In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

First aired on Jan 26, 1992

Runtime: 104mins

100%

Genres: War, Documentary

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.