![]() ![]() This February 1944 scope of objectives requested merely one parachute brigade and an air-landed anti-tank battery, attached to the Infantry forces to seize a pair of French bridges, 525 meters between the two, over the Caen Canal and River Orne between the villages of Benouville and Ranville. While the revised version of ‘Operation Overlord’ had been sealed with approval a month before, the commanding officer of the 6th Airborne Division was still not aware of the exact objectives of his military unit. ![]() The commander of the 6th Airborne Division since May previous year, the future Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (1958-1960) Gale was briefed by the commander of all British Air Forces at the time. BATTLE OF PEGASUS BRIDGE: AN INVASION ARTERY TO CAENĪs far back before D-Day as February 17, 1944, Major General Richard ‘Windy’ Gale, the veteran of the previous World War had a conversation with his superior Major-General Frederick Arthur Montague “Boy” Browning. ![]()
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