Hill 112 : a novel of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy / Adrian Goldsworthy.
By: Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
Publisher: London : Head of Zeus, 2024Description: 416 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781801109017 (hbk.) :; 180110901X (hbk.) :; 9781801109024 (pbk).Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Fiction | Historical adventure fiction | Second World War fiction | Second World War | Military vehiclesGenre/Form: War stories.Summary: D-Day. June 6th, 1944. The trajectory of the Second World War - and with it the course of modern history - is changed for ever. For three young former schoolmates from South Wales, their war is only just beginning. James was the school cricket captain. Now, a few short years later, he is in charge of a troop of Sherman tanks. Mark, just nineteen, must lead a platoon of infantrymen into battle. And Bill, always something of a loner, sees the heart of the fighting as a private soldier. These young men, and thousands of others, will soon be a part of one of the bloodiest and most brutal parts of the Normandy campaign: the battle for Hill 112. The horror, the fear, the filth; the savage fighting; the sheer exhilaration and moments of farce and laughter: those who come through the carnage will never be the same again.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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D-Day. June 6th, 1944. The trajectory of the Second World War - and with it the course of modern history - is changed for ever. For three young former schoolmates from South Wales, their war is only just beginning. James was the school cricket captain. Now, a few short years later, he is in charge of a troop of Sherman tanks. Mark, just nineteen, must lead a platoon of infantrymen into battle. And Bill, always something of a loner, sees the heart of the fighting as a private soldier. These young men, and thousands of others, will soon be a part of one of the bloodiest and most brutal parts of the Normandy campaign: the battle for Hill 112. The horror, the fear, the filth; the savage fighting; the sheer exhilaration and moments of farce and laughter: those who come through the carnage will never be the same again.