Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I: The plan. A Last-Minute Change in Plans -- Jumpin' Jim and His All Americans -- England in the Spring -- The Fortress, the Wall, and the Village -- Part II: The drop. Jump Into Darkness -- The Swamp -- The Good Drop -- Objective : Sainte-Mère-Église -- Part III: The battle. Le Manoir La Fière -- The Battle for the Bridge -- Counterattack -- The Glidermen -- Attack at Midnight -- Part IV: The bridge and beyond. "Colonel, It'll Be a Slaughter" -- The Charge -- "You Crossed That Causeway."

"From the bestselling author of Shoot for the Moon and A Terrible Glory comes the dramatic story of the courageous paratroopers and glidermen of the 82nd Airborne, who risked their lives to seize and secure a small, centuries-old bridge in France that played a pivotal role in the success of D-Day"-- Provided by publisher