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Jeez, that could be my uncle. He captured a German, but only because they surprised each other and the German surrendered first!


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Wojtek Bulhak of Adalbertus writes:

It was a very hard Christmas when the 1st Canadian Division fought in the Italian city of Ortona, 20th-28th December 1943. Fighting on the streets of this small town on the Adriatic coast was compared only to Stalingrad and the Warsaw Uprising in WWII. After a bloody week, Canadians were able to push the 1st Fallschirmjaeger Division to the north. Then the Allies started a battle in the Cassino area in late January 1944.

Ortona diorama

We have prepared a small vignette with a ruined building to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the battle.

35020 Ortona 1943, resin 1:35 scale, two figures, with base and decals. January 2010 release. We are taking pre-orders with a special discount!!!

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