In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

100% | Jan 26, 1992 | War, Documentary

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.

Featured Cast

Alfonso Peccia
Editor
Adam Symansky
Producer

Cast

interviewer
Roman Jarymowycz
interviewer
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Jacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Sydney Radley-Walters
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Joseph Le Boutillier
Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier

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