Sniper fire : the fight for Ortona
Paul's platoon is pinned down by sniper fire in the impassable streets of Ortona. Tanks can't reach them because the streets are so filled with rubble from the land mines and grenades. The Germans have planted deadly booby traps everywhere. But Paul and his comrades must make their way forward...
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- ISBN: 9781443128612
- Physical Description 236 pages ; 18 cm.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2016.
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Target Audience Note: | Ages 9-12 |
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I Am Canada: Sniper Fire
A young Canadian soldier's account of the battle of Ortona, Italy! Seventeen-year-old Paul Baldassara lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Army. He joins the Loyal Edmonton regiment, which is tasked with taking Italy's port town of Ortona. Little does he know the horrors of the battle that lie ahead . . . Paul soon finds himself in the midst of the fierce fighting that earned Ortona the name "the Italian Stalingrad," because of the massive casualties and deaths. He and his fellow Canadian soldiers resort to tactics such as "mouse-holing" -- blasting their way through the walls of houses which German snipers have made the streets and courtyards. Will Paul prevail and help the Canadians save Ortona, no matter what the risk?