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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 l...
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.
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Last time.
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Thank you.
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Sir, may I return
to my headquarters now?
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Gentlemen.
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Played him like a violin.
Ate out of my hand, he did. Drive on.
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- How'd it go?
- I'm keeping him on.
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Probably thinks
he put one over on me.
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Hell, maybe he did.
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Let's keep him in Maidenhead,
commanding his fictitious army.
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Now Rommel thinks he's my ace.
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Besides, once we get ashore,
I'll need him...
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...to command real tanks.
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Traff, what you got?
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Early estimates of airborne losses.
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Assume perfect weather,
and we go with a full or half-moon.
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00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:14,415
No crosswind at the drop zone,
losses could be low as 8 percent.
237
00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:20,757
But should any of the elements turn
against us, casualties will spiral.
238
00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:24,300
They might hit a quarter or more.
239
00:18:24,803 --> 00:18:26,270
One in four.
240
00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:29,332
What's the split between
wounded and dead?
241
00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:34,041
Oh, with paratroopers, one might
as well assume they're all dead.
242
00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,311
A wounded jumper is a cripple.
243
00:18:37,683 --> 00:18:39,947
And we all know this enemy.
244
00:19:55,427 --> 00:19:57,361
I'm ahead of you.
245
00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:01,394
What the hell time is it?
246
00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:03,562
It's 0520.
247
00:20:06,071 --> 00:20:07,971
But you want to be woken for this.
248
00:20:08,774 --> 00:20:11,038
In from Southwest Command,
just decoded.
249
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:21,815
All chiefs of staff
in the map room, 20 minutes.
250
00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:24,816
No doubt in your mind about this?
251
00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:26,252
Afraid not.
252
00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:31,192
The craft's scars could only be made
by Krupp Essen U-210 torpedoes.
253
00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:33,729
Then the German
is right off the coast.
254
00:20:34,499 --> 00:20:36,524
What about damage?
Too much for a loner.
255
00:20:36,702 --> 00:20:39,466
Absolutely. This was a full pack.
256
00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:42,539
In daylight, C-search patrols
can spot E-boats...
257
00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:45,802
...as soon as they come
close enough to fire torpedoes.
258
00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:47,912
But at night, under radar...
259
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:52,346
Then what in damnation were men
doing out there after nightfall?
260
00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:55,179
Landing-craft drivers
were having a difficult time...
261
00:20:55,354 --> 00:20:57,379
...managing these new
duplex-drive craft.
262
00:20:57,556 --> 00:20:59,888
They're fragile in anything
but good weather.
263
00:21:00,058 --> 00:21:02,993
Division commander felt
they needed more experience.
264
00:21:03,161 --> 00:21:07,860
Then the man is a damned fool and
should be relieved of his command.
265
00:21:08,033 --> 00:21:10,467
You won't find any
of my divisional commanders...
266
00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:13,002
...playing silly buggers
with Jerry concealed.
267
00:21:13,171 --> 00:21:15,036
How many landing craft lost?
268
00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:20,076
First estimates are at 11, possibly 12.
But we've only seen two or three hulls.
269
00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:21,940
Any intercepted Jerry signals?
270
00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:25,641
E-boat captains radioed Berlin,
claiming two dozen.
271
00:21:26,084 --> 00:21:28,348
We went on the air
with a decodable signal...
272
00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,647
...to Patton's fictitious army...
273
00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:32,983
...saying it lost five landing craft.
274
00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:35,092
First reports back
from Signal Corps...
275
00:21:35,260 --> 00:21:37,387
...indicate Jerry bought
the whole program.
276
00:21:37,562 --> 00:21:40,360
I'd be surprised if Jerry's
really buying the idea...
277
00:21:40,532 --> 00:21:43,194
...that the bulk of our forces
are in the east.
278
00:21:43,368 --> 00:21:45,700
I wouldn't. Not with activity
in the southwest.
279
00:21:46,271 --> 00:21:47,499
I take your point.
280
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:53,070
But we have fake tanks,
trucks and landing craft...
281
00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:55,338
...deployed throughout
that entire region.
282
00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:59,143
And our psychological
warfare squads in Norwich...
283
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:02,719
...generate more radio traffic
than our entire force doubled.
284
00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,957
They use a new magnetic wire
that records Morse messages...
285
00:22:06,124 --> 00:22:08,922
...and repeats it night and day.
From what we monitor...
286
00:22:09,094 --> 00:22:12,586
...the Germans have moved
a full signal battalion to Dieppe...
287
00:22:12,764 --> 00:22:14,391
...in order to sort it out.
288
00:22:14,966 --> 00:22:17,161
We have Patton's HQ
in Maidenhead.
289
00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:21,739
The enemy is certain he will be field
commander of any Allied invasion.
290
00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:25,300
- They can't imagine anyone else.
- Well, hell.
291
00:22:25,477 --> 00:22:29,937
If Hitler had half his wits about him,
he'd be on Monty's tail night and day.
292
00:22:33,118 --> 00:22:37,612
And there is no sign that the
3rd Air Fleet, the 16th Army...
293
00:22:37,789 --> 00:22:41,247
...or any of 16 panzer divisions
southward.
294
00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:43,088
I think we fooled them.
295
00:22:43,562 --> 00:22:46,895
He believes Patton's
fictitious army is real.
296
00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:49,594
He's not really watching Normandy.
297
00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:54,072
- For now, at least.
- Precisely, for now.
298
00:22:54,239 --> 00:22:57,766
Rommel's no fool. Sooner or later,
he'll figure out there's a limit...
299
00:22:57,943 --> 00:23:00,468
...to the size of our force,
send flights...
300
00:23:00,645 --> 00:23:02,806
...to inspect Patton's army
and discover...
301
00:23:02,981 --> 00:23:06,280
...that all his tanks and trucks
are nothing but papier-m�ch�.
302
00:23:06,451 --> 00:23:08,385
Tell me about these men we lost.
303
00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:13,047
And what is this duplex-drive problem
on the damn landing craft?
304
00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:16,321
The DDs? Well, the men
call them Donald Ducks...
305
00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:19,055
...because they're not
that easy to understand.
306
00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:21,995
It takes practice to reach
the skill level necessary...
307
00:23:22,167 --> 00:23:24,260
...to master the two output levels.
308
00:23:24,436 --> 00:23:28,167
One for the high seas and the other
for soft landings on a beach.
309
00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:30,604
We were short
of the bloody things before.
310
00:23:31,042 --> 00:23:34,500
That's an entire battalion's
passage gone.
311
00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:37,170
Could be a month before we
get replacement craft.
312
00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:40,876
It's only 19 days to the half-moon
and the right high tide.
313
00:23:41,052 --> 00:23:44,453
Look, if we can trick Rommel
for 19 days through to mid-May...
314
00:23:44,623 --> 00:23:47,615
...surely we can push him
to the next useful moon and tide.
315
00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:50,420
That would be June 5th, sir.
316
00:23:51,596 --> 00:23:56,329
All this dithering around is bloody
annoying, General Eisenhower.
317
00:23:56,501 --> 00:24:00,437
My men are ready to go.
I say the sooner the better.
318
00:24:00,605 --> 00:24:05,304
Leaving it to June is a tremendous
risk. What if there's a storm?
319
00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:10,414
Then we've lost June. We have to put
it off to July. Six weeks to September.
320
00:24:10,582 --> 00:24:13,073
It's not enough to land the army.
321
00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:15,344
We have to get tanks ashore,
get inland...
322
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,148
...before the worst of
autumn weather slows us down.
323
00:24:18,323 --> 00:24:20,518
What can you give me in June,
Stagg?
324
00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:24,353
Expecting a fine
English summer, sir.
325
00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:27,191
I mean, meteorology's a fair bit
of witchcraft...
326
00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:30,129
...but all indications
are for one of our better Junes.
327
00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:32,634
Three extra weeks means
at least 100 more LSTs.
328
00:24:33,171 --> 00:24:36,231
Give us more time to pulverize
the rail lines out of Germany.
329
00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:39,036
- And railheads in France.
- The men are impatient.
330
00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,571
- Dulls their itch.
- And sooner or later...
331
00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:45,409
...we won't be able to hide the size
of our force in the southwest.
332
00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:49,579
May 19th or June 5th?
333
00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:53,522
Or the fail-safe last chance in July?
334
00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:55,956
Mid-July.
335
00:24:56,561 --> 00:24:59,325
Leaving maybe eight weeks,
if there's an early frost...
336
00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,092
...to establish a beachhead
for half a million men.
337
00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:03,859
How doable is that?
338
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,268
That's what I thought.
339
00:25:10,442 --> 00:25:15,311
Please have it factored in for the
next meeting, gentlemen. Thank you.
340
00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:27,653
I know the reason you're here.
341
00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:30,522
Of course, the loss of these men is...
342
00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:36,056
Yes, of course. But I was referring
to your other reason.
343
00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:38,464
Other reason?
344
00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:40,434
You have the advantage
over me, sir.
345
00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:43,802
I certainly hope so. It's my job.
346
00:25:55,086 --> 00:25:58,988
I am told you've committed to June.
347
00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:01,121
Given up on a May landing.
348
00:26:02,193 --> 00:26:05,094
I assume Monty kept you informed.
349
00:26:05,263 --> 00:26:08,061
No names, no pack drill.
350
00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:11,100
But of course, general,
you are in Britain.
351
00:26:11,269 --> 00:26:15,501
You must assume I have resources
to keep myself in the picture.
352
00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:21,502
And I understand
from Mr. Roosevelt...
353
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,444
...that the additional time
will increase the number...
354
00:26:24,616 --> 00:26:27,847
...of these newfangled landing craft.
355
00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,581
The president is my security leak?
356
00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:32,416
Hardly.
357
00:26:33,058 --> 00:26:36,619
But even if he were,
he is your superior.
358
00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:39,263
And my good friend and ally.
359
00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:43,333
Never forget, general,
you serve at our pleasure.
360
00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:49,302
Then if it please you, sir,
we need to delay till June 4 or 5.
361
00:26:49,474 --> 00:26:51,101
I'm promised excellent weather.
362
00:26:51,776 --> 00:26:54,108
By then, we will have
100 more landing craft.
363
00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:55,678
So...
364
00:26:56,314 --> 00:26:58,839
...the fate of our two great nations
comes down...
365
00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:02,976
...to things called LSTs
and Donald Ducks.
366
00:27:04,122 --> 00:27:10,152
Well, if it be so, so be it. And yes,
general, I accede to you once more.
367
00:27:10,328 --> 00:27:12,319
June it is.
368
00:27:13,031 --> 00:27:16,467
Good. Thank you.
369
00:27:26,878 --> 00:27:29,676
But that raises another problem, sir.
370
00:27:30,915 --> 00:27:34,942
Further delay creates almost
unbearable pressure on our security.
371
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,556
We can't let the Germans sense
we're only making a feint at Calais.
372
00:27:38,723 --> 00:27:44,389
If Rommel moves his main force to
Normandy, we'd be stacking bodies.
373
00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:48,790
There's only one way to be
certain that German spies...
374
00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:51,731
...or loose lips don't stumble
across our activities...
375
00:27:51,903 --> 00:27:53,530
...and anticipate our moves.
376
00:27:53,705 --> 00:27:57,141
That is to seal the coast across
the south of England and Wales...
377
00:27:57,308 --> 00:27:59,173
...to all unauthorized traffic.
378
00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:01,209
Most of it is sealed already.
379
00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:04,371
I mean all of it.
380
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:06,642
No civilian traffic whatsoever.
381
00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:11,016
Are you mad, sir? Do you not
realize that no one in Britain...
382
00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:13,521
...lives more than
150 miles from the sea?
383
00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:18,121
It is no accident that Britannia rules
the waves and all that business.
384
00:28:18,296 --> 00:28:21,595
We are a people whose entire destiny
is linked to the sea.
385
00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:24,860
Which is why you must now
turn your people away from it.
386
00:28:25,804 --> 00:28:27,294
Impossible.
387
00:28:27,472 --> 00:28:29,030
It might mean thousands...
388
00:28:30,141 --> 00:28:32,905
...tens of thousands
of young men's lives.
389
00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,710
I will give you this, general.
390
00:28:40,251 --> 00:28:42,378
You know how to take charge.
391
00:28:43,688 --> 00:28:45,280
It's not about power, sir.
392
00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:50,661
It is simply the judicious use of the
responsibility you entrusted me with.
393
00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:56,290
Only under duress and your threats to
walk out. I'd have you remember that.
394
00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:59,061
Yes, sir.
395
00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:15,016
The Ministry of Information
unedited footage...
396
00:29:15,186 --> 00:29:17,814
...spied by the 3rd Red army
Film Corps.
397
00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:20,253
The surrender of
the German 7 th army.
398
00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:23,656
Hitler refuses to allow
further withdrawal.
399
00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:27,093
Throws three panzer divisions
from the western front to the east.
400
00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:28,994
They're on the APC. Look at that.
401
00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:35,504
Three less we have to face. One
more reason to rethink a broad front.
402
00:29:35,673 --> 00:29:39,370
Ride a dagger-thrust road
straight to Berlin.
403
00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:44,313
And we'll have the French
to help us along.
404
00:29:44,849 --> 00:29:47,113
Smuggled, unedited film
from Warsaw Ghetto...
405
00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:51,483
...where Jews resist an entire
German army for six weeks.
406
00:29:51,656 --> 00:29:55,854
Twice as long as the well-fed
French army in 1940.
407
00:29:56,027 --> 00:29:58,518
Don't count on them
to help us along.
408
00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:04,457
Supreme commander meets
with soldiers of the line.
409
00:30:17,515 --> 00:30:20,313
Give me five minutes.
I'll have tonight's feature ready.
410
00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:23,147
- What have you got?
- Sahara.
411
00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:27,052
- Bogart wins the war in North Africa.
- Not bloody likely.
412
00:30:30,428 --> 00:30:31,656
I'll be off, then.
413
00:30:33,064 --> 00:30:34,929
I'll walk you out.
414
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:39,968
- It's supposed to be a good movie.
- Not much taste for cinema, myself.
415
00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:43,107
Besides, never enough time
for preparation, is there?
416
00:30:45,443 --> 00:30:47,673
Well, we all need some recreation.
417
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:51,179
Movie once a week, let the hair down,
it seems to do the trick.
418
00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:55,251
If you say so. Although,
if you don't mind me saying so...
419
00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:59,686
...that jeering when you came on the
screen, a bit much, you know.
420
00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:01,548
Good-natured, as I see it.
421
00:31:02,026 --> 00:31:03,323
Undisciplined.
422
00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:06,654
So is using
German troop movements...
423
00:31:06,831 --> 00:31:09,391
...to push your plan
for a dagger thrust again.
424
00:31:10,401 --> 00:31:12,528
The broad assault
is a closed matter.
425
00:31:14,138 --> 00:31:16,834
I allow all my sub-commanders
latitude, general...
426
00:31:17,008 --> 00:31:18,771
...but restraint is also a virtue.
427
00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:22,336
Yes, sir.
428
00:31:23,114 --> 00:31:25,082
Point taken.
429
00:31:47,338 --> 00:31:48,669
He looks cold.
430
00:31:49,207 --> 00:31:50,606
Yeah.
431
00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:54,876
But if we get our asses kicked, we
won't be walking across snowy tundra.
432
00:31:55,046 --> 00:31:56,741
We'll have to swim back.
433
00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:04,047
Truth is, I wasn't looking at Napoleon.
I was thinking about the soldiers.
434
00:32:07,025 --> 00:32:10,984
Johnny's graduating from the
academy this session. June 6th.
435
00:32:11,629 --> 00:32:13,028
Proud moment.
436
00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:15,522
Have your son succeed you
at West Point.
437
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:18,168
Yeah, I can't believe
I won't be there.
438
00:32:18,336 --> 00:32:20,668
Cheer him and shake his hand.
439
00:32:20,838 --> 00:32:23,864
You'll see him soon enough.
And when you do...
440
00:32:26,177 --> 00:32:27,701
Yeah.
441
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,404
It stinks.
442
00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,445
It does.
443
00:32:34,619 --> 00:32:39,079
But any way you look at it,
we're getting off easy from this war.
444
00:32:39,524 --> 00:32:42,118
I'll most likely live to see it over.
445
00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:46,130
And my son won't be in it
for as long as most.
446
00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:48,060
But on the other hand...
447
00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,526
...this war is still your burden.
448
00:32:53,604 --> 00:32:56,368
And the rest of us,
we're just supporting cast.
449
00:32:56,541 --> 00:32:58,441
If it's any comfort...
450
00:32:59,277 --> 00:33:03,771
...so far, general, you are giving
one hell of a great performance.
451
00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,641
I don't think I needed
to hear my job described...
452
00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,685
...quite like that, General Smith.
453
00:33:12,957 --> 00:33:16,051
I loved your crack at Monty
about the French.
454
00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:19,759
Oh, thank you.
We bought them from Harrods.
455
00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:22,661
- Harrods?
- Oh, he splashed out.
456
00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:26,027
Wow, that is beautiful.
457
00:33:27,305 --> 00:33:29,466
A lousy wine, Edgar.
458
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:35,010
But not for long, huh? Soon be
downing the best French stuff.
459
00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:38,706
What do you say, Edgar? I reckon
four days from the beaches to Paris.
460
00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:41,113
- Get there on the 8th.
- I have no idea...
461
00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:44,545
...what you're talking about, Henry.
Nor do you, get it?
462
00:33:44,722 --> 00:33:48,123
Watch it, colonel.
Remember who you're talking to.
463
00:33:48,292 --> 00:33:51,352
Major general. Don't you
damn well forget it either, Henry.
464
00:33:51,529 --> 00:33:54,692
Come, Edith, it's time
we powdered our noses.
465
00:33:59,404 --> 00:34:01,964
Henry, you're a goddamned idiot.
Just button it up.
466
00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:05,735
What's the big deal? The whole
world will know soon enough.
467
00:34:08,579 --> 00:34:11,810
It is a 100-to- 1 shot because
it's more than the line of duty.
468
00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:14,977
There's so little chance
of any us coming out of it.
469
00:34:15,153 --> 00:34:16,848
I ought to put it up to you.
470
00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:20,354
You all got families at home.
Wives, mothers and sweethearts.
471
00:34:20,525 --> 00:34:23,551
I ain't got no one,
so it doesn't matter about me.
472
00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:26,322
I know how you feel about it.
473
00:34:32,403 --> 00:34:36,635
He actually said, "June 4th,"
in the hotel grill?
474
00:34:36,808 --> 00:34:38,833
That place is packed
that time of night.
475
00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:40,534
What the hell was he thinking?
476
00:34:40,711 --> 00:34:45,341
- He had too much to drink.
- Henry Miller is a major general.
477
00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:47,780
Entertaining guests
with inside knowledge...
478
00:34:47,952 --> 00:34:50,079
...is a betrayal of the men
he commands.
479
00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:51,744
Of course.
480
00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:53,447
How'd Chapman get onto this?
481
00:34:53,624 --> 00:34:58,357
A junior officer from the 101 st was at
the next table. He contacted his CO.
482
00:34:58,529 --> 00:35:01,692
- Well, did you speak to the officer?
- Yeah. Yeah.
483
00:35:01,866 --> 00:35:04,494
A first lieutenant.
Young man from Philadelphia.
484
00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:07,866
Feels awful about the thing.
Didn't want to be thought a snitch.
485
00:35:09,173 --> 00:35:11,004
But?
486
00:35:12,643 --> 00:35:15,771
But he said he commanded
a platoon of airborne infantry.
487
00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:19,439
His chances were bad enough without
making it easier for the Krauts.
488
00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:25,021
Then he's a damn sight better
officer than Miller. And smarter.
489
00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:31,351
Henry was a roommate at West Point.
490
00:35:32,263 --> 00:35:35,061
One of my closest friends.
491
00:35:38,035 --> 00:35:41,664
You know, the word stayed closed.
No one really knows about it.
492
00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:45,602
I do.
493
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,563
At ease.
494
00:36:24,715 --> 00:36:28,776
Ike, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. L...
495
00:36:28,953 --> 00:36:32,184
- I don't know what got into me.
- I do.
496
00:36:35,426 --> 00:36:38,759
I swear, I'll never touch another drop.
497
00:36:40,264 --> 00:36:41,754
You're lying.
498
00:36:45,269 --> 00:36:48,568
- So, what will you do with me?
- What do you think?
499
00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:55,406
Oh, please. Ike, don't do this to me.
500
00:36:56,013 --> 00:36:59,915
We go back too far. We're old friends.
You can't cut me loose.
501
00:37:00,318 --> 00:37:03,617
It might be easier if we didn't
have so much history, Hank.
502
00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:08,157
But the stakes are way too big.
You'll have to go home immediately...
503
00:37:08,326 --> 00:37:11,159
...and you won't be coming back.
504
00:37:11,329 --> 00:37:14,821
We both owe that to the men
who will be dead in a few weeks.
505
00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:20,335
I'll lose my operational rank.
I'll go home in disgrace, a major.
506
00:37:20,605 --> 00:37:22,573
You can't send me home.
507
00:37:24,175 --> 00:37:27,508
You owe me something.
I'm part of the inner circle.
508
00:37:28,446 --> 00:37:30,676
That's the worst thing
you could have said.
509
00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:37,919
There is no inner circle. Only those
who will live and those who will die.
510
00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:41,021
And you don't seem to get that.
511
00:38:00,544 --> 00:38:05,311
Send him home immediately.
Loss of theater rank.
512
00:38:06,350 --> 00:38:08,910
Try to keep him a colonel if you can.
513
00:38:09,086 --> 00:38:11,077
And on his record?
514
00:38:11,255 --> 00:38:16,784
"Deemed more useful in HQ. Skills
not needed in theater of operation."
515
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:29,033
The thing about all the power,
Beetle...
516
00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:31,538
...it isn't the big decisions
that weigh heavy.
517
00:38:31,709 --> 00:38:35,270
Hell, you can decide
to invade Russia at dinner.
518
00:38:35,446 --> 00:38:38,779
Pick Waterloo for battle on a whim.
519
00:38:38,949 --> 00:38:43,283
It's the details. The small stuff.
520
00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:48,016
It's easy to gamble
a million lives. What's hard...
521
00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:53,453
...is to see how that can hurt
one single person.
522
00:38:54,031 --> 00:38:57,159
And if you can't keep that straight...
523
00:38:58,736 --> 00:39:01,170
...hell...
524
00:39:01,939 --> 00:39:04,772
...you'll lose your humanity.
525
00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:08,711
Won't you?
526
00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:12,715
I couldn't say, sir.
527
00:39:26,597 --> 00:39:28,792
As you were.
528
00:39:30,868 --> 00:39:32,995
- Good morning, Beetle.
- Same to you.
529
00:39:33,170 --> 00:39:35,263
I thought you quit smoking.
530
00:39:35,439 --> 00:39:40,172
I'm trying. Ready for the big day?
It's the big moment.
531
00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:42,608
Anything good in the paper?
532
00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:44,270
No, not really.
533
00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:49,118
It's stateside,
but, hey, it's three days old.
534
00:39:50,821 --> 00:39:54,450
Walter, you're my chief of staff,
not my HQ censor.
535
00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:03,932
"While Ike's a good administrator
and a good organizer...
536
00:40:04,101 --> 00:40:06,831
...he lacks the military flare
of a Montgomery...
537
00:40:07,004 --> 00:40:09,495
...or the audacity of a Patton.
538
00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:14,770
Yet, for better or worse, he's the man
they call supreme commander."
539
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:21,908
You know, Ike...
540
00:40:22,586 --> 00:40:25,077
...a little public relations
wouldn't do any harm.
541
00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,121
Oh, it would, and you know it.
542
00:40:27,291 --> 00:40:31,159
We're surrounded by some of
the biggest swelled heads in history.
543
00:40:31,328 --> 00:40:34,422
My job is keeping them pulling
together in the same direction.
544
00:40:34,598 --> 00:40:39,729
I can't do that if I'm competing
with them for newspaper ink.
545
00:40:40,504 --> 00:40:43,701
This is your plan. You developed it.
546
00:40:43,874 --> 00:40:48,641
You fought Churchill for it,
all the politicians, even F.D.R.
547
00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:52,180
No, this is your show.
The world ought to know it.
548
00:40:52,349 --> 00:40:56,445
Maybe. One day, but not this day.
549
00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:59,521
This day, we have
other fish to fry, general.
550
00:41:00,191 --> 00:41:03,592
- Now may I have some coffee?
- Yes, sir.
551
00:41:17,374 --> 00:41:19,638
Oh, a point of principle, old man.
552
00:41:19,810 --> 00:41:23,302
A bad habit in my opinion.
Never been permitted in my HQ.
553
00:41:24,348 --> 00:41:27,408
Oh, all right, Monty,
if it's so damned important to you.
554
00:41:27,585 --> 00:41:30,816
I did agree to use your ground
for this.
555
00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:53,367
Churchill makes the final decision
on what they buy. Only him.
556
00:41:53,544 --> 00:41:56,513
But don't oversell. He can smell
bull pucky a mile away.
557
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,740
You are acquainted with Eisenhower,
an American cousin.
558
00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:02,886
Yes. Good to see you again.
559
00:42:03,053 --> 00:42:07,046
Prime minister tells us we may have
great confidence in this undertaking.
560
00:42:07,224 --> 00:42:10,557
Oh, I never disagree
with Mr. Churchill, Your Majesty.
561
00:42:10,728 --> 00:42:12,889
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
562
00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:15,588
How delighted we are
to see you again, general.
563
00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:18,257
We look forward
to our private luncheon next week.
564
00:42:18,435 --> 00:42:21,097
As do I, ma'am. I thank you.
565
00:42:21,272 --> 00:42:24,503
General, if you please.
566
00:42:44,094 --> 00:42:46,062
Excuse me.
567
00:43:11,755 --> 00:43:14,656
Your Majesties, Mr. Prime Minister...
568
00:43:14,825 --> 00:43:18,488
...honored guests, dignitaries,
I'm Dwight Eisenhower...
569
00:43:18,662 --> 00:43:20,960
...commander in chief,
Supreme Headquarters...
570
00:43:21,131 --> 00:43:24,999
...Allied Expeditionary Force,
European Theater of Operation.
571
00:43:25,169 --> 00:43:28,468
Just getting the title straight
is tiring enough.
572
00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:31,770
So I will leave much
of today's business...
573
00:43:31,942 --> 00:43:36,504
...to my trusted and gifted
colleagues, brothers-in-arms.
574
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:41,140
We are from different traditions,
different services...
575
00:43:41,318 --> 00:43:43,843
...but we are united in this crusade.
576
00:43:44,688 --> 00:43:49,182
We shall liberate Europe.
We shall restore freedom.
577
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,726
We shall make the world
safe for democracy.
578
00:43:52,763 --> 00:43:58,861
There is no other cause so urgent
as to bring us so far from our homes.
579
00:43:59,336 --> 00:44:01,395
This is our purpose.
580
00:44:01,572 --> 00:44:03,665
This is Operation Overlord.
581
00:44:04,408 --> 00:44:09,471
Explaining how we will succeed
is best done by my chiefs of staff...
582
00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:11,877
...starting with General Montgomery...
583
00:44:12,049 --> 00:44:16,179
...commander, 21 st Army Group
and responsible for all our land forces.
584
00:44:16,353 --> 00:44:18,412
General, if you will.
585
00:44:23,193 --> 00:44:25,923
Your Majesties.
586
00:44:26,096 --> 00:44:30,465
Of the enemy's 60 divisions in France,
10 are armored.
587
00:44:30,634 --> 00:44:32,864
Commanded by Erwin Rommel.
588
00:44:33,037 --> 00:44:36,768
As you know, I faced him
in the desert and bested him.
589
00:44:36,940 --> 00:44:39,431
But make no mistake,
Rommel is an energetic...
590
00:44:39,610 --> 00:44:43,546
Clever, putting Monty
front and center.
591
00:44:43,714 --> 00:44:46,683
- So he can bring
his tanks southward.
592
00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:50,217
But we shall make
a strike forward here.
593
00:44:50,387 --> 00:44:54,289
I hope to make Falaise 32 miles
inland within 40 hours.
594
00:44:54,458 --> 00:44:57,985
Paratroopers will total
over 30,000 men.
595
00:44:58,162 --> 00:45:02,690
The largest drop in history.
Casualties will be high...
596
00:45:02,866 --> 00:45:06,097
...but the size of the force should
draw two enemy divisions...
597
00:45:06,270 --> 00:45:09,569
...from the beaches, just as our men
are ready to disembark.
598
00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:11,332
To take the left flank...
599
00:45:11,508 --> 00:45:15,501
...we need to land enough men
to swamp Hitler's Atlantic wall.
600
00:45:15,679 --> 00:45:18,409
Losses amongst the British
and Canadian troops...
601
00:45:18,582 --> 00:45:20,846
...will be heavy
during the assault wave...
602
00:45:21,018 --> 00:45:23,782
...but easing off as they move
past the pillboxes.
603
00:45:23,954 --> 00:45:27,219
While fighter command provides cover
for the beach assault...
604
00:45:27,391 --> 00:45:29,951
...and strafes the Atlantic wall...
605
00:45:30,127 --> 00:45:35,394
...General Spaatz will smash the rail
links leading south from La Manche...
606
00:45:35,566 --> 00:45:40,970
...delaying any attempt by Rommel
to reinforce his southern defenses.
607
00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:52,481
Well, Your Majesties,
gentlemen, there it is.
608
00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:58,351
We're anxious to hear your thoughts,
additions, criticisms. The floor is open.
609
00:45:58,789 --> 00:46:01,622
I am impressed by the detail...
610
00:46:01,792 --> 00:46:05,751
...the comprehensiveness
of your planning.
611
00:46:06,029 --> 00:46:10,932
But the expected losses,
the sheer carnage...
612
00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:16,103
I also ache at that thought,
Your Majesty.
613
00:46:19,243 --> 00:46:22,735
I remember my first trip
to Europe as a young man.
614
00:46:22,913 --> 00:46:27,282
I felt blessed to be here, to see it...
615
00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:31,319
...to touch the origins of my own
country that I love so dearly.
616
00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:37,291
I hoped one day that all Americans
would have the same opportunity.
617
00:46:39,196 --> 00:46:44,896
Now hundreds of thousands will,
along with Britons and Canadians...
618
00:46:45,068 --> 00:46:49,368
...and European Allies
fighting to return home.
619
00:46:51,942 --> 00:46:57,471
This kind of visit
isn't what I had in mind...
620
00:46:58,515 --> 00:47:02,679
...but if they do not offer
the sacrifice of blood now...
621
00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:06,812
...we will all pay dearly
with added gallons later.
622
00:47:07,825 --> 00:47:10,293
So if some must die...
623
00:47:10,460 --> 00:47:13,054
...it is in a worthy cause.
624
00:47:38,689 --> 00:47:41,249
I am in this thing
with you till the very end...
625
00:47:41,425 --> 00:47:44,622
...and if it fails,
we both go down together.
626
00:47:52,769 --> 00:47:56,432
It's dicey to get out on a limb
with disturbances over Baffin Island.
627
00:47:56,607 --> 00:48:01,476
If they form a front and move across
the North Atlantic, this time of year...
628
00:48:01,645 --> 00:48:04,113
...I�d say six days
for a top-speed journey...
629
00:48:04,281 --> 00:48:07,375
...and with the proposed
landing a week away...
630
00:48:07,551 --> 00:48:09,610
You realize that this may be...
631
00:48:09,786 --> 00:48:12,311
...the most important
weather forecast in history.
632
00:48:15,058 --> 00:48:16,286
I do indeed, sir.
633
00:48:17,427 --> 00:48:19,224
I'd feel a lot more comfortable...
634
00:48:19,396 --> 00:48:22,160
...if I could have another
two days before committing.
635
00:48:22,332 --> 00:48:24,493
The admiral can correct me
if I'm wrong...
636
00:48:24,668 --> 00:48:27,432
...but if we don't move
the men toward the ships...
637
00:48:27,604 --> 00:48:31,472
...we're gonna miss the tide, sir.
- I'll be damned if I wait till July.
638
00:48:31,642 --> 00:48:34,110
The men will go stark raving mad.
639
00:48:55,265 --> 00:48:59,031
June 5 is a go.
Issue the movement orders.
640
00:48:59,202 --> 00:49:02,035
Well done. We'll do it proud, Ike.
641
00:49:02,205 --> 00:49:05,641
I'll be in Falaise in 72 hours,
Paris by the autumn.
642
00:49:06,209 --> 00:49:08,643
Paris in the fall. Bless you, Monty.
643
00:49:08,812 --> 00:49:12,646
No one can say you don't tackle things
with two fists. I admire confidence.
644
00:49:12,816 --> 00:49:15,080
Let's all get some of that.
645
00:49:15,252 --> 00:49:17,186
All of you...
646
00:49:19,790 --> 00:49:21,621
...Godspeed.
647
00:49:24,027 --> 00:49:25,995
Thank you.
648
00:49:29,666 --> 00:49:31,133
Good luck.
649
00:49:55,192 --> 00:49:57,717
You're sure this is how
you want it, general?
650
00:49:57,894 --> 00:50:00,192
Yes, prime minister.
651
00:50:01,064 --> 00:50:03,931
You see no value to me
or President Roosevelt...
652
00:50:04,101 --> 00:50:06,365
...speaking directly
to the people of Europe?
653
00:50:06,803 --> 00:50:10,102
Not until the landings
are an assured success.
654
00:50:10,540 --> 00:50:13,600
This way, if it fails,
I will be the first one to address...
655
00:50:13,777 --> 00:50:15,472
...the question of the invasion.
656
00:50:15,645 --> 00:50:18,239
You and the president
will be blameless.
657
00:50:18,415 --> 00:50:21,680
I'm expendable. You two are not.
658
00:50:22,386 --> 00:50:25,753
Shoulder the whole burden alone
to the very end, is it?
659
00:50:26,256 --> 00:50:29,555
One conductor is what I asked for
and what you've given me.
660
00:50:31,528 --> 00:50:34,691
You've made the manly choice.
I admire it.
661
00:50:35,766 --> 00:50:39,202
All the same, between we two...
662
00:50:39,369 --> 00:50:44,136
...surely God himself must tremble
at the task that lies before you.
663
00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:47,040
And it is God's work you do, Ike...
664
00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:49,872
...for you hold all our lives
in your hands.
665
00:50:50,347 --> 00:50:56,183
If I do God's work, then he will be
at my side, and I cannot fail.
666
00:50:56,887 --> 00:51:01,950
Although, candidly, God hasn't been
much help with DeGaulle.
667
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:07,594
Not even God could move him.
And it's no use looking to me.
668
00:51:07,764 --> 00:51:09,698
DeGaulle hates me.
669
00:51:09,866 --> 00:51:12,733
He ignores that France is
collaborating with the enemy.
670
00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:16,930
Pretends Vichy doesn't exist
and Jews aren't being rounded up.
671
00:51:17,107 --> 00:51:18,597
A horrid man...
672
00:51:18,775 --> 00:51:24,407
...but he guards French
prerogatives jealously.
673
00:51:24,581 --> 00:51:29,609
Take another run at him, Ike.
I'll back any bargain you strike.
674
00:51:30,087 --> 00:51:32,180
Would you just assure me
of one thing?
675
00:51:32,355 --> 00:51:34,915
The sands
on these Norman beaches...
676
00:51:35,258 --> 00:51:37,192
...dense enough for tanks?
677
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,021
You can drink to it, sir.
678
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:45,192
Once more...
679
00:51:45,368 --> 00:51:47,928
...unto the breach, dear friends.
Once more...
680
00:51:48,105 --> 00:51:51,131
...or close the wall up
with our English dead.
681
00:51:51,308 --> 00:51:54,334
In peace, there's nothing
so becomes a man...
682
00:51:54,511 --> 00:51:56,536
...as modest stillness and humility.
683
00:51:56,713 --> 00:52:00,547
But when the blast of war blows
in our ears, then imitate the tiger.
684
00:52:00,717 --> 00:52:02,548
Do you get the feeling Europeans...
685
00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:05,279
...have been at this war
thing for a long time?
686
00:52:05,455 --> 00:52:09,357
Too long.
It's almost as if they like war.
687
00:52:10,293 --> 00:52:14,252
I am afeard there are few die well
that die in a battle.
688
00:52:14,431 --> 00:52:16,160
How can they charitably
dispose...?
689
00:52:16,333 --> 00:52:18,995
Sounds like Shakespeare
had it all figured out.
690
00:52:19,169 --> 00:52:21,399
Yeah.
691
00:52:21,571 --> 00:52:25,302
But he was writing after
the war was over and won.
692
00:52:34,151 --> 00:52:36,278
It's spooky...
693
00:52:36,453 --> 00:52:41,857
...listening to words written 400
years ago about our battlefields.
694
00:52:42,025 --> 00:52:45,324
Words about blood and grief.
695
00:52:45,495 --> 00:52:47,486
Very spooky.
696
00:52:47,664 --> 00:52:50,189
But if I may, ours is not
to reason why.
697
00:52:50,367 --> 00:52:53,165
Of course it is. We're the generals.
698
00:52:55,672 --> 00:53:00,735
I think Monty's got Churchill worried
that the beaches won't hold the tanks.
699
00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:04,369
I've told you a hundred times,
we've done our homework.
700
00:53:04,548 --> 00:53:07,346
The sand will support
the tank track rails with ease.
701
00:53:09,886 --> 00:53:12,719
I don't think that's what's
bothering you.
702
00:53:14,824 --> 00:53:18,692
- You read Marshall's letter.
- About the paratroopers? Yes, I did.
703
00:53:18,862 --> 00:53:20,625
- What'd you make of it?
- He's wrong.
704
00:53:21,164 --> 00:53:23,359
He says drop the jumpers
behind the beaches.
705
00:53:23,533 --> 00:53:25,660
Try to draw the Germans
in two directions.
706
00:53:25,835 --> 00:53:30,238
If I were Rommel, I'd ignore them.
Concentrate everything on the beach.
707
00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:34,169
I'd do the same. Every hour I delay
the invasion force from moving in...
708
00:53:34,344 --> 00:53:37,040
...would be another hour
airborne units would be isolated.
709
00:53:37,214 --> 00:53:40,445
Exactly. Besides, I need those men...
710
00:53:40,617 --> 00:53:44,314
...all 30,000 of them, to keep
nipping at the Krauts' heels.
711
00:53:44,487 --> 00:53:47,479
They have to be close to force
Rommel to deal with them.
712
00:53:47,657 --> 00:53:50,888
Yeah, but the drop zones, Brad.
713
00:53:51,328 --> 00:53:56,960
You heard Leigh-Mallory's estimate
of losses with a close drop. Carnage.
714
00:53:57,133 --> 00:53:59,397
How would a distant drop be better?
715
00:53:59,903 --> 00:54:02,531
If inland progress was slow,
we'd have those men...
716
00:54:02,706 --> 00:54:06,005
...wandering around France
looking for something to eat.
717
00:54:09,212 --> 00:54:13,080
We'd be repeating the mistake
we made in Anzio.
718
00:54:17,187 --> 00:54:22,124
Marshall's a godfather to us, Brad.
I hate to cross the old man.
719
00:54:22,826 --> 00:54:24,885
It's like a friend of mine said:
720
00:54:25,061 --> 00:54:28,588
"One supreme commander,
one voice."
721
00:54:29,466 --> 00:54:35,063
We few, we happy few,
we band of brothers.
722
00:54:35,238 --> 00:54:38,435
For he today that sheds his blood
with me shall be my brother...
723
00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:40,200
...be he ne'er so base.
724
00:54:40,377 --> 00:54:42,709
And gentlemen
in England, now abed...
725
00:54:42,879 --> 00:54:45,848
...shall think themselves accursed
they were not here...
726
00:54:46,016 --> 00:54:49,383
...and hold their manhoods cheap
while any speaks...
727
00:54:49,552 --> 00:54:54,854
...that fought with us upon
St. Crispin's Day!
728
00:54:55,625 --> 00:54:58,253
My sovereign lord...
729
00:54:58,428 --> 00:55:01,158
I hope the main attraction's
a bit more cheerful.
730
00:55:02,165 --> 00:55:07,432
It's Rita Hayworth. A hell of a lot
easier on the eye than that bunch.
731
00:55:14,077 --> 00:55:16,409
I've been in the theater years
and never seen...
732
00:55:16,579 --> 00:55:18,809
Excuse me, please.
733
00:55:19,382 --> 00:55:21,407
Why don't you be
a good boy and scram.
734
00:55:21,584 --> 00:55:23,916
- Of course, we'll go...
- No, that's all right.
735
00:55:24,087 --> 00:55:26,453
You're welcome to stay here,
but this guy...
736
00:55:26,623 --> 00:55:28,648
This guy.
737
00:55:30,293 --> 00:55:32,261
I'm sorry. That's my one virtue.
738
00:55:33,730 --> 00:55:35,129
- McGuire.
- Hello.
739
00:55:35,298 --> 00:55:37,232
I'm sorry.
740
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:40,267
It's a little crowded here.
Would you mind moving over?
741
00:55:40,437 --> 00:55:43,838
Oh, that's quite all right.
Make yourself at home.
742
00:55:53,516 --> 00:55:56,007
Dearest Mamie...
743
00:55:56,186 --> 00:56:00,623
...at last, the days grow longer,
and we will soon be in it.
744
00:56:00,790 --> 00:56:05,523
I face that with neither dread
nor joy.
745
00:56:05,695 --> 00:56:10,359
How I wish this cruel business of war
could be completed quickly.
746
00:56:11,468 --> 00:56:14,369
It leaves me heartsick to think
of sending so many men...
747
00:56:14,537 --> 00:56:17,870
...against Hitler's Atlantic wall.
748
00:56:18,041 --> 00:56:22,375
I admit to having developed
a veneer of callousness...
749
00:56:22,545 --> 00:56:26,879
...but counting the human cost
is a terribly sad business...
750
00:56:27,050 --> 00:56:30,247
...and no veneer of callousness
allows me to escape the truth...
751
00:56:30,420 --> 00:56:34,288
...that back home, the news
brings anguish and suffering.
752
00:56:35,258 --> 00:56:38,455
So many youngsters
already gone forever.
753
00:56:38,628 --> 00:56:42,564
Mothers, fathers, brothers...
754
00:56:42,732 --> 00:56:45,030
...sisters back home
have a difficult time...
755
00:56:45,201 --> 00:56:49,501
...retaining any belief
in the eternal rightness of things.
756
00:56:50,473 --> 00:56:53,738
There is no true glory in war.
757
00:57:16,833 --> 00:57:19,301
Yes, sir. At 0900.
758
00:57:27,544 --> 00:57:29,205
Yes.
759
00:57:31,481 --> 00:57:36,043
Intelligence signals confirm Rommel
moved the 116th Panzer Division...
760
00:57:36,219 --> 00:57:39,950
...basing at Verville. That is shouting
distance from the main drops.
761
00:57:40,123 --> 00:57:42,887
Is it a single redeployment
or part of larger movement?
762
00:57:43,059 --> 00:57:47,519
So far, just a one-shot affair, but he
bypassed Juno, Sword and Gold...
763
00:57:47,697 --> 00:57:50,188
...and sent them directly
to Utah and Omaha.
764
00:57:50,633 --> 00:57:52,726
That doesn't change my view.
765
00:57:52,902 --> 00:57:55,700
We have to have the airborne
as close as possible.
766
00:57:55,872 --> 00:57:58,397
I need jumpers breathing
down the Germans' necks...
767
00:57:58,575 --> 00:58:01,009
...pulling them around.
768
00:58:02,045 --> 00:58:04,513
The plan always called
for the diversion to be...
769
00:58:04,681 --> 00:58:07,115
I know!
770
00:58:09,619 --> 00:58:11,348
I know.
771
00:59:06,776 --> 00:59:11,475
- You're new here. What's your name?
- Corporal William Younger, ma'am.
772
00:59:11,881 --> 00:59:14,577
All right, now remember,
we hear nothing in this room.
773
00:59:14,751 --> 00:59:16,218
And we never speak.
774
00:59:16,386 --> 00:59:18,115
No matter what,
we never stop work.
775
00:59:18,288 --> 00:59:21,815
The king himself may enter, but what
we're doing must take priority.
776
00:59:21,991 --> 00:59:24,118
Now carry on.
777
00:59:24,294 --> 00:59:27,627
- They deserve a force at the Krauts'...
- Stop.
778
00:59:27,797 --> 00:59:30,391
I know the risks for both sides...
779
00:59:30,567 --> 00:59:33,161
...but neither of you
makes a decisive case.
780
00:59:33,736 --> 00:59:35,567
How many ways can I say it?
781
00:59:36,005 --> 00:59:38,940
I'm counting on those jumpers
to split German attention...
782
00:59:39,108 --> 00:59:41,133
...ease pressure on the assault wave.
783
00:59:41,311 --> 00:59:44,508
And they should have, but that
was before Rommel redeployed.
784
00:59:44,681 --> 00:59:46,842
One division isn't a redeployment.
785
00:59:47,016 --> 00:59:49,348
For men in my drop,
it's a potential disaster.
786
00:59:49,852 --> 00:59:52,548
Jumpers and glider-borne troops
are sitting ducks...
787
00:59:52,722 --> 00:59:56,180
...for the first 10 minutes
until they regroup.
788
00:59:57,193 --> 00:59:59,627
Damn. There goes another.
789
01:00:03,866 --> 01:00:06,130
It's the 81 st Infantry.
790
01:00:06,302 --> 01:00:09,203
Wehrmacht, conscripts,
the crack units are to the north.
791
01:00:09,372 --> 01:00:13,206
Perhaps. But if Jerry's reinforcing
the whole damn region...
792
01:00:13,376 --> 01:00:16,834
...we lose 70 percent of glider troops
before they're out of planes.
793
01:00:17,013 --> 01:00:18,344
And the jumpers?
794
01:00:19,916 --> 01:00:23,852
Some of them will make it, but they'll
be short of the numbers you need...
795
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:27,055
...if seaborne landings are depending
on airborne to distract Jerry.
796
01:00:27,223 --> 01:00:30,386
You're saying there's no middle
ground. We should cancel it.
797
01:00:30,927 --> 01:00:32,895
We don't want the slaughter
of two fine divisions.
798
01:00:33,062 --> 01:00:37,089
The 101 st and the 82nd are elite, Ike.
We'll need them down the line.
799
01:00:37,266 --> 01:00:40,463
We'll need them on June 5th.
Otherwise the entire German army...
800
01:00:40,637 --> 01:00:44,004
...will let loose on my assault waves.
My loss will be 70 percent.
801
01:00:44,173 --> 01:00:45,640
All right.
802
01:00:45,808 --> 01:00:47,537
Thank you. I've heard both sides.
803
01:00:49,078 --> 01:00:51,046
I need a night to sleep on it.
804
01:00:51,214 --> 01:00:55,082
Sorry to disturb, sir. May I?
805
01:00:55,251 --> 01:00:57,344
If it's good news.
806
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:00,421
Well, sir, I wish I could say it was...
807
01:01:00,590 --> 01:01:04,924
...but it's getting a little bit uncertain.
808
01:01:05,094 --> 01:01:07,221
You said it would take days
for systems...
809
01:01:07,397 --> 01:01:09,262
...to get from Baffin Island to here.
810
01:01:09,432 --> 01:01:11,491
And so it should, sir.
811
01:01:11,668 --> 01:01:13,795
Unless they dislodge
from the jet stream...
812
01:01:13,970 --> 01:01:16,268
...a meteorological possibility,
they're not...
813
01:01:16,439 --> 01:01:19,533
I can't work with possibilities,
group captain.
814
01:01:19,709 --> 01:01:22,303
At minimum, I need probabilities.
815
01:01:22,478 --> 01:01:26,107
Are there such things
as meteorological probabilities?
816
01:01:28,217 --> 01:01:31,118
There will be, sir, within hours.
817
01:01:31,287 --> 01:01:34,222
Not fast enough, group captain.
I need hourly reports.
818
01:01:34,924 --> 01:01:36,516
Yes, sir.
819
01:01:41,297 --> 01:01:43,424
He doesn't make weather.
He talks about it.
820
01:01:43,599 --> 01:01:45,863
Then get him to say nicer things.
821
01:01:46,302 --> 01:01:49,237
Look, give me some time
to work on this airborne thing.
822
01:01:49,405 --> 01:01:52,306
I'll send for you
when I've figured it out.
823
01:01:55,978 --> 01:01:58,412
Yes. What is it?
824
01:02:00,750 --> 01:02:04,686
Our friends at HQ say the airborne
decision is at a head.
825
01:02:04,854 --> 01:02:08,915
If you're to be heard,
now would be the hour, sir.
826
01:02:09,092 --> 01:02:11,219
And what do you think, Wiatt?
827
01:02:12,929 --> 01:02:15,523
Inland, they're no help
to the landing force.
828
01:02:15,698 --> 01:02:18,633
Keep them close,
they could be shredded.
829
01:02:20,670 --> 01:02:25,232
Let's see how he works it out.
Thank you, Wiatt.
830
01:02:53,269 --> 01:02:55,464
If I may...
831
01:02:56,305 --> 01:02:57,670
...it's the right decision.
832
01:02:58,708 --> 01:03:01,836
Divisional commanders can't
factor in weather and the seas...
833
01:03:02,011 --> 01:03:06,505
...supplies, naval support,
DeGaulle, the politics.
834
01:03:07,517 --> 01:03:09,280
Besides, it's not their job.
835
01:03:15,124 --> 01:03:17,251
I'll inform Leigh-Mallory and Brad.
836
01:03:17,426 --> 01:03:19,394
Don't publish that order until I do.
837
01:03:22,665 --> 01:03:24,599
You better get some sleep.
838
01:03:26,269 --> 01:03:28,863
You have another dragon
to slay tomorrow.
839
01:03:36,479 --> 01:03:38,310
I've considered it.
840
01:03:38,481 --> 01:03:43,282
Either way, some units will
sustain devastating losses.
841
01:03:43,452 --> 01:03:47,752
But this invasion is largely
dependent on sea and air power.
842
01:03:47,924 --> 01:03:50,358
Our land troops are inferior...
843
01:03:50,526 --> 01:03:53,290
...if for no other reason
than they're not on land.
844
01:03:53,462 --> 01:03:57,899
So our most important job
is securing beachheads.
845
01:03:58,067 --> 01:04:01,525
Deference must be given to protecting
troops trying to come ashore...
846
01:04:01,704 --> 01:04:06,107
...to clear the way for the armor and
artillery that will push Rommel back.
847
01:04:06,475 --> 01:04:10,775
That being the case, despite
the projected losses, Traff...
848
01:04:10,947 --> 01:04:15,543
...even 70 percent,
the airborne operation has to go.
849
01:04:22,658 --> 01:04:26,116
It's the toughest choice
I've ever had to make.
850
01:04:27,129 --> 01:04:29,290
Do everything to diminish the hazards.
851
01:04:29,465 --> 01:04:32,161
Go over every detail a thousand times.
852
01:04:33,202 --> 01:04:38,139
But as painful as it is, those soldiers
will have to bear the rough portion.
853
01:04:38,975 --> 01:04:44,572
General Bradley's assault troops
must be given every edge we can find.
854
01:04:45,448 --> 01:04:47,814
A perfectly sound decision.
855
01:04:47,984 --> 01:04:51,112
We'll keep Jerry watching out
for his backside.
856
01:04:51,287 --> 01:04:54,188
You get yours to those jumpers
as soon as you can.
857
01:04:54,357 --> 01:04:56,587
Count on it.
858
01:04:59,962 --> 01:05:02,089
Thank you, gentlemen.
859
01:05:05,201 --> 01:05:07,032
Brad?
860
01:05:09,238 --> 01:05:11,331
When he wakes up,
I'm seeing Churchill.
861
01:05:11,507 --> 01:05:13,737
- He's gonna bring it up...
- Will you lay off?
862
01:05:13,910 --> 01:05:16,071
I've told you, the sand will hold.
863
01:05:16,245 --> 01:05:19,305
We tested with light bombing.
Resistance gave measurements.
864
01:05:19,482 --> 01:05:24,181
I know. If the first of those storms hits
the beaches the same time we do...
865
01:05:24,353 --> 01:05:26,378
...you're looking at 2 inches of rain.
866
01:05:26,555 --> 01:05:30,924
Maybe 20-foot swells, eating
at the beaches. Huge erosion.
867
01:05:32,461 --> 01:05:35,624
Would you still go
in that kind of weather?
868
01:05:35,798 --> 01:05:40,064
If we don't go now...
A lot can happen in three weeks.
869
01:05:40,236 --> 01:05:43,933
They'd get onto us.
Rommel can move more men.
870
01:05:44,106 --> 01:05:49,009
So I ask you again, my good friend,
what if the conditions are marginal?
871
01:05:49,178 --> 01:05:53,046
The beaches will be firm.
I know they will.
872
01:05:53,215 --> 01:05:57,049
You can trust me on this
and not worry yourself about it further.
873
01:05:58,788 --> 01:06:02,451
- Thank you, general.
- General.
874
01:06:26,782 --> 01:06:30,081
Salute! Attention!
875
01:06:40,696 --> 01:06:43,859
Thank you for taking the time
to join us, general.
876
01:06:49,405 --> 01:06:53,705
Not even your headman's Kansas
charm can melt the French iceberg.
877
01:06:53,876 --> 01:06:55,173
Don't bet on it.
878
01:07:16,565 --> 01:07:19,898
Attention, all ranks!
General officer!
879
01:07:22,038 --> 01:07:23,938
As you were.
880
01:07:24,740 --> 01:07:28,676
Come, general.
Let me provide you with some details.
881
01:07:30,146 --> 01:07:32,011
Prime minister.
882
01:07:37,153 --> 01:07:40,020
If the Frenchman can back up
his manner...
883
01:07:40,189 --> 01:07:44,455
...he should be able to control
the weather for us. And the tides.
884
01:07:44,627 --> 01:07:47,858
All we want is he tells
the French to welcome us.
885
01:07:48,030 --> 01:07:50,430
Neutrality might mean
they'll work against us...
886
01:07:50,599 --> 01:07:52,123
...like some did at Dunkirk.
887
01:07:54,103 --> 01:07:55,434
My, my.
888
01:07:55,604 --> 01:07:59,301
Seems that our work isn't up
to the general's level.
889
01:08:14,623 --> 01:08:18,423
General DeGaulle,
I trust your confidence is buoyed.
890
01:08:20,596 --> 01:08:24,464
I think your Operation Overlord
is poorly conceived.
891
01:08:24,633 --> 01:08:28,091
I have explained its failures
to General Eisenhower.
892
01:08:28,671 --> 01:08:31,834
He has all the information to make
the necessary corrections.
893
01:08:32,007 --> 01:08:34,771
I'm grateful for the general's
contributions.
894
01:08:34,944 --> 01:08:36,844
I'll explain them to you all later.
895
01:08:37,012 --> 01:08:40,072
Although, as I've told the general,
with regret...
896
01:08:40,249 --> 01:08:44,413
...we simply don't have the time
to make the changes suggested.
897
01:08:47,957 --> 01:08:49,788
Perhaps...
898
01:08:49,992 --> 01:08:51,823
...you could use a moment alone...
899
01:08:52,928 --> 01:08:55,328
...to discuss other matters?
900
01:08:57,566 --> 01:08:59,227
Yes, sir.
901
01:08:59,401 --> 01:09:00,732
General?
902
01:09:12,148 --> 01:09:15,049
What do you expect from me,
general?
903
01:09:15,217 --> 01:09:18,277
- This is, after all, your speech.
- Yes.
904
01:09:18,454 --> 01:09:22,550
But it is to be broadcast to the French
people on the eve of their liberation.
905
01:09:22,725 --> 01:09:25,523
I was hoping for your support
since we recognize you...
906
01:09:25,694 --> 01:09:27,161
...as their legitimate voice.
907
01:09:27,329 --> 01:09:29,729
Of course you do.
There is no one else.
908
01:09:29,899 --> 01:09:33,528
So I shall give my own address
when the time comes.
909
01:09:33,702 --> 01:09:37,331
As, of course, you must.
But it is our hope, our urgent hope...
910
01:09:37,506 --> 01:09:39,269
...that you'll endorse
my remarks...
911
01:09:39,441 --> 01:09:41,966
...and that is why my speech
should concern you.
912
01:09:42,144 --> 01:09:46,171
Your remarks concern me greatly,
General Eisenhower.
913
01:09:46,348 --> 01:09:49,146
But not for the reasons
you might like.
914
01:09:49,318 --> 01:09:51,809
Okay, what's wrong with it?
915
01:09:54,223 --> 01:09:58,717
Firstly, you urge Frenchmen
to follow your orders?
916
01:09:58,894 --> 01:10:01,089
Only I will command
the people of France.
917
01:10:01,997 --> 01:10:04,659
I understand that.
We all do.
918
01:10:04,833 --> 01:10:07,893
But this operation can only work
if it speaks with one voice.
919
01:10:08,070 --> 01:10:09,401
So they say.
920
01:10:09,572 --> 01:10:12,302
You even ask my people
to accept Allied money.
921
01:10:12,474 --> 01:10:18,538
Yet, as president of the provisional
government, only I can issue currency.
922
01:10:18,714 --> 01:10:22,275
You say local administrations
will stay in place.
923
01:10:22,451 --> 01:10:23,941
For stability, general.
924
01:10:24,119 --> 01:10:26,713
Only I shall decide
what to do with Vichy officials.
925
01:10:26,889 --> 01:10:29,414
No, no. It's quite impossible.
I'll never accept...
926
01:10:29,592 --> 01:10:32,220
...that you can speak
for all the Allies.
927
01:10:32,394 --> 01:10:33,952
The British have.
928
01:10:34,129 --> 01:10:39,726
The Canadians, the Australians,
the exiled Dutch and Poles.
929
01:10:39,902 --> 01:10:41,893
Roosevelt and Churchill have agreed.
930
01:10:42,338 --> 01:10:44,670
Come to think of it,
you're the only exception.
931
01:10:44,940 --> 01:10:49,843
You will not treat us like Italy.
We are not German allies.
932
01:10:50,012 --> 01:10:54,346
In fact, the Vichy government
is precisely that, general.
933
01:10:55,551 --> 01:11:00,921
But we will liberate France and
treat her as an ally nonetheless.
934
01:11:01,090 --> 01:11:05,288
All I ask is that you speak on the radio
after my address...
935
01:11:05,461 --> 01:11:08,328
...and call on your people
to aid us in their liberation.
936
01:11:08,497 --> 01:11:10,727
Speak after you?
Impossible.
937
01:11:10,899 --> 01:11:14,266
That would imply I approve
of your program.
938
01:11:18,841 --> 01:11:20,308
I understand.
939
01:11:22,144 --> 01:11:23,941
Allow me to see you to your car.
940
01:11:48,304 --> 01:11:50,704
- You're wet, Stagg.
- Aye, sir.
941
01:11:50,873 --> 01:11:53,341
It started raining.
942
01:11:57,813 --> 01:12:01,442
- I find that very depressing.
- Depressing. Yes.
943
01:12:01,617 --> 01:12:05,178
Well, three depressions, actually.
One after the other.
944
01:12:05,354 --> 01:12:08,482
They rolled in from Baffin Island
in unbelievably quick time.
945
01:12:08,657 --> 01:12:12,218
- I've never seen it like...
- How long before they pass through?
946
01:12:12,394 --> 01:12:14,191
- All three?
- Yes.
947
01:12:14,363 --> 01:12:18,595
Three to five days.
Might be some calm in between them.
948
01:12:18,767 --> 01:12:22,032
Meantime, we're looking at swells
of up to 40 feet mid-Channel...
949
01:12:22,204 --> 01:12:24,331
...30-feet breakers
on the landing zones...
950
01:12:24,506 --> 01:12:26,838
...and winds of up to 50 miles
an hour.
951
01:12:27,009 --> 01:12:29,500
We can't get the gliders
and C-47 s off the ground.
952
01:12:29,678 --> 01:12:32,943
Even if we did, they'd be blown all
over Europe when they jumped.
953
01:12:33,115 --> 01:12:34,980
Embarkation status, Birdie?
954
01:12:35,150 --> 01:12:37,846
Crew's aboard ship,
vessel's fully loaded.
955
01:12:38,020 --> 01:12:42,013
Mulberries and LST is fueled.
More crafts still at mooring.
956
01:12:42,191 --> 01:12:44,125
C-47 s in place.
Gliders leashed.
957
01:12:44,293 --> 01:12:47,126
Men ready for boarding
on 30 minutes' notice.
958
01:12:47,296 --> 01:12:49,992
We can't send them.
They'll drown before they arrive.
959
01:12:50,165 --> 01:12:52,895
True enough.
Some will.
960
01:12:53,068 --> 01:12:55,901
But we have to calculate the margins.
961
01:12:56,071 --> 01:12:58,062
This might work to our advantage.
962
01:12:58,240 --> 01:13:01,903
It's certain Jerry won't expect
an invasion force in this weather.
963
01:13:02,077 --> 01:13:05,808
Of course, it is up to you.
But with all the goodwill in the world...
964
01:13:05,981 --> 01:13:09,849
...we can't wait forever.
- No.
965
01:13:10,719 --> 01:13:15,418
But we can wait one more day.
We owe the men that.
966
01:13:15,591 --> 01:13:20,051
Disembarkation is delayed
24 hours to Tuesday.
967
01:13:20,229 --> 01:13:25,064
We meet at 0130 hours
tomorrow morning to finalize.
968
01:14:17,820 --> 01:14:21,347
Sir, there's a definite break
almost immediately at hand.
969
01:14:21,523 --> 01:14:22,751
What kind of break?
970
01:14:24,860 --> 01:14:27,385
This dreadful torrent that seems...
971
01:14:27,996 --> 01:14:30,863
...ready to wash us away
will lift in three hours or so.
972
01:14:31,033 --> 01:14:33,194
For how long?
What's off the Irish coast?
973
01:14:33,368 --> 01:14:35,336
A nasty low.
But even at top speed...
974
01:14:35,504 --> 01:14:38,803
...it would need 36 hours
to reach the Normandy coast.
975
01:14:38,974 --> 01:14:40,999
Meanwhile, winds will moderate.
976
01:14:41,176 --> 01:14:44,168
The bombers should be able
to operate starting tomorrow...
977
01:14:44,346 --> 01:14:45,836
...and right into June 6th.
978
01:14:46,014 --> 01:14:48,574
At best, a moderately
good night for drop zones.
979
01:14:48,750 --> 01:14:50,183
For air power, generally.
980
01:14:50,352 --> 01:14:54,550
Heavy and medium bombers will find
the going, well, chancy at best.
981
01:14:54,723 --> 01:14:58,056
True, but we could press our entire
force of bombers into service.
982
01:14:58,227 --> 01:15:00,286
They'd operate well
in these conditions.
983
01:15:00,462 --> 01:15:02,259
Yes. I expect they would.
984
01:15:02,431 --> 01:15:05,423
But if Stagg could give us
a larger window on the 7th...
985
01:15:05,601 --> 01:15:07,068
I'd take comfort in that.
986
01:15:07,236 --> 01:15:09,704
I'm not ready to give up
on the 6th, Stagg.
987
01:15:09,872 --> 01:15:11,100
Sir.
988
01:15:12,641 --> 01:15:15,667
Would you know more
by 0200 hours, son?
989
01:15:16,645 --> 01:15:19,136
I expect we'd have a better sense
of the speed...
990
01:15:19,314 --> 01:15:21,179
...of the next storm's approach. Yes.
991
01:15:21,350 --> 01:15:24,080
I'm afraid that's not good enough,
old man.
992
01:15:24,253 --> 01:15:26,744
The American force
has the longest sea journey.
993
01:15:26,922 --> 01:15:29,755
Now, they must put to sea
in the next half-hour...
994
01:15:29,925 --> 01:15:32,155
...if Overlord's to happen
on the 6th.
995
01:15:32,327 --> 01:15:36,559
And further, if you have Admiral
Kirk set sail then recall his fleet...
996
01:15:36,732 --> 01:15:38,825
...for worsening weather,
he can't refuel.
997
01:15:39,001 --> 01:15:43,233
- Won't be ready in time for the 7th.
- Too late after that.
998
01:15:43,405 --> 01:15:46,568
Tides and moon won't be
in the right alignment on the 8th.
999
01:15:47,543 --> 01:15:49,807
Any reason we shouldn't go
on the 6th, Monty?
1000
01:15:50,279 --> 01:15:52,144
I would say go.
1001
01:15:52,481 --> 01:15:55,075
One hell of a gamble to go now.
1002
01:15:55,250 --> 01:15:57,684
- Very chancy.
- I know.
1003
01:15:57,853 --> 01:16:00,617
The question is, how long
can we hang this operation...
1004
01:16:00,789 --> 01:16:03,917
...on the end of a limb
and just let it dangle there?
1005
01:16:09,464 --> 01:16:11,955
I'm quite positive the order
must be given.
1006
01:16:13,936 --> 01:16:16,496
Signal will go to the fleet
immediately, sir.
1007
01:16:16,672 --> 01:16:20,699
We meet again at 0400 hours
for a report on their progress.
1008
01:16:20,876 --> 01:16:24,778
That'll be our last chance
to hold off till July.
1009
01:17:47,195 --> 01:17:51,598
Finally going as I predicted, sir.
The break is almost upon us.
1010
01:17:51,867 --> 01:17:54,199
Long-range forecast
still unpleasant...
1011
01:17:54,369 --> 01:17:58,499
...but I can promise the weather
will clear in a matter of hours.
1012
01:18:00,676 --> 01:18:02,667
Gentlemen.
1013
01:18:02,844 --> 01:18:04,971
I command you...
1014
01:18:05,514 --> 01:18:09,382
...but you command the men
I'm about to throw into battle.
1015
01:18:09,718 --> 01:18:12,482
One last go-round, please.
1016
01:18:13,989 --> 01:18:16,856
Well, they're almost in the Channel.
1017
01:18:17,025 --> 01:18:19,926
The weather front is moving
faster than the ships.
1018
01:18:20,095 --> 01:18:24,156
By the time the LSTs reach landfall,
sea shall be calm.
1019
01:18:24,332 --> 01:18:27,165
I say, no turning back.
1020
01:18:27,502 --> 01:18:31,529
- Agreed.
- A dark day for airborne, I'm afraid.
1021
01:18:31,707 --> 01:18:35,143
Well, if there is to be a recall,
it must be now.
1022
01:18:43,985 --> 01:18:45,247
Let's go.
1023
01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:54,258
Sixth Airborne K-12!
1024
01:19:11,146 --> 01:19:13,080
Stand by, signal...
1025
01:19:13,915 --> 01:19:15,815
8977 in the wing.
1026
01:19:26,194 --> 01:19:28,560
Last one at the dance?
1027
01:19:28,730 --> 01:19:30,595
Or the first?
1028
01:19:30,766 --> 01:19:33,735
Hell, that's just the way it is, Beetle.
1029
01:19:34,870 --> 01:19:37,361
One minute I'm exactly
what Churchill described...
1030
01:19:37,539 --> 01:19:39,939
...the most powerful man in history.
1031
01:19:40,108 --> 01:19:45,307
Now the order's given.
Hell, I'm just audience.
1032
01:19:45,480 --> 01:19:48,142
Front row, center, to be sure.
1033
01:19:50,152 --> 01:19:53,383
But a corporal on Juno,
a private on Utah...
1034
01:19:54,756 --> 01:19:57,554
...they're the ones who will affect
the outcome, not me.
1035
01:19:58,059 --> 01:20:00,254
It's up to them now.
1036
01:20:00,695 --> 01:20:02,560
Yes, sir.
1037
01:20:16,378 --> 01:20:19,040
All right. Gather around.
1038
01:20:19,214 --> 01:20:22,980
Ten minutes to onload.
Just enough time for a visitor.
1039
01:20:23,151 --> 01:20:26,848
The supreme commander himself
is coming to see us off.
1040
01:20:27,022 --> 01:20:29,786
No kidding.
Hell, I'll bet he ain't coming with, boys.
1041
01:20:29,958 --> 01:20:31,186
It's not his job.
1042
01:20:31,359 --> 01:20:33,793
Besides, he hasn't earned
his Jump Wings.
1043
01:20:33,962 --> 01:20:38,194
All right. Here's the protocol.
Do not speak unless spoken to.
1044
01:20:38,366 --> 01:20:39,799
If he asks you a question...
1045
01:20:39,968 --> 01:20:43,165
...you'll find that generals
are not interested in the personal.
1046
01:20:43,338 --> 01:20:45,329
Be prepared to answer
questions such as:
1047
01:20:45,507 --> 01:20:48,032
Where you trained,
where you did jump school.
1048
01:20:48,343 --> 01:20:51,938
What kind of medals and ribbons
you've earned. Stuff like that.
1049
01:20:52,113 --> 01:20:53,512
All right?
1050
01:21:25,380 --> 01:21:29,749
Seven out of 10, Beetle.
Maybe more.
1051
01:21:30,986 --> 01:21:34,319
In God's hands, sir.
1052
01:21:58,813 --> 01:22:01,805
At ease.
Gather around.
1053
01:22:02,250 --> 01:22:03,911
That's an order, jumpers.
1054
01:22:04,986 --> 01:22:07,386
Smoke them if you got them.
1055
01:22:07,722 --> 01:22:11,283
- Where you from, son?
- Basic at Dix, jumped at Bragg, sir.
1056
01:22:11,459 --> 01:22:13,359
Corporal, I asked where you're from.
1057
01:22:13,528 --> 01:22:16,019
You had a life before the Army,
didn't you?
1058
01:22:16,698 --> 01:22:19,531
You bet I did, sir.
I'm a Chicago boy.
1059
01:22:19,701 --> 01:22:22,363
- Southside.
- Good for you.
1060
01:22:22,537 --> 01:22:25,973
- How about you? Where you from?
- New Orleans, sir.
1061
01:22:26,808 --> 01:22:29,208
Nebraska, sir.
Go Corn Huskers.
1062
01:22:29,377 --> 01:22:31,868
That's the wrong team, jumper.
1063
01:22:32,047 --> 01:22:34,880
- Anybody here from Kansas?
- I'm from Kansas, sir.
1064
01:22:35,050 --> 01:22:37,610
- Go get them, Jayhawks.
- You bet. Look out, Hitler.
1065
01:22:37,786 --> 01:22:41,313
- Here we come.
- Yeah!
1066
01:22:41,489 --> 01:22:43,821
- All ready, then?
- Yes, sir.
1067
01:22:43,992 --> 01:22:45,550
No, we ain't worried, general.
1068
01:22:45,727 --> 01:22:48,491
It's the Krauts that
ought to be worrying now.
1069
01:22:50,031 --> 01:22:52,693
Excuse me, sir.
Do you have a light?
1070
01:22:54,502 --> 01:22:57,699
- Yes, I do, lieutenant.
- Thank you, sir.
1071
01:23:14,823 --> 01:23:17,155
Our landings on the French coast
have failed...
1072
01:23:17,325 --> 01:23:22,854
...to gain a satisfactory foothold,
and I have withdrawn the troops.
1073
01:23:23,531 --> 01:23:26,625
My decision to attack at this time
and place was based upon...
1074
01:23:26,801 --> 01:23:29,429
...the best information available.
1075
01:23:29,604 --> 01:23:34,940
If any blame or fault attaches
to the attempt, it is mine alone.
1076
01:23:40,682 --> 01:23:45,483
If it all goes wrong,
if Overlord fails...
1077
01:23:46,988 --> 01:23:49,388
...give that to the press.
1078
01:23:55,063 --> 01:23:57,930
Of course, Overlord did not fail.
1079
01:23:58,833 --> 01:24:00,994
How could it?
1080
01:24:01,436 --> 01:24:04,963
With so many fine young men and
women from all corners of the earth...
1081
01:24:06,541 --> 01:24:10,375
...all determined to do their best
to free a world gone half-mad.
1082
01:24:10,545 --> 01:24:12,672
There would be setbacks.
1083
01:24:12,847 --> 01:24:17,750
There would be small triumphs,
even in the first few hours.
1084
01:24:19,854 --> 01:24:22,414
A message from Leigh-Mallory.
1085
01:24:23,124 --> 01:24:24,887
Read it.
1086
01:24:26,528 --> 01:24:27,825
"Urgent.
1087
01:24:27,996 --> 01:24:32,330
Sir, it is at times difficult
to admit one is wrong.
1088
01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:36,561
But I have the great pleasure
in doing so on this occasion.
1089
01:24:36,738 --> 01:24:40,071
Casualties are dramatically below
my estimates.
1090
01:24:40,241 --> 01:24:43,233
I congratulate you
on your command decision...
1091
01:24:43,411 --> 01:24:47,711
...and apologize for adding
to the supreme commander's worries.
1092
01:24:47,882 --> 01:24:49,941
Leigh-Mallory."
1093
01:24:52,454 --> 01:24:55,855
- Any numbers?
- Early estimates...
1094
01:24:56,024 --> 01:24:58,515
...about 20 percent.
1095
01:25:03,364 --> 01:25:07,130
- Carry on, general.
- Sir.
1096
01:25:15,110 --> 01:25:17,635
Twenty percent
is so much better than 70.
1097
01:25:18,947 --> 01:25:21,882
But the loss of even one
of this gallant band is a loss...
1098
01:25:22,050 --> 01:25:25,451
...to all decent humanity everywhere.
1099
01:25:25,620 --> 01:25:31,559
And besides, if the person killed
in action is you or the one you love...
1100
01:25:31,926 --> 01:25:35,384
...then the odds
are 100 percent in that case.
1101
01:25:35,563 --> 01:25:39,829
They knew that,
these great crusaders.
1102
01:25:40,001 --> 01:25:42,492
But they went anyway.
1103
01:25:45,974 --> 01:25:49,171
Too many of them are now with God.
1104
01:25:50,245 --> 01:25:53,214
We may never see their like again.
1105
01:25:54,716 --> 01:25:58,379
We may never see their like again.
1106
01:28:44,716 --> 01:28:46,379
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