"The Valour and the Horror" In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (Fernsehepisode 1992)
director:
Brian McKenna
playwright:
Brian McKenna
/
Roman Jarymowycz
/
Terence McKenna
actor:
Terence McKenna
/
Roman Jarymowycz
/
Jacques Dextraze
/
Sydney Radley-Walters
/
Patrick Goyette
…
genre:
War
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Documentary
region:
Canada
length: 1h 44m
release date: 1992-01-26
IMDb: tt0173923
Overview
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.