Enfer sur la cote 112: 7 - 9 June 1944 - Hardcover

After the disaster at Villers Bocage, there was a second hold up to the Allies penetration of the German defenses at Hill 112 when Montgomery launched a counterattack on this position, to the south west of Caen on July 10. Monty had still not taken the capital city of Normandy despite it being a primary objective for the British but at Hill 112 just as at Villers Bocage, they ran into a deluge of artillery and powerful Tiger tanks. There was quite some danger of the whole thing devolving into trench warfare which would have been a disaster for the Allied plans. This detailed book gives an hour by hour account of the fighting with many veteran accounts, photographs and other illustrations. French Text

The historian Georges Bernage is one of France's premier experts on the 1944 Normandy Invasion. He has published over forty books on the subject since 1978.