In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Plot Summary

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 Narrator

Roman Jarymowycz interviewer

Jacques Dextraze Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Sydney Radley-Walters Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Patrick Goyette Joseph Le Boutillier