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.
as Narrator
as interviewer
as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
as Joseph Le Boutillier
as Guy Simonds
as German Officer
as Donald Pearce
as Kurt Meyer
as Harry Foster
