In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
IMDB:
10.0Released
1/26/1992
Duration
1h 44m
Genre
War, Documentary
Country
United States
Cast
Terence McKenna, Roman Jarymowycz, Jacques Dextraze
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.
In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
IMDB:
10.0Released
1/26/1992
Genre
War, Documentary
Cast
Terence McKenna, Roman Jarymowycz, Jacques Dextraze
Duration
1h 44m
Country
United States
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.
Cast
Narrator
Terence McKenna
interviewer
Roman Jarymowycz
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Jacques Dextraze
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Sydney Radley-Walters
Joseph Le Boutillier
Patrick Goyette
Guy Simonds
Nicholas Campbell
German Officer
Adrian Hough
Donald Pearce
Wayne Robson
Kurt Meyer
Nigel Bennett
Harry Foster
