Pegasus Bridge, Benouville, France

'Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. It was so crucial that, had it been unseccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed.' (Stephen E. Ambrose 1985)

Photo's of Pegasus Bridge (including bullet holes), Major John Howard C.O of D Company, Ox and Bucks Reg., British 6th Airborne Division and Cafe Gondree, the first house liberated in France on 6th June 1944.