
Replica glider at the Memorial Pegasus, Benouville.
CHAPTER TWO
The Airborne Bridgehead
Books
Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy by Terry Copp
Pegasus Bridge by Stephen Ambrose.
Official Histories
By Air to Battle: The Official Account of the British Paratroops in World War II by The Air Ministry & The Ministry of Information [reprint edited by Bob Carruthers]
Victory in the West Vol. I: The Battle of Normandy by Major L.F. Ellis
Primary Sources
Canadian War Diaries of the Normandy Campaign at the Laurier Military History Archive
Articles
A Question of Relevance”: The Establishment of a Canadian Parachute Capability, 1942–1945 by Bernd Horn
“If anything should happen to me” The Last Letter of Private Leslie Abram Neufeld, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion by Siân Price
A Most Irrevocable Step: Canadian Paratroopers on D-Day, The first 24 hours, 5-6 June 1944,” by Bernd Horn and Michel Wyczynski
Links
Mémorial Pegasus, Bénouville
La Poterie du Mesnil de Bavent, Le Mesnil
Merville Battery Museum, Merville
The Battle for Merville Battery by Neil Barber at 1940s Society
Maps
Sketches from The Victory Campaign by C.P. Stacey.