Pegasus Bridge*
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Date: June 6, 1944*
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Battle Location: Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, France*
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Battle Type: Great Britain air assault vs Germany*
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Description: In the early hours of D-Day, a small detachment of the British 6th Airborne Division
landed near the Caen Canal bridge close to Benouville, France. This was Operation Deadstick, designed to
capture both the Caen Canal and the nearby Orne river bridges by coup de main. Vital to the invasion, success of the mission
was of outmost importance.* 
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Notes: The Gliders carrying the reinforced D Company, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry will appear on turn two. Much depends on their landing.
Later Paras will parachute in east of the river bridge to
reinforce the defence. Capturing the bridges will likely prove easy, but if the Germans counterattack
you will have to hold them. In this scenario the bridges are all that matters.*
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Sources:*
Ambrose, S.E; Pegasus Bridge*
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Edwards, D; The Devil's Own Luck*
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Darman, P; Surprise Attack*
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Design by:  Ulf Lundstrom.**



