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Battle for Hill 112: The Allied Key To Victory in Normandy

Battle for Hill 112: The Allied Key To Victory in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel declared that whoever held Hill 112 would hold the key to all of Normandy. It would become the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the campaign. Here s What You Need to Know: Although the British failed to secure the summit of Hill 112, they succeeded in denying it to the Germans. The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, produced a bitter struggle for control of the invasion beachhead. Slowly, the Allies expanded and reinforced, fighting all the time in dense bocage country dominated by hills and hedgerows against an enemy whose skill and determination extracted a high price in men and equipment.

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