What the records say
- When
- 20 Dec 1943 – 28 Dec 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.35° N, 14.40° E
- Description
- World War II battle in Ortona, Italy in December 1943
- War
- World War II
Battle of Ortona
1943 World War II battle in Italy
The Battle of Ortona was fought between two battalions of elite German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) from the German 1st Parachute Division under Generalleutnant Richard Heidrich, and assaulting Canadian troops from the 1st Canadian Infantry Division under Major General Christopher Vokes. It was the culmination of the fighting on the Adriatic front in Italy during "Bloody December".
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Italian Campaign – Battle of Ortona: Canadian infantry defeat elite German paratroops”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht um Ortona”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Alliés prennent Ortona après une bataille acharnée”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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