Normandy
Pegasus Bridge
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- On screen
- Pegasus Bridge; Pegasus Night; Pegasus Day
- Where
- Bénouville, Calvados, France
- Time & access
- Free to cross; Memorial Pegasus charges entry. Check opening hours and tickets before you go.
In the game
The British campaign opens with a night glider assault on the bridge, then has you hold it through D-Day.
History in brief
Gliders of the British 6th Airborne Division landed beside the Caen Canal bridge just after midnight on 6 June 1944 and took it intact. It was renamed Pegasus Bridge after the airborne forces’ emblem.
The place today
A replacement bridge has carried traffic since 1994. The original span is preserved at Memorial Pegasus across the canal, and Café Gondrée, among the first houses liberated in France, still stands beside the bridge.
Always check opening times, access rules and travel advice before you go.