Stalingrad Of The Adriatic: The Bloody Gully (Part 3)
Summary
Host James Holland and guest Farley Mowat detail the brutal fighting at the Gully near Ortona, where Canadian and German forces clash in a deadly meat grinder. The episode covers Mowat’s moment of panic and subsequent recovery, the death of German soldier Müller, and the strategic failures of German commanders under Hitler’s micromanagement. It also highlights the New Zealanders’ costly assault on Ortona and the broader stalemate as Allied divisions struggle to break through entrenched defenses.
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