In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
10.0/10
Release: 26/01/1992
Duration: 1h 44m

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