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50 Pence - Charles III D-Day - Pegasus Bridge
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pegasus Bridge — the road bridge over the Caen Canal near Bénouville — was seized by D Company, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the early hours of 6 June 1944, roughly sixteen minutes after their Horsa gliders landed. It was the first Allied ground objective taken on D-Day. The operation's success depended on a coup de main assault precise enough to land within meters of the target in complete darkness, which it did.
Guernsey's particular stake in commemorating the Normandy campaign is not incidental — the island was under German occupation from June 1940 until May 1945, liberated only after Germany's unconditional surrender.