In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Release Date: 1992-01-26

Runtime: 104

Languages:

Rating: 10

Votes: 1

Genres: War | Documentary

Director: Brian McKenna

Description: 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 Regimen...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.Read More

Production Companies:

CBC

ONF | NFB