In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
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Joseph Le Boutillier
Guy Simonds
German Officer
Donald Pearce
Kurt Meyer
Harry Foster
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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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1992-01-26
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The Valour and the Horror
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