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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

10.0/10

Release: 26/01/1992

Duration: 1h 44m

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

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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Director:Brian McKenna

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CBC

ONF | NFB

Cast

Jacques Dextraze

Jacques Dextraz..

Self (Fusiliers M..

Sydney Radley-Walters

Sydney Radley-W..

Self (Sherbrooke ..

Patrick Goyette

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutill..

Adrian Hough

Adrian Hough

German Officer

Wayne Robson

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Kurt Meyer

Stewart Arnott

Stewart Arnott

Harry Foster

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