
Ortona
Canada's Epic World War II Battle
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Narrado por:
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William Dufris
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De:
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Mark Zuehlke
In one furious week of fighting in December 1943, the First Canadian Infantry Division took Ortona, Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold the medieval port at all costs. When the battle was over, the Canadians emerged victorious despite heavy losses. Over 2,500 Canadians died or were wounded there. Military historian Mark Zuehlke blends reminiscences of the Canadians, Germans, and Italians who were there together with a blow-by-blow account of the fighting to create a harrowing, ultimately hopeful rendering of one of World War II's defining moments.
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A nine-time finalist for the prestigious Audie Awards for audiobook performance, performer William Dufris brings his authoritative but gentle tone to a harrowing account of hand-to-hand warfare during a decisive World War II Battle.
Ortona is the story of Canada’s heartbreaking but ultimately heroic contribution to the Allied war effort in the port town of Ortona, Italy, over one week in December 1943. Master Canadian military historian and novelist Mark Zuehlke has assembled his chronicle from a wealth of sources, including interviews with soldiers from all sides of the conflict. For its studious evocations of the battle itself to the lovingly rendered details of the men involved, Ortona is sure to be of interest to any student of the "peak experience" that is warfare.
Ortona
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What is notable is that a non-Canadian narrator was selected. names of institutions and places are badly mispronounced, and he continuously pronounces 'lieutenant' in the American way, rather than that of the Commonwealth (pronounced: Lef-tenant)". As other comments mentioned, he also struggles at times with common English words.
These mistakes take away from the story, and make it feel less of a Canadian Epic, and more of an American teacher trying to give you a history lesson.
Great piece of literature, but maybe next time have a Canadian read a Canadian book by a Canadian author about a Canadian battle.
Amazing story, poor choice in narrator
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Very somber story
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Powerful book
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A must read
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Great Canadian History.
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While the performer did mispronounce some Canadian terms and institutions, his tempo and pace kept you on the edge of the story as it progressed.
I would recommend this book to all people who want to understand what it was truly like in the Second World War. It was not the glamor that we see in the old movies.
Thank you for producing this.
My Grandfather's Battle
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What was one of the most memorable moments of Ortona?
Christmas Dinner with the Seaforth Highlanders, the Fallschirmjager defense of the city, "mouseholing" technique developed by Canadians in order to advance through the city.What didn’t you like about William Dufris’s performance?
He is very distracting, almost as if his voice were constrained and reading were difficult to do. He seems unable to speak many common words, such as "the." He sounds clipped and awkward, and some sentences are almost unintelligible. I will never listen to a story narrated by this man again.Did Ortona inspire you to do anything?
I am a WWII reenactor, and am now more enthusiastic in efforts to portray at a reenactment the Canadian infantryman.Exciting story of WWII but terrible reader
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