The British Light Infantry enters northern France by glider and then must seize and hold two critical bridges from a heavily armed enemy. The Ranville bridge spans the River Orne and the Bénouville bridge crosses the Caen Canal to the west. Operation Deadstick must succeed to secure the beachheads and allow British forces to break out of Normandy.

A look back at the British Commandos' cunning raid in 1942; in a ship disguised as a German destroyer, they targeted the vital, heavily-defended German port at St. Nazaire, France. Their mission: to take out the dock facilities before they become a base for Germany's biggest battleship.