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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

# The Valour and the Horror
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
📆 Date Released: 1992-01-26
⌚ Running Time: 104 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 10.0

Beloved Cast

Terence McKenna original image
Narrator
Terence McKenna
Roman Jarymowycz original image
interviewer
Roman Jarymowycz
Jacques Dextraze original image
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Jacques Dextraze
Sydney Radley-Walters original image
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Sydney Radley-Walters
Patrick Goyette original image
Joseph Le Boutillier
Patrick Goyette
Nicholas Campbell original image
Guy Simonds
Nicholas Campbell
Adrian Hough original image
German Officer
Adrian Hough
Wayne Robson original image
Donald Pearce
Wayne Robson
Nigel Bennett original image
Kurt Meyer
Nigel Bennett
Stewart Arnott original image
Harry Foster
Stewart Arnott

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