Operation Deadstick: The Airborne Assault on Pegasus Bridge
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Operation Deadstick: The Airborne Assault on Pegasus Bridge
The battle for the bridges crossing the Caen Canal and the Orne River were the first objectives of the British airborne forces in the early hours of D-Day. Codenamed Operation Deadstick, the aim of the mission was to secure exit routes for Allied forces from the beaches, and to prevent a German counter-attack.
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Pegasus Bridge 🌺🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌺 (Movie-The Longest Day) On the night of 5 June 1944, a force of 181 men, led by Major John Howard, took off from RAF Tarrant Rushton in Dorset, southern England in six Horsa gliders to capture Pegasus Bridge, and also "Horsa Bridge", a few hundred yards to the east, over the Orne River. The force was composed of D Company (reinforced with two platoons of B Company), 2nd Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; 20 sappers of the Royal Engineers of 249 Field Comp
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