
In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
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.
Top Cast
Terence McKenna
Terence McKenna
Narrator
Terence McKenna
Narrator
Roman Jarymowycz
Roman Jarymowycz
interviewer
Roman Jarymowycz
interviewer
Jacques Dextraze
Jacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Jacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Sydney Radley-Walters
Sydney Radley-Walters
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Sydney Radley-Walters
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)


Patrick Goyette
Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier
Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier


Nicholas Campbell
Nicholas Campbell
Guy Simonds
Nicholas Campbell
Guy Simonds


Adrian Hough
Adrian Hough
German Officer
Adrian Hough
German Officer


Wayne Robson
Wayne Robson
Donald Pearce
Wayne Robson
Donald Pearce


Nigel Bennett
Nigel Bennett
Kurt Meyer
Nigel Bennett
Kurt Meyer


Stewart Arnott
Stewart Arnott
Harry Foster
Stewart Arnott
Harry Foster
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