Hill 112 av Adrian Goldsworthy

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<b>A gripping story of friendship and division in the midst of warfare, set against one of the most dramatic, dangerous, and crucial campaigns of World War II: the Battle of Normandy. </b><b><i>They went to war as boys. Will they make it home as men?</i></b><b>D-Day. June 6th, 1944. </b>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, are part of one of the bloodiest and most brutal episodes of the whole Normandy campaign: the battle for Hill 112. The horror, the fear, the filth; the savage fighting; the sheer exhilaration and moments of f