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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

War Documentary

The Valour and the Horror

Release Date: 1992, January 26
Directors: Brian McKenna
Production: CBC, ONF | NFB
Cast: Stewart Arnott, Nigel Bennett, Wayne Robson, Adrian Hough, Nicholas Campbell, Patrick Goyette, Jacques Dextraze, Sydney Radley-Walters

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.

Keywords:

war normandy, france