In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

1992-01-26104m14+

A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.

Cast:Terence McKenna, Roman Jarymowycz, Jacques Dextraze, Sydney Radley-Walters, Patrick Goyette, Nicholas Campbell,

Genre:War, Documentary,

country:none

Production:CBC, ONF | NFB,

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