My Wartime Italian Roots and My Canadian Dream

During the second war, the town of Pettorano sul Gizio was very
close to the action because of it's proximity to the Gustav Line, a
defensive position estabilished by the Germans to slow down the
advancing Allied forces. Pettorano's geographic coordinates and it's
major transportation corridors, motivated the Germans army to set
up a post in this locale. As the results of location and the German
army presence, the town is rich in war history, including the evacuation
of 4,000 souls when a m...