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by Mark Zuehlke (Author) "RIDICULOUS that a piece of paper should leave him feeling so uneasy ..." (more)
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In one blood-soaked, furious week of fighting, from December 20 to December 27, 1943, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division took the town of Ortona, Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold the medieval port town at all costs. When the vicious battle was over, 2339 Canadians were dead or wounded. But the town that had become known as "Little Stalingrad" was now in Allied hands. Mark Zuehlke weaves reminiscences of the Canadians, Germans and Italians who were there together with a blow-by-blow account of the fighting.

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A masterful retelling one of the major victories of Canadian troops over the German army's elite division during WWII.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing New Here, Dec 1 2002
By Michael Dorosh (Calgary, AB Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ortona: Canada's epic World War II battle (Hardcover)
A readable precis not just of Ortona, but of the entire Moro River campaign (the title is a bit of a misnomer). Covers ground ably covered by Daniel Dancocks in D-DAY DODGERS and by Gerry Nicholson in the official history THE CANADIANS IN ITALY, but really offers no new insights into how the battle of Ortona itself was fought. A good book for anyone looking for a general description of the Canadians in the Moro, and some good interviews with vets, but again - the appendices are strewn with errors, there has been almost no research done regarding the German side of the story, and the actual fighting in Ortona isn't touched until page 251, and takes up less than 100 pages of this 400 page book. Anyone expecting a detailed study of the house-to-house struggle tht came to be known as "Little Stalingrad" will be sorely disappointed, as I was.

Very little here that hasn't been covered in other volumes already.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A strange place and time in World War II Italy, Jan 17 2004
This review is from: Ortona: Canada's epic World War II battle (Hardcover)
Mark Zuehlke's "Ortona" is a detailed account of the 1st Canadian Divisions attempt to achieve what Montgomery called "A Colossal Crack" against the German 10th army defencive lines along the Adriatic.

History shows us it was a naive, almost impulsive and possibly vain attempt by Montgomery to achieve a breakthrough along the eastern coast of Italy allowing the 8th Army to spearhead an assault against Rome before winter weather shut down the allies armoured support.

That being said "Ortona" is

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, Jan 15 2004
By mathieu laine (Québec, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
The book is an easy and fast read, very informative and MORE than adequate for the casual reader of world war II material. The blend of veteran testemonies and factual account is interesting and the formula works. It is not the most detailled military account around - and like a previous reviewer mentionned, Ortona is only covered at the end of the book. Still, I highly recommend this book to anyone intrested in the subject.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new here
Mike Dorosh's review is accurate. Writing military history is about solid research and pinning down the facts, something that is continually missed in this series of books. Read more
Published on Jan 2 2004 by John R. Grodzinski

5.0 out of 5 stars My Dad Would Have Loved It
When I saw this in a bookstore in Toronto this past summer, one of my sons knew it would be the perfect birthday gift, as my dad [and, of course, his grandfather] fought with the... Read more
Published on Feb 1 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars He should be proud.
A gripping story of one of Canada's important contributions in WWII. Hard to put the book down once started. Read more
Published on Sep 28 2001 by Bill Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars Ortona the first real test
The Canadian have been repeatedly set apart from the grand scheme of the hole war by some historian most of them from England, but in reality they have been deeply involve even if... Read more
Published on Sep 9 2001 by Paul Bourgault

5.0 out of 5 stars much needed history
Mark Zuehlke has written a compassionate and compelling study of the one of the most difficult battles fought by the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Read more
Published on April 9 2000

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