ORTONA 1943: A BLOODY CHRISTMAS - TRAILER

It was the bloodiest and most mysterious battle of the Second World War in Italy. In Ortona, a small seaside town in the Abruzzo region, they literally fought street by street, house by house, even room by room.
Hitler himself ordered that Ortona be defended to the last man. While newspapers in the allied countries described the battle in epic tones and Stalin himself wanted to know what was really happening in Ortona.
And yet until this day no one has been able to fully answer a simple and logical question: why?
Why did everyone want to conquer Ortona in December 1943? What was so important about it? And why was it forgotten so quickly afterwards? What embarrassing secret does Ortona hide until this day?
During the fighting, deadly explosive traps were used and terrifying "annihilation zones" were created. The special Falschirmjager squad, the German paratroopers, the famous "green berets", faced young volunteers from far-off Canada in a battle of terrible ferocity, while thousands of civilians remained trapped.
Amazing library footage restored in high definition, never before heard eyewitness accounts, documents that have remained secret until now, German photographs recently found and shown for the first time, astonishing computer reconstructions and moving re-enactments help us to relive not only the political and military climate of the time, but take us back to the narrow alleys of the time, standing side-by-side with the soldiers. In the middle of the dust and the screaming, we relive a battle of mediaeval fury, of hand-to-hand combat, until in the end we discover the embarrassing truth that has remained hidden for over half a century. The shocking solution to the enigma of Ortona also throws a sinister light on the wars of today and the dangerous interweaving of politics, war and news.

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• war
• guerra
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• documentario
• history
• storia

[sdcinematografica]

Si, è disponibile in dvd distribuito da Medusa oppure acquistabile sul nostro sito sdcinematografica.it

[sdcinematografica]

The documentary has been produced with the help of the Historical consultant Marco Patricelli that wrote a book on this battle published by UTET.

We strongly suggest to screen the whole documentary to understand better the "mystery" behind the battle.

Roberto Dall'Angelo - producer of the documentary

[manfred898]

Fallschirmjager, the famous green berets? He means green devils, they never wore berets. I'm very interested in watching this, as I'm very interested in finding out more about the battle of ortona. Still, little mistakes like that make me wonder as to the accuracy of the information.

[sdcinematografica]

The historical research has been extremely accurate. 35mm footage has been restored in full HD. This documentary has been nominated at 2009 Banff World Television Awards in the category "History and Biography programs".

[elmntx32]

Those bagpipes give me chills and that tombstone made me tear up. Sleep on dear son They battle has been won "Until We Meet Again" My Great Uncle drove tank here. He had his fingers shot off after he was exited his immobilized tank. He got them patched up and carried on the rest of the battle. Just amazing the struggles that both sides went through. R.I.P Dave and to those fallen Canadians and Germans.

[CanadaRocker11]

are those canadian headstones still in ortona?

[The11Mat]

How can we buy it in Canada ?

[Vestolord]

Who the fuck Dislikes this?? WTF is wrong with you!! i outta beat the shit out of you ppl for Disliking this Video SOBS! our Grand Fathers fought and some died for our freedom! and freedom for others!

[EMYMAXIMUS]

C'e' una versione in italiano di questo documentario?

[russfromdodge]

@CanadaRocker11 Yes

[Litterboxer529]

My great-uncle fought at Ortona, 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment. He died a few years ago, and I only heard him talk about it once. All he told me was that it was like "Canada's Stalingrad." now I know why.

[kamokid36]

where do i find the whole video?

[LongliveSnak2e]

@manfred898 They did. Like the Panzers for a time wore pink piping on their berets, the German paras wore Green. After a few years, berets were informally discontinued.