The epic story of the average soldier -- with little or no military training prior to the outbreak of World War II -- following the gruelling, twisting path towards the prize of Rome. Personal interviews with surviving veterans bring to life the slugging match fought street by street and house by house among the boobytrapped ruins of Ortona. A detailed account of the classic soldier's fight -- a slugging match fought out by platoons, squads, and even individual soldiers. Ortona's shattered buildings and twenty days of ...
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The epic story of the average soldier -- with little or no military training prior to the outbreak of World War II -- following the gruelling, twisting path towards the prize of Rome. Personal interviews with surviving veterans bring to life the slugging match fought street by street and house by house among the boobytrapped ruins of Ortona. A detailed account of the classic soldier's fight -- a slugging match fought out by platoons, squads, and even individual soldiers. Ortona's shattered buildings and twenty days of relentless close-quarter combat are brought to life with personal interviews from the surviving veterans of this epic set-piece battle. Ortona fell during the most intense fighting ever engaged in by Allied forces in World War II.
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