In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
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War, Documentary
•- Runtime
- 104 mins
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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.
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
- Adrian Hough
- Wayne Robson
- Nigel Bennett
- Stewart Arnott
Director
- Brian McKenna
Producers
- Adam Symansky
- Arnie Gelbart