Ortona: Canada’s Epic World War II Battle - Mark Zuehlke

Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, History, Military
Language: English
Keywords: Canada Canadian Army MTO WWII

Written by Mark Zuehlke
Read by William Dufris
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Canadian Battle Series Book 1
Length 14 hrs and 37 mins
Ebook included

In one furious week of fighting in December 1943, the First Canadian Infantry Division took Ortona, Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold the medieval port at all costs. When the battle was over, the Canadians emerged victorious despite heavy losses. Over 2,500 Canadians died or were wounded there. Military historian Mark Zuehlke blends reminiscences of the Canadians, Germans, and Italians who were there together with a blow-by-blow account of the fighting to create a harrowing, ultimately hopeful rendering of one of World War II’s defining moments.