Battle of Ortona

Ortona - Troops from The Loyal Edmonton Regiment shelter in a ravaged building while getting grenades ready for throwing.

Ortona - An unidentified member of the West Nova Scotia Regiment firing a PIAT anti-tank weapon.

Ortona - An unidentified gunner of the Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) laying down harrassing fire with a Vickers machine gun. January 7, 1944. Ortona, Italy (vicinity).

Ortona - The team from The Loyal Edmonton Regiment who dug out Lance Corporal Boyd.

The Canadian War Museum - A Chronology of Canadian Military History. The Italian Campaign. 1943-1945 Canadian forces participated from the beginning in the Allied campaign in Italy.

Via Dolorosa, Ortona - by Charles Comfort, - one felt a choking claustrophobia in the place- Canadian War Museum

Ortona - Many civilians had stayed in the town throughout the fighting, despite warnings from the Germans to leave. With the end of combat they began emerging from hiding.

The Moro Valley - Burial service of Canadian soldier killed by shell-fire. San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy. December 10, 1943.

Ortona - During the fighting at Ortona, a Canadian truck burns after being set on fire by German mortar fire.

Ortona - The ruins could hide snipers or heavier weapons. The rubble could stop a tank. Boobytraps and mines could be anywhere. (This photograph was taken after the fighting at Ortona had ended.)

Ortona - Stretcher bearers evacuating casualties from 'A' Company Headquarters, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (P.P.C.L.I.).