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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

1992

10

Categories:

  • War
  • Documentary

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.

Brian McKenna

Director, Writer

Arnie Gelbart

Producer

Adam Symansky

Producer

Roman Jarymowycz

Writer, Producer's Assistant

Terence McKenna

Writer

Cast:

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  • Terence McKenna

    Terence McKenna

    Narrator
  • Roman Jarymowycz

    Roman Jarymowycz

    interviewer
  • Jacques Dextraze

    Jacques Dextraze

    Self (Fusiliers Mont-R...
  • Sydney Radley-Walters

    Sydney Radley-Walters

    Self (Sherbrooke Regim...
  • Patrick Goyette

    Patrick Goyette

    Joseph Le Boutillier
  • Nicholas Campbell

    Nicholas Campbell

    Guy Simonds