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The Battle of Ortona (December 20, 1943 to December 28, 1943) was a small, yet extremely fierce, battle fought between German Fallschirmjger (paratroops), and assaulting Canadian forces from the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. It was the culmination of the fighting on the Adriatic front in Italy during Bloody December and was considered among Canada's greatest achievements during the war. The battle, dubbed Little Stalingrad for the deadliness of its close-quarters combat, took place in the small Adriatic Sea town of Ortona, with its peacetime population of 10,000.
A map of the Italian Campaign
Above, below and lower right ;; Soldiers within Ortona, battling for the end of WWII
