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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
19921 h 43 min 30 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Brian McKenna
Production: Arnie GelbartAndré LamyAdam SymanskyDarce FardyRoman Jarymowycz
Script: Brian McKennaTerence McKennaRoman Jarymowycz
Co-produced by Galafilm Inc., the CBC and the National Film Board of Canada in association with la Société Radio-Canada and with the financial assistance of Telefilm Canada.
On June 6, 1944, a combined force of American, British and Canadian troops landed on the beaches of Normandy. The Allied invasion of occupied France was a turning point in the war against Hitler's Germany. From a tactical view, Canada's role was limited; strategically, it was pivotal. Canada's infantry and armored regiments were thrown against Germany's elite troops and tank divisions. The price they paid was enormous.
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - 1920-1945 > Allies and Allied ForcesCanadian Military ForcesCanadian War EffortWorld War IIWorld War II Military Operations
- Foreign Countries > FranceWorld War II Military Operations
- War, Conflict and Peace > Memoirs and MemorialsWar VictimsWorld War II
- History and Citizenship Education > Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)
- History > World War II
Credits
- director
- Brian McKenna
- producer
- Arnie Gelbart
- André Lamy
- Adam Symansky
- Darce Fardy
- associate producer
- Roman Jarymowycz
- script
- Brian McKenna
- Terence McKenna
- Roman Jarymowycz
- cinematography
- Neville Ottey
- sound
- Ian Challis
- line production
- Mary Armstrong
- Camelia Freiberg
- editing
- Alfonso Peccia
- sound editing
- Les Halman
- Don Ayer
- re-recording
- Adrian Croll
- narrator
- Terence McKenna
- cast
- Simon Bradbury
- Gerry Quigley
- Julian Richings
- Stephen Russell
- Colin O'Meara
- Stewart Arnott
- Neil Munro
- Nigel Bennett
- Wayne Robson
- Adrian Hough