Ortona
Canada's Epic World War II Battle
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2020
- Category
- Canada, World War II, Italy
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550545579
- Publish Date
- Nov 2003
- List Price
- $36.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926706023
- Publish Date
- Jul 2009
- List Price
- $19.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771622660
- Publish Date
- Jun 2020
- List Price
- $27.95
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Description
This print-on-demand title is available by request from most booksellers.
A masterful retelling one of the major victories of Canadian troops over the German army’s elite division during WWII.
About the author
Hailed by Jack Granatstein as Canadas leading popular military historian and short-listed for both the 2007 and 2013 Pierre Berton Award for popularizing Canadian history, Mark Zuehlke is the author of 26 books, including 14 devoted to military history. Tragedy at Dieppe is the latest in his bestselling Canadian Battle Series, which includes Ortona, The Liri Valley, The Gothic Line, Juno Beach Operation Husky, Holding Juno, Breakout from Juno, Terrible Victory, and On to Victory. He is also the co-author of The Canadian Military Atlas.
Zuehlke first began writing about the role Canadians played in World War II after discussing the Battle of Ortona with several veterans following a Remembrance Day ceremony in Kelowna, B.C. Discovering no book had been written on this pivotal battle, he decided to fill that gap, which resulted in the publication of Ortona: Canadas Epic Worl
