Bénouville, River Orne, France

The Pegasus Bridge - Operation Deadstick

2012
05/27
NIKON D90, 11.0-16.0 mm f/2.8, @ f/16.0 1/80, ISO 200
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The code-named Pegasus bridge was one of the allied goals in the operations of the night before D-Day. The airborne troops had the task of keeping the bridge safe in order to avoid a German counterattack from the east.

D-Day Operation Deadstick Pegasus Bridge World War 2