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.

• DirectorBrian McKenna
• Release26 January 1992
• Genre
  War / Documentary
• Duration1h 44m
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  10.0
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• Productions

  CBC, ONF | NFB