- inhabitants. In 1943
Ortona was the site of the
bloody Battle of
Ortona,
known as "Western Stalingrad". A
patron saint of
Ortona is
Saint Thomas the Apostle...
- The
Battle of
Ortona (20–28
December 1943) was
fought between two
battalions of
elite German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) from the
German 1st Parachute...
-
Ortona is a town and muni****lity in Chieti, Abruzzo,
Italy Ortona may also
refer to:
Ortona Lighthouse, in
Ortona, Chieti, Abruzzo,
Italy Basilica of...
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further east in the late AD 40s. In 1258, some of the
relics were
brought to
Ortona, in Abruzzo, Italy,
where they have been held in the
Church of
Saint Thomas...
-
Ortona,
subtitled "A Game of the
Advance in Italy,
December 1943", is a
board wargame published by
Simulations Canada in 1983 that
simulates the Battle...
- The
Basilica of San
Tommaso Apostolo ("St.
Thomas the Apostle"), also
Ortona Cathedral (Italian: Basilica-Concattedrale di San
Tommaso Apostolo; Duomo...
-
Ortona was a town in
ancient Latium in
central Italy. Livy
records that in 481 BC the
Aequi laid
siege to
Ortona. Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2:43 v t e...
- the line was held by the
coastal town of
Ortona,
captured by
Canadian forces in the
fierce Battle of
Ortona in
December 1943
which became known as "the...
- The
Ortona Prehistoric Village is an
archaeological site
adjacent to the
community of
Ortona in
northeastern Glades County, Florida,
north of the Caloosahatchee...
- port of
Ortona. The
defensive Gustav Line was
established by the
Germans at
Ortona,
extending towards C****ino on the
opposite side of Italy.
Ortona offered...
