Dreaded counterattack at now Allied-controlled Pegasus Bridge begins 70 years ago this hour (June 6 1944)


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(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 1:30 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/7:30 p.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); five hours before the Normandy landings on the Western Front of World War II) — The dreaded counterattack at the now Allied-controlled Pegasus Bridge in Normandy, France, began early this morning.