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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

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1992-01-26 • 1h 44m

WarDocumentary

The Valour and the Horror

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.

Directors
Brian McKenna
Writters
Roman Jarymowycz, Brian McKenna, Terence McKenna
Editors
Alfonso Peccia

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  1. Terence McKenna

    Terence McKenna

    Narrator

  2. Roman Jarymowycz

    Roman Jarymowycz

    interviewer

  3. Jacques Dextraze

    Jacques Dextraze

    Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

  4. Sydney Radley-Walters

    Sydney Radley-Walters

    Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

  5. Patrick Goyette

    Patrick Goyette

    Joseph Le Boutillier

  6. Nicholas Campbell

    Nicholas Campbell

    Guy Simonds

  7. Adrian Hough

    Adrian Hough

    German Officer

  8. Wayne Robson

    Wayne Robson

    Donald Pearce

  9. Nigel Bennett

    Nigel Bennett

    Kurt Meyer

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
normandy, francewar