Chronology of World War II

Friday, December 24

Canadians in Hand-To-Hand Combat in Ortona


Canadians in Hand-To-Hand Combat in Ortona
December 24, 1943 - CHRISTMAS EVE - 2 infantry regiments of the Canadian 2nd Brigade were embroiled in the bitterest street-to-street, house-to-house, floor-to-floor, hand-to-hand combat against elite German 1st Division paratroopers holding the strategic Adriatic city of Ortona.