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Ortona Canada's Epic World War II Battle
by Zuehlke, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0773731989
- ISBN 13
- 9780773731981
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0773731989 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, previous owner's name in black ink on front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.3 X 5.8 X 1.8 inches; 443 pages; "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. Infantrymen serving in the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and the Seaforth Highlanders, supported by tankers of the Three Rivers Regiment, moved from house to house in hand-to-hand combat amid heavy shelling and wrested the town from the grip of the fierce German defenders. Getting into Ortona had been a battle of its own. Ortona, the pearl of the Adriatic, stands on a promontory impregnable from three sides, with seacliffs on the north and east, and a deep ravine on the west. The Canadian infantrymen, drawn from virtually every corner of Canada, attacked from the south under the command of Major-General Chris Vokes, fighting across narrow gullies, mud-choked vineyards and olive groves, into the narrow streets of Ortona itself. When the vicious battle was over, 2605 Canadians were dead or wounded. But the town that had become known as "Little Stalingrad" was now in Allied hands." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20116
- Title
- Ortona Canada's Epic World War II Battle
- Author
- Zuehlke, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0773731989
- ISBN 13
- 9780773731981
- Publisher
- Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- 0773731989, ortona, adriatic, seaforth highlanders
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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