Memories of Normandy- Hill 112 and 361 by Mary135. ... On the road leading up to Hill 112 was a large tiger tank, there were three Churchill tanks on fire and the crew were trying to get out.

Then on to Mondrainville and Hill 112. George returned again to Normandy the following year and I pressed him to tell me about his experience on Hill 112, I knew he had suffered Battle Exhaustion ...

Hill 112, Normandy Background to story: ... And on this hill 112, which is a very low rise of ground, really, Brea’s father was here, let’s say on this side. The little crossroads was there.

Hill 112 is a 10 acre plateau, sloping on three sides. There was no cover on top apart from a copse surrounded by some hedges. The Germans believed that who held Hill 112 controlled Normandy.

On the first day the Allies, landing on five different Normandy beaches, had over 10,000 casualties including over 4400 killed. By the end of the operation in late August 20, 1944, 20,668 ...

The ambush near the bitterly contested "Hill 112" came during weeks of fighting after the largest seaborne assault in history, which began the liberation of France from Nazi German occupation.

English soldier Ken Hay was trapped behind German lines and captured while on night patrol in 1944, days after joining the Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point in World War Two.