Unidentified Canadian soldiers in Italy, 18 December 1943. |
Private R.W. Hansen of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment watches warily down a street of San Leonardo Di Ortona covered by Germa [...] |
Burial service of Canadian soldier killed by shell-fire. San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy. December 10, 1943. |
Platoon Commander Lieutenant I. Macdonald (with binoculars) ready to give order to attack at S. Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, [...] |
A soldier of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment is helped back from the battle front down a San Leonardo Di Ortona street. |
Infantrymen of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada searching German prisoners on the Moro River front, Italy, 9 December 1943. |
Sergeant George A. Game of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit operating his camera near San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, [...] |
During the fighting to gain San Leonardo Di Ortona, it was essential to put a bridge across the nearby Moro River. The Can [...] |
The terrain in the vicinity of the Moro River fighting added difficulties for the assaulting troops. Brigadier Wyman noted [...] |
Private G.C. Butcher, 48th Highlanders of Canada, examines the wreckage of a German PzKpfW III tank destroyed by the Calga [...] |
Trooper J.W.McConnell, Three Rivers Regiment, examining a knocked-out German PzKpfW III tank. |
The terrain in the vicinity of the Moro River fighting added difficulties for the assaulting troops. Brigadier Wyman noted [...] |
L. to R.: Private L.N. Welbanks, Sergeant G.D. Adams and Private L.G. Thompson all of the 48th Canadian Highlanders during [...] |
Soldiers of the 1st Canadian Division carry a dead comrade killed by shell fire while escorting German prisoners. None of [...] |
A jeep ambulance of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) bringing in two wounded Canadian soldiers on the Mo [...] |
Privates J. Miller and W.H. Hall digging on a slit trench during a lull in the German counter-attack. 10 Dec 1943, San Leo [...] |
An attack on San Leonardo Di Ortona is preceded by artillery shelling. |
Capt. F.M. Ritchie, Adjudant (14 C.T.R.) climbs down from straw-camouflaged tank. 10 Dec 1943, San Leonardo, Italy. |
Infantrymen of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada searching German prisoners near the Moro River, Italy, 8 December 1943. |
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