Canadian Battlefields in Italy: Ortona and the Liri Valley

Eric McGeer holds a PhD from the Université de Montréal and teaches at St. Clement's School in Toronto. He is the author of Words of Valediction and Remembrance: Canadian Epitaphs of the Second World War and several books on warfare and law in ancient Byzantium. Matt Symes has worked and taught extensively on the history of war and memory and is co-author of five battlefield guidebooks, including Canadian Battlefields 1915-1918: A Visitor's Guide. Symes was co-editor (with Geoffrey Hayes and Mike Bechthold) of Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp.

• The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: Ortona and the Liri Valley by Eric McGeer and Matt SymesOrtonaIntroductionThe Canadian Battlefield SeriesOrtonaBackgroundHistoryThe assaults across the Moro and the capture of San LeonardoThe capture of Cider CrossroadsThe fight for the townOperations west of Ortona and the advance of Torre MucchiaThe TourTour 1—The assaults across the Moro and the capture of San LeonardoTour 2—The capture of Cider CrossroadsTour 3—The fight for the townTour 4—Operations west of Ortona and the advance of Torre MucchiaThe Liri ValleyIntroductionThe Liri ValleyHistoryOperations of the First Special Service ForceOperation ""Diadem"" and the breaking of the Gustav LineThe approach to the Hitler Line and Operation ""Chesterfield""The Melfa Crossing and the road to RomeThe TourTour 1—Operations of the First Special Service ForceTour 2—Operation ""Diadem"" and the breaking of the Gustav LineTour 3—The approach to the Hitler Line and Operation ""Chesterfield""Tour 4—The Melfa Crossing and the road to RomeAdditional InformationTravel InformationHotels and RestaurantsSuggestions for further readingCanadian Order of Battle