Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Zuehlke, Mark, 1955- Title: Ortona street fight / Mark Zuehlke. Publisher, Date: Victoria, British Columbia : Raven Books, [2011] ©2011 Description: 137 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm. illustration portrait plate Summary: Recounts how two Canadian infantry battalions and a tank regiment fought--sometimes hand-to-hand--against German troops for the small Italian port of Ortona in December of 1943, one of the most notable battles ever waged by the Canadians. Series: Rapid reads Rapid reads. Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Infantry Division, 1st -- History. Ortona, Battle of, Ortona, Italy, 1943. Readers (Adult) High interest-low vocabulary books. Notes: Also issued in electronic format. ISBN: 9781554693986 1554693985 Other Number: 701243851 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Summary December 20, 1943. Two Canadian infantry battalions and a tank regiment stand poised on the outskirts of a small Italian port town. They expect to take Ortona quickly. But the German 1st Parachute Division has other ideas. For reasons unknown, Hitler has ordered Ortona held to the last man. Houses, churches and other buildings are dynamited, clogging the streets with rubble. Germans with machine guns lie in ambush. Snipers slip from one rooftop to another. The Canadians seem to have walked into a death trap. This is a battle fought at close range, often hand to hand. Casualties on both sides are heavy. In the end, raw courage and ingenuity save the Canadians. Ortona Street Fight is a riveting telling of what is considered one of the most epic battles that Canadian soldiers have ever fought. Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
