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 as Narrator
Roman Jarymowycz as interviewer
Jacques Dextraze as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Sydney Radley-Walters as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Patrick Goyette as Joseph Le Boutillier
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