1 00:02:24,909 --> 00:02:26,442 Here, have one of these. 2 00:02:49,260 --> 00:02:51,027 Fuck me. 3 00:03:17,629 --> 00:03:19,055 Right. 4 00:03:20,526 --> 00:03:23,031 Are you sure there's time? 5 00:03:23,032 --> 00:03:24,566 There's time. 6 00:03:31,008 --> 00:03:32,970 Thank you. 7 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,849 Did they say how long you'll be gone for? 8 00:03:45,055 --> 00:03:46,588 No, they didn't say. 9 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:56,158 I'm very proud they chose you, Jim. 10 00:04:00,102 --> 00:04:01,537 I'll be fine. 11 00:04:03,774 --> 00:04:05,244 Go. 12 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:08,073 Okay. 13 00:04:31,936 --> 00:04:33,305 Morning, sir. 14 00:05:15,648 --> 00:05:17,510 Sir. 15 00:05:17,511 --> 00:05:19,308 Group Captain Dr. James Stagg, 16 00:05:19,309 --> 00:05:22,581 chief meteorological officer, reporting for duty. 17 00:05:22,582 --> 00:05:24,285 I.D. card and pass, please, sir. 18 00:05:24,286 --> 00:05:25,720 Right this way, sir. 19 00:05:26,751 --> 00:05:28,591 Welcome to Southwick House, sir. 20 00:05:30,493 --> 00:05:32,028 I'm Andrew Carter with the Met Office. 21 00:05:32,029 --> 00:05:33,130 I'll be your ADC. 22 00:05:33,131 --> 00:05:34,663 Mm-hmm. 23 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:48,348 I must admit it's a great honor to meet you, Dr. Stagg. 24 00:05:48,349 --> 00:05:50,180 I so enjoyed your paper on terrestrial magnetism. 25 00:05:50,181 --> 00:05:51,816 It's a fascinating subject. 26 00:05:51,817 --> 00:05:53,550 It is, yes. 27 00:06:10,464 --> 00:06:12,129 And here we are, sir. 28 00:06:27,748 --> 00:06:29,351 Operations rooms are upstairs, sir. 29 00:06:29,352 --> 00:06:30,884 Teleprinters are in the cellars. 30 00:06:30,885 --> 00:06:33,122 And our forecast room is just through here. 31 00:06:43,931 --> 00:06:45,568 - Where can I put this down? - Anywhere, sir. 32 00:06:45,569 --> 00:06:48,434 We'll have someone take it to your tent. 33 00:06:48,435 --> 00:06:49,902 What are these? 34 00:06:49,903 --> 00:06:51,609 They're historical analog charts. 35 00:06:51,610 --> 00:06:53,344 I know what they are, but what are they doing here? 36 00:06:53,345 --> 00:06:55,210 Colonel Krick, he requested them. 37 00:06:56,876 --> 00:06:59,442 Well, which one is he? Introduce me. 38 00:06:59,443 --> 00:07:01,078 I believe he's with General... 39 00:07:01,079 --> 00:07:03,184 Can you stop! Stop the banging, please. 40 00:07:06,393 --> 00:07:08,026 I believe he's with General Eisenhower 41 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:09,560 at the moment, sir. 42 00:07:12,890 --> 00:07:14,389 I'll call you back. 43 00:07:17,033 --> 00:07:18,201 Sir. 44 00:07:18,202 --> 00:07:19,634 What's coming through? 45 00:07:19,635 --> 00:07:23,207 Soundings at 53 north, 35 west, sir. 46 00:07:23,208 --> 00:07:25,304 Mm-hmm. Weather ship Hoste, yes? 47 00:07:25,305 --> 00:07:26,808 Yes, sir. 48 00:07:26,809 --> 00:07:28,910 Uh, Casey and Bryant here are linked directly 49 00:07:28,911 --> 00:07:30,909 to the teleprinter ops at Dunstable and Bushy Park. 50 00:07:30,910 --> 00:07:32,875 - Which one are you? - I'm Casey, sir. 51 00:07:32,876 --> 00:07:35,487 That's wrong, Casey. 52 00:07:37,046 --> 00:07:39,491 Our American contingent, sir. 53 00:07:41,220 --> 00:07:43,925 This is Flight Officer Murray, Flight Officer Hamilton. 54 00:07:43,926 --> 00:07:45,958 - Good to meet you, sir. - They're on surface weather. 55 00:07:45,959 --> 00:07:48,230 What, both of you? Who's on upper air? 56 00:07:48,231 --> 00:07:50,002 Uh, no one, sir. 57 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:51,502 No one's on upper air? 58 00:07:51,503 --> 00:07:53,868 So that data just goes unrecorded, does it? 59 00:07:55,069 --> 00:07:57,775 I'll need both of you on upper air at all times. 60 00:07:57,776 --> 00:07:59,807 Uh, we were told to use historical analog charts, sir. 61 00:07:59,808 --> 00:08:01,646 Not by me. Those weren't my instructions. 62 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:04,248 It's just, Colonel Krick instructed us otherwise, sir. 63 00:08:04,249 --> 00:08:05,779 Did he? Do I have an office? 64 00:08:05,780 --> 00:08:07,948 Yes, sir. It's just through here. 65 00:08:16,455 --> 00:08:18,195 Ah. 66 00:08:18,196 --> 00:08:20,191 Good afternoon, sir. 67 00:08:21,299 --> 00:08:23,127 Uh, this is Group Captain Stagg. 68 00:08:23,128 --> 00:08:24,767 He's just transferred from Dunstable. 69 00:08:24,768 --> 00:08:27,501 We've been very much looking forward to his... 70 00:08:27,502 --> 00:08:28,969 him joining us here. 71 00:08:30,637 --> 00:08:32,435 Lieutenant Kay Summersby. 72 00:08:32,436 --> 00:08:35,038 Motor Transport Corps. Welcome to Southwick House. 73 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:37,712 Are we sharing an office, or what? 74 00:08:37,713 --> 00:08:41,145 No. I was just using it temporarily. 75 00:08:41,146 --> 00:08:43,786 Good, because I'll need it exclusively. 76 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:51,629 Well, very good. 77 00:09:11,716 --> 00:09:13,711 Can you see to it that General Eisenhower knows 78 00:09:13,712 --> 00:09:15,179 that I'm here? 79 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:19,154 And that I apologize for my late arrival? 80 00:09:19,155 --> 00:09:20,691 Yes, sir. 81 00:09:22,961 --> 00:09:24,354 Sir. 82 00:09:28,694 --> 00:09:30,833 Right. 83 00:09:37,006 --> 00:09:38,407 OPERATOR Hello. Signals Department. 84 00:09:38,408 --> 00:09:39,806 Switchboard speaking. 85 00:09:39,807 --> 00:09:42,944 Yes, um, Richmond 1-9-3-7, please. 86 00:09:42,945 --> 00:09:45,615 I'm sorry, but all outgoing calls are forbidden 87 00:09:45,616 --> 00:09:48,379 without prior authorization, sir. 88 00:09:48,380 --> 00:09:51,423 Uh, no, no, I-I-I... I need to speak with my wife. 89 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:53,952 I'm sorry, sir. 90 00:09:53,953 --> 00:09:55,587 Hello? 91 00:09:55,588 --> 00:09:57,519 Yes? Hello? 92 00:10:03,469 --> 00:10:05,404 If you'd like to follow me, please, 93 00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:07,397 General Eisenhower will see you now. 94 00:10:11,339 --> 00:10:13,674 I wouldn't keep him waiting any longer than you already have. 95 00:10:30,824 --> 00:10:32,962 Group Captain Dr. James Stagg, 96 00:10:32,963 --> 00:10:35,898 here at the express request of General Eisenhower. 97 00:10:43,842 --> 00:10:46,644 And all 265 vessels arrived without issue, sir. 98 00:10:46,645 --> 00:10:48,972 And we've assigned, uh, five patrol craft 99 00:10:48,973 --> 00:10:50,616 and three destroyers. 100 00:10:50,617 --> 00:10:52,447 DWIGHT "IKE" EISENHOWER: Let's get the job done. 101 00:10:52,448 --> 00:10:53,944 Glad to hear it. 102 00:10:53,945 --> 00:10:55,511 Lieutenant Summersby? 103 00:10:55,512 --> 00:10:57,753 Sir, may I introduce Group Captain James Stagg, 104 00:10:57,754 --> 00:10:59,791 who finally made it in from London? 105 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:01,753 Well, it's good to meet you, Group Captain Stagg. 106 00:11:01,754 --> 00:11:03,188 Welcome aboard. 107 00:11:03,189 --> 00:11:06,930 Nice to finally put a face to the name. 108 00:11:06,931 --> 00:11:09,533 Have you got all the equipment you need downstairs? 109 00:11:09,534 --> 00:11:11,137 Equipment is not the problem, sir. 110 00:11:11,138 --> 00:11:12,804 What's the problem? 111 00:11:12,805 --> 00:11:14,606 Um, well, it's time, sir. I haven't really had any... 112 00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:17,441 any time to establish any clear picture. 113 00:11:17,442 --> 00:11:19,102 Have a look, Group Captain. 114 00:11:19,103 --> 00:11:21,873 I got 7,000 naval vessels, 115 00:11:21,874 --> 00:11:23,879 130,000 ground troops, 116 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,046 200,000 naval personnel, 15 hospital ships, 117 00:11:27,047 --> 00:11:29,784 8,000 doctors, three airborne divisions 118 00:11:29,785 --> 00:11:31,723 and a partridge in a pear tree. 119 00:11:33,154 --> 00:11:37,996 Largest seaborne invasion force in history. 120 00:11:37,997 --> 00:11:39,654 Is it? 121 00:11:42,999 --> 00:11:45,968 And do we have a date yet for the invasion, sir? 122 00:11:47,064 --> 00:11:49,033 We invade France Monday. 123 00:11:49,034 --> 00:11:51,672 - This Monday? - Correct. 124 00:11:51,673 --> 00:11:54,878 Monday, June 5th, 0630. 125 00:11:54,879 --> 00:12:00,378 That is D-Day, which is in 61 hours from now. 126 00:12:02,917 --> 00:12:06,251 Fate of the war hinges on this. 127 00:12:06,252 --> 00:12:08,991 All the pieces of the jigsaw are in place. 128 00:12:08,992 --> 00:12:11,521 There's only one imponderable that remains. 129 00:12:12,561 --> 00:12:14,227 I need a forecast. 130 00:12:16,199 --> 00:12:19,229 I'm... Yes, I'm concerned that what you're asking me is 131 00:12:19,230 --> 00:12:21,373 scientifically impossible, sir. 132 00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:23,366 Uh, long-term forecasting is 133 00:12:23,367 --> 00:12:25,204 really only ever educated guesswork. 134 00:12:25,205 --> 00:12:27,672 Monday is not long-term, for Christ's sake. 135 00:12:27,673 --> 00:12:30,713 Does Monday sound like long-term to you, Lieutenant Summersby? 136 00:12:30,714 --> 00:12:32,078 No, it certainly does not, sir. 137 00:12:32,079 --> 00:12:34,084 Well, this is Northern Europe, sir. 138 00:12:34,085 --> 00:12:37,554 Anything over 24 hours is-is... is considered long-term, 139 00:12:37,555 --> 00:12:39,285 meteorologically speaking. 140 00:12:42,425 --> 00:12:43,894 But I'll... 141 00:12:45,055 --> 00:12:46,254 I'll do my best. 142 00:12:46,255 --> 00:12:47,629 I don't want your best. 143 00:12:47,630 --> 00:12:49,432 I already expect that. 144 00:12:49,433 --> 00:12:50,730 I need certainty. 145 00:12:50,731 --> 00:12:52,265 Churchill tells me 146 00:12:52,266 --> 00:12:53,938 you're the best meteorologist in the country 147 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:56,406 and that I should rely on you over Colonel Krick. 148 00:12:56,407 --> 00:12:57,903 You know him? 149 00:12:57,904 --> 00:12:59,270 Only by reputation. 150 00:12:59,271 --> 00:13:01,404 Well, Krick's been with me since '42. 151 00:13:01,405 --> 00:13:04,075 He's never steered me wrong, so... 152 00:13:04,076 --> 00:13:06,081 let's see how you measure up. 153 00:13:07,112 --> 00:13:08,786 I need a forecast for Monday. 154 00:13:08,787 --> 00:13:11,046 I need it first thing tomorrow morning. 155 00:13:11,047 --> 00:13:12,417 Y-Yes, sir. 156 00:13:13,424 --> 00:13:14,826 Don't let me down. 157 00:13:18,429 --> 00:13:19,958 Group Captain. 158 00:13:19,959 --> 00:13:21,800 Let's go. 159 00:13:24,028 --> 00:13:26,068 Group Captain. 160 00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:34,504 ♪ He had a boogie style that no one else could play ♪ 161 00:13:34,505 --> 00:13:36,879 ♪ He was the top man at his craft ♪ 162 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,276 ♪ But then his number came up ♪ 163 00:13:38,277 --> 00:13:39,951 ♪ And he was gone with the draft ♪ 164 00:13:39,952 --> 00:13:42,316 ♪ He's in the Army now a-blowing reveille ♪ 165 00:13:42,317 --> 00:13:44,880 ♪ He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B ♪ 166 00:13:44,881 --> 00:13:47,520 ♪ They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam ♪ 167 00:13:47,521 --> 00:13:49,684 ♪ It really brought him down because he couldn't jam ♪ 168 00:13:49,685 --> 00:13:51,831 ♪ The captain seemed to understand ♪ 169 00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:53,764 ♪ Because the next day the cap went out ♪ 170 00:13:53,765 --> 00:13:55,359 - ♪ And drafted a band ♪ - Kay! 171 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:56,934 ♪ And now the company jumps... ♪ 172 00:13:56,935 --> 00:13:58,701 Ladies and gentlemen, Kay Summersby. Take over. 173 00:13:58,702 --> 00:14:00,531 - Come on, Kay. - Oh. 174 00:14:00,532 --> 00:14:02,637 - Dance with me. - - 175 00:14:02,638 --> 00:14:04,168 Like old times. 176 00:14:06,543 --> 00:14:08,176 There you go. 177 00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:12,048 There you go. 178 00:14:13,882 --> 00:14:16,281 Oh, stick to piano, Irv. 179 00:14:19,321 --> 00:14:23,290 I-I don't believe you've met, uh, Group Captain Stagg. 180 00:14:24,792 --> 00:14:26,864 Only by telephone. 181 00:14:26,865 --> 00:14:29,667 Dr. Stagg, so nice to finally meet you. 182 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:31,163 You're younger than I imagined. 183 00:14:31,164 --> 00:14:33,337 You're shorter than I imagined. 184 00:14:36,802 --> 00:14:38,239 Analogs. 185 00:14:40,204 --> 00:14:42,146 I realize that, yes. 186 00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:46,682 Every single weather chart for Northern Europe since 1900. 187 00:14:46,683 --> 00:14:48,820 Mm. Um, in my experience, 188 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:52,814 the weather never replicates its own history. 189 00:14:52,815 --> 00:14:55,691 Ah, well, try telling that to a movie producer. 190 00:14:55,692 --> 00:14:57,219 Remember Selznick, Kay? 191 00:14:57,220 --> 00:14:58,361 Oh. 192 00:14:58,362 --> 00:14:59,894 July '39. 193 00:14:59,895 --> 00:15:01,998 David Selznick calls me up. 194 00:15:01,999 --> 00:15:03,934 He's making a movie. He wants a forecast 195 00:15:03,935 --> 00:15:06,562 for a three-day period in Beverly Hills. 196 00:15:06,563 --> 00:15:08,605 The scene is... 197 00:15:08,606 --> 00:15:10,072 the burning of Atlanta. 198 00:15:10,073 --> 00:15:12,301 "I don't want to see a drop of rain, Irv. 199 00:15:12,302 --> 00:15:14,308 Not a drop. Not a drop." 200 00:15:14,309 --> 00:15:16,745 Well, MGM calls me up. They give me the dates. 201 00:15:16,746 --> 00:15:18,649 I give 'em the forecast. 202 00:15:18,650 --> 00:15:20,375 Beautiful weather. 203 00:15:20,376 --> 00:15:22,377 I mean, just gorgeous. 204 00:15:22,378 --> 00:15:23,855 Not a cloud in the sky. 205 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:25,551 Movie's a hit. I get to meet Clark Gable. 206 00:15:25,552 --> 00:15:28,725 Little picture-- I-I don't know if you heard of it. 207 00:15:28,726 --> 00:15:30,793 Called Gone with the Wind. 208 00:15:30,794 --> 00:15:32,561 - You seen it, Stagg? - No. 209 00:15:32,562 --> 00:15:35,264 No? That... 210 00:15:35,265 --> 00:15:37,469 That's crazy. Who hasn't seen Gone with the Wind? 211 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:39,069 Me. I haven't seen it. 212 00:15:39,070 --> 00:15:40,704 Well, you must. I mean, it's a great picture. 213 00:15:40,705 --> 00:15:42,698 It's great. I saw it with Ike. 214 00:15:42,699 --> 00:15:45,073 Kay drove us... to the London premiere. 215 00:15:45,074 --> 00:15:46,743 - This is true. - Great night. 216 00:15:46,744 --> 00:15:48,611 So, did you meet Vivien Leigh? 217 00:15:48,612 --> 00:15:50,246 Oh, we sure did. 218 00:15:50,247 --> 00:15:51,882 - What was she like? - What was she like? 219 00:15:51,883 --> 00:15:53,610 Uh, she was cute. 220 00:15:53,611 --> 00:15:55,314 The Allied High Command has requested 221 00:15:55,315 --> 00:15:57,483 our forecast by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. 222 00:15:58,451 --> 00:16:01,784 Time and date of the invasion to France 223 00:16:01,785 --> 00:16:05,458 has been confirmed for Monday. Monday. Monday. 224 00:16:09,363 --> 00:16:12,065 June 5th, 6:30 a.m., so can we start, please? 225 00:16:12,066 --> 00:16:13,499 Get rid of the piano. Thank you. 226 00:16:17,105 --> 00:16:18,942 Is it bothering you, Dr. Stagg? 227 00:16:18,943 --> 00:16:21,111 It's inappropriate. 228 00:16:24,983 --> 00:16:27,843 Call this extension if you need to speak 229 00:16:27,844 --> 00:16:30,280 to General Eisenhower anytime, day or night. 230 00:16:30,281 --> 00:16:32,648 Is this his direct line? 231 00:16:32,649 --> 00:16:34,684 Oh, no. It's a direct line to me. 232 00:16:34,685 --> 00:16:37,490 I handle all communication with the general. 233 00:16:46,905 --> 00:16:48,499 Can I have your attention, please? 234 00:16:50,944 --> 00:16:53,473 Bryant, can you put the phone down, please? 235 00:16:54,470 --> 00:16:56,109 Is that his name? Bryant? 236 00:16:56,110 --> 00:16:58,016 Okay, go ahead. 237 00:17:09,126 --> 00:17:11,493 I needn't, I hope, have to stress to you 238 00:17:11,494 --> 00:17:14,328 how crucial this forecast is, but I do want to stress 239 00:17:14,329 --> 00:17:17,568 one thing to you all and one thing only: 240 00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:19,065 Get me the data. 241 00:17:19,066 --> 00:17:20,699 That's what counts. 242 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:22,972 Get me the latest readings from every single base 243 00:17:22,973 --> 00:17:25,567 within 2,000 miles of Normandy. 244 00:17:25,568 --> 00:17:27,844 That's Paris, Galway, Reykjavík, 245 00:17:27,845 --> 00:17:30,576 Boston, Washington, Lisbon... 246 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:34,046 ...New York, Newfoundland. 247 00:17:34,047 --> 00:17:35,514 You get the idea. 248 00:17:35,515 --> 00:17:37,419 Get me the data from every Met station, 249 00:17:37,420 --> 00:17:39,583 every weather balloon, every reconnaissance flight. 250 00:17:39,584 --> 00:17:41,720 That's upper air. That's surface air. 251 00:17:41,721 --> 00:17:43,552 That's radar soundings. That's sea temperature. 252 00:17:43,553 --> 00:17:44,963 That's salinity. Everything. 253 00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:47,197 If we've measured it, then I want it. 254 00:17:51,504 --> 00:17:54,001 That room there... 255 00:17:54,002 --> 00:17:55,606 that's where I'll be. 256 00:17:55,607 --> 00:17:57,669 Get me the data. 257 00:17:59,007 --> 00:18:00,936 That's what counts. 258 00:18:19,093 --> 00:18:21,465 700 millibars. 259 00:18:21,466 --> 00:18:24,066 210. 28. 260 00:18:24,067 --> 00:18:25,795 650 millibars. 261 00:18:25,796 --> 00:18:27,963 - - Plus 19. 262 00:18:29,174 --> 00:18:30,932 Observations coming in from Spain. 263 00:18:30,933 --> 00:18:32,772 Sea surface temp: 18 degrees. 264 00:18:32,773 --> 00:18:35,240 Ten-tenths stratocumulus and altocumulus 265 00:18:35,241 --> 00:18:36,540 now rising in zero-two. 266 00:18:36,541 --> 00:18:39,379 1-0-1-5 millibars. 267 00:18:41,614 --> 00:18:43,084 Northwest wind, force five. 268 00:18:43,085 --> 00:18:44,583 6-0-0 millibars. 269 00:18:44,584 --> 00:18:47,423 Wind southwest, force four. 270 00:18:47,424 --> 00:18:49,287 South Iceland seven-tenths, 30,000 feet. 271 00:18:49,288 --> 00:18:50,387 Southeast, force six. 272 00:18:53,426 --> 00:18:55,428 1-0-1-8 millibars. 273 00:18:55,429 --> 00:18:57,026 Say that again, please. Repeat that. 274 00:18:57,027 --> 00:18:58,563 Are you getting the L front temp? -No, I have... 275 00:19:00,468 --> 00:19:02,674 Seven-tenths, stratocumulus, 276 00:19:02,675 --> 00:19:05,171 3,000 feet, force six. 277 00:19:05,172 --> 00:19:06,672 Southwesterly, force six. 278 00:19:06,673 --> 00:19:08,069 We're still waiting on the Greenland data, sir. 279 00:19:10,313 --> 00:19:11,950 Just-just leave that. Just leave that be. 280 00:19:11,951 --> 00:19:13,110 What speed is L3 moving at? 281 00:19:13,111 --> 00:19:14,780 25 knots. 282 00:19:14,781 --> 00:19:17,419 Finished with that? 283 00:19:17,420 --> 00:19:21,750 Ten StratoCu 3,000 feet, southeast, force four. 284 00:19:21,751 --> 00:19:23,995 1-0-1-3 millibars. 285 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:25,487 Radar soundings from 0930. 286 00:19:27,023 --> 00:19:28,693 There's been no movement from the main course. 287 00:19:28,694 --> 00:19:31,394 Sir, the weather conditions in Normandy. 288 00:19:32,830 --> 00:19:34,364 These are from yesterday's 12 o'clock, sir. 289 00:19:34,365 --> 00:19:35,799 Humidity reports. 290 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,800 And we have those folders you requested... 291 00:19:39,943 --> 00:19:41,509 There's nothing there. 292 00:19:45,684 --> 00:19:48,483 Carter. It's done. 293 00:19:50,379 --> 00:19:51,920 Good man. 294 00:20:02,402 --> 00:20:03,564 Sir. 295 00:20:06,465 --> 00:20:08,338 The latest completed maps. 296 00:20:31,093 --> 00:20:32,555 Oh, come on. 297 00:20:32,556 --> 00:20:34,055 Look at the analogs. 298 00:20:34,056 --> 00:20:35,892 It's as plain as day: calm, sunny weather. 299 00:20:35,893 --> 00:20:37,893 Those analogs prove absolutely nothing. 300 00:20:37,894 --> 00:20:39,531 How can you say that? It's right here. 301 00:20:39,532 --> 00:20:40,704 Are you blind? 302 00:20:40,705 --> 00:20:41,906 Look at it. 303 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:43,171 I don't need to look at it. 304 00:20:43,172 --> 00:20:44,570 The chart is 19 years old. 305 00:20:44,571 --> 00:20:47,670 Fine, that's-that's 40 years old, 306 00:20:47,671 --> 00:20:52,040 27 years, uh, 15 years old. 307 00:20:52,041 --> 00:20:55,577 That's-that's the point: patterns over time. 308 00:20:55,578 --> 00:20:57,485 Okay. Thank you. 309 00:20:57,486 --> 00:20:59,850 I think what we need to do is establish 310 00:20:59,851 --> 00:21:02,621 what we already know today, here and now. 311 00:21:02,622 --> 00:21:07,198 Um, we have two aggressive storms 312 00:21:07,199 --> 00:21:09,527 stretching themselves across the Atlantic 313 00:21:09,528 --> 00:21:11,536 from Newfoundland to Normandy. 314 00:21:11,537 --> 00:21:13,228 Agreed. 315 00:21:13,229 --> 00:21:15,972 There is an area of high pressure above the Azores. 316 00:21:15,973 --> 00:21:17,372 That's what interests me. 317 00:21:17,373 --> 00:21:19,404 But it's moving lethargically and... 318 00:21:19,405 --> 00:21:20,739 Your word, not mine. 319 00:21:20,740 --> 00:21:22,805 I'm sorry, would you like the floor again? 320 00:21:22,806 --> 00:21:25,239 Me? No, it's your floor. Go ahead. 321 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,416 We can't just base the forecast on surface air 322 00:21:31,417 --> 00:21:33,852 and, uh, analog charts. 323 00:21:33,853 --> 00:21:36,156 We must also consider the jet stream, which... 324 00:21:36,157 --> 00:21:37,290 The jet stream? 325 00:21:37,291 --> 00:21:38,757 Yes, the jet stream 326 00:21:38,758 --> 00:21:40,395 currently hurtling its way towards Europe 327 00:21:40,396 --> 00:21:41,889 and dragging both the storms with it, 328 00:21:41,890 --> 00:21:43,229 likely spawning a third storm. 329 00:21:43,230 --> 00:21:44,294 That jet stream. 330 00:21:44,295 --> 00:21:45,930 Okay. 331 00:21:48,736 --> 00:21:51,508 Which will inevitably mean stormier conditions 332 00:21:51,509 --> 00:21:54,574 over the next few days-- tomorrow, Sunday, into Monday. 333 00:21:54,575 --> 00:21:57,940 Disastrous conditions for an invasion. 334 00:21:57,941 --> 00:21:59,678 Okay, thank you so much, Dr. Stagg. 335 00:21:59,679 --> 00:22:03,715 Now, this is a chart for June 2, 1925. 336 00:22:03,716 --> 00:22:05,749 Nearly identical conditions to today. 337 00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:07,257 Same depressions in the Atlantic, 338 00:22:07,258 --> 00:22:09,256 same high pressures over the Azores. 339 00:22:09,257 --> 00:22:11,294 Move ahead... three days 340 00:22:11,295 --> 00:22:15,658 to June 5, 1925, D-Day if you will. 341 00:22:15,659 --> 00:22:19,537 Calm. Sunny weather. 342 00:22:19,538 --> 00:22:22,473 1925 is entirely irrelevant to what we're talking about. 343 00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:27,472 I could've just as easily picked June 2, 1904, or 1929. 344 00:22:27,473 --> 00:22:29,305 You know as well as I do 345 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:32,879 that atmospheric conditions can never be identical ever. 346 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,515 What I do know is who nailed the forecast at Alamein 347 00:22:36,516 --> 00:22:38,114 for the Western Desert campaign, 348 00:22:38,115 --> 00:22:40,722 for the Tunisian campaign, for Operation Torch. 349 00:22:40,723 --> 00:22:44,052 I know who got it right every goddamn time in Cairo. 350 00:22:44,053 --> 00:22:47,024 In Tripoli, Algiers, Oran, Casablanca. 351 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:50,492 Do you know? 352 00:22:50,493 --> 00:22:51,699 You? 353 00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:55,305 Yeah. Me. 354 00:22:55,306 --> 00:22:58,239 This isn't Casablanca, Colonel Krick. 355 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,738 This is Northern Europe. 356 00:22:59,739 --> 00:23:02,677 It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. 357 00:23:02,678 --> 00:23:05,576 When the atmospheric conditions are a match, 358 00:23:05,577 --> 00:23:08,386 the weather follows suit. 359 00:23:10,922 --> 00:23:13,189 Mark my words. 360 00:23:13,190 --> 00:23:15,085 D-Day will be calm and sunny. 361 00:23:16,192 --> 00:23:18,429 Nighty night, gentlemen. 362 00:23:19,424 --> 00:23:20,563 Nobody move. 363 00:23:25,002 --> 00:23:26,397 Back to work. 364 00:23:32,902 --> 00:23:34,676 What do you make of Stagg? 365 00:23:35,945 --> 00:23:37,272 Hmm. 366 00:23:38,442 --> 00:23:40,374 Scottish. 367 00:23:41,416 --> 00:23:43,083 Churchill says he's a genius. 368 00:23:43,084 --> 00:23:45,285 Hmm. 369 00:23:45,286 --> 00:23:47,355 Yeah, well... 370 00:23:47,356 --> 00:23:49,691 men are too fond of that word. 371 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,874 OFFICER Three-tenths Cu and StratoCu 372 00:24:06,875 --> 00:24:09,739 at 2,000 feet, cloud extending to West Wales. 373 00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:22,125 Inflatable Shermans, 374 00:24:22,126 --> 00:24:25,029 Spitfires, Long Toms 375 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:26,989 and troop carriers. 376 00:24:26,990 --> 00:24:30,059 Just rubber and air, gentlemen. 377 00:24:30,060 --> 00:24:32,162 But to a Nazi reconnaissance plane, 378 00:24:32,163 --> 00:24:35,098 utterly indistinguishable from the real thing. 379 00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:38,167 In North Africa, I proved this time and again 380 00:24:38,168 --> 00:24:42,241 with victory after victory after victory. 381 00:24:42,242 --> 00:24:45,473 Of course, it's not just about crushing the enemy, gentlemen. 382 00:24:45,474 --> 00:24:48,950 It's about deceiving him, too, and deceive him we will. 383 00:24:48,951 --> 00:24:53,256 We've conjured up phantom armies across all of East Anglia, 384 00:24:53,257 --> 00:24:55,789 thousands of fake supply depots, 385 00:24:55,790 --> 00:24:59,195 false radio transmissions, empty tents 386 00:24:59,196 --> 00:25:00,762 and decoy campfires. 387 00:25:03,131 --> 00:25:05,501 On D-Day, 388 00:25:05,502 --> 00:25:08,333 dummy paratroopers weighted with sand 389 00:25:08,334 --> 00:25:13,275 will be dropped 15 to 20 miles inland from the Normandy coast. 390 00:25:13,276 --> 00:25:15,711 They explode on impact. 391 00:25:17,973 --> 00:25:20,818 Only the chute remains. 392 00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:23,550 With any luck, the enemy will think our boys are running wild 393 00:25:23,551 --> 00:25:25,180 through the French interior, 394 00:25:25,181 --> 00:25:27,356 drawing great chunks of their forces 395 00:25:27,357 --> 00:25:30,055 right away from the beaches. 396 00:25:30,056 --> 00:25:33,523 It's a little small, don't you think, Monty? 397 00:25:33,524 --> 00:25:35,561 Small? 398 00:25:35,562 --> 00:25:37,425 It's a joke, Monty. 399 00:25:40,333 --> 00:25:41,535 Yes. 400 00:25:41,536 --> 00:25:45,366 What's small is our window. 401 00:25:45,367 --> 00:25:48,844 The 12th SS Panzer is already near Caen. 402 00:25:48,845 --> 00:25:53,012 The 352nd Infantry Division are heavily entrenched. 403 00:25:54,010 --> 00:25:57,851 If we delay beyond Monday, 404 00:25:57,852 --> 00:26:00,554 they will see right through all of this. 405 00:26:00,555 --> 00:26:02,484 Everything that we have done, 406 00:26:02,485 --> 00:26:06,520 all our meticulous efforts, will be for naught. 407 00:26:11,196 --> 00:26:14,430 He's doubled his defenses in as many weeks. 408 00:26:14,431 --> 00:26:18,737 Every passing hour makes our task more perilous. 409 00:26:18,738 --> 00:26:20,611 Ideally, we bring D-Day forward. 410 00:26:23,774 --> 00:26:25,248 Can't be done. 411 00:26:25,249 --> 00:26:27,178 We are two days out. 412 00:26:29,183 --> 00:26:34,290 The more prepared the enemy, the more ruthless I must become. 413 00:26:34,291 --> 00:26:35,690 Though it's not my wish, 414 00:26:35,691 --> 00:26:37,326 if it means getting more men ashore, 415 00:26:37,327 --> 00:26:38,826 I may have to sacrifice 416 00:26:38,827 --> 00:26:41,158 every last member of my advance brigade. 417 00:26:41,159 --> 00:26:42,797 Well, if I didn't know you better, Monty, 418 00:26:42,798 --> 00:26:44,803 I would've thought you enjoyed saying that. 419 00:26:44,804 --> 00:26:46,295 Yes. 420 00:26:46,296 --> 00:26:47,803 But then again, I've actually been to war. 421 00:26:50,101 --> 00:26:53,141 Be that as it may, you're the boss. 422 00:26:53,142 --> 00:26:55,407 I am. 423 00:26:55,408 --> 00:26:59,314 And the final decision on the timing of D-Day will be mine... 424 00:26:59,315 --> 00:27:01,278 and mine alone. 425 00:27:05,718 --> 00:27:07,082 Pray for good weather. 426 00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:09,086 The weather is irrelevant. 427 00:27:09,087 --> 00:27:10,826 We must go, whatever the weather. 428 00:27:29,041 --> 00:27:31,073 George said that she came over to him. 429 00:27:31,074 --> 00:27:33,783 She came over to him, right? 430 00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:49,501 Ah. 431 00:27:49,502 --> 00:27:51,598 Thought I'd pop in and identify myself. 432 00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:53,198 Bernard Montgomery. 433 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,970 Oh, yes. 434 00:27:57,132 --> 00:27:59,710 Hello. Uh, James Stagg. 435 00:28:00,774 --> 00:28:02,342 All looking good for Monday? 436 00:28:02,343 --> 00:28:04,180 Um, no. 437 00:28:04,181 --> 00:28:05,481 No, no, no. 438 00:28:05,482 --> 00:28:07,113 Can't say that we are, sir. 439 00:28:08,276 --> 00:28:10,247 Well, can't be that bad, surely. 440 00:28:10,248 --> 00:28:13,048 Well, you know this country, sir. 441 00:28:13,049 --> 00:28:15,058 Looks can be deceiving. 442 00:28:15,059 --> 00:28:16,987 Hmm. 443 00:28:16,988 --> 00:28:20,059 Do not sow doubt, Group Captain. 444 00:28:20,060 --> 00:28:23,468 Battles are lost when doubt enters the mind. 445 00:28:23,469 --> 00:28:24,960 We'll cross the Channel on Monday. 446 00:28:24,961 --> 00:28:26,462 That is definite. 447 00:28:28,872 --> 00:28:32,841 If D-Day is canceled, we will lose this war. 448 00:28:32,842 --> 00:28:34,645 Do you want to be personally responsible 449 00:28:34,646 --> 00:28:36,846 for losing this war, Group Captain Stagg? 450 00:28:37,906 --> 00:28:39,376 No, sir. 451 00:28:55,167 --> 00:28:56,726 For Christ's sake. 452 00:28:56,727 --> 00:28:58,059 Okay. 453 00:28:58,060 --> 00:28:59,432 We ready to go? 454 00:28:59,433 --> 00:29:00,699 Go where? 455 00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:01,904 To the meeting. 456 00:29:03,272 --> 00:29:07,334 And when we get to the meeting, what will we be saying exactly? 457 00:29:07,335 --> 00:29:10,574 Monday will be calm and sunny. 458 00:29:10,575 --> 00:29:13,580 The barometer at Foynes has been falling all morning. 459 00:29:13,581 --> 00:29:14,913 Yeah, I saw it. 460 00:29:14,914 --> 00:29:16,413 Minimal drop, insignificant. 461 00:29:17,421 --> 00:29:19,581 I think it's significant. 462 00:29:23,051 --> 00:29:25,157 Listen, pal. 463 00:29:25,158 --> 00:29:27,696 I've been working with Ike for three years. 464 00:29:27,697 --> 00:29:30,225 - I know the guy. - Mm-hmm. And? 465 00:29:30,226 --> 00:29:32,694 He won't want uncertainty. 466 00:29:32,695 --> 00:29:35,832 Right. Well, then I better attend the meeting alone. 467 00:29:37,143 --> 00:29:38,572 Are you kidding? 468 00:29:38,573 --> 00:29:40,041 You can't do that. 469 00:29:41,611 --> 00:29:43,105 That's not how that works. 470 00:29:43,106 --> 00:29:44,772 Uh, you can't do that. 471 00:29:44,773 --> 00:29:49,579 The responsibility for the D-Day forecast is mine, 472 00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:51,948 and it's not one that I'm going to take lightly. 473 00:29:51,949 --> 00:29:53,554 It's not yours. 474 00:29:53,555 --> 00:29:54,819 Okay? It's ours. 475 00:29:54,820 --> 00:29:56,487 Ours, jointly. 476 00:29:56,488 --> 00:29:59,659 No, no. There's one chief meteorological officer, 477 00:29:59,660 --> 00:30:01,161 and it's not you. 478 00:30:02,832 --> 00:30:04,868 You won't be attending the meeting. 479 00:30:08,835 --> 00:30:10,401 Is there anything else? 480 00:30:15,841 --> 00:30:17,610 Asshole. 481 00:30:17,611 --> 00:30:19,278 Irv. 482 00:30:29,188 --> 00:30:31,488 - How much time do I have? - It's time. 483 00:30:32,521 --> 00:30:34,024 What happened with Colonel Krick? 484 00:30:34,025 --> 00:30:35,756 Never mind Colonel Krick. 485 00:30:43,134 --> 00:30:45,139 Well, they won't like this. 486 00:30:46,268 --> 00:30:48,142 Well, I don't like this. 487 00:30:52,014 --> 00:30:54,984 They're waiting for you, Group Captain Stagg. 488 00:31:30,579 --> 00:31:33,022 - Yes? - Sir, he's here. 489 00:31:34,352 --> 00:31:36,355 Excuse me, gentlemen. 490 00:31:39,728 --> 00:31:41,591 Group Captain Stagg. 491 00:31:43,262 --> 00:31:45,726 This is General Bernard Montgomery, 492 00:31:45,727 --> 00:31:47,866 commander in chief, Allied land forces. 493 00:31:47,867 --> 00:31:49,837 And here we have 494 00:31:49,838 --> 00:31:51,536 Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory, 495 00:31:51,537 --> 00:31:55,105 commander in chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force. 496 00:31:55,106 --> 00:31:56,847 This is Admiral Ramsay, 497 00:31:56,848 --> 00:31:59,013 commander in chief, Allied naval forces, 498 00:31:59,014 --> 00:32:01,851 and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, 499 00:32:01,852 --> 00:32:04,581 commander of the U.S. First Army. 500 00:32:07,855 --> 00:32:09,385 Where's Colonel Krick? 501 00:32:09,386 --> 00:32:10,623 He's not attending, sir. 502 00:32:10,624 --> 00:32:12,093 Why not? 503 00:32:12,094 --> 00:32:13,729 Well, I believe it's my duty to brief you all 504 00:32:13,730 --> 00:32:15,130 on the forecast for Monday. 505 00:32:16,363 --> 00:32:18,767 - He should be here. - Shall I have him fetched? 506 00:32:18,768 --> 00:32:20,596 My forecast will be the same 507 00:32:20,597 --> 00:32:22,472 whether Colonel Krick attends or not. 508 00:32:22,473 --> 00:32:24,070 All right. 509 00:32:24,071 --> 00:32:26,642 Going forward, I want him here. 510 00:32:26,643 --> 00:32:28,040 Is that understood? 511 00:32:28,041 --> 00:32:30,139 - Certainly, sir. - Good. 512 00:32:30,140 --> 00:32:31,608 What have you got? 513 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,404 Regrettably, we are faced with a succession 514 00:32:59,405 --> 00:33:03,311 of two aggressive storms in the Atlantic 515 00:33:03,312 --> 00:33:07,016 of unprecedented intensity for this time of year. 516 00:33:07,017 --> 00:33:09,679 My forecast, therefore... 517 00:33:11,821 --> 00:33:13,518 Uh, excuse me. 518 00:33:16,319 --> 00:33:18,962 My forecast, therefore, 519 00:33:18,963 --> 00:33:21,795 for Monday, June 5th, the proposed D-Day, 520 00:33:21,796 --> 00:33:23,524 is as follows. 521 00:33:23,525 --> 00:33:27,003 Wind, west-northwest, strong, 522 00:33:27,004 --> 00:33:29,805 reaching force six, possibly force seven. 523 00:33:29,806 --> 00:33:31,199 Force seven? Are you sure? 524 00:33:32,508 --> 00:33:34,137 No. 525 00:33:34,138 --> 00:33:35,804 It's an estimate. 526 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,045 Cloud low. 527 00:33:41,046 --> 00:33:42,844 Visibility poor. 528 00:33:43,818 --> 00:33:46,381 Rain very likely. 529 00:33:46,382 --> 00:33:49,123 Waves eight to 12 feet, 530 00:33:49,124 --> 00:33:51,886 possibly with an increase to 15 feet. 531 00:33:53,125 --> 00:33:56,264 Confidence... poor. 532 00:33:58,701 --> 00:34:00,235 Monday, June 5th 533 00:34:00,236 --> 00:34:02,798 through at least Tuesday, June 6th, falling... 534 00:34:05,004 --> 00:34:06,700 ...to very poor. 535 00:34:08,539 --> 00:34:10,343 Stagg, I-I'm no weatherman, 536 00:34:10,344 --> 00:34:12,984 but have you looked out a window lately? 537 00:34:12,985 --> 00:34:14,816 Well, the weather in this part of Europe, sir, 538 00:34:14,817 --> 00:34:16,819 can change very rapidly. 539 00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:20,385 This poor visibility-- how poor? 540 00:34:20,386 --> 00:34:22,851 Less than a mile, or thereabouts. 541 00:34:24,324 --> 00:34:28,422 Our paratroopers require a full moon 542 00:34:28,423 --> 00:34:30,333 to land on target. 543 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:33,497 Spring tides are essential for landing our watercraft. 544 00:34:33,498 --> 00:34:35,865 Do you realize, Group Captain Stagg, 545 00:34:35,866 --> 00:34:39,209 that Monday, June 5th is the only date this calendar year 546 00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:41,602 upon which these conditions perfectly coincide? 547 00:34:41,603 --> 00:34:43,179 I do realize. Of course, sir. 548 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:47,677 So, when exactly do you suggest we go? 549 00:34:47,678 --> 00:34:49,543 Well, as it relates to the weather, 550 00:34:49,544 --> 00:34:51,216 it's impossible to say. 551 00:34:51,217 --> 00:34:53,550 As to the moon and the tides, 552 00:34:53,551 --> 00:34:56,592 the next opportunity would be June 18. 553 00:34:58,125 --> 00:35:00,494 Two more weeks? Are you mad? 554 00:35:00,495 --> 00:35:03,293 We can't keep our preparations secret for that long. 555 00:35:03,294 --> 00:35:04,426 It's just not possible. 556 00:35:04,427 --> 00:35:05,793 Of course it isn't. 557 00:35:05,794 --> 00:35:08,138 The enemy will be ready and waiting. 558 00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:11,305 They'll slaughter every single last one of us. 559 00:35:11,306 --> 00:35:14,870 That's an extremely pessimistic forecast. 560 00:35:15,912 --> 00:35:17,447 Are you absolutely certain? 561 00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:19,143 No. 562 00:35:19,144 --> 00:35:20,711 I'm not certain. 563 00:35:21,679 --> 00:35:24,615 I'm confident that the storms will come. 564 00:35:24,616 --> 00:35:27,118 I can't be absolutely certain as to when. 565 00:35:27,119 --> 00:35:29,155 Not good enough. 566 00:35:29,156 --> 00:35:30,621 If the storms come tonight, 567 00:35:30,622 --> 00:35:32,922 then they may burn themselves off by Monday. 568 00:35:32,923 --> 00:35:36,260 If they come tomorrow, then the weather will be... 569 00:35:36,261 --> 00:35:37,668 exactly as I described. 570 00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:39,569 We must go regardless. 571 00:35:42,301 --> 00:35:44,305 This moment demands judgment 572 00:35:44,306 --> 00:35:47,110 shaped by actual battlefield experience. 573 00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:49,740 We can't risk another Exercise Tiger. 574 00:35:51,776 --> 00:35:56,416 My men are ready and primed for the big match. 575 00:35:56,417 --> 00:35:59,349 Get them onto the beaches somehow, anyhow. 576 00:35:59,350 --> 00:36:01,422 Leave the rest to me. 577 00:36:11,594 --> 00:36:13,000 Reload me, please. 578 00:36:13,001 --> 00:36:15,469 Let's go. It's time. 579 00:36:19,004 --> 00:36:20,177 Monty. 580 00:36:24,574 --> 00:36:26,347 You can think what you like, 581 00:36:26,348 --> 00:36:29,782 and you can say what you like to my face, 582 00:36:29,783 --> 00:36:33,349 but don't you ever undermine me in front of the men again. 583 00:36:33,350 --> 00:36:35,290 Relax, old chap. 584 00:36:35,291 --> 00:36:36,991 It's not as if I'm telling them anything 585 00:36:36,992 --> 00:36:38,888 they don't already know. 586 00:36:43,330 --> 00:36:45,565 Tiger was a training op. 587 00:36:48,433 --> 00:36:50,537 Dress rehearsal for D-Day. 588 00:36:52,903 --> 00:36:57,511 Half those boys were fresh out of the draft. 589 00:36:59,545 --> 00:37:02,483 So I called in live artillery to... 590 00:37:04,184 --> 00:37:05,816 ...toughen them up. 591 00:37:08,051 --> 00:37:12,192 Naval command was supposed to bomb the beach 592 00:37:12,193 --> 00:37:14,693 an hour before we landed. 593 00:37:16,566 --> 00:37:21,733 There were delays, so we had to push the start time back. 594 00:37:24,904 --> 00:37:30,280 Our radios had a different frequency from the Brits. 595 00:37:32,477 --> 00:37:34,845 Our boys never got the message. 596 00:37:37,350 --> 00:37:39,388 They walked right into it. 597 00:37:41,924 --> 00:37:43,656 One mistake. 598 00:37:44,928 --> 00:37:46,956 Just that one mistake. 599 00:37:53,263 --> 00:37:54,568 Ike. 600 00:37:55,597 --> 00:37:57,769 Ike, look at me. 601 00:38:02,378 --> 00:38:06,113 You have to stop doing this to yourself. 602 00:38:06,114 --> 00:38:07,878 What's done is done. 603 00:38:09,282 --> 00:38:11,046 When I close my eyes... 604 00:38:13,716 --> 00:38:15,919 ...all I can see is failure. 605 00:38:23,332 --> 00:38:24,935 Well, look what the cat dragged in. 606 00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:26,598 Evening, sir. 607 00:38:26,599 --> 00:38:28,598 Evening, Irv. You doing all right? 608 00:38:28,599 --> 00:38:30,303 Yeah. Can we talk? 609 00:38:30,304 --> 00:38:32,241 What's on your mind? 610 00:38:32,242 --> 00:38:34,342 Well, sir, I'm not sure 611 00:38:34,343 --> 00:38:36,344 - if you're aware of... - Ike! 612 00:38:36,345 --> 00:38:38,314 Associated Press have just announced 613 00:38:38,315 --> 00:38:40,581 that we're landing in France tomorrow. 614 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:45,454 CBS, Radio Moscow, they've already picked it up. 615 00:38:46,784 --> 00:38:48,585 - Get General McClure on this. - Yep. 616 00:38:48,586 --> 00:38:50,552 I want this cleaned up now. 617 00:38:50,553 --> 00:38:51,959 And I want names. 618 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,495 Understood. 619 00:38:57,099 --> 00:38:58,625 You were saying? 620 00:39:03,467 --> 00:39:05,034 Stagg! 621 00:39:07,770 --> 00:39:10,039 Stagg! 622 00:39:14,148 --> 00:39:15,715 Everyone out! 623 00:39:22,858 --> 00:39:24,361 Move! 624 00:39:27,625 --> 00:39:29,993 Close the door behind you. 625 00:39:32,168 --> 00:39:35,702 That, uh, forecast you gave... 626 00:39:37,505 --> 00:39:41,142 ...was that the view of the British 627 00:39:41,143 --> 00:39:43,843 and the American teams? 628 00:39:43,844 --> 00:39:46,316 It was the view of the Allied Meteorological Unit. 629 00:39:46,317 --> 00:39:49,252 Don't give me that mealymouthed crap! 630 00:39:49,253 --> 00:39:51,717 Krick told me-- he just told me!-- 631 00:39:51,718 --> 00:39:53,882 the weather on Monday is gonna be fine. 632 00:39:53,883 --> 00:39:56,855 Just fine. Sunny and beautiful! 633 00:39:58,496 --> 00:40:01,023 Well, Colonel Krick had no right to speak on behalf of... 634 00:40:01,024 --> 00:40:03,697 Wrong! Colonel Krick has every right 635 00:40:03,698 --> 00:40:08,005 to speak up if he thinks that that will affect 636 00:40:08,006 --> 00:40:10,231 the outcome of the invasion! 637 00:40:11,403 --> 00:40:12,673 Is that clear?! 638 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,373 Is it?! 639 00:40:17,374 --> 00:40:18,679 Yes, sir. 640 00:40:20,284 --> 00:40:23,511 Who do you think you are, anyway? 641 00:40:23,512 --> 00:40:25,147 Who? 642 00:40:26,618 --> 00:40:29,921 Ordering my man to stand down? 643 00:40:29,922 --> 00:40:34,189 Pestering my staff so that you can phone home? 644 00:40:37,562 --> 00:40:39,700 May I respond, sir? 645 00:40:40,872 --> 00:40:42,571 I'm all ears. 646 00:40:45,538 --> 00:40:49,244 As chief meteorological officer, 647 00:40:49,245 --> 00:40:51,239 I take full responsibility 648 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,714 for the recommendation made at the meeting. 649 00:40:56,148 --> 00:41:00,380 And it was precisely because Colonel Krick and I disagreed 650 00:41:00,381 --> 00:41:04,554 that I decided it would be clearer and simpler 651 00:41:04,555 --> 00:41:06,393 if I spoke alone. 652 00:41:06,394 --> 00:41:09,890 Krick's forecasts have saved 653 00:41:09,891 --> 00:41:12,325 thousands of lives. 654 00:41:12,326 --> 00:41:16,671 Why on God's green earth should I trust you? 655 00:41:19,938 --> 00:41:21,745 Because Colonel Krick has been lucky. 656 00:41:21,746 --> 00:41:23,436 Good. 657 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,840 I like luck. 658 00:41:26,841 --> 00:41:28,617 Why was he lucky? 659 00:41:29,618 --> 00:41:31,817 He's been lucky because he's been tasked 660 00:41:31,818 --> 00:41:35,690 with forecasting stable weather systems. 661 00:41:36,858 --> 00:41:40,163 When patterns are predictable, then yes, of course, 662 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:42,464 analog charts can be useful. 663 00:41:42,465 --> 00:41:45,699 In North Africa, he never made a mistake. 664 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:47,929 - Not once. - Well, of course he didn't. 665 00:41:47,930 --> 00:41:49,968 He was safe as houses there. 666 00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:53,670 The conditions here, sir... 667 00:41:53,671 --> 00:41:55,375 they're not comparable. 668 00:41:55,376 --> 00:41:57,547 Look at the charts, sir. 669 00:42:02,310 --> 00:42:04,852 Here, there are two-- not one but two-- 670 00:42:04,853 --> 00:42:07,848 major storms advancing towards the Normandy coast 671 00:42:07,849 --> 00:42:09,390 even as we speak. 672 00:42:09,391 --> 00:42:12,059 That's nowhere near France. 673 00:42:12,060 --> 00:42:13,629 No, sir. 674 00:42:14,898 --> 00:42:16,390 Not yet. 675 00:42:23,001 --> 00:42:25,542 I want a forecast the two of you agree on. 676 00:42:27,339 --> 00:42:28,468 Clear? 677 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:30,547 Yes, sir. 678 00:42:33,714 --> 00:42:36,052 OPW confirmed full retraction. 679 00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:37,845 Thank you. 680 00:42:37,846 --> 00:42:39,688 Not at all, sir. 681 00:42:53,428 --> 00:42:56,772 I didn't tell him about you trying to call home. 682 00:42:56,773 --> 00:43:00,170 Someone downstairs must have leaked it, I'm afraid. 683 00:43:01,670 --> 00:43:02,942 Okay. 684 00:43:03,973 --> 00:43:06,546 He gets like that sometimes. 685 00:43:06,547 --> 00:43:08,242 Just let it wash over you. 686 00:43:08,243 --> 00:43:10,715 He won't even remember what he said. 687 00:43:10,716 --> 00:43:12,413 That how you deal with him? 688 00:43:13,420 --> 00:43:15,382 Ah, he's nothing. 689 00:43:15,383 --> 00:43:18,119 I was an ambulance driver during the Blitz. 690 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:19,693 There were so many dead bodies, 691 00:43:19,694 --> 00:43:21,697 we had to use a cinema as a morgue. 692 00:43:22,961 --> 00:43:25,965 - You just grow a thick skin. - Hmm. 693 00:43:29,140 --> 00:43:30,968 From ambulance driver 694 00:43:30,969 --> 00:43:33,470 to aide to the supreme commander. 695 00:43:33,471 --> 00:43:35,540 Mm-hmm. 696 00:43:35,541 --> 00:43:38,212 Driver, secretary, 697 00:43:38,213 --> 00:43:40,480 aide, nurse. 698 00:43:40,481 --> 00:43:41,882 Everything, really. 699 00:43:44,819 --> 00:43:47,789 We've been together for three years now. 700 00:43:48,985 --> 00:43:53,124 I've been to Morocco, Algeria. 701 00:43:58,498 --> 00:43:59,966 Must be exciting. 702 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:05,334 It has its moments. 703 00:44:14,881 --> 00:44:17,444 So, these storms you keep talking about-- 704 00:44:17,445 --> 00:44:20,118 how are you so certain that they're coming? 705 00:44:22,423 --> 00:44:23,990 I'm not certain. 706 00:44:25,189 --> 00:44:27,290 You can't be certain about the weather. 707 00:44:28,290 --> 00:44:30,934 All we can do is look to the evidence. 708 00:44:30,935 --> 00:44:36,200 Do you know that weathermen are traditionally a little boring? 709 00:44:38,267 --> 00:44:41,139 How dare you say that? 710 00:44:43,374 --> 00:44:46,980 Weathermen, maybe, but how can the weather be boring? 711 00:44:48,283 --> 00:44:50,284 It feeds us. 712 00:44:50,285 --> 00:44:52,117 The weather. 713 00:44:53,091 --> 00:44:55,225 Can destroy us. 714 00:44:55,226 --> 00:44:57,551 Controls our daily life. 715 00:44:59,627 --> 00:45:01,456 I don't think that's boring. 716 00:45:06,729 --> 00:45:10,564 People ask, "When will it rain? When will the sun come out?" 717 00:45:12,906 --> 00:45:14,843 But what about, "Why does it rain?" 718 00:45:17,039 --> 00:45:18,847 "Why does the wind blow?" 719 00:45:20,382 --> 00:45:21,850 "What's the wind?" 720 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:28,685 Excuse me. 721 00:45:28,686 --> 00:45:30,426 Yes. Stagg. 722 00:45:30,427 --> 00:45:31,988 Yes, go ahead. Repeat that. 723 00:45:31,989 --> 00:45:33,092 Zero, zero, one, zero, four... 724 00:45:34,556 --> 00:45:36,761 OFFICER StratoCu at 2,000 feet. 725 00:45:36,762 --> 00:45:38,667 Tops at 5,000 feet. 726 00:45:51,282 --> 00:45:53,283 Good news or bad? 727 00:45:53,284 --> 00:45:54,881 We're looking good, sir. 728 00:45:54,882 --> 00:45:56,914 I couldn't disagree with that more. 729 00:45:56,915 --> 00:45:58,618 We're not looking good at all. 730 00:45:58,619 --> 00:46:00,418 You know what, I am done 731 00:46:00,419 --> 00:46:03,954 with this Scotch pessimism of yours, this Highland gloom. 732 00:46:03,955 --> 00:46:05,420 I'm not from the Highlands. 733 00:46:05,421 --> 00:46:06,961 Well, your Lowland gloom, then. 734 00:46:06,962 --> 00:46:09,161 I'm neither from the Highlands nor the Lowlands. 735 00:46:10,259 --> 00:46:11,535 Well, wherever it is he's from, 736 00:46:11,536 --> 00:46:13,027 we're in good shape for Monday, sir. 737 00:46:13,028 --> 00:46:14,629 You see this? 738 00:46:14,630 --> 00:46:16,696 This ridge of high pressure has already moved in 739 00:46:16,697 --> 00:46:20,134 from the Azores, just as it did on June 3, 1925. 740 00:46:20,135 --> 00:46:21,778 This is moronic. 741 00:46:22,742 --> 00:46:25,381 This is actually moronic. 742 00:46:25,382 --> 00:46:26,881 Oh, so I'm moronic now? 743 00:46:26,882 --> 00:46:28,374 That's great, Stagg. That's just great. 744 00:46:28,375 --> 00:46:29,885 Just insult me right to my face. 745 00:46:29,886 --> 00:46:31,484 I'm not insulting you. I'm just describing you. 746 00:46:31,485 --> 00:46:32,884 As a moron? 747 00:46:32,885 --> 00:46:33,984 All right, enough. 748 00:46:33,985 --> 00:46:35,659 As a confident moron, yes. 749 00:46:35,660 --> 00:46:37,156 Oh, go to hell, Stagg. You come in here, 750 00:46:37,157 --> 00:46:38,551 you think you're better than us? -Hey! All right, 751 00:46:38,552 --> 00:46:39,823 all right, all right, that's enough. 752 00:46:39,824 --> 00:46:42,431 Jesus Christ. 753 00:46:42,432 --> 00:46:45,264 We have three hours. 754 00:46:45,265 --> 00:46:48,761 Three hours until we take this up with the C-in-Cs. 755 00:46:50,998 --> 00:46:52,501 Now... 756 00:46:53,937 --> 00:46:56,303 ...go or not go? 757 00:46:56,304 --> 00:46:57,810 Sir, what we need to consider... 758 00:46:57,811 --> 00:46:59,907 No, no. No, no more considering. 759 00:46:59,908 --> 00:47:01,276 No. 760 00:47:01,277 --> 00:47:04,314 Go or don't go? Go or don't go? 761 00:47:04,315 --> 00:47:06,080 That's it. Which is it?! 762 00:47:06,081 --> 00:47:07,285 We should go, sir. 763 00:47:08,290 --> 00:47:09,490 Stagg. 764 00:47:12,821 --> 00:47:14,527 I'm sorry, we'll have to call you back. 765 00:47:14,528 --> 00:47:15,623 Understood. 766 00:47:16,624 --> 00:47:18,464 Uh, uh, I-I'm sorry, sir. It's for you. 767 00:47:18,465 --> 00:47:20,097 Not now. 768 00:47:20,098 --> 00:47:21,794 They say it's extremely urgent. 769 00:47:26,474 --> 00:47:28,275 Yes. Stagg. 770 00:47:28,276 --> 00:47:30,144 Sir, this is Private Amy Haig from Signals 771 00:47:30,145 --> 00:47:32,609 relaying a message from the Dunstable Met Office. 772 00:47:32,610 --> 00:47:35,079 Your wife was taken to the maternity ward of St. Mary's. 773 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,387 - She is pregnant, yes? - Yes. 774 00:47:37,388 --> 00:47:38,684 Yes, that's correct. 775 00:47:38,685 --> 00:47:40,015 Is the baby here? 776 00:47:40,016 --> 00:47:41,658 Have I missed it? 777 00:47:41,659 --> 00:47:43,860 Well, sir, they felt you should know: 778 00:47:43,861 --> 00:47:46,358 St. Mary's Hospital was bombed earlier tonight. 779 00:47:46,359 --> 00:47:49,127 There have been casualties, sir, and they're... 780 00:47:49,128 --> 00:47:51,329 they're still looking for your wife. 781 00:47:57,903 --> 00:47:59,700 Group Captain Stagg? 782 00:48:06,814 --> 00:48:08,814 Is there any more information? 783 00:48:08,815 --> 00:48:10,711 Not at this point, sir. 784 00:48:12,182 --> 00:48:14,014 But there's been casualties? 785 00:48:14,015 --> 00:48:15,485 Yes, sir. 786 00:48:23,026 --> 00:48:25,330 Okay. Well, um... 787 00:48:26,867 --> 00:48:29,773 Well, if you have any more... 788 00:48:29,774 --> 00:48:32,199 information, then let me know-- anything. 789 00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:33,866 Of course, sir. 790 00:48:37,006 --> 00:48:38,547 Thank you. 791 00:48:38,548 --> 00:48:40,180 You're welcome, sir. 792 00:48:42,983 --> 00:48:44,877 There a problem, Stagg? 793 00:48:53,860 --> 00:48:56,223 No. It's irrelevant. 794 00:48:56,224 --> 00:48:58,424 Good. 795 00:48:58,425 --> 00:49:00,464 So, can I give the order? 796 00:49:02,899 --> 00:49:04,934 What? 797 00:49:04,935 --> 00:49:06,837 The order. 798 00:49:06,838 --> 00:49:08,637 For Monday. 799 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:11,805 No. 800 00:49:13,481 --> 00:49:15,017 N-No? 801 00:49:15,018 --> 00:49:18,750 I mean, so you're saying don't give the order? 802 00:49:18,751 --> 00:49:20,951 Is that it? 803 00:49:20,952 --> 00:49:22,915 Yeah, that... Yes. 804 00:49:25,060 --> 00:49:28,691 Yes. I'm saying that... I'm saying... 805 00:49:28,692 --> 00:49:33,068 that the weather on Monday will be extremely poor. 806 00:49:35,268 --> 00:49:37,435 Let me tell you my problem, Stagg. 807 00:49:39,268 --> 00:49:42,471 Even I can see that 808 00:49:42,472 --> 00:49:46,950 Krick's anticyclone is on the move, 809 00:49:46,951 --> 00:49:51,449 because it's right here on the goddamn map. 810 00:49:53,825 --> 00:49:58,522 Now, our final meeting is at 0400 hours, 811 00:49:58,523 --> 00:50:01,531 and that will be the absolute last opportunity 812 00:50:01,532 --> 00:50:04,001 to change anything, 813 00:50:04,002 --> 00:50:08,362 so unless you can prove these storms are inbound, 814 00:50:08,363 --> 00:50:10,838 we invade as planned 815 00:50:10,839 --> 00:50:15,605 Monday, June 5th, 0630 hours. 816 00:50:16,610 --> 00:50:18,614 Yes, sir. 817 00:50:18,615 --> 00:50:20,579 Three hours, gentlemen. 818 00:50:49,571 --> 00:50:50,945 You ready? You ready? 819 00:51:03,255 --> 00:51:05,624 Yeah! 820 00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,369 ♪ Oh... ♪ 821 00:51:18,799 --> 00:51:23,540 ♪ The hi-de-ho man, that's me ♪ 822 00:51:23,541 --> 00:51:27,049 ♪ How'd you like to blow your top? ♪ 823 00:51:27,050 --> 00:51:29,719 ♪ Dig yourself some fine rebop? ♪ 824 00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:33,022 ♪ Hi-de-hi, he-de-he ♪ 825 00:51:33,023 --> 00:51:35,924 ♪ Oh, the hi-de-ho man, that's me ♪ 826 00:51:35,925 --> 00:51:37,718 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 827 00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:39,324 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 828 00:51:39,325 --> 00:51:41,029 ♪ Hey-de, hey-de, hey-de-hey ♪ 829 00:51:41,030 --> 00:51:42,524 ♪ Hey-de, hey-de, hey-de-hey ♪ 830 00:51:42,525 --> 00:51:44,527 ♪ He-de, he-de, he-de-he ♪ 831 00:51:44,528 --> 00:51:46,099 ♪ He-de, he-de, he-de-he ♪ 832 00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:47,596 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 833 00:51:47,597 --> 00:51:49,070 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 834 00:51:49,071 --> 00:51:50,697 ♪ Say, I hepped 'em in London ♪ 835 00:51:50,698 --> 00:51:52,436 ♪ I hepped 'em in Holland ♪ 836 00:51:52,437 --> 00:51:54,811 ♪ I hepped 'em in gay Paris ♪ 837 00:51:54,812 --> 00:51:58,608 ♪ Yes, sirree, yes, sirree ♪ 838 00:51:58,609 --> 00:52:01,950 ♪ Oh, the hi-de-ho man, that's me ♪ 839 00:52:01,951 --> 00:52:03,984 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 840 00:52:03,985 --> 00:52:05,282 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 841 00:52:05,283 --> 00:52:07,250 ♪ Oh-ho, de-ho-de ♪ 842 00:52:07,251 --> 00:52:08,583 ♪ Ho, de-ho-de ♪ 843 00:52:08,584 --> 00:52:10,586 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 844 00:52:10,587 --> 00:52:12,623 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 845 00:52:32,576 --> 00:52:34,883 ♪ The hi-de-ho man, that's me. ♪ 846 00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:00,671 Dr. Stagg. 847 00:53:06,782 --> 00:53:08,847 Come with me. 848 00:53:08,848 --> 00:53:10,318 Come on. 849 00:53:11,546 --> 00:53:13,785 We need you back there. 850 00:53:16,460 --> 00:53:17,952 Come on. 851 00:53:21,490 --> 00:53:23,529 You'll be all right. 852 00:53:24,525 --> 00:53:26,301 - Yes. - Mm-hmm. 853 00:53:30,773 --> 00:53:32,398 Anything at all. 854 00:53:32,399 --> 00:53:33,836 Yeah. 855 00:53:37,738 --> 00:53:39,908 Uh, this just came through, sir. 856 00:54:10,407 --> 00:54:11,846 I want to say something. 857 00:54:11,847 --> 00:54:14,009 Yeah, what's that? 858 00:54:14,010 --> 00:54:16,582 I think the way you're treating Stagg is wrong. 859 00:54:17,778 --> 00:54:19,253 I think if you keep it up, 860 00:54:19,254 --> 00:54:21,253 he's gonna crack and you'll lose him. 861 00:54:21,254 --> 00:54:23,359 Then I'll work with Krick. 862 00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:26,753 You know I like Irv, but he-he's no match for Stagg. 863 00:54:26,754 --> 00:54:28,260 Since when are you an expert? 864 00:54:28,261 --> 00:54:29,932 Don't talk to me like that. 865 00:54:29,933 --> 00:54:31,901 His wife is in the hospital. 866 00:54:31,902 --> 00:54:33,429 - She's pregnant. - In labor. 867 00:54:33,430 --> 00:54:35,133 Hospital's bombed, yes. 868 00:54:35,134 --> 00:54:36,901 I know. What else? 869 00:54:36,902 --> 00:54:40,775 He doesn't know if his pregnant wife is dead or alive. 870 00:54:40,776 --> 00:54:42,375 Uh-huh. Yes. 871 00:54:42,376 --> 00:54:44,239 - Let me find out. - Find out what? 872 00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:46,481 I can make it to the hospital and back in a couple of hours. 873 00:54:46,482 --> 00:54:48,477 - How are you gonna do that? - It'll give him clarity. 874 00:54:48,478 --> 00:54:49,919 No. No, I need you here. 875 00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,312 It's just a couple of hours. 876 00:54:51,313 --> 00:54:52,717 No. 877 00:54:56,319 --> 00:54:58,052 Dismissed. 878 00:55:02,327 --> 00:55:03,862 Dismissed, Lieutenant. 879 00:55:16,111 --> 00:55:17,609 South Iceland, 880 00:55:17,610 --> 00:55:19,482 seven-tenths StratoCu, 3,000 feet, 881 00:55:19,483 --> 00:55:21,107 - southeast force six. - 882 00:55:21,108 --> 00:55:22,574 ...ten-tenths at 1,500 feet. 883 00:55:33,287 --> 00:55:35,628 So we have warm sector conditions over Ireland, 884 00:55:35,629 --> 00:55:37,867 and low 9-9-6 is off the northwest of Scotland. 885 00:55:37,868 --> 00:55:39,034 It's the secondary low. 886 00:55:39,035 --> 00:55:40,767 That's causing a low cloud base. 887 00:55:40,768 --> 00:55:43,030 It's very high dew points in that warm sector upstream. 888 00:55:43,031 --> 00:55:44,466 No sign of frontal systems moving north. 889 00:55:44,467 --> 00:55:46,300 Not yet. 890 00:55:46,301 --> 00:55:47,940 - They're about to start, sir. - Just a couple more minutes. 891 00:55:47,941 --> 00:55:49,444 Please. 892 00:55:49,445 --> 00:55:52,209 I have the 1300 and 1800 surface air maps. Bryant. 893 00:55:52,210 --> 00:55:53,877 It's okay. 894 00:55:57,151 --> 00:55:59,179 We don't need the charts. 895 00:56:00,718 --> 00:56:02,756 We still have a little time, sir. 896 00:56:38,923 --> 00:56:41,763 Irving, why don't you start us off, please? 897 00:56:41,764 --> 00:56:43,392 Yes, sir. 898 00:56:43,393 --> 00:56:44,992 Gentlemen... 899 00:56:44,993 --> 00:56:48,928 this is a chart for June 3, 1925. 900 00:56:48,929 --> 00:56:50,935 You'll notice here and here 901 00:56:50,936 --> 00:56:54,208 a temporary weakening of pressure over the Azores, 902 00:56:54,209 --> 00:56:56,204 just as we're seeing today. 903 00:56:56,205 --> 00:57:00,912 Now, within 24 hours, that pressure reasserted itself, 904 00:57:00,913 --> 00:57:03,743 and it cleared the storm threatening Northern Europe. 905 00:57:03,744 --> 00:57:06,721 As you can see... 906 00:57:06,722 --> 00:57:11,722 ...nearly identical patterns occurred in 1904 and 1925, 907 00:57:11,723 --> 00:57:13,722 and I can give you plenty of others, 908 00:57:13,723 --> 00:57:16,530 but the bottom line is this: 909 00:57:16,531 --> 00:57:21,397 Tomorrow, Monday, June 5th, is good to go. 910 00:57:25,633 --> 00:57:27,601 Thank you. 911 00:57:33,508 --> 00:57:35,407 Stagg? 912 00:57:36,415 --> 00:57:37,783 You've got the floor. 913 00:57:43,754 --> 00:57:46,759 Nobody here likes me very much. 914 00:57:47,958 --> 00:57:50,462 I realize that, and that's all right. 915 00:57:50,463 --> 00:57:52,597 I don't expect you to like me, 916 00:57:52,598 --> 00:57:55,834 but I do want you to listen to me. 917 00:57:57,407 --> 00:58:00,438 Um, I could stand here and provide you 918 00:58:00,439 --> 00:58:04,909 with yet more, uh, data-- 919 00:58:04,910 --> 00:58:07,682 the latest barometric readings, the wind speeds, 920 00:58:07,683 --> 00:58:10,720 the new upper-air soundings that we've collated-- 921 00:58:10,721 --> 00:58:14,446 but none of it is going to make a lick of difference, is it? 922 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:17,922 Is it? 923 00:58:19,856 --> 00:58:23,589 Because you want to believe that-- 924 00:58:23,590 --> 00:58:27,264 what Colonel Krick's just said, that it's going to be safe 925 00:58:27,265 --> 00:58:30,306 to land in Normandy tomorrow-- and so that's what you believe. 926 00:58:30,307 --> 00:58:33,471 But everything that he's just said 927 00:58:33,472 --> 00:58:36,538 is pure, unadulterated... 928 00:58:36,539 --> 00:58:38,507 horseshit. 929 00:58:42,045 --> 00:58:45,285 You can muster all the tanks and soldiers 930 00:58:45,286 --> 00:58:48,053 and ships that you like. 931 00:58:48,054 --> 00:58:52,057 You can assemble the greatest armada that ever there was, 932 00:58:52,058 --> 00:58:56,224 but if you invade tomorrow, they're going to be washed away. 933 00:58:58,734 --> 00:59:02,966 Because the storms that I'm talking about are real, 934 00:59:02,967 --> 00:59:04,967 and the jet stream that's propelling them 935 00:59:04,968 --> 00:59:08,375 towards the Normandy coast is real, 936 00:59:08,376 --> 00:59:10,579 and the wrath of nature... 937 00:59:14,313 --> 00:59:16,052 ...is real. 938 00:59:16,053 --> 00:59:18,553 And if you ignore it, 939 00:59:18,554 --> 00:59:22,756 then countless men and countless boys... 940 00:59:32,826 --> 00:59:34,002 That's it. 941 00:59:38,934 --> 00:59:40,675 He's lost his bloody mind. 942 00:59:43,245 --> 00:59:45,174 Why is it horseshit? 943 00:59:46,174 --> 00:59:47,748 Yes, the weather was as he described 944 00:59:47,749 --> 00:59:51,849 in 1904 and 1925, but he fails to mention 1916. 945 00:59:51,850 --> 00:59:53,820 June 5th, the Battle for Mount Sorrel. 946 00:59:53,821 --> 00:59:56,218 Then, as now, there were areas of high pressure 947 00:59:56,219 --> 00:59:58,890 above the Azores, but the storms came anyway. 948 00:59:58,891 --> 01:00:01,196 Many people here will remember that battle. 949 01:00:01,197 --> 01:00:03,957 Chaos. Absolute chaos! 950 01:00:03,958 --> 01:00:05,796 Thousands of lives lost! 951 01:00:05,797 --> 01:00:07,899 Hell on earth! Torrential rain! 952 01:00:07,900 --> 01:00:10,871 He's selecting the data that suits him 953 01:00:10,872 --> 01:00:13,602 and ignoring the rest, and we must face the facts. 954 01:00:13,603 --> 01:00:15,574 The facts! 955 01:00:15,575 --> 01:00:17,613 However frightening they may be! 956 01:00:21,050 --> 01:00:23,152 Well, if... 957 01:00:23,153 --> 01:00:26,149 if not Monday, when? 958 01:00:29,390 --> 01:00:31,353 Not before June 18. 959 01:00:31,354 --> 01:00:34,397 Christ on a bike, he's still talking about the 18th. 960 01:00:34,398 --> 01:00:35,922 The 18th? 961 01:00:35,923 --> 01:00:37,495 There is no 18th. 962 01:00:37,496 --> 01:00:40,199 No 18th. No 18th! 963 01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:41,435 None! 964 01:00:41,436 --> 01:00:42,601 None, none, none, none, none! 965 01:00:42,602 --> 01:00:45,073 The 18th is not an option! 966 01:00:45,074 --> 01:00:46,565 Montgomery. 967 01:00:58,515 --> 01:01:00,683 Bertie... 968 01:01:00,684 --> 01:01:04,126 what is the worst 969 01:01:04,127 --> 01:01:06,321 we can tolerate? 970 01:01:06,322 --> 01:01:09,698 Waves of four to six feet would be tolerable. 971 01:01:11,300 --> 01:01:13,860 Anything over six feet... 972 01:01:13,861 --> 01:01:15,968 impossible. 973 01:01:17,501 --> 01:01:19,003 Stagg? 974 01:01:19,004 --> 01:01:20,636 I'm estimating waves of eight to ten feet. 975 01:01:27,943 --> 01:01:29,850 Trafford, worst case? 976 01:01:29,851 --> 01:01:31,781 Cloud base can't be lower than a thousand feet, 977 01:01:31,782 --> 01:01:34,085 or we're flying blind. 978 01:01:34,086 --> 01:01:37,083 Cloud base will be at least eight to ten-tenths 979 01:01:37,084 --> 01:01:38,655 below a thousand feet. 980 01:01:38,656 --> 01:01:40,456 Then don't fly. 981 01:01:40,457 --> 01:01:42,322 Ramsay, you get us ashore, our men will handle the rest. 982 01:01:42,323 --> 01:01:44,100 - Without air cover? - With or without. 983 01:01:44,101 --> 01:01:45,798 Shut up, Monty. 984 01:01:45,799 --> 01:01:47,834 We need to land, is what we need to do. 985 01:01:47,835 --> 01:01:50,005 If we don't land, we have no fourth front, 986 01:01:50,006 --> 01:01:51,731 - and without a fourth front... - For God's sake, Monty. 987 01:01:51,732 --> 01:01:54,475 With waves of ten feet, we won't be landing anywhere. 988 01:01:54,476 --> 01:01:56,041 Well, then, let's just start 989 01:01:56,042 --> 01:01:57,643 the blasted Kraut lessons now, then, shall we, 990 01:01:57,644 --> 01:01:59,043 and all the goose-stepping? 991 01:01:59,044 --> 01:02:00,981 And then maybe one day years from now, 992 01:02:00,982 --> 01:02:02,977 we can all yodel about the time that we didn't... 993 01:02:02,978 --> 01:02:05,017 Enough! 994 01:02:14,564 --> 01:02:16,889 Krick, do you have anything to add? 995 01:02:16,890 --> 01:02:19,566 I'm telling you, sir, next week is nothing but clear skies. 996 01:02:19,567 --> 01:02:22,594 If you choose to postpone, 997 01:02:22,595 --> 01:02:24,832 you'll regret it for the rest of your lives. 998 01:02:27,904 --> 01:02:29,778 I maintain my position. 999 01:02:34,548 --> 01:02:36,708 And I maintain mine. 1000 01:02:42,049 --> 01:02:44,051 Then so be it. 1001 01:02:44,052 --> 01:02:45,721 D-Day will be postponed. 1002 01:03:00,637 --> 01:03:02,278 Ike. 1003 01:03:02,279 --> 01:03:03,778 I hate to bring this up, 1004 01:03:03,779 --> 01:03:05,579 but we have hundreds of thousands of troops 1005 01:03:05,580 --> 01:03:07,110 ready to deploy down there. 1006 01:03:07,111 --> 01:03:08,582 Now, they've obviously been briefed 1007 01:03:08,583 --> 01:03:10,247 as to the invasion plans. 1008 01:03:10,248 --> 01:03:12,214 Yeah, that's a lot of loose lips. 1009 01:03:12,215 --> 01:03:13,922 Secure all troops. 1010 01:03:13,923 --> 01:03:15,449 - I repeat, secure all troops. - I repeat, 1011 01:03:15,450 --> 01:03:17,156 all troops must be detained at once. 1012 01:03:17,157 --> 01:03:18,550 No one leaves until further notice. 1013 01:03:18,551 --> 01:03:20,686 No one leaves until further notice. 1014 01:03:20,687 --> 01:03:23,126 I repeat, all troops must be detained at once. 1015 01:03:23,127 --> 01:03:24,600 All troops must be detained at once. 1016 01:03:24,601 --> 01:03:26,802 Secure them on board, no exceptions. 1017 01:03:55,926 --> 01:03:57,525 You did the right thing. 1018 01:04:12,907 --> 01:04:14,344 Jesus. 1019 01:04:17,716 --> 01:04:19,517 Should've gone. 1020 01:04:19,518 --> 01:04:21,021 Ike. 1021 01:05:38,794 --> 01:05:44,733 ♪ All creatures of our God and King ♪ 1022 01:05:44,734 --> 01:05:50,304 ♪ Lift up your voice and with us sing ♪ 1023 01:05:50,305 --> 01:05:57,377 ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪ 1024 01:05:57,378 --> 01:06:00,479 ♪ Thou burning sun ♪ 1025 01:06:00,480 --> 01:06:03,790 ♪ With golden beam ♪ 1026 01:06:03,791 --> 01:06:06,089 ♪ Thou silver moon ♪ 1027 01:06:06,090 --> 01:06:09,732 ♪ With softer gleam ♪ 1028 01:06:09,733 --> 01:06:15,670 ♪ O praise him, O praise him ♪ 1029 01:06:15,671 --> 01:06:21,806 ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪ 1030 01:06:21,807 --> 01:06:28,115 ♪ Alleluia ♪ 1031 01:06:29,678 --> 01:06:35,748 ♪ Thou rushing wind that art so strong ♪ 1032 01:06:35,749 --> 01:06:41,489 ♪ Ye clouds that sail in heaven along ♪ 1033 01:06:41,490 --> 01:06:47,526 ♪ O praise him, O praise him ♪ 1034 01:06:47,527 --> 01:06:53,542 ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪ 1035 01:06:53,543 --> 01:07:02,878 ♪ Alleluia. ♪ 1036 01:07:12,519 --> 01:07:15,987 God, grant to the living... 1037 01:07:16,992 --> 01:07:19,227 ...grace. 1038 01:07:19,228 --> 01:07:22,438 To the departed, rest. 1039 01:07:22,439 --> 01:07:25,002 To the nation, 1040 01:07:25,003 --> 01:07:28,703 peace and concord. 1041 01:07:28,704 --> 01:07:31,141 To us all, your servants, 1042 01:07:31,142 --> 01:07:34,346 the promise of eternal life. 1043 01:07:51,661 --> 01:07:55,937 Your blessing to unite us all in your service 1044 01:07:55,938 --> 01:08:00,273 to our God and to this, our country. 1045 01:08:06,774 --> 01:08:09,849 Light to guide us... 1046 01:08:09,850 --> 01:08:12,351 guide us on our way. 1047 01:08:21,230 --> 01:08:25,858 Courage to support us and your blessing to unite us... 1048 01:08:25,859 --> 01:08:28,598 in service to you. 1049 01:08:56,993 --> 01:09:00,894 Amen. 1050 01:10:06,697 --> 01:10:09,870 We can't keep the men locked up like this, Ike. 1051 01:10:09,871 --> 01:10:11,635 Not for two more weeks. 1052 01:10:13,667 --> 01:10:16,036 Well, what do you want me to do? 1053 01:10:16,037 --> 01:10:19,247 Furlough 300,000 men with the playbook for D-Day? 1054 01:10:20,479 --> 01:10:22,844 We might as well tell the Nazis ourselves. 1055 01:10:23,786 --> 01:10:26,078 It's just an observation. 1056 01:10:28,187 --> 01:10:30,357 We will find a way, Trafford. 1057 01:10:31,287 --> 01:10:32,887 Hang in there. 1058 01:10:34,222 --> 01:10:35,362 Yes. 1059 01:10:36,389 --> 01:10:37,595 Sir. 1060 01:10:46,099 --> 01:10:48,206 So L2 and 3 have merged into one system. 1061 01:10:48,207 --> 01:10:49,672 Mm. And a new low 1062 01:10:49,673 --> 01:10:51,075 has intensified east of Newfoundland. 1063 01:10:51,076 --> 01:10:52,605 Uh, sir? 1064 01:10:52,606 --> 01:10:54,007 Excuse me, Dr. Stagg? 1065 01:10:55,714 --> 01:10:58,583 The cold front appears to be clearing western Ireland. 1066 01:11:01,348 --> 01:11:02,824 What? 1067 01:11:02,825 --> 01:11:04,325 It's clearing, sir. 1068 01:11:07,897 --> 01:11:10,095 What's the geostrophic gradient? 1069 01:11:10,096 --> 01:11:13,933 Uh, 40 knots north, sir. 1070 01:11:13,934 --> 01:11:16,130 So it's slowing. 1071 01:11:16,131 --> 01:11:18,404 Well, you can't be sure, sir. We've only had one reading. 1072 01:11:18,405 --> 01:11:20,198 - Where'd it come from? - Northwest Ireland. 1073 01:11:20,199 --> 01:11:22,139 Tell me specifically, who... who recorded it? 1074 01:11:22,140 --> 01:11:23,637 What weather base? 1075 01:11:23,638 --> 01:11:26,948 A Miss Maureen Sweeney, sir. 1076 01:11:26,949 --> 01:11:28,745 - Blacksod Point. - Show me. 1077 01:11:33,254 --> 01:11:35,286 Well, call her back. Double-check it. 1078 01:11:35,287 --> 01:11:36,791 - Triple-check it. - Sir. 1079 01:11:36,792 --> 01:11:37,919 Right now, please. 1080 01:11:40,226 --> 01:11:41,954 Can you ask, uh, Teleprinter Ops 1081 01:11:41,955 --> 01:11:43,760 to get me readings from every base 1082 01:11:43,761 --> 01:11:46,159 within 500 miles of Blacksod Point? Right now. 1083 01:11:46,160 --> 01:11:48,801 Can I get the latest climate readings, please? 1084 01:12:04,180 --> 01:12:05,815 Yeah? 1085 01:12:07,282 --> 01:12:08,653 Um... 1086 01:12:10,852 --> 01:12:14,021 This just came in from Blacksod Point. 1087 01:12:22,167 --> 01:12:23,465 Was it checked? 1088 01:12:23,466 --> 01:12:25,164 They're checking it now. 1089 01:12:26,165 --> 01:12:29,201 Could mean something, could mean nothing. 1090 01:12:30,340 --> 01:12:32,209 Yes, but which? 1091 01:12:32,210 --> 01:12:33,447 What do you think? 1092 01:12:34,546 --> 01:12:36,316 Why are you asking me? 1093 01:12:36,317 --> 01:12:38,485 Look out the goddamn window, Stagg. 1094 01:12:38,486 --> 01:12:41,114 I'm asking you because I need your expertise. 1095 01:12:46,321 --> 01:12:47,692 Please. 1096 01:12:51,659 --> 01:12:53,324 It's the fifth reading. 1097 01:13:05,740 --> 01:13:07,245 It is unusual. 1098 01:13:07,246 --> 01:13:09,846 Mm-hmm. Yeah, it is. 1099 01:13:12,548 --> 01:13:14,587 It's worth looking into. 1100 01:13:15,581 --> 01:13:17,250 Good. 1101 01:13:17,251 --> 01:13:19,758 OFFICER Heavy frontal cloud, west of 35. 1102 01:13:19,759 --> 01:13:21,594 Blacksod Point barometer fell overnight, 1103 01:13:21,595 --> 01:13:23,555 then slight rise by afternoon, front offshore. 1104 01:13:25,893 --> 01:13:28,734 1-0-1-1 millibars. 1105 01:13:28,735 --> 01:13:30,734 Who do you got now? Who are you speaking with? 1106 01:13:30,735 --> 01:13:31,930 I was just asking him about... 1107 01:13:31,931 --> 01:13:33,936 So, what are you doing now? 1108 01:13:34,937 --> 01:13:38,380 And get the result for that one, please. 1109 01:13:38,381 --> 01:13:40,212 The low is moving in the right direction, but... 1110 01:13:40,213 --> 01:13:42,010 - It's too close. - Yeah. 1111 01:13:43,177 --> 01:13:45,285 Hamilton, when's the next chart coming out? 1112 01:13:45,286 --> 01:13:46,650 Within the hour, sir. 1113 01:13:46,651 --> 01:13:48,081 Within the hour is not good enough. 1114 01:13:48,082 --> 01:13:49,853 Can we get... can we get Dunstable... 1115 01:13:49,854 --> 01:13:51,985 a result from Dun-Dunstable in, please, soon? 1116 01:13:51,986 --> 01:13:53,791 It should've been with us an hour ago. 1117 01:13:53,792 --> 01:13:55,426 What's the movement on the cold front? 1118 01:13:55,427 --> 01:13:57,332 Still 30 knots, sir. 1119 01:13:57,333 --> 01:13:59,462 Have you ever seen a progression like this? 1120 01:13:59,463 --> 01:14:02,234 Never. Winter, maybe. 1121 01:14:02,235 --> 01:14:03,968 Never this time of year. 1122 01:14:03,969 --> 01:14:05,605 StratoCu lifting above 2,000 feet. 1123 01:14:05,606 --> 01:14:06,968 Sea surface temperature, 15 degrees. 1124 01:14:06,969 --> 01:14:08,276 Data points up to 400 millibars. 1125 01:14:08,277 --> 01:14:10,212 What are you looking for? 1126 01:14:10,213 --> 01:14:12,145 A gap, because there's one there. 1127 01:14:12,146 --> 01:14:13,707 You call that a gap? 1128 01:14:13,708 --> 01:14:15,415 Yes, I call that a gap. 1129 01:14:15,416 --> 01:14:16,813 That's a very narrow gap. 1130 01:14:16,814 --> 01:14:18,579 A narrow gap is still a gap. Thank you. 1131 01:14:18,580 --> 01:14:20,047 Do you see a gap? 1132 01:14:20,048 --> 01:14:21,451 I believe there's one forming, sir, yes. 1133 01:14:21,452 --> 01:14:22,688 Yes, a gap. Thank you. 1134 01:14:26,628 --> 01:14:29,929 So, if this was a normal forecast, would you call it? 1135 01:14:29,930 --> 01:14:31,264 Yeah. 1136 01:14:31,265 --> 01:14:33,468 I don't know. Uh, probably. 1137 01:14:34,737 --> 01:14:35,965 Yeah. 1138 01:14:37,163 --> 01:14:39,298 The only difference is it's D-Day. 1139 01:14:41,174 --> 01:14:42,642 Big difference. 1140 01:14:46,344 --> 01:14:48,276 Call Eisenhower. 1141 01:15:07,532 --> 01:15:09,969 You wanted to see me? 1142 01:15:09,970 --> 01:15:11,264 Yes, sir. 1143 01:15:13,175 --> 01:15:15,334 There's been a development, sir. 1144 01:15:15,335 --> 01:15:18,270 It seems the storm at Newfoundland is slowing. 1145 01:15:18,271 --> 01:15:21,943 We believe it's enough to provide a... a... 1146 01:15:21,944 --> 01:15:24,783 a window in the disruptive weather. 1147 01:15:25,854 --> 01:15:27,280 Um... 1148 01:15:29,457 --> 01:15:31,489 Well, if I may, th-the cigarettes 1149 01:15:31,490 --> 01:15:33,952 are the Newfoundland storm, 1150 01:15:33,953 --> 01:15:35,563 the larger one of three. 1151 01:15:36,565 --> 01:15:38,525 My glasses here are the two smaller storms. 1152 01:15:38,526 --> 01:15:41,469 Currently, the larger storm is dragging the two smaller storms 1153 01:15:41,470 --> 01:15:44,568 away from the Normandy coast, leaving a... 1154 01:15:44,569 --> 01:15:46,874 a gap in the weather of sorts 1155 01:15:46,875 --> 01:15:51,274 just long enough for us to land in Normandy on Tuesday morning. 1156 01:15:51,275 --> 01:15:52,742 Tuesday? 1157 01:15:52,743 --> 01:15:56,980 As in 26 hours from now, Tuesday? 1158 01:15:56,981 --> 01:15:58,717 Sir, if you just look at the latest charts... 1159 01:15:58,718 --> 01:16:00,749 I don't want to look at your damn charts. 1160 01:16:00,750 --> 01:16:03,052 It's a bunch of gobbledygook. 1161 01:16:03,053 --> 01:16:05,591 What I want is for you to get down on your knees 1162 01:16:05,592 --> 01:16:07,222 and look me in the eye and tell me, 1163 01:16:07,223 --> 01:16:09,727 "Tuesday morning, sir, the sun's got his hat on." 1164 01:16:09,728 --> 01:16:11,698 Because in case you haven't noticed, 1165 01:16:11,699 --> 01:16:13,864 there's a goddamn hurricane blowing out there! 1166 01:16:13,865 --> 01:16:15,669 Technically, it's not a hurricane, sir. 1167 01:16:18,432 --> 01:16:21,505 Sunny weather, you say stop. Hurricane, you say go. 1168 01:16:21,506 --> 01:16:22,773 Well, no. Well, yes, sir. 1169 01:16:22,774 --> 01:16:23,974 Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. 1170 01:16:27,413 --> 01:16:31,382 Send my men into... 1171 01:16:31,383 --> 01:16:34,050 into the storm? 1172 01:16:37,585 --> 01:16:39,154 Yeah. 1173 01:16:42,498 --> 01:16:44,224 They'll never see it coming, sir, never. 1174 01:16:44,225 --> 01:16:46,601 A gap like this in the storm-- never. 1175 01:17:01,878 --> 01:17:03,783 You're absolutely sure of that? 1176 01:17:07,757 --> 01:17:11,923 Are you absolutely sure about that, Group Captain Stagg? 1177 01:17:14,263 --> 01:17:16,290 I'm sure there'll be a gap. 1178 01:17:17,399 --> 01:17:19,925 The weather won't be perfect... 1179 01:17:19,926 --> 01:17:21,801 but it'll do. 1180 01:17:23,471 --> 01:17:25,497 This is your official position? 1181 01:17:29,344 --> 01:17:32,812 My official position is this. 1182 01:17:35,181 --> 01:17:36,816 Go. 1183 01:17:40,321 --> 01:17:42,184 You should go, sir. 1184 01:17:45,754 --> 01:17:47,288 Okay, we'll go. 1185 01:17:50,122 --> 01:17:52,359 D-Day is Tuesday, June 6. 1186 01:18:23,324 --> 01:18:27,568 This is my statement... 1187 01:18:27,569 --> 01:18:31,203 - if all goes well tomorrow. - Mm-hmm. 1188 01:18:31,204 --> 01:18:33,999 And... 1189 01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:35,666 this one if not. 1190 01:18:41,414 --> 01:18:42,548 - Hey. - Hmm? 1191 01:18:42,549 --> 01:18:44,246 I've got a surprise for you. 1192 01:18:47,420 --> 01:18:49,383 Rare as nylons. 1193 01:19:01,736 --> 01:19:04,137 I have a good feeling about tomorrow. 1194 01:19:17,245 --> 01:19:19,218 - You should get some sleep. - Yes. 1195 01:19:19,219 --> 01:19:20,678 Yeah? 1196 01:19:25,251 --> 01:19:27,960 - 0630 hours. - 0630 hours. 1197 01:19:31,131 --> 01:19:36,563 My men did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. 1198 01:19:36,564 --> 01:19:42,443 If any blame or fault is attached to the attempt, 1199 01:19:42,444 --> 01:19:46,308 it is mine and mine alone. 1200 01:19:48,812 --> 01:19:50,213 That's what I wrote. 1201 01:19:51,914 --> 01:19:54,613 In case we fail tomorrow. 1202 01:19:56,322 --> 01:19:57,957 We won't. 1203 01:20:21,476 --> 01:20:26,347 IKE Soldiers, sailors and airmen 1204 01:20:26,348 --> 01:20:29,351 of the Allied Expeditionary Force... 1205 01:20:40,298 --> 01:20:44,037 ...you are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, 1206 01:20:44,038 --> 01:20:46,973 upon which we have striven these many months. 1207 01:20:51,043 --> 01:20:54,349 The eyes of the world are upon you. 1208 01:20:54,350 --> 01:20:55,983 The hope and prayers 1209 01:20:55,984 --> 01:21:00,151 of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. 1210 01:21:03,558 --> 01:21:05,892 In company with our brave allies 1211 01:21:05,893 --> 01:21:08,994 and brothers-in-arms on other fronts, 1212 01:21:08,995 --> 01:21:10,795 you will bring about the destruction 1213 01:21:10,796 --> 01:21:12,394 of the German war machine... 1214 01:21:14,164 --> 01:21:18,201 ...the elimination of Nazi tyranny 1215 01:21:18,202 --> 01:21:20,699 over the oppressed peoples of Europe 1216 01:21:20,700 --> 01:21:25,044 and security for ourselves in a free world. 1217 01:21:28,878 --> 01:21:30,812 You get any sleep? 1218 01:21:30,813 --> 01:21:32,150 Not a wink. 1219 01:21:33,221 --> 01:21:34,551 You? 1220 01:21:34,552 --> 01:21:35,782 Nope. 1221 01:21:47,893 --> 01:21:50,835 Your task will not be an easy one. 1222 01:21:50,836 --> 01:21:54,237 Your enemy is well trained, 1223 01:21:54,238 --> 01:21:58,671 well equipped and battle-hardened. 1224 01:21:59,745 --> 01:22:01,542 He will fight savagely. 1225 01:22:06,048 --> 01:22:08,186 60 seconds to H hour. 1226 01:22:09,186 --> 01:22:14,258 Radio silence ends in... 60 seconds. 1227 01:22:15,787 --> 01:22:18,630 IKE But this is the year 1944. 1228 01:22:18,631 --> 01:22:19,965 Where you from? 1229 01:22:19,966 --> 01:22:21,496 Bracken Mountain, North Carolina, sir. 1230 01:22:21,497 --> 01:22:22,902 Bracken Mountain, North Carolina? -Yes, sir. 1231 01:22:22,903 --> 01:22:24,935 IKE The tide has turned. 1232 01:22:24,936 --> 01:22:26,599 The free men of the world 1233 01:22:26,600 --> 01:22:29,872 are marching together to victory. 1234 01:22:29,873 --> 01:22:31,374 What's your name? 1235 01:22:31,375 --> 01:22:33,474 - Uh, Oiler, sir. - Oiler. Where you from, Oiler? 1236 01:22:33,475 --> 01:22:35,314 I have full confidence in 1237 01:22:35,315 --> 01:22:39,778 your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. 1238 01:22:44,950 --> 01:22:49,623 We will accept nothing less than full victory. 1239 01:22:50,596 --> 01:22:52,560 Good luck, 1240 01:22:52,561 --> 01:22:55,936 and let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God 1241 01:22:55,937 --> 01:22:59,098 upon this great and noble undertaking. 1242 01:23:28,702 --> 01:23:30,796 Utah. Come in, Utah. 1243 01:23:32,738 --> 01:23:34,305 Utah, come in. 1244 01:23:36,171 --> 01:23:37,968 SHAEF main to Utah. 1245 01:23:48,490 --> 01:23:50,024 Come in, Utah. 1246 01:23:52,490 --> 01:23:55,290 Omaha Beach control, do you read? 1247 01:24:04,696 --> 01:24:06,733 Utah, come in. 1248 01:24:08,701 --> 01:24:09,967 Utah, do you read? 1249 01:24:23,523 --> 01:24:25,783 Utah... hit by machine-gun fire. Casualties... 1250 01:24:25,784 --> 01:24:27,420 Heavy incoming fire at Utah Beach. 1251 01:24:27,421 --> 01:24:29,064 What about the other beaches? 1252 01:24:29,065 --> 01:24:30,488 Serious casualties at Omaha Beach. 1253 01:24:30,489 --> 01:24:32,199 How many casualties? 1254 01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:35,529 Westerly winds causing course corrections. 1255 01:24:35,530 --> 01:24:37,067 Visibility two miles, 1256 01:24:37,068 --> 01:24:38,902 ceiling falling to 1,500 feet. 1257 01:24:42,034 --> 01:24:43,603 Landing craft swept off course at Utah. 1258 01:24:43,604 --> 01:24:45,009 Visibility two miles. 1259 01:24:45,010 --> 01:24:47,042 Ceiling falling to 1,500 feet. 1260 01:24:48,841 --> 01:24:50,581 Omaha sky still overcast... 1261 01:24:50,582 --> 01:24:51,685 OFFICER 3 ...unable to locate batteries 1262 01:24:51,686 --> 01:24:53,251 lying on south beach. 1263 01:24:57,851 --> 01:24:59,551 - Keep moving! - Keep pushing! 1264 01:24:59,552 --> 01:25:01,095 Move! Move! 1265 01:25:03,866 --> 01:25:06,565 Incoming! Take cover! 1266 01:25:06,566 --> 01:25:08,100 Cannot unload due to heavy shellfire. 1267 01:25:08,101 --> 01:25:09,704 L1 section lost in water. 1268 01:25:09,705 --> 01:25:11,269 Second half moving forward. 1269 01:25:11,270 --> 01:25:13,097 ...800 yards off the beach. 1270 01:25:13,098 --> 01:25:14,871 OFFICER 6 Omaha winds 14 knots west. 1271 01:25:25,649 --> 01:25:27,784 Taking heavy fire at Gold and Omaha. 1272 01:25:27,785 --> 01:25:30,553 - 1273 01:25:36,692 --> 01:25:38,161 OFFICER 7 Many wounded at Dog Red, 1274 01:25:38,162 --> 01:25:39,465 needing immediate evacuation. 1275 01:25:50,005 --> 01:25:51,674 Cloud ceiling low, around 500 feet. 1276 01:25:51,675 --> 01:25:53,445 Cloud ceiling low, around 500 feet. 1277 01:25:53,446 --> 01:25:55,249 ...find no targets of opportunity... 1278 01:25:55,250 --> 01:25:57,015 Can find no targets of opportunity 1279 01:25:57,016 --> 01:25:58,610 without endangering own landing. 1280 01:25:58,611 --> 01:26:01,282 We can't see a bloody thing! 1281 01:26:07,758 --> 01:26:10,197 OFFICER 10 Wind 18 knots, west, southwest. 1282 01:26:10,198 --> 01:26:11,792 Wind 18 knots, west, southwest. 1283 01:26:11,793 --> 01:26:13,199 Clouds 800 feet, beginning to rise. 1284 01:26:13,200 --> 01:26:14,796 - You're good. You're good. - Am I gonna die? 1285 01:26:14,797 --> 01:26:16,701 No, we'll get you home. You're good. You're good. 1286 01:26:16,702 --> 01:26:19,503 Waves moderating at Utah, now two to three feet. 1287 01:26:19,504 --> 01:26:21,137 Ceiling lifting to 1,500 feet. 1288 01:26:21,138 --> 01:26:22,544 Clearer skies inland. 1289 01:26:22,545 --> 01:26:24,275 Keep pushing! 1290 01:26:24,276 --> 01:26:27,108 I don't care! Go! 1291 01:26:39,722 --> 01:26:41,021 OFFICER 14 Utah cloud ceiling clear. 1292 01:26:47,669 --> 01:26:49,500 Move up! 1293 01:26:50,701 --> 01:26:53,006 Two U.S. destroyers are within one... 1294 01:27:11,416 --> 01:27:13,288 Move up! 1295 01:27:39,015 --> 01:27:40,551 Yes? 1296 01:27:41,886 --> 01:27:42,916 Mm-hmm. 1297 01:27:44,383 --> 01:27:45,424 What? 1298 01:27:52,964 --> 01:27:54,334 Thank you. 1299 01:28:05,070 --> 01:28:07,045 Footholds established on all the beaches. 1300 01:28:09,142 --> 01:28:12,748 Our men are ashore, with full air and naval support. 1301 01:29:37,967 --> 01:29:39,570 OPERATOR Hello. Signals Department. 1302 01:29:39,571 --> 01:29:42,136 Yes, St. Mary's Hospital in Clapham, please. 1303 01:29:42,137 --> 01:29:44,237 I'm sorry, sir, but there are still no outgoing calls 1304 01:29:44,238 --> 01:29:46,344 until security restrictions have been officially lifted. 1305 01:29:46,345 --> 01:29:48,173 I believe... 1306 01:30:00,529 --> 01:30:02,857 I've arranged a car to take you straight to the hospital. 1307 01:30:02,858 --> 01:30:04,893 Thank you very much. I appreciate that. 1308 01:30:15,604 --> 01:30:19,277 Well, congratulations, Stagg. 1309 01:30:19,278 --> 01:30:21,173 Congratulations to you, too. 1310 01:30:28,449 --> 01:30:29,852 Good luck. 1311 01:30:38,728 --> 01:30:41,067 Thank you so much for everything. 1312 01:30:41,068 --> 01:30:42,566 Ah, don't be silly. 1313 01:30:42,567 --> 01:30:44,035 I'm sorry I couldn't have done more. 1314 01:30:44,036 --> 01:30:45,202 No, no, no. 1315 01:30:45,203 --> 01:30:47,433 We were busy. 1316 01:31:37,817 --> 01:31:39,185 Thank you. 1317 01:31:49,128 --> 01:31:51,795 WOMAN No, no. You can't. 1318 01:31:58,505 --> 01:32:00,107 No! No! 1319 01:32:41,747 --> 01:32:43,183 Hello, Jim. 1320 01:32:45,993 --> 01:32:47,418 Hello, Liz. 1321 01:33:11,844 --> 01:33:13,081 Are you all right? 1322 01:33:21,687 --> 01:33:23,292 You okay? 1323 01:33:23,293 --> 01:33:24,598 Yeah? 1324 01:33:35,538 --> 01:33:36,808 Your son. 1325 01:33:37,912 --> 01:33:39,206 Oh. 1326 01:34:14,610 --> 01:34:16,743 Hello. 1327 01:34:16,744 --> 01:34:18,082 Hello, beautiful.