In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 poster

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

1992 • 1h44m War, Documentary

Rating

10.0/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Brian McKenna

Screenplay

Roman Jarymowycz

Terence McKenna

Brian McKenna

Cast

Terence McKenna

Roman Jarymowycz

Jacques Dextraze

Release date

1/26/1992

Status

Released

Origin country

CA

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1