03By 1930, carpet beater production in Britain had fallen by over 90% from its 1895 peak.
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01Six Horsa gliders landed within 47 meters of the bridge; the first touched down at 00:16, 45 minutes before H-Hour.
02The entire bridge was seized in under 10 minutes; only two British soldiers died in the assault itself.
03Pegasus Bridge was renamed after the Airborne's winged-horse emblem; a café owner, Arlette Gondrée, served the first liberated French civilian champagne.