Category: D-Day

Pegasus Bridge – 80th Anniversary Edition – Now Available.

Posted on April 6, 2024June 18, 2024 by Neil Barber

80th Anniversary Updated and Expanded Edition of the former Pegasus and Orne Bridges.

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6th Airborne Division Battlefield Tour – September 2024

Posted on February 21, 2023May 6, 2024 by Neil Barber

Neil Barber will be leading ‘The Day the Devils Dropped In’ Battlefield Tour between September 10th and 13th 2024. This

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Battlefield Tour Film – WW2TV – The Liberation of Amfreville.

Posted on July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 by Neil Barber

The village of Amfreville sits on the Breville Ridge, overlooking the bridges across the River Orne, the Caen Canal, part

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Continuing with the Short Battlefield Tour Films; DZ ‘N’ at Ranville and the Le Mesnil Crossroads.

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 by Neil Barber

This next film describes the Airborne landings on DZ ‘N’ at Ranville and a few of the events at the

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A Short Film Describing the actions around the Church at Le Port (the Northern end of Benouville, the village at the western end of Pegasus Bridge).

Posted on July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 by Neil Barber

Following on from the first film, this next one describes the D-Day events in Le Port, the northern end of

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A Short Film describing the D-Day Capture of the River Orne (Horsa) Bridge.

Posted on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 by Neil Barber

Here is another of the films made for WW2TV that describes the capture of the River Orne (Horsa) Bridge by

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Short Battlefield Tour Videos

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 by Neil Barber

Last year, Paul Woodadge launched WW2TV and invited me to go over to Normandy and record various short videos for

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The Pegasus and Orne Bridges – D-Day Veterans Signed Edition

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 by Neil Barber

I have a limited number of paperback copies of The Pegasus and Orne Bridges that are bookplated, signed editions by

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The Pegasus Diaries – The Biography of Major John Howard DSO

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by Neil Barber

Many people ask what I think of Stephen Ambrose’s 1984 book, ‘Pegasus Bridge‘ and I will certainly deal with that

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The Extraordinary Survival of Lieutenant Dougie Martin, 9th Parachute Battalion

Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 by Neil Barber

Lieutenant Douglas Martin was the 9th Parachute Battalion’s liaison officer with 3 Parachute Brigade. In February 1944 he married Eileen

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