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Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith,

Hill 112 / Hill one-hundred and twelve Hill one-one-two Adrian Goldsworthy. - London : Head of Zeus, 2024. - 454 pages ; 24 cm.

"A novel of D-Day and the battle of Normandy" -- Cover.

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.

ISBN: 9781801109017 180110901X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Soldiers--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
War stories.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92