Shortly after midnight on 6th June 1944, 6 gliders approached the heavily guarded bridges - code named Euston I and Euston II bridge – over the Orne and the Caen Canal in Normandy. The gliders were manned by men of the 2nd Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry supported by some Royal Engineers.

The bridges were a vital link between Caen and the sea, enabling the Germans to move reinforcements – especially tank units – from the east to the west, to attack the flanks of the British-Canadian invasion sector. On the other hand the bridges were vital for the Allies to break out of an established bridgehead after D-Day. So the bridges, which were expected to be mined, had to stay intact.

At D-Day + 00:16 hrs the men in the gliders landed near the bridges, hurried out of their gliders and attacked the bridge. This is where the game begins….