Desperate Times. Desperate Men. Desperate Measures.

"…it's beyond all our expectations." - THE DAILY MAIL

"(Smith) recreates one of the most memorable major battle sequences ever filmed." - TORONTO STAR

As Allied forces, political leaders and the public press for a bold military offensive against Germans, Allied Combined Operations secretly plot the largest, amphibious, full-frontal invasion of the war. The chosen target: France - on the stony beaches of Dieppe.

While Allied troops prepare for action, high level strategies in military backrooms and political agendas begin to erode the attack plan. Only one leader, Major-General Hamilton Roberts, clearly sees the futility of the plan and the bloodbath that awaits. With ready troops, his protests ignored, he is ordered to attack.

On August 19, 1942, as dawn breaks over the beaches of Dieppe, the massacre begins.

Based on the true story of one of World War II's most destructive battles, this powerful production chronicles the lives, loves, courage and spirit of those who sacrificed everything to ensure the success of the D-Day invasion.

(2 DVD) approx. 208 mins.