
Battle of Ortona
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The Battle of Villa Regati
No one was expecting ortonas to be a particularly difficult fight. They just got across the river Sanguo, which is 10 miles to the south. But because they're Panzer Grenadier, that means they have armor here. Raw tanks and self-propelled guns, Nebelwafers,. artillery, infantry with machine guns and so on. And actually the soil here is quite soft. So quite easy to dig in.
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