Monument to Major John Howard who led a glider-borne assault on Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge on D-Day (June 6, 1944) in Normandy, France
Major (Reginald) John Howard DSO (8 December 1912 - 5 May 1999) was a British Army officer who led a glider-borne assault on two bridges between Benouville and Ranville in Normandy, France, codenamed Operation Deadstick, on 6 June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings during the Second World War. These bridges spanned the Caen Canal and the adjacent River Orne (about 500 yards to the east), and were vitally important to the success of the D-Day landings. Since the war the bridge over the canal has become known as "Pegasus Bridge", as a tribute to the men who captured it, while the bridge over the River Orne later became known as Horsa Bridge after the Horsa gliders that had carried the troops to the bridges.
Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Pegasus Bridge, Benouville, Calvados department, Normandy, France, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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