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Nothing but courage the 82nd Airborne's daring D-Day mission--and their heroic charge across the La Fière Bridge

In June 1944, German and American forces converged on an insignificant bridge a few miles inland from the invasion beaches. If taken by the Nazis, the bridge might have gone down in history as the reason the Allies failed on D-Day. The narrow road over it was each side's conduit to victory. Continue...

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Main Author: Donovan, Jim, 1954- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, NY] : Caliber, [2025]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Normandy > Parachute troops.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Normandy > Airborne troops.
Military gliders (Aeronautics) > France > Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
World war, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
Normandy (France) > History, Military > 20th century.
Sainte-Mère-Eglise (France) > History, Military > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The plan. A Last-Minute Change in Plans
  • Jumpin' Jim and His All Americans
  • England in the Spring
  • The Fortress, the Wall, and the Village
  • Part II: The drop. Jump Into Darkness
  • The Swamp
  • The Good Drop
  • Objective : Sainte-Mère-Église
  • Part III: The battle. Le Manoir La Fière
  • The Battle for the Bridge
  • Counterattack
  • The Glidermen
  • Attack at Midnight
  • Part IV: The bridge and beyond. "Colonel, It'll Be a Slaughter"
  • The Charge
  • "You Crossed That Causeway."

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