I know the allied soldiers 'fear of Tigers'. Thank you for your fast reply and the welcoming words. I'd be very happy to get clues to these enigmas.

Parr added that the rooms were empty, exept one. Some of them even housing sleeping quarters' ('What d'ya do in the war, Dad?', p.44). For example, an accurate description of the undercrossings, tunnels interconnecting the several buildings of the Wn (rooms, KwK and mgs emplacements, bunkers, trenches.) There are several confirmations, by Wally Parr himself, quoted by is own son:' To his amazement, he discovered a labyrinth of tunnels and chambers underneath the gun pit. Nevertheless, the book contains a huge of details which can't be pure invention. Absolutely impossible: neither the 21.PzD nor 716.ID had tigers.And this would have happened before the destruction of the light tank (not a Panzer IV) by Thorton's PIAT). And some accounts are pure fantasy (very early after the capture of the bridge a Koenigstiger(!) appears at the T-junction, near the town hall, and then goes back without firing. This book isn't historically reliable, Hugedé rarely cite his sources. Strangely, an old french book, 'Le commando du pont Pégase' (Norbert Hugedé) is meaning with a high accuracy the 'dirty job' of n.3 platoon, killing the abrubply awaked defenders with knifes and guns. Ambrose book is pretty good, but sometimes mistaking and imprecise. Howether Barber doesn't explain in details this bloody aspect of the assault. The best book I read is 'The Pegasus and Orne Bridges' by Neil Barber (and 'Pegasus diaries', by J.

I read many books, saw movies, visited the Memorial in Bénouville, even played ASL CG, but this aspect of the 'coup de main' is still obscur to me.įor example, I don't know what to think about the cleaning of the bunkers of the east bank of the canal de Caen by n.3 platoon. I am interested by any information concerning the german defenses of the bridge of Bénouville (Wn13), and the defender's reactions during the very few minutes of operation Deadstick.

Pegasus bridge ambrose