France

Map of the area surrounding Pegasus Bridge, Ouistreham, France; marking the details of operation Tonga; Pegasus Bridge is a bascule bridge (a type of movable bridge) over the Caen Canal; The bridge, also known as the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, was a major objective of Operation Tonga; units landed by glider near it during the Normandy Invasion on 5/6 June 1944; from a collection related to Lt Cyril Arthur Bohannon of the Royal Norfolk Regiment; the map is not contemporary with the operation and appears to have been produced as a souvenir