The Battle of Ortona (20–28 December 1943) was fought between two battalions of elite German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) from the German 1st Parachute...

Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants. In 1943 Ortona was the site of the bloody Battle of Ortona, known as "Western Stalingrad"...

Ottomans in 1566, the French in 1799 and from fighting during the Battle of Ortona in 1943. "San Tommaso, un apostolo che diffuse nel mondo l'unica fede...

tanks of the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, took part in the Battle of Ortona, fighting against German Fallschirmjäger–crack air force paratroops of the...

protracted battle was waged over the monastery, known as the Battle of Monte Cassino. The eastern end of the line was held by the coastal town of Ortona, captured...

December 1943 Battle of Ortona: December 1943 Bernhardt Line: December 1943 – January 1944 Moro River Campaign: December 1943 Battle of Monte Cassino:...

in AD 52. In 1258, some of the relics were brought to Ortona, in Abruzzo, Italy, where they have been held in the Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle...

During the Battle of Ortona in 1943, the Canadian Army, which gave the tactic its name, used it to great effect, breaching the walls of buildings (houses...

Line, part of the German Winter Line. One of the most brutal battles was the Battle of Ortona. Abruzzo was the location of two prisoners of war camps,...

house-to-house fighting in the Battle of Ortona and the advance north to the Hitler Line. In 1944, he took over command of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division...