The quiet commune of Bénouville in north west France has become one of the most sacred sites of the Second World War.It was the scene of the first - and arguably the most vital - battle of D-Day when British airborne troops landed near a bridge over the Caen Canal in three Horsa gliders and captured it from the Germans.The swift, dramatic, and daring attack by the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry came hours before seaborne forces invaded nearby beaches marking the start of the push to liberate Nazi-held Europe.The original 1934 bascule bridge was later renamed Pegasus...
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