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Howard John Howard & Bates Penny Bates
Pegasus Diaries [EPUB ebook]
The Private Papers of Major John Howard DSO

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John Howard’s name will forever be linked to the highly successful Pegasus Bridge assault by his glider-born company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. His men regarded him with awe and his courage and toughness were bye-words. However this book reveals the human side of the man as well as providing a graphic account of the preparation, actual operation and aftermath of this iconic raid.The Pegasus Diaries is a book that will be enjoyed by men and women alike, presenting as it does a complex man often torn between his high sense of loyalty to his men and devotion to duty.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 240 ● ISBN 9781848845886 ● Publisher Pen and Sword ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8026551 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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