In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

The Valour and the Horror

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.

Genre: War , Documentary ,

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Production Companies: CBC, ONF | NFB,

Type: movie

Duration: 1h 44m

Quality: HD

Release: 1992-01-26

Rating: 10