp of the Second World War in Europe, Nicolas and Alex are two widowed men raising their children alone. They lead contented, peaceful lives, until a long-buried secret about Nicolasâe(tm)s ancestry threatens his familyâe(tm)s safetyâe¦ To survive, they must flee to America. The only treasures Nicolas and his sons can take are eight purebred horses, two of them dazzling Lipizzaners âe" gifts from Alex. These magnificent creatures are their ticket to a new life, securing Nicolas a job with the famous Ringling Brothers Circus. There, he and the white stallion, Pegasus, become the centrepiece of the show, and a graceful young high-wire walker soon steals his heart. But as the years of war take their toll, Nicolas struggles to adapt to their new life while Alex and his daughter face escalating danger in Europe. When tragedy strikes on both sides of the ocean, what will become of each family when their happiness rests in the hands of fate? A beautiful story of fate, love and loss, tied together by two families who were never meant to stay apart and the powerful bond that will link them forever, from the incomparable storyteller Danielle Steel
