"Canadian victory" . "Germany" . . "Battle of Ortona"@en . "964 woundedref|Mainly Canadian. Includes losses to the Loyal Edmonton Regiment of 172 casualties, of which 63 killed; the Seaforth Highlanders 103, of which 41 killed. Sources are often confused between figures for the eight days of fighting at Ortona and those for the whole of the December campaign. Zuehlke gives Canadian losses for this period of 1375 dead and 964 wounded while the Canadiansoldiers.com website says casualties for Canadian 1st Infantry Division in December (including 1st Brigade's crossing of the Moro, 2nd Brigade's fighting in the town and 3rd Brigade's attempted outflanking attack) totaled 4,206 including 695 killed.|group=nb" . "1943-12-28Z"^^ . . "The Battle of Ortona (20\u201328 December 1943) was a small, yet extremely fierce battle fought between a battalion of German Fallschirmj\u00E4ger (paratroops) from the German 1st Parachute Division under Generalleutnant Richard Heidrich, and assaulting Canadian forces from the Canadian 1st Infantry Division under Major General Chris Vokes. It was the culmination of the fighting on the Adriatic front in Italy during \"Bloody December\"."@en . "2 battalions" . . "1,375 killed" . "Canada" . . . .