A piece of paper was flicked at me and I thought “Osbourne always did that but I saw him killed in Normandy.” he looked fine, with a plate in his head, it was great to see him again. 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 there, and the Hill seemed to be the ...

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.

And by the 20th of July or thereabouts they were both in the same place, Hill 112 in Normandy. Which is just south of Caen, isn’t it? A bit south-west of Caen.

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.

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.