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In a single furious week of fighting with each other in December 1943, the First Canadian Infantry Department needed Ortona, Italy, from top notch German paratroopers bought to carry the medieval port no matter what. When the battle was over, the Canadians surfaced victorious despite heavy loss. Over 2,500 Canadians passed away or were wounded there. Navy historian Mark Zuehlke mixes reminiscences of the Canadians, Germans, and Italians who have there been together with a blow-by-blow accounts of the fighting with each other to create a harrowing, ultimately hopeful rendering of 1 of World War II's defining occasions.
