World War II: After eight days of brutal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_warfare" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Urban warfare">house-to-house fighting</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ortona" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Ortona">Battle of Ortona</a> concludes with the victory of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Canadian_Infantry_Division" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1st Canadian Infantry Division">1st Canadian Infantry Division</a> over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Parachute_Division_(Germany)" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1st Parachute Division (Germany)">German 1st Parachute Division</a> and the capture of the Italian town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortona" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ortona">Ortona</a>.