Roughly 5km south of Ouistreham, the main road towards Caen passes close by the site now known as Pegasus Bridge. On the night before D-Day, the twin bridges here that cross the Caen canal and the River Orne were a crucial Allied objective, and were the target of a daring but successful glider assault just after midnight. The original bridge was replaced in 1994, but is now the focus of the Mémorial Pegasus immediately to the east (daily: May–Sept 9.30am–6.30pm; Oct to mid-Nov & Feb–April 10am–1pm & 2–5pm; closed mid-Dec to Jan; €5). This vaguely glider-shaped museum holds the expected array of helmets, goggles, medals and other memorabilia, most captioned in English, as well as various model bridges used in planning the attack.DHTML Menu By Milonic JavaScript |
