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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944( 1992)

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The Valour and the Horror

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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.

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      Terence McKenna

      Narrator

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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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      Nicholas Campbell

      Guy Simonds

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      Adrian Hough

      German Officer

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      Wayne Robson

      Donald Pearce

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      Nigel Bennett

      Kurt Meyer

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      Stewart Arnott

      Harry Foster

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • normandy, france
    • war