Hill 112 was an intermediate objective on the way to the River Orne crossings but such was the German reaction, that the 23rd Hussars were only able to capture and hold the hill with difficulty. [3] Hill 112, at the end of a narrow salient, was held by the infantry of the 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own).

Days before Maj. Gen. Gwilym Thomas’s 43rd Wessex Division attacked Hill 112 in an attempt to break out to the west, the Germans had wanted to relieve II SS Panzer Corps from its defensive role with infantry divisions.

This page covers the tour to the site of the Battle for Hill 112 in Normandy where fighting raged for over six weeks in June, July and August of 1944. There is a short description of the places and sites to see at the top of this page followed by a more detailed explanation of the history of the battle and where the sites fit in to it overall

Dedicated to the men who captured and held Hill 112, outside Caen, in one of the most decisive battles of the second world war as the Allies re-took mainland Europe in June 1944.

On the outskirts of Caen in northern France stands Hill 112. Now a calm and peaceful place of remembrance, just 75 years ago this Normandy landmark was, quite literally, worth dying for. After coming ashore on the beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944, Allied troops pushed southwards as they sought to retake Europe from the Nazis.

Southwest of the crossroads town of Caen, Hill 112 was the scene of a prolonged and heroic struggle between British troops and veteran German soldiers of the Waffen SS.

2021年4月22日 · Rising from the wheat fields just south of the village of Baron- sur-Odon, Hill 112 dominated the eastern end of a low ridge. The summit offered a commanding view over a pastoral countryside of stone cottages, hedges, fields and woodlands, with Caen and the Carpiquet airfield to the northeast and the sprawling Bourguébus ridge to the east.

Hill 112 was a gently sloping hill of waist high cornfields and compared to the dense bocage of other parts of Normandy, quite open with good fields of fire. The gently sloping hill should dominate the table, and provide the high ground for the defenders to …

2018年8月19日 · Determined to halt further movement, Montgomery shifted his point of attack back to the VIII Corps sector, ordering O’Connor to capture Hill 112 and several villages around its eastern slopes, then exploit to the Orne beyond. The operation, codenamed Jupiter, was to commence on 10 July and consist of four phases.

2024年7月7日 · One inconspicuous section of high ground in Normandy was fought over for six weeks throughout July 1944. The commanding views from Hill 112 were immediately recognised as strategically important by both sides. The struggle to take it - and hold it - led to a series of attacks and counterattacks.