简介：Intheearlyhoursofthe6thofJune1944AlliedAirborneForceslaunchedoneofmostdaringassaultsinhistory.181menin6gliderslandedatnighttocapturetwobridgesvitaltothesuccessoftheD-Daylandings,oneofthesewouldbecomeknownasPegasusBridge.Themenwhocapturedandheldtheseobjectiveswereledbytwoyoungcharismaticandverydifferentleaders.MajorJohnHowardledthemenoftheOxandBucksLightInfantrywhomanagedtolandtheirglidersastone'sthrowfromthebridgeandColonelGeoffreyPine-Coffinledthemenofthe7thParachuteBattalionwhooccupiedthesurroundinggroundandheldofftheGermancounterattacks.PegasusBridgetellsthestoryoftheseleadersandtheyoungmenwhowouldfollowthemintobattle.Thisfilmisagrandtaleofrealwartimeheroism-thestoryfollowsanensemblecastofkeycharactersfromtheirinitialbriefingontheoperationintheUKandtrainingthroughtotheactualassaultonthebridges,theircaptureandthedesperatedefencethatfollowedintheimmediatetwenty-fourhours.ItistoldnotonlyfromtheBritishperspectivebutalsothroughtheeyesofthefirstFrenchfamilytobeliberated,thesweetheartsleftbehindandseveralkeyGermancharacterswhowereresponsibleforthedefenceofthearea.AstheBritishparatroopersandgliderinfantrymenstruggletoholdofftheeverincreasingnumberofGermanforceswilltheywillberelievedfromtheseaintime?…