In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

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1992 · 104 min · War · Documentary · TMDB 10.0/10

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.

Directed by Brian McKenna

Cast

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