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Let me put this another way.
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If I am not given complete and
unfettered command of this situation...
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...you can,
if I may put it politely, sir...
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...take this job and put it where you
choose because I'll damn well quit.
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My other generals say it's unwise.
Too much responsibility for one man.
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Then find other generals.
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Even your own other generals
say the same thing.
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Then I'll also find new ones.
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I know who we're talking about here,
prime minister.
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Your Air Marshal Harris
and my General Jimmy Spaatz.
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The RAF and the U.S. 8th Air Force
want to fight their own war.
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Win it with strategic bombing.
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- They think...
- I know what they think, general.
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And it is very seductive.
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Continue the saturation bombing
of the Continent...
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...until the enemy's lost
his will to fight.
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Leave him defeated and dispirited...
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...before your invasion force
even sets foot ashore.
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If there's a shore to set foot on.
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That kind of bombing would turn
Paris into a soccer field...
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...Holland into a swimming pool.
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You were an infantry officer,
prime minister.
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We both know wars
can only be won on the ground.
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America did not send a million
of its finest men to stand by...
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...while faceless aircraft destroy the
Europe they're willing to die to save.
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And I don't believe you rallied
the British people to fight on, alone...
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...all these long years
to bear so much...
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...only to see the great cities
of Europe become heaps of rubble.
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We have to do more than liberate
Europe. We have to save it.
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We're soldiers, you and I.
There can only be one commander.
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One conductor of this orchestra.
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One supreme commander...
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...in the air, on the ground, at sea.
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Or face interservice bickering,
clashing egos...
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...conflicting operational deployments.
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One invasion, one commander.
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A sampling of this morning's
editorial contribution:
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"As the Allies prepare for
our greatest challenge of the war...
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...our leaders must not lose sight...
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...of the true measure
of military leadership.
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The victories
of General Montgomery...
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...at El Alamein, Sicily and
every campaign he has undertaken...
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...deserve prime consideration.
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His hand is never far from such
forward momentum...
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...as we have enjoyed in this war.
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No other general
can make that claim."
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I could go on, but they're all
much of a muchness.
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I don't deny Monty's achievements
as a field commander.
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Whilst you can make no such claim.
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Come, come, general. Don't take
offense. We're too close for that.
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Monty's not the man for this. We both
know it. Far too in love with his image.
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There's no shortage of men who would
like the title "supreme commander."
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Or even a part of it. And I...
We must identify each man...
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...and decide whether or not he is fit.
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Harris?
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- Far too oblivious to destruction.
- Certainly not Spaatz.
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Too flamboyant. Marshall?
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You know F.D.R.
Won't let him leave Washington.
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And Mountbatten
is commanding in the Pacific.
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Then who?
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Your own Mr. Roosevelt has his
doubts about a supreme commander.
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I leave him to you, sir.
You'll be able to set him straight.
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No human in history has ever held
the power for which you now ask.
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Not Caesar, not Alexander, no man.
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Ever.
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But this is Eisenhower
you're considering.
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Is this relatively untried American
the right man for the job?
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- Very popular with the men.
- Irrelevant.
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Disciplined soldiers
fight at their leader's command...
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...whoever that might be.
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My victories that brought
us back North Africa...
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...weren't won because I was popular
with the ordinary ranks.
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No, I dare say. Brandy?
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- No, thank you.
- Oh, I forgot your strict scruples.
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General, let it not come
as a surprise to you.
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The decision is as good as made.
There will be no turning back.
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Eisenhower is to be
supreme commander.
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That is the consensus of the Allies.
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I see. Politics first, is it?
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Yes?
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Yes, chief whip?
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Time to prepare for the afternoon
question period, prime minister.
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One last thought, prime minister.
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There's more than one way
to skin this cat.
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If things remain as they are...
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...let Eisenhower be
the de facto figurehead.
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Just don't formalize it.
Leave some room for the rest of us.
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Oh, I'm sure you'll find some way
to maneuver, general.
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You know my admiration
for your soldiering skills.
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There are two kinds
of problem drinkers, chief whip.
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Those who drink too much
and those who drink too little.
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I believe it's a religious thing with
the general. Strict Methodist, I think.
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Oh, might be an asset.
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Way the odds
are on this thing...
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...we could use somebody
on close terms with God.
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Giving Monty a private audience?
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You could call it that.
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Man's a pain in the ass.
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Kind of megalomaniac who's got his
own ideas how to win this war.
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He'll never accept you.
I admire Churchill much as any man...
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...but not even he could sell that
without some sticking in the craw.
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Churchill's not there to sell.
His job is making decisions.
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Mine is to make them work.
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Yeah, well, you're tough enough
to make it happen.
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Even with the generals
and admirals he offended.
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I'm glad you feel that way
because if we foul up...
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...we'll end up sharing
a supply desk in Washington.
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You'd lose your operational rank.
They'd take away three stars.
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- Remember '38 in the summer?
- Yeah.
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Careers had stalled.
We figured we'd be passed over...
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...and mustered out within a year.
- As colonels.
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- Yes, as colonels.
- So we'd still be ahead of the game.
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Now, tell me about the tanks
in the sand.
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Those beaches aren't really sand.
They're pebble and rock.
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Your 3:00 meeting is here.
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Your unfriendly friendly.
I'll slip out the back.
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Tut-tut.
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Needlessly timid, if you ask me.
And I trust you are asking me.
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Of course. That's why we're here. For
a frank discussion, just you and me.
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Good. Then I will be frank.
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Like all battles,
this one will be won on the ground.
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But not necessarily by infantry men,
one foot at a time.
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Armor can slash through first,
leaving infantry to consolidate gains...
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...but that requires
a flexible master plan.
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We might find a sudden lunge across
the low countries, a dagger aimed...
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...at the heart of Berlin
could end the war by Christmas.
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The concept for a broad landing
at Normandy has been approved.
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Given the political sensibilities
involved...
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...there's no going back on that.
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You're the supreme commander.
The politics are your concern.
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My interest is
the most effective strategy...
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...and tactical moves
to support it.
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A massive invasion will be tipped to
Jerry's intelligence, we know that.
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He'll be ready to defend across
a broad front.
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A slashing blow will be harder for him
to concentrate his troops against...
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...with any depth.
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Unless the German knows where
the slashing blow is coming.
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Then, as you put it,
with his intelligence alerted...
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You're being inflexible.
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I'm adhering to a master plan.
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Once we have established beachhead,
we can reexamine our options.
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I see.
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And as commander of all land forces,
I'll have my say in that reexamination?
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Absolutely.
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Now, let me outline
my expectations...
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...for your ground forces
once ashore.
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Here, the ground slopes easily.
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Sir, it wouldn't take
more than 15 minutes.
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Fifteen minutes better spent
on real work, captain.
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With respect, sir,
public relations is real work.
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I know you don't
have time for the press...
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...but folks back home need
to know you.
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Human face of the leader, sir.
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Mr. Roosevelt is their leader,
and mine.
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- Yeah, but...
- Interview division commanders.
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Try some platoon sergeants.
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What about my chief of staff,
General Smith?
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What do you say, Beetle? Want
to show the world your human face?
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Sorry, sir. I wasn't issued one.
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This isn't MacArthur's HQ, where he
has to be at the center of everything.
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We're a team here.
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So go get some publicity
for the running backs. That is all.
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Yes, sir.
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- He's arrived.
- I saw. I could hardly miss it.
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Beetle, he's brilliant,
but sometimes he acts like a child.
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Are you thinking
of sending him home?
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Let's have him.
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He'll see you now.
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- You gonna keep the helmet on?
- Damn right.
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I think you know why you're here.
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More or less.
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Some prep-head politician stateside
got pissed at the truth.
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That's neither more nor less, George.
It's damned ignorant.
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"Anglo-Saxons to rule the postwar
world." What the hell is that?
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The straight skinny.
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When this is over,
it will be us and the Brits...
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...have to put
the world back together.
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That's gonna come
as a surprise to Stalin...
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...who's losing millions
on the eastern front.
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Yeah, communism's for the next war.
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Goddamn it, George. Shut up.
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The Czechs are also in this war.
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And the Dutch and the Danes
and God knows who else.
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And above all...
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...it's racialism.
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It's the very thing we're fighting.
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I can't have my generals
spouting idiocy Hitler would applaud.
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Anglo-Saxon superiority? That's
exactly the kind of pigheaded crap...
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...that will make Stalin think
we are the next enemy.
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Sometimes I think you don't have
the vaguest idea why we're fighting.
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- That's not fair, Ike.
- It is if it's true.
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I'm not sending a bunch of fresh
young kids from Iowa and California...
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...and New York and Nebraska to die
on French beaches for the freedom...
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...of people they know nothing about
so we can establish a new racial order.
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I'm asking them to die
to prevent precisely that.
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And they're ready to do it.
And that's why they're heroes.
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And why slapping a shell-shocked
soldier as a malingerer is never...
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...never permissible!
Do you understand me, sir?
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You should know
that despite the fact...
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...that he doubts
your worthiness to command...
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...that General Marshall has left it
to me to decide how to handle this.
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So I ask you again.
Do you understand?
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Sir, yes, sir.
I understand completely.
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I do, Ike. I swear I do.
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What I don't get, I'll study.
I promise.
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I swear, I promise. Just please...
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...don't send me home.
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Please, Ike.
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I couldn't bear to be in Washington
when the show starts.
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Don't do that to me. I beg you.
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Soldier to soldier, that I'll keep
my mouth shut. I promise you.
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Soldier to soldier.
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Soldier to soldier.
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I wish it were that simple.
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You were my mentor.
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My senior officer,
who told me once a long time ago...
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...that one day
I'd be giving him orders.
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Well, that day's come, George.
And that's the truth.
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Soldier to soldier.
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Last time, Georgie.
221
00:16:30,324 --> 00:16:32,815
Last time.
222
00:16:33,193 --> 00:16:35,423
Thank you.
223
00:16:54,081 --> 00:16:56,413
Sir, may I return
to my headquarters now?
224
00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:15,532
Gentlemen.
225
00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:30,206
Played him like a violin.
Ate out of my hand, he did. Drive on.
226
00:17:35,389 --> 00:17:38,381
- How'd it go?
- I'm keeping him on.
227
00:17:39,993 --> 00:17:42,928
Probably thinks
he put one over on me.
228
00:17:43,097 --> 00:17:44,997
Hell, maybe he did.
229
00:17:45,966 --> 00:17:49,697
Let's keep him in Maidenhead,
commanding his fictitious army.
230
00:17:49,870 --> 00:17:52,270
Now Rommel thinks he's my ace.
231
00:17:52,439 --> 00:17:56,500
Besides, once we get ashore,
I'll need him...
232
00:17:57,177 --> 00:17:59,304
...to command real tanks.
233
00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,877
Traff, what you got?
234
00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,873
Early estimates of airborne losses.
235
00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:09,317
Assume perfect weather,
and we go with a full or half-moon.
236
00:18:09,490 --> 00:18:13,950
No crosswind at the drop zone,
losses could be low as 8 percent.
237
00:18:14,695 --> 00:18:20,292
But should any of the elements turn
against us, casualties will spiral.
238
00:18:20,467 --> 00:18:23,834
They might hit a quarter or more.
239
00:18:24,338 --> 00:18:25,805
One in four.
240
00:18:26,773 --> 00:18:28,866
What's the split between
wounded and dead?
241
00:18:29,810 --> 00:18:33,576
Oh, with paratroopers, one might
as well assume they're all dead.
242
00:18:34,014 --> 00:18:35,845
A wounded jumper is a cripple.
243
00:18:37,217 --> 00:18:39,481
And we all know this enemy.
244
00:19:54,962 --> 00:19:56,896
I'm ahead of you.
245
00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:00,928
What the hell time is it?
246
00:20:01,401 --> 00:20:03,096
It's 0520.
247
00:20:05,606 --> 00:20:07,506
But you want to be woken for this.
248
00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:10,572
In from Southwest Command,
just decoded.
249
00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:21,349
All chiefs of staff
in the map room, 20 minutes.
250
00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:24,350
No doubt in your mind about this?
251
00:20:24,524 --> 00:20:25,786
Afraid not.
252
00:20:25,959 --> 00:20:30,726
The craft's scars could only be made
by Krupp Essen U-210 torpedoes.
253
00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:33,263
Then the German
is right off the coast.
254
00:20:34,034 --> 00:20:36,059
What about damage?
Too much for a loner.
255
00:20:36,236 --> 00:20:39,000
Absolutely. This was a full pack.
256
00:20:39,172 --> 00:20:42,073
In daylight, C-search patrols
can spot E-boats...
257
00:20:42,242 --> 00:20:45,336
...as soon as they come
close enough to fire torpedoes.
258
00:20:45,512 --> 00:20:47,446
But at night, under radar...
259
00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:51,880
Then what in damnation were men
doing out there after nightfall?
260
00:20:52,052 --> 00:20:54,714
Landing-craft drivers
were having a difficult time...
261
00:20:54,888 --> 00:20:56,913
...managing these new
duplex-drive craft.
262
00:20:57,090 --> 00:20:59,422
They're fragile in anything
but good weather.
263
00:20:59,593 --> 00:21:02,528
Division commander felt
they needed more experience.
264
00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:07,395
Then the man is a damned fool and
should be relieved of his command.
265
00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:10,001
You won't find any
of my divisional commanders...
266
00:21:10,170 --> 00:21:12,536
...playing silly buggers
with Jerry concealed.
267
00:21:12,706 --> 00:21:14,571
How many landing craft lost?
268
00:21:14,741 --> 00:21:19,610
First estimates are at 11, possibly 12.
But we've only seen two or three hulls.
269
00:21:19,780 --> 00:21:21,475
Any intercepted Jerry signals?
270
00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:25,175
E-boat captains radioed Berlin,
claiming two dozen.
271
00:21:25,619 --> 00:21:27,883
We went on the air
with a decodable signal...
272
00:21:28,055 --> 00:21:30,182
...to Patton's fictitious army...
273
00:21:30,357 --> 00:21:32,518
...saying it lost five landing craft.
274
00:21:32,693 --> 00:21:34,627
First reports back
from Signal Corps...
275
00:21:34,795 --> 00:21:36,922
...indicate Jerry bought
the whole program.
276
00:21:37,097 --> 00:21:39,895
I'd be surprised if Jerry's
really buying the idea...
277
00:21:40,067 --> 00:21:42,729
...that the bulk of our forces
are in the east.
278
00:21:42,903 --> 00:21:45,235
I wouldn't. Not with activity
in the southwest.
279
00:21:45,806 --> 00:21:47,034
I take your point.
280
00:21:47,974 --> 00:21:52,604
But we have fake tanks,
trucks and landing craft...
281
00:21:52,779 --> 00:21:54,872
...deployed throughout
that entire region.
282
00:21:55,048 --> 00:21:58,677
And our psychological
warfare squads in Norwich...
283
00:21:58,852 --> 00:22:02,253
...generate more radio traffic
than our entire force doubled.
284
00:22:02,522 --> 00:22:05,491
They use a new magnetic wire
that records Morse messages...
285
00:22:05,659 --> 00:22:08,457
...and repeats it night and day.
From what we monitor...
286
00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:12,120
...the Germans have moved
a full signal battalion to Dieppe...
287
00:22:12,299 --> 00:22:13,926
...in order to sort it out.
288
00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:16,696
We have Patton's HQ
in Maidenhead.
289
00:22:16,870 --> 00:22:21,273
The enemy is certain he will be field
commander of any Allied invasion.
290
00:22:21,808 --> 00:22:24,834
- They can't imagine anyone else.
- Well, hell.
291
00:22:25,011 --> 00:22:29,471
If Hitler had half his wits about him,
he'd be on Monty's tail night and day.
292
00:22:32,652 --> 00:22:37,146
And there is no sign that the
3rd Air Fleet, the 16th Army...
293
00:22:37,324 --> 00:22:40,782
...or any of 16 panzer divisions
southward.
294
00:22:41,395 --> 00:22:42,623
I think we fooled them.
295
00:22:43,096 --> 00:22:46,429
He believes Patton's
fictitious army is real.
296
00:22:46,933 --> 00:22:49,128
He's not really watching Normandy.
297
00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:53,606
- For now, at least.
- Precisely, for now.
298
00:22:53,774 --> 00:22:57,301
Rommel's no fool. Sooner or later,
he'll figure out there's a limit...
299
00:22:57,477 --> 00:23:00,002
...to the size of our force,
send flights...
300
00:23:00,180 --> 00:23:02,341
...to inspect Patton's army
and discover...
301
00:23:02,516 --> 00:23:05,815
...that all his tanks and trucks
are nothing but papier-mâché.
302
00:23:05,986 --> 00:23:07,920
Tell me about these men we lost.
303
00:23:08,088 --> 00:23:12,582
And what is this duplex-drive problem
on the damn landing craft?
304
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,856
The DDs? Well, the men
call them Donald Ducks...
305
00:23:16,029 --> 00:23:18,589
...because they're not
that easy to understand.
306
00:23:18,765 --> 00:23:21,529
It takes practice to reach
the skill level necessary...
307
00:23:21,701 --> 00:23:23,794
...to master the two output levels.
308
00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:27,701
One for the high seas and the other
for soft landings on a beach.
309
00:23:27,874 --> 00:23:30,138
We were short
of the bloody things before.
310
00:23:30,577 --> 00:23:34,035
That's an entire battalion's
passage gone.
311
00:23:34,214 --> 00:23:36,705
Could be a month before we
get replacement craft.
312
00:23:36,883 --> 00:23:40,410
It's only 19 days to the half-moon
and the right high tide.
313
00:23:40,587 --> 00:23:43,988
Look, if we can trick Rommel
for 19 days through to mid-May...
314
00:23:44,157 --> 00:23:47,149
...surely we can push him
to the next useful moon and tide.
315
00:23:47,828 --> 00:23:49,955
That would be June 5th, sir.
316
00:23:51,131 --> 00:23:55,864
All this dithering around is bloody
annoying, General Eisenhower.
317
00:23:56,036 --> 00:23:59,972
My men are ready to go.
I say the sooner the better.
318
00:24:00,140 --> 00:24:04,839
Leaving it to June is a tremendous
risk. What if there's a storm?
319
00:24:05,011 --> 00:24:09,948
Then we've lost June. We have to put
it off to July. Six weeks to September.
320
00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:12,607
It's not enough to land the army.
321
00:24:12,786 --> 00:24:14,879
We have to get tanks ashore,
get inland...
322
00:24:15,055 --> 00:24:17,683
...before the worst of
autumn weather slows us down.
323
00:24:17,858 --> 00:24:20,053
What can you give me in June,
Stagg?
324
00:24:21,328 --> 00:24:23,888
Expecting a fine
English summer, sir.
325
00:24:24,064 --> 00:24:26,726
I mean, meteorology's a fair bit
of witchcraft...
326
00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:29,664
...but all indications
are for one of our better Junes.
327
00:24:29,836 --> 00:24:32,168
Three extra weeks means
at least 100 more LSTs.
328
00:24:32,706 --> 00:24:35,766
Give us more time to pulverize
the rail lines out of Germany.
329
00:24:35,942 --> 00:24:38,570
- And railheads in France.
- The men are impatient.
330
00:24:39,012 --> 00:24:41,105
- Dulls their itch.
- And sooner or later...
331
00:24:41,281 --> 00:24:44,944
...we won't be able to hide the size
of our force in the southwest.
332
00:24:45,519 --> 00:24:49,114
May 19th or June 5th?
333
00:24:50,690 --> 00:24:53,056
Or the fail-safe last chance in July?
334
00:24:53,226 --> 00:24:55,490
Mid-July.
335
00:24:56,096 --> 00:24:58,860
Leaving maybe eight weeks,
if there's an early frost...
336
00:24:59,032 --> 00:25:01,626
...to establish a beachhead
for half a million men.
337
00:25:01,801 --> 00:25:03,393
How doable is that?
338
00:25:08,575 --> 00:25:09,803
That's what I thought.
339
00:25:09,976 --> 00:25:14,845
Please have it factored in for the
next meeting, gentlemen. Thank you.
340
00:25:24,457 --> 00:25:27,187
I know the reason you're here.
341
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:30,056
Of course, the loss of these men is...
342
00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:35,590
Yes, of course. But I was referring
to your other reason.
343
00:25:35,769 --> 00:25:37,999
Other reason?
344
00:25:38,171 --> 00:25:39,968
You have the advantage
over me, sir.
345
00:25:40,140 --> 00:25:43,337
I certainly hope so. It's my job.
346
00:25:54,621 --> 00:25:58,523
I am told you've committed to June.
347
00:25:58,858 --> 00:26:00,655
Given up on a May landing.
348
00:26:01,728 --> 00:26:04,629
I assume Monty kept you informed.
349
00:26:04,798 --> 00:26:07,596
No names, no pack drill.
350
00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:10,634
But of course, general,
you are in Britain.
351
00:26:10,804 --> 00:26:15,036
You must assume I have resources
to keep myself in the picture.
352
00:26:17,043 --> 00:26:21,036
And I understand
from Mr. Roosevelt...
353
00:26:21,214 --> 00:26:23,978
...that the additional time
will increase the number...
354
00:26:24,150 --> 00:26:27,381
...of these newfangled landing craft.
355
00:26:27,954 --> 00:26:30,115
The president is my security leak?
356
00:26:30,290 --> 00:26:31,951
Hardly.
357
00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:36,153
But even if he were,
he is your superior.
358
00:26:36,329 --> 00:26:38,797
And my good friend and ally.
359
00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:42,867
Never forget, general,
you serve at our pleasure.
360
00:26:44,137 --> 00:26:48,836
Then if it please you, sir,
we need to delay till June 4 or 5.
361
00:26:49,009 --> 00:26:50,636
I'm promised excellent weather.
362
00:26:51,311 --> 00:26:53,643
By then, we will have
100 more landing craft.
363
00:26:53,813 --> 00:26:55,212
So...
364
00:26:55,849 --> 00:26:58,374
...the fate of our two great nations
comes down...
365
00:26:58,551 --> 00:27:02,510
...to things called LSTs
and Donald Ducks.
366
00:27:03,657 --> 00:27:09,687
Well, if it be so, so be it. And yes,
general, I accede to you once more.
367
00:27:09,863 --> 00:27:11,854
June it is.
368
00:27:12,565 --> 00:27:16,001
Good. Thank you.
369
00:27:26,413 --> 00:27:29,211
But that raises another problem, sir.
370
00:27:30,450 --> 00:27:34,477
Further delay creates almost
unbearable pressure on our security.
371
00:27:34,654 --> 00:27:38,090
We can't let the Germans sense
we're only making a feint at Calais.
372
00:27:38,258 --> 00:27:43,924
If Rommel moves his main force to
Normandy, we'd be stacking bodies.
373
00:27:45,298 --> 00:27:48,324
There's only one way to be
certain that German spies...
374
00:27:48,501 --> 00:27:51,265
...or loose lips don't stumble
across our activities...
375
00:27:51,438 --> 00:27:53,065
...and anticipate our moves.
376
00:27:53,239 --> 00:27:56,675
That is to seal the coast across
the south of England and Wales...
377
00:27:56,843 --> 00:27:58,708
...to all unauthorized traffic.
378
00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:00,743
Most of it is sealed already.
379
00:28:00,914 --> 00:28:03,906
I mean all of it.
380
00:28:04,084 --> 00:28:06,177
No civilian traffic whatsoever.
381
00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:10,550
Are you mad, sir? Do you not
realize that no one in Britain...
382
00:28:10,724 --> 00:28:13,056
...lives more than
150 miles from the sea?
383
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,656
It is no accident that Britannia rules
the waves and all that business.
384
00:28:17,831 --> 00:28:21,130
We are a people whose entire destiny
is linked to the sea.
385
00:28:21,301 --> 00:28:24,395
Which is why you must now
turn your people away from it.
386
00:28:25,338 --> 00:28:26,828
Impossible.
387
00:28:27,006 --> 00:28:28,564
It might mean thousands...
388
00:28:29,676 --> 00:28:32,440
...tens of thousands
of young men's lives.
389
00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:39,244
I will give you this, general.
390
00:28:39,786 --> 00:28:41,913
You know how to take charge.
391
00:28:43,223 --> 00:28:44,815
It's not about power, sir.
392
00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:50,196
It is simply the judicious use of the
responsibility you entrusted me with.
393
00:28:50,363 --> 00:28:55,824
Only under duress and your threats to
walk out. I'd have you remember that.
394
00:28:57,003 --> 00:28:58,595
Yes, sir.
395
00:29:12,218 --> 00:29:14,550
The Ministry of Information
unedited footage...
396
00:29:14,721 --> 00:29:17,349
...spied by the 3rd Red army
Film Corps.
397
00:29:17,524 --> 00:29:19,788
The surrender of
the German 7th army.
398
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,190
Hitler refuses to allow
further withdrawal.
399
00:29:23,363 --> 00:29:26,628
Throws three panzer divisions
from the western front to the east.
400
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,529
They're on the APC. Look at that.
401
00:29:28,701 --> 00:29:35,038
Three less we have to face. One
more reason to rethink a broad front.
402
00:29:35,208 --> 00:29:38,905
Ride a dagger-thrust road
straight to Berlin.
403
00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:43,847
And we'll have the French
to help us along.
404
00:29:44,384 --> 00:29:46,648
Smuggled, unedited film
from Warsaw Ghetto...
405
00:29:46,820 --> 00:29:51,018
...where Jews resist an entire
German army for six weeks.
406
00:29:51,191 --> 00:29:55,389
Twice as long as the well-fed
French army in 1940.
407
00:29:55,562 --> 00:29:58,053
Don't count on them
to help us along.
408
00:30:00,533 --> 00:30:03,991
Supreme commander meets
with soldiers of the line.
409
00:30:17,050 --> 00:30:19,848
Give me five minutes.
I'll have tonight's feature ready.
410
00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:22,681
- What have you got?
-
Sahara.
411
00:30:22,856 --> 00:30:26,587
- Bogart wins the war in North Africa.
- Not bloody likely.
412
00:30:29,963 --> 00:30:31,191
I'll be off, then.
413
00:30:32,599 --> 00:30:34,464
I'll walk you out.
414
00:30:35,635 --> 00:30:39,503
- It's supposed to be a good movie.
- Not much taste for cinema, myself.
415
00:30:39,672 --> 00:30:42,641
Besides, never enough time
for preparation, is there?
416
00:30:44,978 --> 00:30:47,208
Well, we all need some recreation.
417
00:30:47,380 --> 00:30:50,713
Movie once a week, let the hair down,
it seems to do the trick.
418
00:30:50,884 --> 00:30:54,786
If you say so. Although,
if you don't mind me saying so...
419
00:30:54,954 --> 00:30:59,220
...that jeering when you came on the
screen, a bit much, you know.
420
00:30:59,592 --> 00:31:01,082
Good-natured, as I see it.
421
00:31:01,561 --> 00:31:02,858
Undisciplined.
422
00:31:04,163 --> 00:31:06,188
So is using
German troop movements...
423
00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:08,926
...to push your plan
for a dagger thrust again.
424
00:31:09,936 --> 00:31:12,063
The broad assault
is a closed matter.
425
00:31:13,673 --> 00:31:16,369
I allow all my sub-commanders
latitude, general...
426
00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:18,305
...but restraint is also a virtue.
427
00:31:19,846 --> 00:31:21,871
Yes, sir.
428
00:31:22,649 --> 00:31:24,617
Point taken.
429
00:31:46,873 --> 00:31:48,204
He looks cold.
430
00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:50,140
Yeah.
431
00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:54,410
But if we get our asses kicked, we
won't be walking across snowy tundra.
432
00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:56,275
We'll have to swim back.
433
00:31:58,952 --> 00:32:03,582
Truth is, I wasn't looking at Napoleon.
I was thinking about the soldiers.
434
00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:10,518
Johnny's graduating from the
academy this session. June 6th.
435
00:32:11,164 --> 00:32:12,563
Proud moment.
436
00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:15,057
Have your son succeed you
at West Point.
437
00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:17,702
Yeah, I can't believe
I won't be there.
438
00:32:17,870 --> 00:32:20,202
Cheer him and shake his hand.
439
00:32:20,373 --> 00:32:23,399
You'll see him soon enough.
And when you do...
440
00:32:25,712 --> 00:32:27,236
Yeah.
441
00:32:28,414 --> 00:32:29,938
It stinks.
442
00:32:32,318 --> 00:32:33,979
It does.
443
00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:38,613
But any way you look at it,
we're getting off easy from this war.
444
00:32:39,058 --> 00:32:41,652
I'll most likely live to see it over.
445
00:32:42,228 --> 00:32:45,664
And my son won't be in it
for as long as most.
446
00:32:45,832 --> 00:32:47,595
But on the other hand...
447
00:32:49,002 --> 00:32:51,061
...this war is still your burden.
448
00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:55,903
And the rest of us,
we're just supporting cast.
449
00:32:56,075 --> 00:32:57,975
If it's any comfort...
450
00:32:58,811 --> 00:33:03,305
...so far, general, you are giving
one hell of a great performance.
451
00:33:05,685 --> 00:33:08,176
I don't think I needed
to hear my job described...
452
00:33:08,354 --> 00:33:10,219
...quite like that, General Smith.
453
00:33:12,492 --> 00:33:15,586
I loved your crack at Monty
about the French.
454
00:33:17,030 --> 00:33:19,294
Oh, thank you.
We bought them from Harrods.
455
00:33:19,465 --> 00:33:22,195
- Harrods?
- Oh, he splashed out.
456
00:33:23,536 --> 00:33:25,561
Wow, that is beautiful.
457
00:33:26,839 --> 00:33:29,000
A lousy wine, Edgar.
458
00:33:29,175 --> 00:33:34,545
But not for long, huh? Soon be
downing the best French stuff.
459
00:33:34,714 --> 00:33:38,241
What do you say, Edgar? I reckon
four days from the beaches to Paris.
460
00:33:38,418 --> 00:33:40,648
- Get there on the 8th.
- I have no idea...
461
00:33:41,054 --> 00:33:44,080
...what you're talking about, Henry.
Nor do you, get it?
462
00:33:44,257 --> 00:33:47,658
Watch it, colonel.
Remember who you're talking to.
463
00:33:47,827 --> 00:33:50,887
Major general. Don't you
damn well forget it either, Henry.
464
00:33:51,064 --> 00:33:54,227
Come, Edith, it's time
we powdered our noses.
465
00:33:58,938 --> 00:34:01,498
Henry, you're a goddamned idiot.
Just button it up.
466
00:34:01,674 --> 00:34:05,269
What's the big deal? The whole
world will know soon enough.
467
00:34:08,114 --> 00:34:11,345
It is a 100-to-1 shot because
it's more than the line of duty.
468
00:34:11,918 --> 00:34:14,512
There's so little chance
of any us coming out of it.
469
00:34:14,687 --> 00:34:16,382
I ought to put it up to you.
470
00:34:16,556 --> 00:34:19,889
You all got families at home.
Wives, mothers and sweethearts.
471
00:34:20,059 --> 00:34:23,085
I ain't got no one,
so it doesn't matter about me.
472
00:34:23,262 --> 00:34:25,856
I know how you feel about it.
473
00:34:31,938 --> 00:34:36,170
He actually said, "June 4th,"
in the hotel grill?
474
00:34:36,342 --> 00:34:38,367
That place is packed
that time of night.
475
00:34:38,544 --> 00:34:40,068
What the hell was he thinking?
476
00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:44,876
- He had too much to drink.
- Henry Miller is a major general.
477
00:34:45,051 --> 00:34:47,315
Entertaining guests
with inside knowledge...
478
00:34:47,487 --> 00:34:49,614
...is a betrayal of the men
he commands.
479
00:34:49,789 --> 00:34:51,279
Of course.
480
00:34:51,457 --> 00:34:52,981
How'd Chapman get onto this?
481
00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:57,892
A junior officer from the 101st was at
the next table. He contacted his CO.
482
00:34:58,064 --> 00:35:01,227
- Well, did you speak to the officer?
- Yeah. Yeah.
483
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,028
A first lieutenant.
Young man from Philadelphia.
484
00:35:04,203 --> 00:35:07,400
Feels awful about the thing.
Didn't want to be thought a snitch.
485
00:35:08,708 --> 00:35:10,539
But?
486
00:35:12,178 --> 00:35:15,306
But he said he commanded
a platoon of airborne infantry.
487
00:35:15,481 --> 00:35:18,973
His chances were bad enough without
making it easier for the Krauts.
488
00:35:19,152 --> 00:35:24,556
Then he's a damn sight better
officer than Miller. And smarter.
489
00:35:27,393 --> 00:35:30,885
Henry was a roommate at West Point.
490
00:35:31,797 --> 00:35:34,595
One of my closest friends.
491
00:35:37,570 --> 00:35:41,199
You know, the word stayed closed.
No one really knows about it.
492
00:35:42,975 --> 00:35:45,136
I do.
493
00:36:09,335 --> 00:36:11,098
At ease.
494
00:36:24,250 --> 00:36:28,311
Ike, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I...
495
00:36:28,487 --> 00:36:31,718
- I don't know what got into me.
- I do.
496
00:36:34,961 --> 00:36:38,294
I swear, I'll never touch another drop.
497
00:36:39,799 --> 00:36:41,289
You're lying.
498
00:36:44,804 --> 00:36:48,103
- So, what will you do with me?
- What do you think?
499
00:36:49,308 --> 00:36:54,940
Oh, please. Ike, don't do this to me.
500
00:36:55,548 --> 00:36:59,450
We go back too far. We're old friends.
You can't cut me loose.
501
00:36:59,852 --> 00:37:03,151
It might be easier if we didn't
have so much history, Hank.
502
00:37:03,322 --> 00:37:07,691
But the stakes are way too big.
You'll have to go home immediately...
503
00:37:07,860 --> 00:37:10,693
...and you won't be coming back.
504
00:37:10,863 --> 00:37:14,355
We both owe that to the men
who will be dead in a few weeks.
505
00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:19,869
I'll lose my operational rank.
I'll go home in disgrace, a major.
506
00:37:20,139 --> 00:37:22,107
You can't send me home.
507
00:37:23,709 --> 00:37:27,042
You owe me something.
I'm part of the inner circle.
508
00:37:27,980 --> 00:37:30,210
That's the worst thing
you could have said.
509
00:37:32,151 --> 00:37:37,453
There is no inner circle. Only those
who will live and those who will die.
510
00:37:38,257 --> 00:37:40,555
And you don't seem to get that.
511
00:38:00,079 --> 00:38:04,846
Send him home immediately.
Loss of theater rank.
512
00:38:05,885 --> 00:38:08,445
Try to keep him a colonel if you can.
513
00:38:08,621 --> 00:38:10,612
And on his record?
514
00:38:10,790 --> 00:38:16,319
"Deemed more useful in HQ. Skills
not needed in theater of operation."
515
00:38:25,404 --> 00:38:28,567
The thing about all the power,
Beetle...
516
00:38:28,741 --> 00:38:31,073
...it isn't the big decisions
that weigh heavy.
517
00:38:31,243 --> 00:38:34,804
Hell, you can decide
to invade Russia at dinner.
518
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:38,313
Pick Waterloo for battle on a whim.
519
00:38:38,484 --> 00:38:42,818
It's the details. The small stuff.
520
00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:47,550
It's easy to gamble
a million lives. What's hard...
521
00:38:48,527 --> 00:38:52,987
...is to see how that can hurt
one single person.
522
00:38:53,566 --> 00:38:56,694
And if you can't keep that straight...
523
00:38:58,270 --> 00:39:00,704
...hell...
524
00:39:01,474 --> 00:39:04,307
...you'll lose your humanity.
525
00:39:06,812 --> 00:39:08,245
Won't you?
526
00:39:10,316 --> 00:39:12,250
I couldn't say, sir.
527
00:39:26,132 --> 00:39:28,327
As you were.
528
00:39:30,403 --> 00:39:32,530
- Good morning, Beetle.
- Same to you.
529
00:39:32,705 --> 00:39:34,798
I thought you quit smoking.
530
00:39:34,974 --> 00:39:39,707
I'm trying. Ready for the big day?
It's the big moment.
531
00:39:39,879 --> 00:39:42,143
Anything good in the paper?
532
00:39:42,314 --> 00:39:43,804
No, not really.
533
00:39:45,751 --> 00:39:48,652
It's stateside,
but, hey, it's three days old.
534
00:39:50,356 --> 00:39:53,985
Walter, you're my chief of staff,
not my HQ censor.
535
00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:03,466
"While Ike's a good administrator
and a good organizer...
536
00:40:03,636 --> 00:40:06,366
...he lacks the military flare
of a Montgomery...
537
00:40:06,539 --> 00:40:09,030
...or the audacity of a Patton.
538
00:40:09,208 --> 00:40:14,305
Yet, for better or worse, he's the man
they call supreme commander."
539
00:40:19,952 --> 00:40:21,442
You know, Ike...
540
00:40:22,121 --> 00:40:24,612
...a little public relations
wouldn't do any harm.
541
00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:26,655
Oh, it would, and you know it.
542
00:40:26,826 --> 00:40:30,694
We're surrounded by some of
the biggest swelled heads in history.
543
00:40:30,863 --> 00:40:33,957
My job is keeping them pulling
together in the same direction.
544
00:40:34,133 --> 00:40:39,264
I can't do that if I'm competing
with them for newspaper ink.
545
00:40:40,039 --> 00:40:43,236
This is your plan. You developed it.
546
00:40:43,409 --> 00:40:48,176
You fought Churchill for it,
all the politicians, even F.D.R.
547
00:40:48,347 --> 00:40:51,714
No, this is your show.
The world ought to know it.
548
00:40:51,884 --> 00:40:55,980
Maybe. One day, but not this day.
549
00:40:56,155 --> 00:40:59,056
This day, we have
other fish to fry, general.
550
00:40:59,725 --> 00:41:03,126
- Now may I have some coffee?
- Yes, sir.
551
00:41:16,909 --> 00:41:19,173
Oh, a point of principle, old man.
552
00:41:19,345 --> 00:41:22,837
A bad habit in my opinion.
Never been permitted in my HQ.
553
00:41:23,883 --> 00:41:26,943
Oh, all right, Monty,
if it's so damned important to you.
554
00:41:27,119 --> 00:41:30,350
I did agree to use your ground
for this.
555
00:41:47,873 --> 00:41:52,901
Churchill makes the final decision
on what they buy. Only him.
556
00:41:53,078 --> 00:41:56,047
But don't oversell. He can smell
bull pucky a mile away.
557
00:41:56,215 --> 00:41:59,275
You are acquainted with Eisenhower,
an American cousin.
558
00:41:59,451 --> 00:42:02,420
Yes. Good to see you again.
559
00:42:02,588 --> 00:42:06,581
Prime minister tells us we may have
great confidence in this undertaking.
560
00:42:06,759 --> 00:42:10,092
Oh, I never disagree
with Mr. Churchill, Your Majesty.
561
00:42:10,262 --> 00:42:12,423
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
562
00:42:12,598 --> 00:42:15,123
How delighted we are
to see you again, general.
563
00:42:15,301 --> 00:42:17,792
We look forward
to our private luncheon next week.
564
00:42:17,970 --> 00:42:20,632
As do I, ma'am. I thank you.
565
00:42:20,806 --> 00:42:24,037
General, if you please.
566
00:42:43,629 --> 00:42:45,597
Excuse me.
567
00:43:11,290 --> 00:43:14,191
Your Majesties, Mr. Prime Minister...
568
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,023
...honored guests, dignitaries,
I'm Dwight Eisenhower...
569
00:43:18,197 --> 00:43:20,495
...commander in chief,
Supreme Headquarters...
570
00:43:20,666 --> 00:43:24,534
...Allied Expeditionary Force,
European Theater of Operation.
571
00:43:24,703 --> 00:43:28,002
Just getting the title straight
is tiring enough.
572
00:43:28,540 --> 00:43:31,304
So I will leave much
of today's business...
573
00:43:31,477 --> 00:43:36,039
...to my trusted and gifted
colleagues, brothers-in-arms.
574
00:43:36,215 --> 00:43:40,675
We are from different traditions,
different services...
575
00:43:40,853 --> 00:43:43,378
...but we are united in this crusade.
576
00:43:44,223 --> 00:43:48,717
We shall liberate Europe.
We shall restore freedom.
577
00:43:48,894 --> 00:43:51,260
We shall make the world
safe for democracy.
578
00:43:52,297 --> 00:43:58,395
There is no other cause so urgent
as to bring us so far from our homes.
579
00:43:58,871 --> 00:44:00,930
This is our purpose.
580
00:44:01,106 --> 00:44:03,199
This is Operation Overlord.
581
00:44:03,942 --> 00:44:09,005
Explaining how we will succeed
is best done by my chiefs of staff...
582
00:44:09,181 --> 00:44:11,411
...starting with General Montgomery...
583
00:44:11,583 --> 00:44:15,713
...commander, 21st Army Group
and responsible for all our land forces.
584
00:44:15,888 --> 00:44:17,947
General, if you will.
585
00:44:22,728 --> 00:44:25,458
Your Majesties.
586
00:44:25,631 --> 00:44:30,000
Of the enemy's 60 divisions in France,
10 are armored.
587
00:44:30,169 --> 00:44:32,399
Commanded by Erwin Rommel.
588
00:44:32,571 --> 00:44:36,302
As you know, I faced him
in the desert and bested him.
589
00:44:36,475 --> 00:44:38,966
But make no mistake,
Rommel is an energetic...
590
00:44:39,144 --> 00:44:43,080
Clever, putting Monty
front and center.
591
00:44:43,248 --> 00:44:46,217
So he can bring
his tanks southward.
592
00:44:46,385 --> 00:44:49,752
But we shall make
a strike forward here.
593
00:44:49,922 --> 00:44:53,824
I hope to make Falaise 32 miles
inland within 40 hours.
594
00:44:53,992 --> 00:44:57,519
Paratroopers will total
over 30,000 men.
595
00:44:57,696 --> 00:45:02,224
The largest drop in history.
Casualties will be high...
596
00:45:02,401 --> 00:45:05,632
...but the size of the force should
draw two enemy divisions...
597
00:45:05,804 --> 00:45:09,103
...from the beaches, just as our men
are ready to disembark.
598
00:45:09,274 --> 00:45:10,866
To take the left flank...
599
00:45:11,043 --> 00:45:15,036
...we need to land enough men
to swamp Hitler's Atlantic wall.
600
00:45:15,214 --> 00:45:17,944
Losses amongst the British
and Canadian troops...
601
00:45:18,117 --> 00:45:20,381
...will be heavy
during the assault wave...
602
00:45:20,552 --> 00:45:23,316
...but easing off as they move
past the pillboxes.
603
00:45:23,489 --> 00:45:26,754
While fighter command provides cover
for the beach assault...
604
00:45:26,925 --> 00:45:29,485
...and strafes the Atlantic wall...
605
00:45:29,661 --> 00:45:34,928
...General Spaatz will smash the rail
links leading south from La Manche...
606
00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:40,504
...delaying any attempt by Rommel
to reinforce his southern defenses.
607
00:45:49,114 --> 00:45:52,015
Well, Your Majesties,
gentlemen, there it is.
608
00:45:53,118 --> 00:45:57,885
We're anxious to hear your thoughts,
additions, criticisms. The floor is open.
609
00:45:58,323 --> 00:46:01,156
I am impressed by the detail...
610
00:46:01,326 --> 00:46:05,285
...the comprehensiveness
of your planning.
611
00:46:05,564 --> 00:46:10,467
But the expected losses,
the sheer carnage...
612
00:46:13,305 --> 00:46:15,637
I also ache at that thought,
Your Majesty.
613
00:46:18,777 --> 00:46:22,269
I remember my first trip
to Europe as a young man.
614
00:46:22,447 --> 00:46:26,816
I felt blessed to be here, to see it...
615
00:46:26,985 --> 00:46:30,853
...to touch the origins of my own
country that I love so dearly.
616
00:46:31,990 --> 00:46:36,825
I hoped one day that all Americans
would have the same opportunity.
617
00:46:38,730 --> 00:46:44,430
Now hundreds of thousands will,
along with Britons and Canadians...
618
00:46:44,603 --> 00:46:48,903
...and European Allies
fighting to return home.
619
00:46:51,476 --> 00:46:57,005
This kind of visit
isn't what I had in mind...
620
00:46:58,050 --> 00:47:02,214
...but if they do not offer
the sacrifice of blood now...
621
00:47:02,387 --> 00:47:06,346
...we will all pay dearly
with added gallons later.
622
00:47:07,359 --> 00:47:09,827
So if some must die...
623
00:47:09,995 --> 00:47:12,589
...it is in a worthy cause.
624
00:47:38,223 --> 00:47:40,783
I am in this thing
with you till the very end...
625
00:47:40,959 --> 00:47:44,156
...and if it fails,
we both go down together.
626
00:47:52,304 --> 00:47:55,967
It's dicey to get out on a limb
with disturbances over Baffin Island.
627
00:47:56,141 --> 00:48:01,010
If they form a front and move across
the North Atlantic, this time of year...
628
00:48:01,179 --> 00:48:03,647
...I'd say six days
for a top-speed journey...
629
00:48:03,815 --> 00:48:06,909
...and with the proposed
landing a week away...
630
00:48:07,085 --> 00:48:09,144
You realize that this may be...
631
00:48:09,321 --> 00:48:11,846
...the most important
weather forecast in history.
632
00:48:14,593 --> 00:48:15,821
I do indeed, sir.
633
00:48:16,962 --> 00:48:18,759
I'd feel a lot more comfortable...
634
00:48:18,931 --> 00:48:21,695
...if I could have another
two days before committing.
635
00:48:21,867 --> 00:48:24,028
The admiral can correct me
if I'm wrong...
636
00:48:24,202 --> 00:48:26,966
...but if we don't move
the men toward the ships...
637
00:48:27,139 --> 00:48:31,007
- ...we're gonna miss the tide, sir.
- I'll be damned if I wait till July.
638
00:48:31,176 --> 00:48:33,644
The men will go stark raving mad.
639
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:58,566
June 5 is a go.
Issue the movement orders.
640
00:48:58,737 --> 00:49:01,570
Well done. We'll do it proud, Ike.
641
00:49:01,740 --> 00:49:05,176
I'll be in Falaise in 72 hours,
Paris by the autumn.
642
00:49:05,744 --> 00:49:08,178
Paris in the fall. Bless you, Monty.
643
00:49:08,347 --> 00:49:12,181
No one can say you don't tackle things
with two fists. I admire confidence.
644
00:49:12,351 --> 00:49:14,615
Let's all get some of that.
645
00:49:14,786 --> 00:49:16,720
All of you...
646
00:49:19,324 --> 00:49:21,155
...Godspeed.
647
00:49:23,562 --> 00:49:25,530
Thank you.
648
00:49:29,201 --> 00:49:30,668
Good luck.
649
00:49:54,726 --> 00:49:57,251
You're sure this is how
you want it, general?
650
00:49:57,429 --> 00:49:59,727
Yes, prime minister.
651
00:50:00,599 --> 00:50:03,466
You see no value to me
or President Roosevelt...
652
00:50:03,635 --> 00:50:05,899
...speaking directly
to the people of Europe?
653
00:50:06,338 --> 00:50:09,637
Not until the landings
are an assured success.
654
00:50:10,075 --> 00:50:13,135
This way, if it fails,
I will be the first one to address...
655
00:50:13,311 --> 00:50:15,006
...the question of the invasion.
656
00:50:15,180 --> 00:50:17,774
You and the president
will be blameless.
657
00:50:17,949 --> 00:50:21,214
I'm expendable. You two are not.
658
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,287
Shoulder the whole burden alone
to the very end, is it?
659
00:50:25,791 --> 00:50:29,090
One conductor is what I asked for
and what you've given me.
660
00:50:31,063 --> 00:50:34,226
You've made the manly choice.
I admire it.
661
00:50:35,300 --> 00:50:38,736
All the same, between we two...
662
00:50:38,904 --> 00:50:43,671
...surely God himself must tremble
at the task that lies before you.
663
00:50:44,242 --> 00:50:46,574
And it is God's work you do, Ike...
664
00:50:46,745 --> 00:50:49,407
...for you hold all our lives
in your hands.
665
00:50:49,881 --> 00:50:55,717
If I do God's work, then he will be
at my side, and I cannot fail.
666
00:50:56,421 --> 00:51:01,484
Although, candidly, God hasn't been
much help with DeGaulle.
667
00:51:03,295 --> 00:51:07,129
Not even God could move him.
And it's no use looking to me.
668
00:51:07,299 --> 00:51:09,233
DeGaulle hates me.
669
00:51:09,401 --> 00:51:12,268
He ignores that France is
collaborating with the enemy.
670
00:51:12,437 --> 00:51:16,464
Pretends Vichy doesn't exist
and Jews aren't being rounded up.
671
00:51:16,641 --> 00:51:18,131
A horrid man...
672
00:51:18,310 --> 00:51:23,942
...but he guards French
prerogatives jealously.
673
00:51:24,116 --> 00:51:29,144
Take another run at him, Ike.
I'll back any bargain you strike.
674
00:51:29,621 --> 00:51:31,714
Would you just assure me
of one thing?
675
00:51:31,890 --> 00:51:34,450
The sands
on these Norman beaches...
676
00:51:34,793 --> 00:51:36,727
...dense enough for tanks?
677
00:51:36,895 --> 00:51:38,556
You can drink to it, sir.
678
00:51:43,135 --> 00:51:44,727
Once more...
679
00:51:44,903 --> 00:51:47,463
...unto the breach, dear friends.
Once more...
680
00:51:47,639 --> 00:51:50,665
...or close the wall up
with our English dead.
681
00:51:50,842 --> 00:51:53,868
In peace, there's nothing
so becomes a man...
682
00:51:54,045 --> 00:51:56,070
...as modest stillness and humility.
683
00:51:56,248 --> 00:52:00,082
But when the blast of war blows
in our ears, then imitate the tiger.
684
00:52:00,252 --> 00:52:02,083
Do you get the feeling Europeans...
685
00:52:02,254 --> 00:52:04,814
...have been at this war
thing for a long time?
686
00:52:04,990 --> 00:52:08,892
Too long.
It's almost as if they like war.
687
00:52:09,828 --> 00:52:13,787
I am afeard there are few die well
that die in a battle.
688
00:52:13,965 --> 00:52:15,694
How can they charitably
dispose...?
689
00:52:15,867 --> 00:52:18,529
Sounds like Shakespeare
had it all figured out.
690
00:52:18,703 --> 00:52:20,933
Yeah.
691
00:52:21,106 --> 00:52:24,837
But he was writing after
the war was over and won.
692
00:52:33,685 --> 00:52:35,812
It's spooky...
693
00:52:35,987 --> 00:52:41,391
...listening to words written 400
years ago about our battlefields.
694
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:44,859
Words about blood and grief.
695
00:52:45,030 --> 00:52:47,021
Very spooky.
696
00:52:47,199 --> 00:52:49,724
But if I may, ours is not
to reason why.
697
00:52:49,901 --> 00:52:52,699
Of course it is. We're the generals.
698
00:52:55,207 --> 00:53:00,270
I think Monty's got Churchill worried
that the beaches won't hold the tanks.
699
00:53:00,445 --> 00:53:03,903
I've told you a hundred times,
we've done our homework.
700
00:53:04,082 --> 00:53:06,880
The sand will support
the tank track rails with ease.
701
00:53:09,421 --> 00:53:12,254
I don't think that's what's
bothering you.
702
00:53:14,359 --> 00:53:18,227
- You read Marshall's letter.
- About the paratroopers? Yes, I did.
703
00:53:18,396 --> 00:53:20,159
- What'd you make of it?
- He's wrong.
704
00:53:20,699 --> 00:53:22,894
He says drop the jumpers
behind the beaches.
705
00:53:23,068 --> 00:53:25,195
Try to draw the Germans
in two directions.
706
00:53:25,370 --> 00:53:29,773
If I were Rommel, I'd ignore them.
Concentrate everything on the beach.
707
00:53:30,075 --> 00:53:33,704
I'd do the same. Every hour I delay
the invasion force from moving in...
708
00:53:33,878 --> 00:53:36,574
...would be another hour
airborne units would be isolated.
709
00:53:36,748 --> 00:53:39,979
Exactly. Besides, I need those men...
710
00:53:40,151 --> 00:53:43,848
...all 30,000 of them, to keep
nipping at the Krauts' heels.
711
00:53:44,022 --> 00:53:47,014
They have to be close to force
Rommel to deal with them.
712
00:53:47,192 --> 00:53:50,423
Yeah, but the drop zones, Brad.
713
00:53:50,862 --> 00:53:56,494
You heard Leigh-Mallory's estimate
of losses with a close drop. Carnage.
714
00:53:56,668 --> 00:53:58,932
How would a distant drop be better?
715
00:53:59,437 --> 00:54:02,065
If inland progress was slow,
we'd have those men...
716
00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:05,539
...wandering around France
looking for something to eat.
717
00:54:08,747 --> 00:54:12,615
We'd be repeating the mistake
we made in Anzio.
718
00:54:16,721 --> 00:54:21,658
Marshall's a godfather to us, Brad.
I hate to cross the old man.
719
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,419
It's like a friend of mine said:
720
00:54:24,596 --> 00:54:28,123
"One supreme commander,
one voice."
721
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:34,597
We few, we happy few,
we band of brothers.
722
00:54:34,773 --> 00:54:37,970
For he today that sheds his blood
with me shall be my brother...
723
00:54:38,143 --> 00:54:39,735
...be he ne'er so base.
724
00:54:39,911 --> 00:54:42,243
And gentlemen
in England, now abed...
725
00:54:42,414 --> 00:54:45,383
...shall think themselves accursed
they were not here...
726
00:54:45,550 --> 00:54:48,917
...and hold their manhoods cheap
while any speaks...
727
00:54:49,087 --> 00:54:54,389
...that fought with us upon
St. Crispin's Day!
728
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,788
My sovereign lord...
729
00:54:57,962 --> 00:55:00,692
I hope the main attraction's
a bit more cheerful.
730
00:55:01,700 --> 00:55:06,967
It's Rita Hayworth. A hell of a lot
easier on the eye than that bunch.
731
00:55:13,611 --> 00:55:15,943
I've been in the theater years
and never seen...
732
00:55:16,114 --> 00:55:18,344
Excuse me, please.
733
00:55:18,917 --> 00:55:20,942
Why don't you be
a good boy and scram.
734
00:55:21,119 --> 00:55:23,451
-
Of course, we'll go...
-
No, that's all right.
735
00:55:23,621 --> 00:55:25,987
You're welcome to stay here,
but this guy...
736
00:55:26,157 --> 00:55:28,182
This guy.
737
00:55:29,828 --> 00:55:31,796
I'm sorry. That's my one virtue.
738
00:55:33,264 --> 00:55:34,663
-
McGuire.
-
Hello.
739
00:55:34,833 --> 00:55:36,767
I'm sorry.
740
00:55:36,935 --> 00:55:39,802
It's a little crowded here.
Would you mind moving over?
741
00:55:39,971 --> 00:55:43,372
Oh, that's quite all right.
Make yourself at home.
742
00:55:53,051 --> 00:55:55,542
Dearest Mamie...
743
00:55:55,720 --> 00:56:00,157
...at last, the days grow longer,
and we will soon be in it.
744
00:56:00,325 --> 00:56:05,058
I face that with neither dread
nor joy.
745
00:56:05,230 --> 00:56:09,894
How I wish this cruel business of war
could be completed quickly.
746
00:56:11,002 --> 00:56:13,903
It leaves me heartsick to think
of sending so many men...
747
00:56:14,072 --> 00:56:17,405
...against Hitler's Atlantic wall.
748
00:56:17,575 --> 00:56:21,909
I admit to having developed
a veneer of callousness...
749
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:26,414
...but counting the human cost
is a terribly sad business...
750
00:56:26,584 --> 00:56:29,781
...and no veneer of callousness
allows me to escape the truth...
751
00:56:29,954 --> 00:56:33,822
...that back home, the news
brings anguish and suffering.
752
00:56:34,793 --> 00:56:37,990
So many youngsters
already gone forever.
753
00:56:38,163 --> 00:56:42,099
Mothers, fathers, brothers...
754
00:56:42,267 --> 00:56:44,565
...sisters back home
have a difficult time...
755
00:56:44,736 --> 00:56:49,036
...retaining any belief
in the eternal rightness of things.
756
00:56:50,008 --> 00:56:53,273
There is no true glory in war.
757
00:57:16,367 --> 00:57:18,835
Yes, sir. At 0900.
758
00:57:27,078 --> 00:57:28,739
Yes.
759
00:57:31,015 --> 00:57:35,577
Intelligence signals confirm Rommel
moved the 116th Panzer Division...
760
00:57:35,753 --> 00:57:39,484
...basing at Verville. That is shouting
distance from the main drops.
761
00:57:39,657 --> 00:57:42,421
Is it a single redeployment
or part of larger movement?
762
00:57:42,594 --> 00:57:47,054
So far, just a one-shot affair, but he
bypassed Juno, Sword and Gold...
763
00:57:47,232 --> 00:57:49,723
...and sent them directly
to Utah and Omaha.
764
00:57:50,168 --> 00:57:52,261
That doesn't change my view.
765
00:57:52,437 --> 00:57:55,235
We have to have the airborne
as close as possible.
766
00:57:55,406 --> 00:57:57,931
I need jumpers breathing
down the Germans' necks...
767
00:57:58,109 --> 00:58:00,543
...pulling them around.
768
00:58:01,579 --> 00:58:04,047
The plan always called
for the diversion to be...
769
00:58:04,215 --> 00:58:06,649
I know!
770
00:58:09,153 --> 00:58:10,882
I know.
771
00:59:06,311 --> 00:59:11,010
- You're new here. What's your name?
- Corporal William Younger, ma'am.
772
00:59:11,416 --> 00:59:14,112
All right, now remember,
we hear nothing in this room.
773
00:59:14,285 --> 00:59:15,752
And we never speak.
774
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:17,649
No matter what,
we never stop work.
775
00:59:17,822 --> 00:59:21,349
The king himself may enter, but what
we're doing must take priority.
776
00:59:21,526 --> 00:59:23,653
Now carry on.
777
00:59:23,828 --> 00:59:27,161
- They deserve a force at the Krauts'...
- Stop.
778
00:59:27,332 --> 00:59:29,926
I know the risks for both sides...
779
00:59:30,101 --> 00:59:32,695
...but neither of you
makes a decisive case.
780
00:59:33,271 --> 00:59:35,102
How many ways can I say it?
781
00:59:35,540 --> 00:59:38,475
I'm counting on those jumpers
to split German attention...
782
00:59:38,643 --> 00:59:40,668
...ease pressure on the assault wave.
783
00:59:40,845 --> 00:59:44,042
And they should have, but that
was before Rommel redeployed.
784
00:59:44,215 --> 00:59:46,376
One division isn't a redeployment.
785
00:59:46,551 --> 00:59:48,883
For men in my drop,
it's a potential disaster.
786
00:59:49,387 --> 00:59:52,083
Jumpers and glider-borne troops
are sitting ducks...
787
00:59:52,256 --> 00:59:55,714
...for the first 10 minutes
until they regroup.
788
00:59:56,728 --> 00:59:59,162
Damn. There goes another.
789
01:00:03,401 --> 01:00:05,665
It's the 81st Infantry.
790
01:00:05,837 --> 01:00:08,738
Wehrmacht, conscripts,
the crack units are to the north.
791
01:00:08,906 --> 01:00:12,740
Perhaps. But if Jerry's reinforcing
the whole damn region...
792
01:00:12,910 --> 01:00:16,368
...we lose 70 percent of glider troops
before they're out of planes.
793
01:00:16,547 --> 01:00:17,878
And the jumpers?
794
01:00:19,450 --> 01:00:23,386
Some of them will make it, but they'll
be short of the numbers you need...
795
01:00:23,655 --> 01:00:26,590
...if seaborne landings are depending
on airborne to distract Jerry.
796
01:00:26,758 --> 01:00:29,921
You're saying there's no middle
ground. We should cancel it.
797
01:00:30,461 --> 01:00:32,429
We don't want the slaughter
of two fine divisions.
798
01:00:32,597 --> 01:00:36,624
The 101st and the 82nd are elite, Ike.
We'll need them down the line.
799
01:00:36,801 --> 01:00:39,998
We'll need them on June 5th.
Otherwise the entire German army...
800
01:00:40,171 --> 01:00:43,538
...will let loose on my assault waves.
My loss will be 70 percent.
801
01:00:43,708 --> 01:00:45,175
All right.
802
01:00:45,343 --> 01:00:47,072
Thank you. I've heard both sides.
803
01:00:48,613 --> 01:00:50,581
I need a night to sleep on it.
804
01:00:50,748 --> 01:00:54,616
Sorry to disturb, sir. May I?
805
01:00:54,786 --> 01:00:56,879
If it's good news.
806
01:00:57,055 --> 01:00:59,956
Well, sir, I wish I could say it was...
807
01:01:00,124 --> 01:01:04,458
...but it's getting a little bit uncertain.
808
01:01:04,629 --> 01:01:06,756
You said it would take days
for systems...
809
01:01:06,931 --> 01:01:08,796
...to get from Baffin Island to here.
810
01:01:08,966 --> 01:01:11,025
And so it should, sir.
811
01:01:11,202 --> 01:01:13,329
Unless they dislodge
from the jet stream...
812
01:01:13,504 --> 01:01:15,802
...a meteorological possibility,
they're not...
813
01:01:15,973 --> 01:01:19,067
I can't work with possibilities,
group captain.
814
01:01:19,243 --> 01:01:21,837
At minimum, I need probabilities.
815
01:01:22,013 --> 01:01:25,642
Are there such things
as meteorological probabilities?
816
01:01:27,752 --> 01:01:30,653
There will be, sir, within hours.
817
01:01:30,822 --> 01:01:33,757
Not fast enough, group captain.
I need hourly reports.
818
01:01:34,459 --> 01:01:36,051
Yes, sir.
819
01:01:40,832 --> 01:01:42,959
He doesn't make weather.
He talks about it.
820
01:01:43,134 --> 01:01:45,398
Then get him to say nicer things.
821
01:01:45,837 --> 01:01:48,772
Look, give me some time
to work on this airborne thing.
822
01:01:48,940 --> 01:01:51,841
I'll send for you
when I've figured it out.
823
01:01:55,513 --> 01:01:57,947
Yes. What is it?
824
01:02:00,284 --> 01:02:04,220
Our friends at HQ say the airborne
decision is at a head.
825
01:02:04,388 --> 01:02:08,449
If you're to be heard,
now would be the hour, sir.
826
01:02:08,626 --> 01:02:10,753
And what do you think, Wiatt?
827
01:02:12,463 --> 01:02:15,057
Inland, they're no help
to the landing force.
828
01:02:15,233 --> 01:02:18,168
Keep them close,
they could be shredded.
829
01:02:20,204 --> 01:02:24,766
Let's see how he works it out.
Thank you, Wiatt.
830
01:02:52,804 --> 01:02:54,999
If I may...
831
01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:57,205
...it's the right decision.
832
01:02:58,242 --> 01:03:01,370
Divisional commanders can't
factor in weather and the seas...
833
01:03:01,546 --> 01:03:06,040
...supplies, naval support,
DeGaulle, the politics.
834
01:03:07,051 --> 01:03:08,814
Besides, it's not their job.
835
01:03:14,659 --> 01:03:16,786
I'll inform Leigh-Mallory and Brad.
836
01:03:16,961 --> 01:03:18,929
Don't publish that order until I do.
837
01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:24,134
You better get some sleep.
838
01:03:25,803 --> 01:03:28,397
You have another dragon
to slay tomorrow.
839
01:03:36,013 --> 01:03:37,844
I've considered it.
840
01:03:38,015 --> 01:03:42,816
Either way, some units will
sustain devastating losses.
841
01:03:42,987 --> 01:03:47,287
But this invasion is largely
dependent on sea and air power.
842
01:03:47,458 --> 01:03:49,892
Our land troops are inferior...
843
01:03:50,061 --> 01:03:52,825
...if for no other reason
than they're not on land.
844
01:03:52,997 --> 01:03:57,434
So our most important job
is securing beachheads.
845
01:03:57,602 --> 01:04:01,060
Deference must be given to protecting
troops trying to come ashore...
846
01:04:01,239 --> 01:04:05,642
...to clear the way for the armor and
artillery that will push Rommel back.
847
01:04:06,010 --> 01:04:10,310
That being the case, despite
the projected losses, Traff...
848
01:04:10,481 --> 01:04:15,077
...even 70 percent,
the airborne operation has to go.
849
01:04:22,193 --> 01:04:25,651
It's the toughest choice
I've ever had to make.
850
01:04:26,664 --> 01:04:28,825
Do everything to diminish the hazards.
851
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:31,696
Go over every detail a thousand times.
852
01:04:32,737 --> 01:04:37,674
But as painful as it is, those soldiers
will have to bear the rough portion.
853
01:04:38,509 --> 01:04:44,106
General Bradley's assault troops
must be given every edge we can find.
854
01:04:44,982 --> 01:04:47,348
A perfectly sound decision.
855
01:04:47,518 --> 01:04:50,646
We'll keep Jerry watching out
for his backside.
856
01:04:50,821 --> 01:04:53,722
You get yours to those jumpers
as soon as you can.
857
01:04:53,891 --> 01:04:56,121
Count on it.
858
01:04:59,497 --> 01:05:01,624
Thank you, gentlemen.
859
01:05:04,735 --> 01:05:06,566
Brad?
860
01:05:08,773 --> 01:05:10,866
When he wakes up,
I'm seeing Churchill.
861
01:05:11,042 --> 01:05:13,272
- He's gonna bring it up...
- Will you lay off?
862
01:05:13,444 --> 01:05:15,605
I've told you, the sand will hold.
863
01:05:15,780 --> 01:05:18,840
We tested with light bombing.
Resistance gave measurements.
864
01:05:19,016 --> 01:05:23,715
I know. If the first of those storms hits
the beaches the same time we do...
865
01:05:23,888 --> 01:05:25,913
...you're looking at 2 inches of rain.
866
01:05:26,090 --> 01:05:30,459
Maybe 20-foot swells, eating
at the beaches. Huge erosion.
867
01:05:31,996 --> 01:05:35,159
Would you still go
in that kind of weather?
868
01:05:35,333 --> 01:05:39,599
If we don't go now...
A lot can happen in three weeks.
869
01:05:39,770 --> 01:05:43,467
They'd get onto us.
Rommel can move more men.
870
01:05:43,641 --> 01:05:48,544
So I ask you again, my good friend,
what if the conditions are marginal?
871
01:05:48,713 --> 01:05:52,581
The beaches will be firm.
I know they will.
872
01:05:52,750 --> 01:05:56,584
You can trust me on this
and not worry yourself about it further.
873
01:05:58,322 --> 01:06:01,985
- Thank you, general.
- General.
874
01:06:26,317 --> 01:06:29,616
Salute! Attention!
875
01:06:40,231 --> 01:06:43,394
Thank you for taking the time
to join us, general.
876
01:06:48,939 --> 01:06:53,239
Not even your headman's Kansas
charm can melt the French iceberg.
877
01:06:53,411 --> 01:06:54,708
Don't bet on it.
878
01:07:16,100 --> 01:07:19,433
Attention, all ranks!
General officer!
879
01:07:21,572 --> 01:07:23,472
As you were.
880
01:07:24,275 --> 01:07:28,211
Come, general.
Let me provide you with some details.
881
01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:31,545
Prime minister.
882
01:07:36,687 --> 01:07:39,554
If the Frenchman can back up
his manner...
883
01:07:39,723 --> 01:07:43,989
...he should be able to control
the weather for us. And the tides.
884
01:07:44,161 --> 01:07:47,392
All we want is he tells
the French to welcome us.
885
01:07:47,565 --> 01:07:49,965
Neutrality might mean
they'll work against us...
886
01:07:50,134 --> 01:07:51,658
...like some did at Dunkirk.
887
01:07:53,637 --> 01:07:54,968
My, my.
888
01:07:55,139 --> 01:07:58,836
Seems that our work isn't up
to the general's level.
889
01:08:14,158 --> 01:08:17,958
General DeGaulle,
I trust your confidence is buoyed.
890
01:08:20,131 --> 01:08:23,999
I think your Operation Overlord
is poorly conceived.
891
01:08:24,168 --> 01:08:27,626
I have explained its failures
to General Eisenhower.
892
01:08:28,205 --> 01:08:31,368
He has all the information to make
the necessary corrections.
893
01:08:31,542 --> 01:08:34,306
I'm grateful for the general's
contributions.
894
01:08:34,478 --> 01:08:36,378
I'll explain them to you all later.
895
01:08:36,547 --> 01:08:39,607
Although, as I've told the general,
with regret...
896
01:08:39,783 --> 01:08:43,947
...we simply don't have the time
to make the changes suggested.
897
01:08:47,491 --> 01:08:49,322
Perhaps...
898
01:08:49,527 --> 01:08:51,358
...you could use a moment alone...
899
01:08:52,463 --> 01:08:54,863
...to discuss other matters?
900
01:08:57,101 --> 01:08:58,762
Yes, sir.
901
01:08:58,936 --> 01:09:00,267
General?
902
01:09:11,682 --> 01:09:14,583
What do you expect from me,
general?
903
01:09:14,752 --> 01:09:17,812
- This is, after all, your speech.
- Yes.
904
01:09:17,988 --> 01:09:22,084
But it is to be broadcast to the French
people on the eve of their liberation.
905
01:09:22,259 --> 01:09:25,057
I was hoping for your support
since we recognize you...
906
01:09:25,229 --> 01:09:26,696
...as their legitimate voice.
907
01:09:26,864 --> 01:09:29,264
Of course you do.
There is no one else.
908
01:09:29,433 --> 01:09:33,062
So I shall give my own address
when the time comes.
909
01:09:33,237 --> 01:09:36,866
As, of course, you must.
But it is our hope, our urgent hope...
910
01:09:37,041 --> 01:09:38,804
...that you'll endorse
my remarks...
911
01:09:38,976 --> 01:09:41,501
...and that is why my speech
should concern you.
912
01:09:41,679 --> 01:09:45,706
Your remarks concern me greatly,
General Eisenhower.
913
01:09:45,883 --> 01:09:48,681
But not for the reasons
you might like.
914
01:09:48,852 --> 01:09:51,343
Okay, what's wrong with it?
915
01:09:53,757 --> 01:09:58,251
Firstly, you urge Frenchmen
to follow your orders?
916
01:09:58,429 --> 01:10:00,624
Only I will command
the people of France.
917
01:10:01,532 --> 01:10:04,194
I understand that.
We all do.
918
01:10:04,368 --> 01:10:07,428
But this operation can only work
if it speaks with one voice.
919
01:10:07,605 --> 01:10:08,936
So they say.
920
01:10:09,106 --> 01:10:11,836
You even ask my people
to accept Allied money.
921
01:10:12,009 --> 01:10:18,073
Yet, as president of the provisional
government, only I can issue currency.
922
01:10:18,249 --> 01:10:21,810
You say local administrations
will stay in place.
923
01:10:21,986 --> 01:10:23,476
For stability, general.
924
01:10:23,654 --> 01:10:26,248
Only I shall decide
what to do with Vichy officials.
925
01:10:26,423 --> 01:10:28,948
No, no. It's quite impossible.
I'll never accept...
926
01:10:29,126 --> 01:10:31,754
...that you can speak
for all the Allies.
927
01:10:31,929 --> 01:10:33,487
The British have.
928
01:10:33,664 --> 01:10:39,261
The Canadians, the Australians,
the exiled Dutch and Poles.
929
01:10:39,436 --> 01:10:41,427
Roosevelt and Churchill have agreed.
930
01:10:41,872 --> 01:10:44,204
Come to think of it,
you're the only exception.
931
01:10:44,475 --> 01:10:49,378
You will not treat us like Italy.
We are not German allies.
932
01:10:49,546 --> 01:10:53,880
In fact, the Vichy government
is precisely that, general.
933
01:10:55,085 --> 01:11:00,455
But we will liberate France and
treat her as an ally nonetheless.
934
01:11:00,624 --> 01:11:04,822
All I ask is that you speak on the radio
after my address...
935
01:11:04,995 --> 01:11:07,862
...and call on your people
to aid us in their liberation.
936
01:11:08,032 --> 01:11:10,262
Speak after you?
Impossible.
937
01:11:10,434 --> 01:11:13,801
That would imply I approve
of your program.
938
01:11:18,375 --> 01:11:19,842
I understand.
939
01:11:21,679 --> 01:11:23,476
Allow me to see you to your car.
940
01:11:47,838 --> 01:11:50,238
- You're wet, Stagg.
- Aye, sir.
941
01:11:50,407 --> 01:11:52,875
It started raining.
942
01:11:57,348 --> 01:12:00,977
- I find that very depressing.
- Depressing. Yes.
943
01:12:01,151 --> 01:12:04,712
Well, three depressions, actually.
One after the other.
944
01:12:04,888 --> 01:12:08,016
They rolled in from Baffin Island
in unbelievably quick time.
945
01:12:08,192 --> 01:12:11,753
- I've never seen it like...
- How long before they pass through?
946
01:12:11,929 --> 01:12:13,726
- All three?
- Yes.
947
01:12:13,897 --> 01:12:18,129
Three to five days.
Might be some calm in between them.
948
01:12:18,302 --> 01:12:21,567
Meantime, we're looking at swells
of up to 40 feet mid-Channel...
949
01:12:21,739 --> 01:12:23,866
...30-feet breakers
on the landing zones...
950
01:12:24,041 --> 01:12:26,373
...and winds of up to 50 miles
an hour.
951
01:12:26,543 --> 01:12:29,034
We can't get the gliders
and C-47's off the ground.
952
01:12:29,213 --> 01:12:32,478
Even if we did, they'd be blown all
over Europe when they jumped.
953
01:12:32,649 --> 01:12:34,514
Embarkation status, Birdie?
954
01:12:34,685 --> 01:12:37,381
Crew's aboard ship,
vessel's fully loaded.
955
01:12:37,554 --> 01:12:41,547
Mulberries and LST is fueled.
More crafts still at mooring.
956
01:12:41,725 --> 01:12:43,659
C-47's in place.
Gliders leashed.
957
01:12:43,827 --> 01:12:46,660
Men ready for boarding
on 30 minutes' notice.
958
01:12:46,830 --> 01:12:49,526
We can't send them.
They'll drown before they arrive.
959
01:12:49,700 --> 01:12:52,430
True enough.
Some will.
960
01:12:52,603 --> 01:12:55,436
But we have to calculate the margins.
961
01:12:55,606 --> 01:12:57,597
This might work to our advantage.
962
01:12:57,775 --> 01:13:01,438
It's certain Jerry won't expect
an invasion force in this weather.
963
01:13:01,612 --> 01:13:05,343
Of course, it is up to you.
But with all the goodwill in the world...
964
01:13:05,516 --> 01:13:09,384
- ...we can't wait forever.
- No.
965
01:13:10,254 --> 01:13:14,953
But we can wait one more day.
We owe the men that.
966
01:13:15,125 --> 01:13:19,585
Disembarkation is delayed
24 hours to Tuesday.
967
01:13:19,763 --> 01:13:24,598
We meet at 0130 hours
tomorrow morning to finalize.
968
01:14:17,354 --> 01:14:20,881
Sir, there's a definite break
almost immediately at hand.
969
01:14:21,058 --> 01:14:22,286
What kind of break?
970
01:14:24,394 --> 01:14:26,919
This dreadful torrent that seems...
971
01:14:27,531 --> 01:14:30,398
...ready to wash us away
will lift in three hours or so.
972
01:14:30,567 --> 01:14:32,728
For how long?
What's off the Irish coast?
973
01:14:32,903 --> 01:14:34,871
A nasty low.
But even at top speed...
974
01:14:35,038 --> 01:14:38,337
...it would need 36 hours
to reach the Normandy coast.
975
01:14:38,509 --> 01:14:40,534
Meanwhile, winds will moderate.
976
01:14:40,711 --> 01:14:43,703
The bombers should be able
to operate starting tomorrow...
977
01:14:43,881 --> 01:14:45,371
...and right into June 6th.
978
01:14:45,549 --> 01:14:48,109
At best, a moderately
good night for drop zones.
979
01:14:48,285 --> 01:14:49,718
For air power, generally.
980
01:14:49,887 --> 01:14:54,085
Heavy and medium bombers will find
the going, well, chancy at best.
981
01:14:54,258 --> 01:14:57,591
True, but we could press our entire
force of bombers into service.
982
01:14:57,761 --> 01:14:59,820
They'd operate well
in these conditions.
983
01:14:59,997 --> 01:15:01,794
Yes. I expect they would.
984
01:15:01,965 --> 01:15:04,957
But if Stagg could give us
a larger window on the 7th...
985
01:15:05,135 --> 01:15:06,602
I'd take comfort in that.
986
01:15:06,770 --> 01:15:09,238
I'm not ready to give up
on the 6th, Stagg.
987
01:15:09,406 --> 01:15:10,634
Sir.
988
01:15:12,175 --> 01:15:15,201
Would you know more
by 0200 hours, son?
989
01:15:16,179 --> 01:15:18,670
I expect we'd have a better sense
of the speed...
990
01:15:18,849 --> 01:15:20,714
...of the next storm's approach. Yes.
991
01:15:20,884 --> 01:15:23,614
I'm afraid that's not good enough,
old man.
992
01:15:23,787 --> 01:15:26,278
The American force
has the longest sea journey.
993
01:15:26,456 --> 01:15:29,289
Now, they must put to sea
in the next half-hour...
994
01:15:29,459 --> 01:15:31,689
...if Overlord's to happen
on the 6th.
995
01:15:31,862 --> 01:15:36,094
And further, if you have Admiral
Kirk set sail then recall his fleet...
996
01:15:36,266 --> 01:15:38,359
...for worsening weather,
he can't refuel.
997
01:15:38,535 --> 01:15:42,767
- Won't be ready in time for the 7th.
- Too late after that.
998
01:15:42,940 --> 01:15:46,103
Tides and moon won't be
in the right alignment on the 8th.
999
01:15:47,077 --> 01:15:49,341
Any reason we shouldn't go
on the 6th, Monty?
1000
01:15:49,813 --> 01:15:51,678
I would say go.
1001
01:15:52,015 --> 01:15:54,609
One hell of a gamble to go now.
1002
01:15:54,785 --> 01:15:57,219
- Very chancy.
- I know.
1003
01:15:57,387 --> 01:16:00,151
The question is, how long
can we hang this operation...
1004
01:16:00,324 --> 01:16:03,452
...on the end of a limb
and just let it dangle there?
1005
01:16:08,999 --> 01:16:11,490
I'm quite positive the order
must be given.
1006
01:16:13,470 --> 01:16:16,030
Signal will go to the fleet
immediately, sir.
1007
01:16:16,206 --> 01:16:20,233
We meet again at 0400 hours
for a report on their progress.
1008
01:16:20,410 --> 01:16:24,312
That'll be our last chance
to hold off till July.
1009
01:17:46,730 --> 01:17:51,133
Finally going as I predicted, sir.
The break is almost upon us.
1010
01:17:51,401 --> 01:17:53,733
Long-range forecast
still unpleasant...
1011
01:17:53,904 --> 01:17:58,034
...but I can promise the weather
will clear in a matter of hours.
1012
01:18:00,210 --> 01:18:02,201
Gentlemen.
1013
01:18:02,379 --> 01:18:04,506
I command you...
1014
01:18:05,048 --> 01:18:08,916
...but you command the men
I'm about to throw into battle.
1015
01:18:09,252 --> 01:18:12,016
One last go-round, please.
1016
01:18:13,523 --> 01:18:16,390
Well, they're almost in the Channel.
1017
01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:19,461
The weather front is moving
faster than the ships.
1018
01:18:19,629 --> 01:18:23,690
By the time the LSTs reach landfall,
sea shall be calm.
1019
01:18:23,867 --> 01:18:26,700
I say, no turning back.
1020
01:18:27,037 --> 01:18:31,064
- Agreed.
- A dark day for airborne, I'm afraid.
1021
01:18:31,241 --> 01:18:34,677
Well, if there is to be a recall,
it must be now.
1022
01:18:43,520 --> 01:18:44,782
Let's go.
1023
01:18:51,495 --> 01:18:53,793
Sixth Airborne K-12!
1024
01:19:10,680 --> 01:19:12,614
Stand by, signal...
1025
01:19:13,450 --> 01:19:15,350
8977 in the wing.
1026
01:19:25,729 --> 01:19:28,095
Last one at the dance?
1027
01:19:28,265 --> 01:19:30,130
Or the first?
1028
01:19:30,300 --> 01:19:33,269
Hell, that's just the way it is, Beetle.
1029
01:19:34,404 --> 01:19:36,895
One minute I'm exactly
what Churchill described...
1030
01:19:37,073 --> 01:19:39,473
...the most powerful man in history.
1031
01:19:39,643 --> 01:19:44,842
Now the order's given.
Hell, I'm just audience.
1032
01:19:45,015 --> 01:19:47,677
Front row, center, to be sure.
1033
01:19:49,686 --> 01:19:52,917
But a corporal on Juno,
a private on Utah...
1034
01:19:54,291 --> 01:19:57,089
...they're the ones who will affect
the outcome, not me.
1035
01:19:57,594 --> 01:19:59,789
It's up to them now.
1036
01:20:00,230 --> 01:20:02,095
Yes, sir.
1037
01:20:15,912 --> 01:20:18,574
All right. Gather around.
1038
01:20:18,748 --> 01:20:22,514
Ten minutes to onload.
Just enough time for a visitor.
1039
01:20:22,686 --> 01:20:26,383
The supreme commander himself
is coming to see us off.
1040
01:20:26,556 --> 01:20:29,320
No kidding.
Hell, I'll bet he ain't coming with, boys.
1041
01:20:29,492 --> 01:20:30,720
It's not his job.
1042
01:20:30,894 --> 01:20:33,328
Besides, he hasn't earned
his Jump Wings.
1043
01:20:33,496 --> 01:20:37,728
All right. Here's the protocol.
Do not speak unless spoken to.
1044
01:20:37,901 --> 01:20:39,334
If he asks you a question...
1045
01:20:39,502 --> 01:20:42,699
...you'll find that generals
are not interested in the personal.
1046
01:20:42,873 --> 01:20:44,864
Be prepared to answer
questions such as:
1047
01:20:45,041 --> 01:20:47,566
Where you trained,
where you did jump school.
1048
01:20:47,878 --> 01:20:51,473
What kind of medals and ribbons
you've earned. Stuff like that.
1049
01:20:51,648 --> 01:20:53,047
All right?
1050
01:21:24,915 --> 01:21:29,284
Seven out of 10, Beetle.
Maybe more.
1051
01:21:30,520 --> 01:21:33,853
In God's hands, sir.
1052
01:21:58,348 --> 01:22:01,340
At ease.
Gather around.
1053
01:22:01,785 --> 01:22:03,446
That's an order, jumpers.
1054
01:22:04,521 --> 01:22:06,921
Smoke them if you got them.
1055
01:22:07,257 --> 01:22:10,818
- Where you from, son?
- Basic at Dix, jumped at Bragg, sir.
1056
01:22:10,994 --> 01:22:12,894
Corporal, I asked where you're from.
1057
01:22:13,063 --> 01:22:15,554
You had a life before the Army,
didn't you?
1058
01:22:16,232 --> 01:22:19,065
You bet I did, sir.
I'm a Chicago boy.
1059
01:22:19,235 --> 01:22:21,897
- Southside.
- Good for you.
1060
01:22:22,072 --> 01:22:25,508
- How about you? Where you from?
- New Orleans, sir.
1061
01:22:26,343 --> 01:22:28,743
Nebraska, sir.
Go Corn Huskers.
1062
01:22:28,912 --> 01:22:31,403
That's the wrong team, jumper.
1063
01:22:31,581 --> 01:22:34,414
- Anybody here from Kansas?
- I'm from Kansas, sir.
1064
01:22:34,584 --> 01:22:37,144
- Go get them, Jayhawks.
- You bet. Look out, Hitler.
1065
01:22:37,320 --> 01:22:40,847
- Here we come.
- Yeah!
1066
01:22:41,024 --> 01:22:43,356
- All ready, then?
- Yes, sir.
1067
01:22:43,526 --> 01:22:45,084
No, we ain't worried, general.
1068
01:22:45,261 --> 01:22:48,025
It's the Krauts that
ought to be worrying now.
1069
01:22:49,566 --> 01:22:52,228
Excuse me, sir.
Do you have a light?
1070
01:22:54,037 --> 01:22:57,234
- Yes, I do, lieutenant.
- Thank you, sir.
1071
01:23:14,357 --> 01:23:16,689
Our landings on the French coast
have failed...
1072
01:23:16,860 --> 01:23:22,389
...to gain a satisfactory foothold,
and I have withdrawn the troops.
1073
01:23:23,066 --> 01:23:26,160
My decision to attack at this time
and place was based upon...
1074
01:23:26,336 --> 01:23:28,964
...the best information available.
1075
01:23:29,139 --> 01:23:34,475
If any blame or fault attaches
to the attempt, it is mine alone.
1076
01:23:40,216 --> 01:23:45,017
If it all goes wrong,
if Overlord fails...
1077
01:23:46,523 --> 01:23:48,923
...give that to the press.
1078
01:23:54,597 --> 01:23:57,464
Of course, Overlord did not fail.
1079
01:23:58,368 --> 01:24:00,529
How could it?
1080
01:24:00,970 --> 01:24:04,497
With so many fine young men and
women from all corners of the earth...
1081
01:24:06,076 --> 01:24:09,910
...all determined to do their best
to free a world gone half-mad.
1082
01:24:10,080 --> 01:24:12,207
There would be setbacks.
1083
01:24:12,382 --> 01:24:17,285
There would be small triumphs,
even in the first few hours.
1084
01:24:19,389 --> 01:24:21,949
A message from Leigh-Mallory.
1085
01:24:22,659 --> 01:24:24,422
Read it.
1086
01:24:26,062 --> 01:24:27,359
"Urgent.
1087
01:24:27,530 --> 01:24:31,864
Sir, it is at times difficult
to admit one is wrong.
1088
01:24:32,035 --> 01:24:36,096
But I have the great pleasure
in doing so on this occasion.
1089
01:24:36,272 --> 01:24:39,605
Casualties are dramatically below
my estimates.
1090
01:24:39,776 --> 01:24:42,768
I congratulate you
on your command decision...
1091
01:24:42,946 --> 01:24:47,246
...and apologize for adding
to the supreme commander's worries.
1092
01:24:47,417 --> 01:24:49,476
Leigh-Mallory."
1093
01:24:51,988 --> 01:24:55,389
- Any numbers?
- Early estimates...
1094
01:24:55,558 --> 01:24:58,049
...about 20 percent.
1095
01:25:02,899 --> 01:25:06,665
- Carry on, general.
- Sir.
1096
01:25:14,644 --> 01:25:17,169
Twenty percent
is so much better than 70.
1097
01:25:18,481 --> 01:25:21,416
But the loss of even one
of this gallant band is a loss...
1098
01:25:21,584 --> 01:25:24,985
...to all decent humanity everywhere.
1099
01:25:25,155 --> 01:25:31,094
And besides, if the person killed
in action is you or the one you love...
1100
01:25:31,461 --> 01:25:34,919
...then the odds
are 100 percent in that case.
1101
01:25:35,098 --> 01:25:39,364
They knew that,
these great crusaders.
1102
01:25:39,536 --> 01:25:42,027
But they went anyway.
1103
01:25:45,508 --> 01:25:48,705
Too many of them are now with God.
1104
01:25:49,779 --> 01:25:52,748
We may never see their like again.
1105
01:25:54,250 --> 01:25:57,913
We may never see their like again.
93501