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    Pegasus Bridge, originally called the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, is a road crossing over the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham...
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    Pegasus (Greek: Πήγασος, translit. Pḗgasos; Latin: Pegasus, Pegasos) is a winged horse in Greek mythology, usually depicted as a white stallion. He was...
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  • Look up Pegasus, pegasus, or pegasi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pegasus was a winged horse sired by Poseidon in Greek mythology. Pegasus may also...
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    congregate. In 1994, Pegasus Bridge was replaced by a new structure and the old bridge was added to the displays at the Pegasus Museum in Benouville....
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    in Normandy in Operation Overlord and participate in the assault on Pegasus Bridge. The filmmakers employed several actual Allied and Axis D-Day participants...
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    of the lease the museum closed in 1997. The Bénouville Bridge had been renamed Pegasus Bridge on 26 June 1944 in honour of being the first objective taken...
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    Horsa Bridge, also known as Ranville Bridge, over the Orne river, was, along with Pegasus Bridge, captured during Operation Tonga by gliderborne troops...
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    Château de Bénouville completed in 1777 by Claude Nicolas Ledoux Pegasus Bridge Memorial Pegasus Bénouville was the scene of the first – and possibly most vital –...
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    p. 331 Mémorial Pegasus. "Pegasus Memorial Bridge". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2009. 35. Pegasus Diaries John Howard...
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    show at the Pegasus Bridge Museum are a second set that were used by him later in the campaign, after the capture of Pegasus Bridge. Pegasus Museum says...
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    fixed-trunnion bridge (based on engineering drawings from the Henry Ford Bridge) Animation of a rolling lift bridge (such as the Pegasus Bridge) Bascule bridge in...
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    wounded during the battle for the bridges. Lieutenant Den Brotheridge led the first platoon to land at Pegasus Bridge followed one minute later by Lieutenant...
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    veterans". BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2021. "Pegasus Bridge: The Bridge of the Longest Day". memorial-pegasus.org. Mémorial Pegasus D-Day Commemoration Committee. Archived...
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  • assault by the Allies in World War II during the invasion of Normandy, on Pegasus Bridge, is sometimes referred to as Operation Coup de Main, although the actual...
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  • achieved notability as the pilot of the first Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of D-Day, 6 June 1944, during the Second World War...
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    Café Gondrée (category Bascule bridges)
    Caen Canal, at the northwest end of the Bénouville Bridge, now commonly referred to as the Pegasus Bridge. The building was the site of first combat during...
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    forces had landed to capture the Pegasus Bridge near Caen. During the operation he met Major John Howard on the bridge and was involved in helping to repulse...
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    Special Service Brigade at Sword Beach and to successfully capture Pegasus Bridge, accompanied by his piper Bill Millin. Fraser was born at his ancestral...
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  • Stephen (1985) Pegasus Bridge 6 June 1944. Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-0671523749. Barber, Neil (2009). The Pegasus and Orne Bridges. Pen & Sword Books...
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  • Infantry (the 52nd), on D Day, 6 June 1944, tasked with capturing Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge before the main assault on the Normandy beaches began. David...
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  • operation; tasked to capture Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge during the opening minutes of D-Day, 6 June 1944. The capture of both bridges was considered to be...
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    Red Tails Campbell 2014 A Little Chaos Antoine Nompar de Caumont 2017 Pegasus Bridge Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin 2018 Vita and Virginia Harold Nicolson...
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    Allied territory. The first escape operation (Pegasus I) was a success, but a second operation (Pegasus II) was compromised and failed. Despite this,...
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  • who achieved fame as the pilot of the third Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of 6 June 1944. This remarkable achievement was described...
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    Nelson, Portsmouth. Certain types of bascule bridges roll on an arc; an example is the Pegasus Bridge. The bridge is scheduled to open every Wednesday and...
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  • Escaut, Siege of Calais, Cassel, Ypres-Comines Canal, Normandy Landing, Pegasus Bridge, Villers-Bocage, Odon, Caen, Esquay, Bourguebus Ridge, Mont Pincon,...
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  • Pegasus Airlines (Turkish: Pegasus Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş.) (BİST: PGSUS), sometimes stylized as Flypgs, is a Turkish low-cost carrier headquartered in...
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    as well as rules for major battles such as The Battle of Stalingrad, Pegasus Bridge, Battle of Berlin and D-Day. Some starter Boxes can symbolize the Campaigns...
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  • Pegasus Bridge is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Personal Software Services. It was released exclusively in the United Kingdom...
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  • gliderborne troops, which captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges (Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge) before the main assault on the Normandy beaches. It sold...
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