I Want To Show You The "canadian War Cemetery" In Ortona
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery is located on high ground near the Adriatic Sea at San Donato, in the Commune of Ortona (about 5 kilometres south of the town) and the Province of Chieti. Here rests 1615 soldiers who fought in the Battle of Ortona, 20-28 December 1943, (called "Little Stalingrad").
The cemetery contains 1615 burials of which 52 are unidentified by name and by country they comprise:
Canada 1375
United Kingdom 169
Australia 4
New Zeland 42
South Africa 16
India 5
Other Allied 2
Entirely unidentified 2