Italy 1943–1945
Casa Berardi, Contrada Alboreto (Ortona)
Battle site (private)
The story
The farmhouse where Captain Paul Triquet of the Royal 22e Régiment earned the Victoria Cross on 14 December 1943, holding on with a handful of men against German counter-attacks. It is a private house, now with holiday apartments, and a memorial recalls the Van Doos' fight.
What to look for
From the road, look at the house and the open fields between it and the Gully to the south-east.
Plan your visit
Private property · view from the road unless the owners invite you in
Nearby sites
- Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, San Donato · 3 km
- Santa Maria di Costantinopoli, Ortona · 4 km
- Ortona old town and MUBA battle museum · 4 km
- Sangro River War Cemetery, Torino di Sangro · 17 km
- French Military Cemetery, Venafro · 96 km
- German War Cemetery, Caira · 99 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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