In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
Movie
10.0 (1)
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.
Production:
CBC, ONF | NFB
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Roman Jarymowycz
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Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier

Nicholas Campbell
Guy Simonds

Adrian Hough
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Wayne Robson
Donald Pearce

Nigel Bennett
Kurt Meyer

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