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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

100% | Jan 26, 1992 | War, Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Roman Jarymowycz
Writer
Roman Jarymowycz
Producer's Assistant

Cast

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Roman Jarymowycz
interviewer
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Jacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
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Sydney Radley-Walters
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
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Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier

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