Tigers in Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) SQN241 27th August 1944

27th August 1944

1862 (Company G)

he managed to evade capture and was back with his unit only six days later

The Union Brigade smashed into the French infantry and then on to the artillery

Tigers in Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) SQN241 27th August 1944DHM2035AP. Tigers in Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian. The Battle for Point 112, a strategically positioned hill just a few miles south west of Caen, was the scene of the most violent fighting between German and British armor, artillery and ground troops during the weeks immediately following the D Day invasion, in June 1944. Desperate to regain Hill 112, on July 9th, the Tiger tanks of SS Panzer Battalion 102 were ordered to advance. 2 Kompanies Tigers