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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

100.00% | January 26, 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.

Featured Crew

Brian McKenna
Director
Brian McKenna
Writer
Roman Jarymowycz
Writer
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Cast

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

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