In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Name: In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
Rating: 10.0

The Valour and the Horror

Not Rated War Documentary

Starring: Terence McKenna, Roman Jarymowycz, Jacques Dextraze, Sydney Radley-Walters, Patrick Goyette

Writer: Brian McKenna, Roman Jarymowycz, Terence McKenna

Release Date:
January 26, 1992

Ratings:
10.0 / 10

Director:
Brian McKenna

Companies:
CBC

Overview

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.

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