(In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Genres:

War,

Documentary

Runtime:

104 minutes

Year:

1992

Directors:

Brian McKenna

Production companies:

CBC,

ONF | NFB

Actors:

Narrator

interviewer

Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Joseph Le Boutillier

Crews:

Editor

Producer

Producer's Assistant

Writer

Writer