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Capture Pegasus Bridge 1944 - The Daring British Glider Assault

June 6th, 1944. Three British gliders descended in complete darkness toward Nazi-occupied France. What happened in the next ten minutes would determine the fate of D-Day. This is the true story of Operation Deadstick – the most precise airborne assault in World War II history. Major John Howard and 181 men of the British 6th Airborne Division had one impossible mission: capture two bridges intact before German forces could destroy them. Landing just 47 meters from their target, these soldiers executed a raid that military historians still study today. Discover how glider pilots flew without instruments through the night sky, how British commandos held off German Panzer divisions for thirteen hours, and why this operation became the textbook example of special forces precision. From the planning at Tarrant Rushton airfield to Lord Lovat's bagpipe-playing relief force, this is the complete documented history of the first battle of D-Day. Every fact verified through Imperial War Museum archives, National Archives records, and declassified War Office documents. No speculation. No dramatization. Just the remarkable true story of Pegasus Bridge.