1 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:21,915 Here, have one of these. 2 00:01:44,771 --> 00:01:46,506 **** me. 3 00:02:13,990 --> 00:02:14,534 Right. 4 00:02:16,102 --> 00:02:18,505 Are you sure there's time? 5 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:20,106 There's time. 6 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:28,448 Thank you. 7 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:39,359 Did they say how long you'll be gone for? 8 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,620 No, they didn't say. 9 00:02:49,669 --> 00:02:51,671 I'm very proud they chose you, Jim. 10 00:02:55,575 --> 00:02:57,100 I'll be fine. 11 00:02:59,245 --> 00:03:00,714 Go. 12 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,583 Okay. 13 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:28,742 Morning, sir. 14 00:04:11,117 --> 00:04:12,986 Sir. 15 00:04:13,530 --> 00:04:14,821 Group Captain Dr. James Stagg, 16 00:04:14,888 --> 00:04:18,580 chief meteorological officer, reporting for duty. 17 00:04:18,910 --> 00:04:19,759 I.D. card and pass, please, sir. 18 00:04:19,793 --> 00:04:21,261 Right this way, sir. 19 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:24,970 Welcome to Southwick House, sir. 20 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:27,500 I'm Andrew Carter with the Met Office. 21 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:28,568 I'll be your ADC. 22 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:30,103 Mm-hmm. 23 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,817 I must admit it's a great honor to meet you, Dr. Stagg. 24 00:04:43,917 --> 00:04:45,652 I so enjoyed your paper on terrestrial magnetism. 25 00:04:45,652 --> 00:04:47,253 It's a fascinating subject. 26 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:49,220 It is, yes. 27 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:07,607 And here we are, sir. 28 00:05:23,289 --> 00:05:24,824 Operations rooms are upstairs, sir. 29 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:26,393 Teleprinters are in the cellars. 30 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:28,628 And our forecast room is just through here. 31 00:05:39,472 --> 00:05:41,740 -Where can I put this down? -Anywhere, sir. 32 00:05:41,740 --> 00:05:43,910 We'll have someone take it to your tent. 33 00:05:43,977 --> 00:05:45,378 What are these? 34 00:05:45,412 --> 00:05:47,180 They're historical analog charts. 35 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,815 I know what they are, but what are they doing here? 36 00:05:48,848 --> 00:05:50,717 Colonel Krick, he requested them. 37 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:54,988 Well, which one is he? Introduce me. 38 00:05:55,210 --> 00:05:56,589 I believe he's with General... 39 00:05:56,656 --> 00:05:58,658 Can you stop! Stop the banging, please. 40 00:06:01,895 --> 00:06:03,496 I believe he's with General Eisenhower 41 00:06:03,496 --> 00:06:05,310 at the moment, sir. 42 00:06:08,435 --> 00:06:09,903 I'll call you back. 43 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:13,606 Sir. 44 00:06:13,673 --> 00:06:15,108 What's coming through? 45 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:18,678 Soundings at 53 north, 35 west, sir. 46 00:06:18,745 --> 00:06:20,780 Mm-hmm. Weather ship Hoste, yes? 47 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:22,349 Yes, sir. 48 00:06:22,349 --> 00:06:24,384 Uh, Casey and Bryant here are linked directly 49 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:26,386 to the teleprinter ops at Dunstable and Bushy Park. 50 00:06:26,419 --> 00:06:28,355 -Which one are you? -I'm Casey, sir. 51 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,957 That's wrong, Casey. 52 00:06:32,592 --> 00:06:34,961 Our American contingent, sir. 53 00:06:36,763 --> 00:06:39,399 This is Flight Officer Murray, Flight Officer Hamilton. 54 00:06:39,466 --> 00:06:41,468 -Good to meet you, sir. -They're on surface weather. 55 00:06:41,534 --> 00:06:43,703 What, both of you? Who's on upper air? 56 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,538 Uh, no one, sir. 57 00:06:45,538 --> 00:06:47,400 No one's on upper air? 58 00:06:47,730 --> 00:06:50,577 So that data just goes unrecorded, does it? 59 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:53,279 I'll need both of you on upper air at all times. 60 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:55,315 Uh, we were told to use historical analog charts, sir. 61 00:06:55,382 --> 00:06:57,150 Not by me. Those weren't my instructions. 62 00:06:57,217 --> 00:06:59,652 It's just, Colonel Krick instructed us otherwise, sir. 63 00:06:59,719 --> 00:07:01,254 Did he? Do I have an office? 64 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:03,423 Yes, sir. It's just through here. 65 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:13,666 Ah. 66 00:07:13,733 --> 00:07:15,735 Good afternoon, sir. 67 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:18,638 Uh, this is Group Captain Stagg. 68 00:07:18,672 --> 00:07:20,240 He's just transferred from Dunstable. 69 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:22,942 We've been very much looking forward to his... 70 00:07:22,976 --> 00:07:24,444 him joining us here. 71 00:07:26,146 --> 00:07:27,947 Lieutenant Kay Summersby. 72 00:07:27,981 --> 00:07:30,583 Motor Transport Corps. Welcome to Southwick House. 73 00:07:30,617 --> 00:07:33,186 Are we sharing an office, or what? 74 00:07:33,253 --> 00:07:36,623 No. I was just using it temporarily. 75 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:39,259 Good, because I'll need it exclusively. 76 00:07:44,497 --> 00:07:47,133 Well, very good. 77 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:09,189 Can you see to it that General Eisenhower knows 78 00:08:09,222 --> 00:08:10,690 that I'm here? 79 00:08:10,724 --> 00:08:14,627 And that I apologize for my late arrival? 80 00:08:14,661 --> 00:08:16,162 Yes, sir. 81 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:19,866 Sir. 82 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:26,339 Right. 83 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:33,880 Hello. Signals Department. 84 00:08:33,913 --> 00:08:35,315 Switchboard speaking. 85 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:38,418 Yes, um, Richmond 1-9-3-7, please. 86 00:08:38,485 --> 00:08:41,540 I'm sorry, but all outgoing calls are forbidden 87 00:08:41,154 --> 00:08:43,890 without prior authorization, sir. 88 00:08:43,923 --> 00:08:46,893 Uh, no, no, I-I-I... I need to speak with my wife. 89 00:08:46,926 --> 00:08:49,496 I'm sorry, sir. 90 00:08:49,496 --> 00:08:51,640 Hello? 91 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:53,330 Yes? Hello? 92 00:08:59,390 --> 00:09:00,907 If you'd like to follow me, please, 93 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:02,909 General Eisenhower will see you now. 94 00:09:06,913 --> 00:09:09,215 I wouldn't keep him waiting any longer than you already have. 95 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:28,435 Group Captain Dr. James Stagg, 96 00:09:28,535 --> 00:09:31,371 here at the express request of General Eisenhower. 97 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:42,148 And all 265 vessels arrived without issue, sir. 98 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:44,451 And we've assigned, uh, five patrol craft 99 00:09:44,484 --> 00:09:46,119 and three destroyers. 100 00:09:46,152 --> 00:09:47,921 Let's get the job done. 101 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:49,422 Glad to hear it. 102 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,570 Lieutenant Summersby? 103 00:09:51,910 --> 00:09:53,259 Sir, may I introduce Group Captain James Stagg, 104 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:55,261 who finally made it in from London? 105 00:09:55,295 --> 00:09:57,230 Well, it's good to meet you, Group Captain Stagg. 106 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:58,665 Welcome aboard. 107 00:09:58,732 --> 00:10:02,435 Nice to finally put a face to the name. 108 00:10:02,469 --> 00:10:05,500 Have you got all the equipment you need downstairs? 109 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:06,606 Equipment is not the problem, sir. 110 00:10:06,673 --> 00:10:08,308 What's the problem? 111 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,110 Um, well, it's time, sir. I haven't really had any... 112 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:12,846 any time to establish any clear picture. 113 00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:14,614 Have a look, Group Captain. 114 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:17,350 I got 7,000 naval vessels, 115 00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:19,352 130,000 ground troops, 116 00:10:19,419 --> 00:10:22,589 200,000 naval personnel, 15 hospital ships, 117 00:10:22,589 --> 00:10:25,258 8,000 doctors, three airborne divisions 118 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,193 and a partridge in a pear tree. 119 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:33,433 Largest seaborne invasion force in history. 120 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:35,168 Is it? 121 00:10:38,505 --> 00:10:41,441 And do we have a date yet for the invasion, sir? 122 00:10:42,609 --> 00:10:44,511 We invade France Monday. 123 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:47,147 -This Monday? -Correct. 124 00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:50,350 Monday, June 5th, 0630. 125 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:55,855 That is D-Day, which is in 61 hours from now. 126 00:10:58,458 --> 00:11:01,728 Fate of the war hinges on this. 127 00:11:01,795 --> 00:11:04,497 All the pieces of the jigsaw are in place. 128 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:07,330 There's only one imponderable that remains. 129 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:09,703 I need a forecast. 130 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:14,741 I'm... Yes, I'm concerned that what you're asking me is 131 00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:16,876 scientifically impossible, sir. 132 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:18,878 Uh, long-term forecasting is 133 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:20,680 really only ever educated guesswork. 134 00:11:20,747 --> 00:11:23,183 Monday is not long-term, for Christ's sake. 135 00:11:23,183 --> 00:11:26,186 Does Monday sound like long-term to you, Lieutenant Summersby? 136 00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:27,554 No, it certainly does not, sir. 137 00:11:27,654 --> 00:11:29,656 Well, this is Northern Europe, sir. 138 00:11:29,656 --> 00:11:32,992 Anything over 24 hours is-is... is considered long-term, 139 00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:34,828 meteorologically speaking. 140 00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:39,366 But I'll... 141 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:41,735 I'll do my best. 142 00:11:41,768 --> 00:11:43,103 I don't want your best. 143 00:11:43,103 --> 00:11:44,904 I already expect that. 144 00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:46,206 I need certainty. 145 00:11:46,239 --> 00:11:47,741 Churchill tells me 146 00:11:47,774 --> 00:11:49,509 you're the best meteorologist in the country 147 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:51,845 and that I should rely on you over Colonel Krick. 148 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:53,413 You know him? 149 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:54,781 Only by reputation. 150 00:11:54,781 --> 00:11:56,916 Well, Krick's been with me since '42. 151 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:59,552 He's never steered me wrong, so... 152 00:11:59,586 --> 00:12:01,554 let's see how you measure up. 153 00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:04,257 I need a forecast for Monday. 154 00:12:04,357 --> 00:12:06,526 I need it first thing tomorrow morning. 155 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:07,927 Y-Yes, sir. 156 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:10,263 Don't let me down. 157 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,435 Group Captain. 158 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:17,270 Let's go. 159 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:21,574 Group Captain. 160 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:30,500 ♪ He had a boogie style that no one else could play ♪ 161 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:32,419 ♪ He was the top man at his craft ♪ 162 00:12:32,419 --> 00:12:33,753 ♪ But then his number came up ♪ 163 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:35,422 ♪ And he was gone with the draft ♪ 164 00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:37,824 ♪ He's in the Army now a-blowing reveille ♪ 165 00:12:37,824 --> 00:12:40,427 ♪ He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B ♪ 166 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:43,630 ♪ They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam ♪ 167 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,165 ♪ It really brought him down because he couldn't jam ♪ 168 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:47,300 ♪ The captain seemed to understand ♪ 169 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,269 ♪ Because the next day the cap went out ♪ 170 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:50,904 -♪ And drafted a band ♪ -Kay! 171 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:52,439 ♪ And now the company jumps... ♪ 172 00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:54,174 Ladies and gentlemen, Kay Summersby. Take over. 173 00:12:54,174 --> 00:12:56,900 -Come on, Kay. -Oh. 174 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,780 Dance with me.-- 175 00:12:58,144 --> 00:12:59,746 Like old times. 176 00:13:02,150 --> 00:13:03,650 There you go. 177 00:13:05,151 --> 00:13:07,520 There you go. 178 00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:11,791 Oh, stick to piano, Irv. 179 00:13:14,861 --> 00:13:18,765 I-I don't believe you've met, uh, Group Captain Stagg. 180 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:22,335 Only by telephone. 181 00:13:22,435 --> 00:13:25,171 Dr. Stagg, so nice to finally meet you. 182 00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:26,639 You're younger than I imagined. 183 00:13:26,673 --> 00:13:28,808 You're shorter than I imagined. 184 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:33,780 Analogs. 185 00:13:35,782 --> 00:13:37,650 I realize that, yes. 186 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:42,122 Every single weather chart for Northern Europe since 1900. 187 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:44,324 Mm. Um, in my experience, 188 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:48,328 the weather never replicates its own history. 189 00:13:48,361 --> 00:13:51,131 Ah, well, try telling that to a movie producer. 190 00:13:51,197 --> 00:13:52,665 Remember Selznick, Kay? 191 00:13:52,732 --> 00:13:53,800 Oh. 192 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:55,368 July '39. 193 00:13:55,402 --> 00:13:57,470 David Selznick calls me up. 194 00:13:57,504 --> 00:13:59,372 He's making a movie. He wants a forecast 195 00:13:59,472 --> 00:14:02,750 for a three-day period in Beverly Hills. 196 00:14:02,142 --> 00:14:04,770 The scene is... 197 00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:05,545 the burning of Atlanta. 198 00:14:05,545 --> 00:14:07,814 "I don't want to see a drop of rain, Irv. 199 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,816 Not a drop. Not a drop." 200 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:12,185 Well, MGM calls me up. They give me the dates. 201 00:14:12,218 --> 00:14:14,870 I give 'em the forecast. 202 00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:15,855 Beautiful weather. 203 00:14:15,922 --> 00:14:17,857 I mean, just gorgeous. 204 00:14:17,924 --> 00:14:19,359 Not a cloud in the sky. 205 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:21,610 Movie's a hit. I get to meet Clark Gable. 206 00:14:21,610 --> 00:14:24,164 Little picture... I-I don't know if you heard of it. 207 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:26,266 Called Gone with the Wind. 208 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,100 -You seen it, Stagg? -No. 209 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,704 No? That... 210 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:32,939 That's crazy. Who hasn't seen Gone with the Wind? 211 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:34,541 Me. I haven't seen it. 212 00:14:34,574 --> 00:14:36,209 Well, you must. I mean, it's a great picture. 213 00:14:36,242 --> 00:14:38,178 It's great. I saw it with Ike. 214 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:40,547 Kay drove us... to the London premiere. 215 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:42,215 -This is true. -Great night. 216 00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:44,840 So, did you meet Vivien Leigh? 217 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:45,719 Oh, we sure did. 218 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:47,354 -What was she like? -What was she like? 219 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:49,122 Uh, she was cute. 220 00:14:49,189 --> 00:14:50,857 The Allied High Command has requested 221 00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:53,960 our forecast by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. 222 00:14:54,270 --> 00:14:57,263 Time and date of the invasion to France 223 00:14:57,297 --> 00:15:00,934 has been confirmed for Monday. Monday. Monday. 224 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:07,574 June 5th, 6:30 a.m., so can we start, please? 225 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:08,975 Get rid of the piano. Thank you. 226 00:15:12,612 --> 00:15:14,414 Is it bothering you, Dr. Stagg? 227 00:15:14,447 --> 00:15:16,583 It's inappropriate. 228 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:23,390 Call this extension if you need to speak 229 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:25,759 to General Eisenhower anytime, day or night. 230 00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:28,161 Is this his direct line? 231 00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:30,230 Oh, no. It's a direct line to me. 232 00:15:30,230 --> 00:15:32,999 I handle all communication with the general. 233 00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:44,100 Can I have your attention, please? 234 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:48,948 Bryant, can you put the phone down, please? 235 00:15:49,983 --> 00:15:51,618 Is that his name? Bryant? 236 00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:53,486 Okay, go ahead. 237 00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:06,966 I needn't, I hope, have to stress to you 238 00:16:07,330 --> 00:16:09,803 how crucial this forecast is, but I do want to stress 239 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:13,390 one thing to you all and one thing only: 240 00:16:13,106 --> 00:16:14,541 Get me the data. 241 00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,176 That's what counts. 242 00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:18,378 Get me the latest readings from every single base 243 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:21,470 within 2,000 miles of Normandy. 244 00:16:21,114 --> 00:16:23,283 That's Paris, Galway, Reykjavík, 245 00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:26,520 Boston, Washington, Lisbon... 246 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:29,522 New York, Newfoundland. 247 00:16:29,556 --> 00:16:30,990 You get the idea. 248 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:32,892 Get me the data from every Met station, 249 00:16:32,959 --> 00:16:35,610 every weather balloon, every reconnaissance flight. 250 00:16:35,128 --> 00:16:37,230 That's upper air. That's surface air. 251 00:16:37,297 --> 00:16:39,650 That's radar soundings. That's sea temperature. 252 00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:40,533 That's salinity. Everything. 253 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:42,669 If we've measured it, then I want it. 254 00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:49,409 That room there... 255 00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:51,770 that's where I'll be. 256 00:16:51,144 --> 00:16:53,179 Get me the data. 257 00:16:54,514 --> 00:16:56,416 That's what counts. 258 00:17:14,601 --> 00:17:16,903 700 millibars. 259 00:17:16,936 --> 00:17:19,539 210.28. 260 00:17:19,572 --> 00:17:21,341 650 millibars. 261 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,711 Plus 19. 262 00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:26,446 Observations coming in from Spain. 263 00:17:26,446 --> 00:17:28,281 18 degrees. 264 00:17:28,348 --> 00:17:30,717 Ten-tenths stratocumulus and altocumulus 265 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:32,180 now rising in zero-two. 266 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,888 1-0-1-5 millibars. 267 00:17:37,190 --> 00:17:38,558 Northwest wind, force five. 268 00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:40,930 6-0-0 millibars. 269 00:17:40,930 --> 00:17:42,896 Wind southwest, force four. 270 00:17:42,929 --> 00:17:44,798 South Iceland seven-tenths, 30,000 feet. 271 00:17:44,798 --> 00:17:45,899 Southeast, force six. 272 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:50,904 1-0-1-8 millibars. 273 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:52,572 Say that again, please. Repeat that. 274 00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:54,107 Are you getting the I front temp? -No, I have... 275 00:17:55,975 --> 00:17:58,144 Seven-tenths, stratocumulus, 276 00:17:58,211 --> 00:18:00,613 3,000 feet, force six. 277 00:18:00,714 --> 00:18:02,215 Southwesterly, force six. 278 00:18:02,215 --> 00:18:04,500 We're still waiting on the Greenland data, sir. 279 00:18:05,785 --> 00:18:07,454 Just-just leave that. Just leave that be. 280 00:18:07,454 --> 00:18:08,588 What speed is L3 moving at? 281 00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:10,290 25 knots. 282 00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:12,892 Finished with that? 283 00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:17,230 Ten StratoCu 3,000 feet, southeast, force four. 284 00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:19,466 1-0-1-3 millibars. 285 00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:21,670 Radar soundings from 0930. 286 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,170 There's been no movement from the main course. 287 00:18:24,237 --> 00:18:26,940 Sir, the weather conditions in Normandy. 288 00:18:28,341 --> 00:18:29,909 These are from yesterday's 12 o'clock, sir. 289 00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:31,311 Humidity reports. 290 00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:33,346 And we have those folders you requested... 291 00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:36,983 There's nothing there. 292 00:18:41,254 --> 00:18:43,957 Carter. It's done. 293 00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:47,427 Good man. 294 00:18:57,937 --> 00:18:59,105 Sir. 295 00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:03,810 The latest completed maps. 296 00:19:26,566 --> 00:19:28,340 Oh, come on. 297 00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:29,536 Look at the analogs. 298 00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:31,404 calm, sunny weather. 299 00:19:31,404 --> 00:19:33,373 Those analogs prove absolutely nothing. 300 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:35,800 How can you say that? It's right here. 301 00:19:35,410 --> 00:19:36,176 Are you blind? 302 00:19:36,176 --> 00:19:37,377 Look at it. 303 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:38,578 I don't need to look at it. 304 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:40,460 The chart is 19 years old. 305 00:19:40,146 --> 00:19:43,149 Fine, that's-that's 40 years old, 306 00:19:43,183 --> 00:19:47,554 27 years, uh, 15 years old. 307 00:19:47,587 --> 00:19:51,240 That's-that's the point: patterns over time. 308 00:19:51,910 --> 00:19:52,992 Okay. Thank you. 309 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:55,328 I think what we need to do is establish 310 00:19:55,395 --> 00:19:58,980 what we already know today, here and now. 311 00:19:58,164 --> 00:20:02,702 Um, we have two aggressive storms 312 00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:05,500 stretching themselves across the Atlantic 313 00:20:05,380 --> 00:20:07,700 from Newfoundland to Normandy. 314 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,742 Agreed. 315 00:20:08,742 --> 00:20:11,444 There is an area of high pressure above the Azores. 316 00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:12,846 That's what interests me. 317 00:20:12,879 --> 00:20:14,881 But it's moving lethargically and... 318 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:16,216 Your word, not mine. 319 00:20:16,282 --> 00:20:18,284 I'm sorry, would you like the floor again? 320 00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:20,754 Me? No, it's your floor. Go ahead. 321 00:20:23,423 --> 00:20:26,893 We can't just base the forecast on surface air 322 00:20:26,926 --> 00:20:29,362 and, uh, analog charts. 323 00:20:29,429 --> 00:20:31,631 We must also consider the jet stream, which... 324 00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:32,766 The jet stream? 325 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:34,234 Yes, the jet stream 326 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:35,902 currently hurtling its way towards Europe 327 00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:37,370 and dragging both the storms with it, 328 00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:38,705 likely spawning a third storm. 329 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:39,773 That jet stream. 330 00:20:39,773 --> 00:20:41,441 Okay. 331 00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:47,470 Which will inevitably mean stormier conditions 332 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,500 over the next few days... tomorrow, Sunday, into Monday. 333 00:20:50,830 --> 00:20:53,453 Disastrous conditions for an invasion. 334 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:55,221 Okay, thank you so much, Dr. Stagg. 335 00:20:55,255 --> 00:20:59,259 Now, this is a chart for June 2, 1925. 336 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:01,261 Nearly identical conditions to today. 337 00:21:01,294 --> 00:21:02,762 Same depressions in the Atlantic, 338 00:21:02,796 --> 00:21:04,664 same high pressures over the Azores. 339 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:06,766 Move ahead... three days 340 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,104 to June 5, 1925, D-Day if you will. 341 00:21:11,171 --> 00:21:15,750 Calm. Sunny weather. 342 00:21:15,108 --> 00:21:17,944 1925 is entirely irrelevant to what we're talking about. 343 00:21:17,977 --> 00:21:22,949 I could've just as easily picked June 2, 1904, or 1929. 344 00:21:22,982 --> 00:21:24,784 You know as well as I do 345 00:21:24,818 --> 00:21:28,421 that atmospheric conditions can never be identical ever. 346 00:21:28,455 --> 00:21:31,991 What I do know is who nailed the forecast at Alamein 347 00:21:32,250 --> 00:21:33,593 for the Western Desert campaign, 348 00:21:33,660 --> 00:21:36,262 for the Tunisian campaign, for Operation Torch. 349 00:21:36,296 --> 00:21:39,532 I know who got it right every goddamn time in Cairo. 350 00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:42,502 In Tripoli, Algiers, Oran, Casablanca. 351 00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:45,972 Do you know? 352 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,173 You? 353 00:21:48,174 --> 00:21:50,810 Yeah. Me. 354 00:21:50,844 --> 00:21:53,713 This isn't Casablanca, Colonel Krick. 355 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:55,215 This is Northern Europe. 356 00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:58,151 It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. 357 00:21:58,184 --> 00:22:01,210 When the atmospheric conditions are a match, 358 00:22:01,121 --> 00:22:03,823 the weather follows suit. 359 00:22:06,459 --> 00:22:08,661 Mark my words. 360 00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:10,630 D-Day will be calm and sunny. 361 00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:13,900 Nighty night, gentlemen. 362 00:22:14,968 --> 00:22:16,360 Nobody move. 363 00:22:20,473 --> 00:22:21,908 Back to work. 364 00:22:28,415 --> 00:22:30,150 What do you make of Stagg? 365 00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:32,819 Hmm. 366 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,889 Scottish. 367 00:22:36,923 --> 00:22:38,525 Churchill says he's a genius. 368 00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:40,760 Hmm. 369 00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:42,829 Yeah, well... 370 00:22:42,862 --> 00:22:45,165 men are too fond of that word. 371 00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:02,382 Three-tenths Cu and StratoCu 372 00:23:02,382 --> 00:23:05,251 at 2,000 feet, cloud extending to West Wales. 373 00:23:15,695 --> 00:23:17,564 Inflatable Shermans, 374 00:23:17,630 --> 00:23:20,533 Spitfires, Long Toms 375 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:22,535 and troop carriers. 376 00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:25,538 Just rubber and air, gentlemen. 377 00:23:25,572 --> 00:23:27,707 But to a Nazi reconnaissance plane, 378 00:23:27,741 --> 00:23:30,577 utterly indistinguishable from the real thing. 379 00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:33,646 In North Africa, I proved this time and again 380 00:23:33,713 --> 00:23:37,717 with victory after victory after victory. 381 00:23:37,784 --> 00:23:40,987 Of course, it's not just about crushing the enemy, gentlemen. 382 00:23:41,540 --> 00:23:44,424 It's about deceiving him, too, and deceive him we will. 383 00:23:44,457 --> 00:23:48,728 We've conjured up phantom armies across all of East Anglia, 384 00:23:48,795 --> 00:23:51,264 thousands of fake supply depots, 385 00:23:51,264 --> 00:23:54,667 false radio transmissions, empty tents 386 00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:56,236 and decoy campfires. 387 00:23:58,605 --> 00:24:00,974 On D-Day, 388 00:24:00,974 --> 00:24:03,843 dummy paratroopers weighted with sand 389 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:08,748 will be dropped 15 to 20 miles inland from the Normandy coast. 390 00:24:08,782 --> 00:24:11,184 They explode on impact. 391 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,322 Only the chute remains. 392 00:24:16,423 --> 00:24:19,250 With any luck, the enemy will think our boys are running wild 393 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:20,660 through the French interior, 394 00:24:20,694 --> 00:24:22,829 drawing great chunks of their forces 395 00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:25,532 right away from the beaches. 396 00:24:25,598 --> 00:24:29,200 It's a little small, don't you think, Monty? 397 00:24:29,350 --> 00:24:31,370 Small? 398 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:32,972 It's a joke, Monty. 399 00:24:35,842 --> 00:24:37,100 Yes. 400 00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:40,880 What's small is our window. 401 00:24:40,947 --> 00:24:44,351 The 12th SS Panzer is already near Caen. 402 00:24:44,384 --> 00:24:48,488 The 352nd Infantry Division are heavily entrenched. 403 00:24:49,556 --> 00:24:53,326 If we delay beyond Monday, 404 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:56,290 they will see right through all of this. 405 00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:57,997 Everything that we have done, 406 00:24:58,310 --> 00:25:02,350 all our meticulous efforts, will be for naught. 407 00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:09,976 He's doubled his defenses in as many weeks. 408 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:14,214 Every passing hour makes our task more perilous. 409 00:25:14,214 --> 00:25:16,820 Ideally, we bring D-Day forward. 410 00:25:19,319 --> 00:25:20,687 Can't be done. 411 00:25:20,754 --> 00:25:22,655 We are two days out. 412 00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:29,763 The more prepared the enemy, the more ruthless I must become. 413 00:25:29,829 --> 00:25:31,164 Though it's not my wish, 414 00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:32,766 if it means getting more men ashore, 415 00:25:32,832 --> 00:25:34,334 I may have to sacrifice 416 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:36,703 every last member of my advance brigade. 417 00:25:36,703 --> 00:25:38,338 Well, if I didn't know you better, Monty, 418 00:25:38,338 --> 00:25:40,273 I would've thought you enjoyed saying that. 419 00:25:40,373 --> 00:25:41,775 Yes. 420 00:25:41,841 --> 00:25:43,543 But then again, I've actually been to war. 421 00:25:45,612 --> 00:25:48,581 Be that as it may, you're the boss. 422 00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:50,917 I am. 423 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:54,788 And the final decision on the timing of D-Day will be mine... 424 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:56,790 and mine alone. 425 00:26:01,227 --> 00:26:02,562 Pray for good weather. 426 00:26:02,629 --> 00:26:04,564 The weather is irrelevant. 427 00:26:04,631 --> 00:26:06,266 We must go, whatever the weather. 428 00:26:24,584 --> 00:26:26,553 George said that she came over to him. 429 00:26:26,586 --> 00:26:29,255 She came over to him, right? 430 00:26:43,436 --> 00:26:45,500 Ah. 431 00:26:45,710 --> 00:26:47,700 Thought I'd pop in and identify myself. 432 00:26:47,107 --> 00:26:48,742 Bernard Montgomery. 433 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,444 Oh, yes. 434 00:26:52,679 --> 00:26:55,181 Hello. Uh, James Stagg. 435 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:57,784 All looking good for Monday? 436 00:26:57,817 --> 00:26:59,619 Um, no. 437 00:26:59,686 --> 00:27:00,920 No, no, no. 438 00:27:00,987 --> 00:27:02,622 Can't say that we are, sir. 439 00:27:03,790 --> 00:27:05,759 Well, can't be that bad, surely. 440 00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:08,528 Well, you know this country, sir. 441 00:27:08,595 --> 00:27:10,463 Looks can be deceiving. 442 00:27:10,530 --> 00:27:12,465 Hmm. 443 00:27:12,465 --> 00:27:15,535 Do not sow doubt, Group Captain. 444 00:27:15,602 --> 00:27:18,938 Battles are lost when doubt enters the mind. 445 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:20,440 We'll cross the Channel on Monday. 446 00:27:20,473 --> 00:27:21,975 That is definite. 447 00:27:24,344 --> 00:27:28,314 If D-Day is canceled, we will lose this war. 448 00:27:28,348 --> 00:27:30,150 Do you want to be personally responsible 449 00:27:30,183 --> 00:27:32,318 for losing this war, Group Captain Stagg? 450 00:27:33,453 --> 00:27:34,854 No, sir. 451 00:27:50,670 --> 00:27:52,205 For Christ's sake. 452 00:27:52,238 --> 00:27:53,540 Okay. 453 00:27:53,573 --> 00:27:54,908 We ready to go? 454 00:27:54,974 --> 00:27:56,176 Go where? 455 00:27:56,209 --> 00:27:58,812 To the meeting. 456 00:27:58,845 --> 00:28:02,816 And when we get to the meeting, what will we be saying exactly? 457 00:28:02,849 --> 00:28:06,860 Monday will be calm and sunny. 458 00:28:06,860 --> 00:28:09,220 The barometer at Foynes has been falling all morning. 459 00:28:09,550 --> 00:28:10,390 Yeah, I saw it. 460 00:28:10,423 --> 00:28:11,925 Minimal drop, insignificant. 461 00:28:12,926 --> 00:28:15,610 I think it's significant. 462 00:28:18,565 --> 00:28:20,700 Listen, pal. 463 00:28:20,734 --> 00:28:23,103 I've been working with Ike for three years. 464 00:28:23,203 --> 00:28:25,705 -I know the guy. -Mm-hmm. And? 465 00:28:25,739 --> 00:28:28,208 He won't want uncertainty. 466 00:28:28,241 --> 00:28:31,378 Right. Well, then I better attend the meeting alone. 467 00:28:32,679 --> 00:28:34,140 Are you kidding? 468 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:35,515 You can't do that. 469 00:28:37,117 --> 00:28:38,585 That's not how that works. 470 00:28:38,618 --> 00:28:40,286 Uh, you can't do that. 471 00:28:40,353 --> 00:28:45,910 The responsibility for the D-Day forecast is mine, 472 00:28:45,125 --> 00:28:47,427 and it's not one that I'm going to take lightly. 473 00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:49,290 It's not yours. 474 00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:50,263 Okay? It's ours. 475 00:28:50,363 --> 00:28:52,320 Ours, jointly. 476 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,101 No, no. There's one chief meteorological officer, 477 00:28:55,135 --> 00:28:56,703 and it's not you. 478 00:28:58,371 --> 00:29:00,373 You won't be attending the meeting. 479 00:29:04,377 --> 00:29:05,879 Is there anything else? 480 00:29:11,418 --> 00:29:13,530 *******. 481 00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:14,754 Irv. 482 00:29:24,731 --> 00:29:27,000 -How much time do I have? -It's time. 483 00:29:28,101 --> 00:29:29,502 What happened with Colonel Krick? 484 00:29:29,569 --> 00:29:31,271 Never mind Colonel Krick. 485 00:29:38,645 --> 00:29:40,613 Well, they won't like this. 486 00:29:41,815 --> 00:29:43,616 Well, I don't like this. 487 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,457 They're waiting for you, Group Captain Stagg. 488 00:30:26,126 --> 00:30:28,495 -Yes? -Sir, he's here. 489 00:30:29,863 --> 00:30:31,831 Excuse me, gentlemen. 490 00:30:35,235 --> 00:30:37,137 Group Captain Stagg. 491 00:30:38,805 --> 00:30:41,241 This is General Bernard Montgomery, 492 00:30:41,307 --> 00:30:43,343 commander in chief, Allied land forces. 493 00:30:43,343 --> 00:30:45,311 And here we have. 494 00:30:45,345 --> 00:30:47,130 Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory, 495 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,583 commander in chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force. 496 00:30:50,650 --> 00:30:52,352 This is Admiral Ramsay, 497 00:30:52,385 --> 00:30:54,487 commander in chief, Allied naval forces, 498 00:30:54,521 --> 00:30:57,257 and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, 499 00:30:57,357 --> 00:31:00,600 commander of the U.S. First Army. 500 00:31:03,363 --> 00:31:04,864 Where's Colonel Krick? 501 00:31:04,898 --> 00:31:06,660 He's not attending, sir. 502 00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:07,567 Why not? 503 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,202 Well, I believe it's my duty to brief you all 504 00:31:09,235 --> 00:31:11,838 on the forecast for Monday. 505 00:31:11,871 --> 00:31:14,240 -He should be here. -Shall I have him fetched? 506 00:31:14,274 --> 00:31:16,109 My forecast will be the same 507 00:31:16,176 --> 00:31:17,944 whether Colonel Krick attends or not. 508 00:31:17,944 --> 00:31:19,546 All right. 509 00:31:19,546 --> 00:31:22,115 Going forward, I want him here. 510 00:31:22,182 --> 00:31:23,516 Is that understood? 511 00:31:23,550 --> 00:31:25,585 -Certainly, sir. -Good. 512 00:31:25,685 --> 00:31:27,120 What have you got? 513 00:31:52,579 --> 00:31:54,881 Regrettably, we are faced with a succession 514 00:31:54,914 --> 00:31:58,785 of two aggressive storms in the Atlantic 515 00:31:58,818 --> 00:32:02,555 of unprecedented intensity for this time of year. 516 00:32:02,589 --> 00:32:05,225 My forecast, therefore... 517 00:32:07,327 --> 00:32:09,620 Uh, excuse me. 518 00:32:11,898 --> 00:32:14,467 My forecast, therefore, 519 00:32:14,501 --> 00:32:17,237 for Monday, June 5th, the proposed D-Day, 520 00:32:17,303 --> 00:32:19,720 is as follows. 521 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,509 Wind, west-northwest, strong, 522 00:32:22,575 --> 00:32:25,245 reaching force six, possibly force seven. 523 00:32:25,311 --> 00:32:26,780 Force seven? Are you sure? 524 00:32:27,981 --> 00:32:29,616 No. 525 00:32:29,649 --> 00:32:31,317 It's an estimate. 526 00:32:34,187 --> 00:32:36,523 Cloud low. 527 00:32:36,623 --> 00:32:38,358 Visibility poor. 528 00:32:39,325 --> 00:32:41,861 Rain very likely. 529 00:32:41,928 --> 00:32:44,597 Waves eight to 12 feet, 530 00:32:44,631 --> 00:32:47,367 possibly with an increase to 15 feet. 531 00:32:48,635 --> 00:32:51,771 Confidence... poor. 532 00:32:54,207 --> 00:32:55,709 Monday, June 5th 533 00:32:55,775 --> 00:32:58,278 through at least Tuesday, June 6th, falling... 534 00:33:00,513 --> 00:33:02,215 to very poor. 535 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:05,819 Stagg, I-I'm no weatherman, 536 00:33:05,852 --> 00:33:08,488 but have you looked out a window lately? 537 00:33:08,521 --> 00:33:10,290 Well, the weather in this part of Europe, sir, 538 00:33:10,290 --> 00:33:12,292 can change very rapidly. 539 00:33:12,359 --> 00:33:15,862 This poor visibility... how poor? 540 00:33:15,895 --> 00:33:18,365 Less than a mile, or thereabouts. 541 00:33:19,833 --> 00:33:23,903 Our paratroopers require a full moon 542 00:33:23,970 --> 00:33:25,839 to land on target. 543 00:33:25,872 --> 00:33:28,975 Spring tides are essential for landing our watercraft. 544 00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:31,344 Do you realize, Group Captain Stagg, 545 00:33:31,378 --> 00:33:34,714 that Monday, June 5th is the only date this calendar year 546 00:33:34,748 --> 00:33:37,150 upon which these conditions perfectly coincide? 547 00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:38,651 I do realize. Of course, sir. 548 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,156 So, when exactly do you suggest we go? 549 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:45,250 Well, as it relates to the weather, 550 00:33:45,580 --> 00:33:46,693 it's impossible to say. 551 00:33:46,726 --> 00:33:49,290 As to the moon and the tides, 552 00:33:49,620 --> 00:33:52,980 the next opportunity would be June 18. 553 00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:56,200 Two more weeks? Are you mad? 554 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,738 We can't keep our preparations secret for that long. 555 00:33:58,838 --> 00:33:59,906 It's just not possible. 556 00:33:59,939 --> 00:34:01,341 Of course it isn't. 557 00:34:01,374 --> 00:34:03,677 The enemy will be ready and waiting. 558 00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:06,780 They'll slaughter every single last one of us. 559 00:34:06,846 --> 00:34:10,383 That's an extremely pessimistic forecast. 560 00:34:11,384 --> 00:34:12,886 Are you absolutely certain? 561 00:34:12,919 --> 00:34:14,621 No. 562 00:34:14,688 --> 00:34:17,223 I'm not certain. 563 00:34:17,223 --> 00:34:20,126 I'm confident that the storms will come. 564 00:34:20,126 --> 00:34:22,595 I can't be absolutely certain as to when. 565 00:34:22,629 --> 00:34:24,631 Not good enough. 566 00:34:24,698 --> 00:34:26,990 If the storms come tonight, 567 00:34:26,132 --> 00:34:28,435 then they may burn themselves off by Monday. 568 00:34:28,468 --> 00:34:31,738 If they come tomorrow, then the weather will be... 569 00:34:31,771 --> 00:34:33,139 exactly as I described. 570 00:34:33,206 --> 00:34:35,750 We must go regardless. 571 00:34:37,777 --> 00:34:39,746 This moment demands judgment 572 00:34:39,779 --> 00:34:42,615 shaped by actual battlefield experience. 573 00:34:42,615 --> 00:34:45,218 We can't risk another Exercise Tiger. 574 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,891 My men are ready and primed for the big match. 575 00:34:51,925 --> 00:34:54,828 Get them onto the beaches somehow, anyhow. 576 00:34:54,894 --> 00:34:56,896 Leave the rest to me. 577 00:35:07,107 --> 00:35:08,475 Reload me, please. 578 00:35:08,508 --> 00:35:10,944 Let's go. It's time. 579 00:35:14,514 --> 00:35:15,648 Monty. 580 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:21,821 You can think what you like, 581 00:35:21,821 --> 00:35:25,258 and you can say what you like to my face, 582 00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:28,828 but don't you ever undermine me in front of the men again. 583 00:35:28,862 --> 00:35:30,764 Relax, old chap. 584 00:35:30,797 --> 00:35:32,432 It's not as if I'm telling them anything 585 00:35:32,465 --> 00:35:34,367 they don't already know. 586 00:35:38,838 --> 00:35:41,107 Tiger was a training op. 587 00:35:43,977 --> 00:35:46,120 Dress rehearsal for D-Day. 588 00:35:48,448 --> 00:35:52,986 Half those boys were fresh out of the draft. 589 00:35:55,550 --> 00:35:57,957 So I called in live artillery to... 590 00:35:59,693 --> 00:36:01,294 toughen them up. 591 00:36:03,630 --> 00:36:07,667 Naval command was supposed to bomb the beach 592 00:36:07,701 --> 00:36:10,170 an hour before we landed. 593 00:36:12,138 --> 00:36:17,243 There were delays, so we had to push the start time back. 594 00:36:20,413 --> 00:36:25,752 Our radios had a different frequency from the Brits. 595 00:36:28,540 --> 00:36:30,323 Our boys never got the message. 596 00:36:32,859 --> 00:36:34,894 They walked right into it. 597 00:36:37,430 --> 00:36:39,165 One mistake. 598 00:36:40,433 --> 00:36:42,502 Just that one mistake. 599 00:36:48,742 --> 00:36:50,430 Ike. 600 00:36:51,177 --> 00:36:53,279 Ike, look at me. 601 00:36:57,884 --> 00:37:01,588 You have to stop doing this to yourself. 602 00:37:01,621 --> 00:37:03,356 What's done is done. 603 00:37:04,791 --> 00:37:06,526 When I close my eyes... 604 00:37:09,229 --> 00:37:11,398 all I can see is failure. 605 00:37:18,872 --> 00:37:20,407 Well, look what the cat dragged in. 606 00:37:20,473 --> 00:37:22,750 Evening, sir. 607 00:37:22,108 --> 00:37:24,770 Evening, Irv. You doing all right? 608 00:37:24,110 --> 00:37:25,745 Yeah. Can we talk? 609 00:37:25,779 --> 00:37:27,647 What's on your mind? 610 00:37:27,747 --> 00:37:29,783 Well, sir, I'm not sure 611 00:37:29,883 --> 00:37:31,785 -if you're aware of... -Ike! 612 00:37:31,885 --> 00:37:33,820 Associated Press have just announced 613 00:37:33,887 --> 00:37:36,560 that we're landing in France tomorrow. 614 00:37:38,580 --> 00:37:40,927 CBS, Radio Moscow, they've already picked it up. 615 00:37:42,295 --> 00:37:44,970 -Get General McClure on this. -Yep. 616 00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:46,990 I want this cleaned up now. 617 00:37:46,990 --> 00:37:47,400 And I want names. 618 00:37:47,434 --> 00:37:48,968 Understood. 619 00:37:52,572 --> 00:37:54,140 You were saying? 620 00:37:58,945 --> 00:38:00,580 Stagg! 621 00:38:03,283 --> 00:38:05,585 Stagg! 622 00:38:09,656 --> 00:38:11,257 Everyone out! 623 00:38:18,365 --> 00:38:19,833 Move! 624 00:38:23,136 --> 00:38:25,472 Close the door behind you. 625 00:38:27,674 --> 00:38:31,144 That, uh, forecast you gave... 626 00:38:33,130 --> 00:38:36,616 was that the view of the British 627 00:38:36,616 --> 00:38:39,319 and the American teams? 628 00:38:39,386 --> 00:38:41,855 It was the view of the Allied Meteorological Unit. 629 00:38:41,855 --> 00:38:44,791 Don't give me that mealymouthed crap! 630 00:38:44,824 --> 00:38:47,193 Krick told me... he just told me! 631 00:38:47,293 --> 00:38:49,396 The weather on Monday is gonna be fine. 632 00:38:49,462 --> 00:38:52,332 Just fine. Sunny and beautiful! 633 00:38:54,340 --> 00:38:56,536 Well, Colonel Krick had no right to speak on behalf of... 634 00:38:56,536 --> 00:38:59,172 Wrong! Colonel Krick has every right 635 00:38:59,205 --> 00:39:03,476 to speak up if he thinks that that will affect 636 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:05,745 the outcome of the invasion! 637 00:39:06,913 --> 00:39:08,181 Is that clear?! 638 00:39:11,184 --> 00:39:12,852 Is it?! 639 00:39:12,886 --> 00:39:14,154 Yes, sir. 640 00:39:15,855 --> 00:39:18,992 Who do you think you are, anyway? 641 00:39:19,250 --> 00:39:20,694 Who? 642 00:39:22,162 --> 00:39:25,432 Ordering my man to stand down? 643 00:39:25,498 --> 00:39:29,703 Pestering my staff so that you can phone home? 644 00:39:33,730 --> 00:39:35,175 May I respond, sir? 645 00:39:36,376 --> 00:39:38,440 I'm all ears. 646 00:39:41,470 --> 00:39:44,684 As chief meteorological officer, 647 00:39:44,751 --> 00:39:46,753 I take full responsibility 648 00:39:46,786 --> 00:39:49,222 for the recommendation made at the meeting. 649 00:39:51,691 --> 00:39:55,895 And it was precisely because Colonel Krick and I disagreed 650 00:39:55,929 --> 00:40:00,330 that I decided it would be clearer and simpler 651 00:40:00,660 --> 00:40:01,868 if I spoke alone. 652 00:40:01,935 --> 00:40:05,372 Krick's forecasts have saved 653 00:40:05,405 --> 00:40:07,807 thousands of lives. 654 00:40:07,907 --> 00:40:12,145 Why on God's green earth should I trust you? 655 00:40:15,482 --> 00:40:17,217 Because Colonel Krick has been lucky. 656 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,952 Good. 657 00:40:20,153 --> 00:40:22,389 I like luck. 658 00:40:22,422 --> 00:40:25,910 Why was he lucky? 659 00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:27,293 He's been lucky because he's been tasked 660 00:40:27,327 --> 00:40:32,332 with forecasting stable weather systems. 661 00:40:32,399 --> 00:40:35,668 When patterns are predictable, then yes, of course, 662 00:40:35,735 --> 00:40:37,971 analog charts can be useful. 663 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,141 In North Africa, he never made a mistake. 664 00:40:41,241 --> 00:40:43,410 -Not once. -Well, of course he didn't. 665 00:40:43,443 --> 00:40:45,445 He was safe as houses there. 666 00:40:46,746 --> 00:40:49,149 The conditions here, sir... 667 00:40:49,182 --> 00:40:50,817 they're not comparable. 668 00:40:50,850 --> 00:40:52,986 Look at the charts, sir. 669 00:40:57,824 --> 00:41:00,326 Here, there are two... not one but two... 670 00:41:00,427 --> 00:41:03,329 major storms advancing towards the Normandy coast 671 00:41:03,430 --> 00:41:04,864 even as we speak. 672 00:41:04,864 --> 00:41:07,500 That's nowhere near France. 673 00:41:07,534 --> 00:41:09,135 No, sir. 674 00:41:10,370 --> 00:41:11,938 Not yet. 675 00:41:18,545 --> 00:41:21,140 I want a forecast the two of you agree on. 676 00:41:22,849 --> 00:41:23,983 Clear? 677 00:41:24,984 --> 00:41:25,985 Yes, sir. 678 00:41:29,222 --> 00:41:31,558 OPW confirmed full retraction. 679 00:41:31,624 --> 00:41:33,326 Thank you. 680 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,161 Not at all, sir. 681 00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:52,312 I didn't tell him about you trying to call home. 682 00:41:52,345 --> 00:41:55,648 Someone downstairs must have leaked it, I'm afraid. 683 00:41:57,183 --> 00:41:58,418 Okay. 684 00:41:59,519 --> 00:42:02,550 He gets like that sometimes. 685 00:42:02,550 --> 00:42:03,757 Just let it wash over you. 686 00:42:03,823 --> 00:42:06,192 He won't even remember what he said. 687 00:42:06,226 --> 00:42:07,927 That how you deal with him? 688 00:42:08,895 --> 00:42:10,864 Ah, he's nothing. 689 00:42:10,897 --> 00:42:13,666 I was an ambulance driver during the Blitz. 690 00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:15,168 There were so many dead bodies, 691 00:42:15,201 --> 00:42:17,170 we had to use a cinema as a morgue. 692 00:42:18,538 --> 00:42:21,508 -You just grow a thick skin. -Hmm. 693 00:42:24,678 --> 00:42:26,513 From ambulance driver 694 00:42:26,513 --> 00:42:28,948 to aide to the supreme commander. 695 00:42:29,150 --> 00:42:31,170 Mm-hmm. 696 00:42:31,510 --> 00:42:33,620 Driver, secretary, 697 00:42:33,687 --> 00:42:35,955 aide, nurse. 698 00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:37,357 Everything, really. 699 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,263 We've been together for three years now. 700 00:42:44,531 --> 00:42:48,635 I've been to Morocco, Algeria. 701 00:42:53,973 --> 00:42:55,442 Must be exciting. 702 00:42:58,745 --> 00:43:00,814 It has its moments. 703 00:43:10,457 --> 00:43:12,959 So, these storms you keep talking about... 704 00:43:12,992 --> 00:43:15,595 how are you so certain that they're coming? 705 00:43:17,897 --> 00:43:19,466 I'm not certain. 706 00:43:20,734 --> 00:43:23,770 You can't be certain about the weather. 707 00:43:23,837 --> 00:43:26,439 All we can do is look to the evidence. 708 00:43:26,473 --> 00:43:31,745 Do you know that weathermen are traditionally a little boring? 709 00:43:33,813 --> 00:43:36,616 How dare you say that? 710 00:43:38,918 --> 00:43:42,455 Weathermen, maybe, but how can the weather be boring? 711 00:43:43,757 --> 00:43:45,692 It feeds us. 712 00:43:45,759 --> 00:43:47,594 The weather. 713 00:43:48,628 --> 00:43:50,697 Can destroy us. 714 00:43:50,764 --> 00:43:53,990 Controls our daily life. 715 00:43:55,135 --> 00:43:56,936 I don't think that's boring. 716 00:44:02,308 --> 00:44:06,112 People ask, "When will it rain? When will the sun come out?" 717 00:44:08,448 --> 00:44:10,316 But what about, "Why does it rain?" 718 00:44:12,619 --> 00:44:14,320 "Why does the wind blow?" 719 00:44:15,855 --> 00:44:17,323 "What's the wind?" 720 00:44:22,228 --> 00:44:24,164 Excuse me. 721 00:44:24,197 --> 00:44:25,899 Yes. Stagg. 722 00:44:25,965 --> 00:44:27,500 Yes, go ahead. Repeat that. 723 00:44:27,534 --> 00:44:28,702 Zero, zero, one, zero, four... 724 00:44:30,136 --> 00:44:32,238 StratoCu at 2,000 feet. 725 00:44:32,339 --> 00:44:34,207 Tops at 5,000 feet. 726 00:44:46,853 --> 00:44:48,822 Good news or bad? 727 00:44:48,855 --> 00:44:50,357 We're looking good, sir. 728 00:44:50,390 --> 00:44:52,392 I couldn't disagree with that more. 729 00:44:52,425 --> 00:44:54,600 We're not looking good at all. 730 00:44:54,940 --> 00:44:55,895 You know what, I am done 731 00:44:55,929 --> 00:44:59,432 with this Scotch pessimism of yours, this Highland gloom. 732 00:44:59,499 --> 00:45:00,900 I'm not from the Highlands. 733 00:45:00,934 --> 00:45:02,502 Well, your Lowland gloom, then. 734 00:45:02,535 --> 00:45:04,704 I'm neither from the Highlands nor the Lowlands. 735 00:45:05,772 --> 00:45:07,400 Well, wherever it is he's from, 736 00:45:07,730 --> 00:45:08,541 we're in good shape for Monday, sir. 737 00:45:08,575 --> 00:45:10,176 You see this? 738 00:45:10,210 --> 00:45:12,212 This ridge of high pressure has already moved in 739 00:45:12,245 --> 00:45:15,615 from the Azores, just as it did on June 3, 1925. 740 00:45:15,682 --> 00:45:17,250 This is moronic. 741 00:45:18,251 --> 00:45:20,854 This is actually moronic. 742 00:45:20,887 --> 00:45:22,355 Oh, so I'm moronic now? 743 00:45:22,389 --> 00:45:23,890 That's great, Stagg. That's just great. 744 00:45:23,890 --> 00:45:25,392 Just insult me right to my face. 745 00:45:25,425 --> 00:45:26,960 I'm not insulting you. I'm just describing you. 746 00:45:27,270 --> 00:45:28,361 As a moron? 747 00:45:28,395 --> 00:45:29,462 All right, enough. 748 00:45:29,529 --> 00:45:31,131 As a confident moron, yes. 749 00:45:31,231 --> 00:45:32,699 Oh, go to hell, Stagg. You come in here, 750 00:45:32,699 --> 00:45:34,670 you think you're better than us? -Hey! All right, 751 00:45:34,100 --> 00:45:35,301 all right, all right, that's enough. 752 00:45:35,368 --> 00:45:37,904 Jesus Christ. 753 00:45:37,904 --> 00:45:40,774 We have three hours. 754 00:45:40,807 --> 00:45:44,277 Three hours until we take this up with the C-in-Cs. 755 00:45:46,579 --> 00:45:47,981 Now... 756 00:45:49,449 --> 00:45:51,785 go or not go? 757 00:45:51,818 --> 00:45:53,286 Sir, what we need to consider... 758 00:45:53,319 --> 00:45:55,422 No, no. No, no more considering. 759 00:45:55,455 --> 00:45:56,756 No. 760 00:45:56,823 --> 00:45:59,826 Go or don't go? Go or don't go? 761 00:45:59,826 --> 00:46:01,561 That's it. Which is it?! 762 00:46:01,594 --> 00:46:02,762 We should go, sir. 763 00:46:03,763 --> 00:46:04,998 Stagg. 764 00:46:08,401 --> 00:46:10,300 I'm sorry, we'll have to call you back. 765 00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:12,105 Understood. 766 00:46:12,138 --> 00:46:13,940 Uh, uh, I-I'm sorry, sir. It's for you. 767 00:46:13,973 --> 00:46:15,575 Not now. 768 00:46:15,608 --> 00:46:17,310 They say it's extremely urgent. 769 00:46:21,948 --> 00:46:23,783 Yes. Stagg. 770 00:46:23,817 --> 00:46:25,652 Sir, this is Private Amy Haig from Signals 771 00:46:25,652 --> 00:46:28,880 relaying a message from the Dunstable Met Office. 772 00:46:28,154 --> 00:46:30,623 Your wife was taken to the maternity ward of St. Mary's. 773 00:46:30,657 --> 00:46:32,859 -She is pregnant, yes? -Yes. 774 00:46:32,926 --> 00:46:34,160 Yes, that's correct. 775 00:46:34,194 --> 00:46:35,495 Is the baby here? 776 00:46:35,528 --> 00:46:37,163 Have I missed it? 777 00:46:37,197 --> 00:46:39,366 Well, sir, they felt you should know: 778 00:46:39,432 --> 00:46:41,868 St. Mary's Hospital was bombed earlier tonight. 779 00:46:41,935 --> 00:46:44,604 There have been casualties, sir, and they're... 780 00:46:44,637 --> 00:46:46,806 they're still looking for your wife. 781 00:46:53,446 --> 00:46:55,181 Group Captain Stagg? 782 00:47:02,322 --> 00:47:04,224 Is there any more information? 783 00:47:04,324 --> 00:47:06,226 Not at this point, sir. 784 00:47:07,694 --> 00:47:09,496 But there's been casualties? 785 00:47:09,529 --> 00:47:10,964 Yes, sir. 786 00:47:18,505 --> 00:47:20,807 Okay. Well, um... 787 00:47:22,375 --> 00:47:25,311 Well, if you have any more... 788 00:47:25,345 --> 00:47:27,681 information, then let me know... anything. 789 00:47:27,714 --> 00:47:29,382 Of course, sir. 790 00:47:32,519 --> 00:47:34,200 Thank you. 791 00:47:34,540 --> 00:47:35,655 You're welcome, sir. 792 00:47:38,525 --> 00:47:40,393 There a problem, Stagg? 793 00:47:49,369 --> 00:47:51,705 No. It's irrelevant. 794 00:47:51,705 --> 00:47:53,940 Good. 795 00:47:53,940 --> 00:47:55,942 So, can I give the order? 796 00:47:58,411 --> 00:48:00,413 What? 797 00:48:00,447 --> 00:48:02,349 The order. 798 00:48:02,415 --> 00:48:04,184 For Monday. 799 00:48:05,752 --> 00:48:07,354 No. 800 00:48:09,220 --> 00:48:10,557 N-No? 801 00:48:10,590 --> 00:48:14,194 I mean, so you're saying don't give the order? 802 00:48:14,260 --> 00:48:16,429 Is that it? 803 00:48:16,463 --> 00:48:18,431 Yeah, that... Yes. 804 00:48:20,567 --> 00:48:24,204 Yes. I'm saying that... I'm saying... 805 00:48:24,270 --> 00:48:28,575 that the weather on Monday will be extremely poor. 806 00:48:30,777 --> 00:48:32,912 Let me tell you my problem, Stagg. 807 00:48:34,781 --> 00:48:37,984 Even I can see that. 808 00:48:37,984 --> 00:48:42,455 Krick's anticyclone is on the move, 809 00:48:42,489 --> 00:48:46,926 because it's right here on the goddamn map. 810 00:48:49,329 --> 00:48:54,670 Now, our final meeting is at 0400 hours, 811 00:48:54,100 --> 00:48:57,700 and that will be the absolute last opportunity 812 00:48:57,103 --> 00:48:59,506 to change anything, 813 00:48:59,572 --> 00:49:03,910 so unless you can prove these storms are inbound, 814 00:49:03,943 --> 00:49:06,312 we invade as planned 815 00:49:06,346 --> 00:49:11,840 Monday, June 5th, 0630 hours. 816 00:49:12,850 --> 00:49:14,870 Yes, sir. 817 00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,220 Three hours, gentlemen. 818 00:49:45,118 --> 00:49:46,486 You ready? You ready? 819 00:49:58,798 --> 00:50:01,134 Yeah! 820 00:50:38,238 --> 00:50:40,730 Dr. Stagg. 821 00:50:46,179 --> 00:50:48,214 Come with me. 822 00:50:48,248 --> 00:50:49,683 Come on. 823 00:50:51,170 --> 00:50:53,186 We need you back there. 824 00:50:55,855 --> 00:50:57,290 Come on. 825 00:51:00,894 --> 00:51:02,896 You'll be all right. 826 00:51:03,963 --> 00:51:05,699 -Yes. -Mm-hmm. 827 00:51:10,136 --> 00:51:11,771 Anything at all. 828 00:51:11,871 --> 00:51:13,206 Yeah. 829 00:51:17,143 --> 00:51:19,312 Uh, this just came through, sir. 830 00:51:49,809 --> 00:51:51,144 I want to say something. 831 00:51:51,177 --> 00:51:53,413 Yeah, what's that? 832 00:51:53,446 --> 00:51:55,949 I think the way you're treating Stagg is wrong. 833 00:51:57,183 --> 00:51:58,618 I think if you keep it up, 834 00:51:58,651 --> 00:52:00,653 he's gonna crack and you'll lose him. 835 00:52:00,653 --> 00:52:02,756 Then I'll work with Krick. 836 00:52:02,789 --> 00:52:06,159 You know I like Irv, but he-he's no match for Stagg. 837 00:52:06,192 --> 00:52:07,627 Since when are you an expert? 838 00:52:07,660 --> 00:52:09,329 Don't talk to me like that. 839 00:52:09,362 --> 00:52:11,297 His wife is in the hospital. 840 00:52:11,331 --> 00:52:12,799 -She's pregnant. -In labor. 841 00:52:12,832 --> 00:52:14,501 Hospital's bombed, yes. 842 00:52:14,501 --> 00:52:16,302 I know. What else? 843 00:52:16,336 --> 00:52:20,140 He doesn't know if his pregnant wife is dead or alive. 844 00:52:20,173 --> 00:52:21,775 Uh-huh. Yes. 845 00:52:21,775 --> 00:52:23,643 -Let me find out. -Find out what? 846 00:52:23,677 --> 00:52:25,945 I can make it to the hospital and back in a couple of hours. 847 00:52:25,979 --> 00:52:27,881 -How are you gonna do that? -It'll give him clarity. 848 00:52:27,947 --> 00:52:29,282 No. No, I need you here. 849 00:52:29,349 --> 00:52:30,684 It's just a couple of hours. 850 00:52:30,784 --> 00:52:32,520 No. 851 00:52:35,789 --> 00:52:37,457 Dismissed. 852 00:52:41,728 --> 00:52:43,229 Dismissed, Lieutenant. 853 00:52:55,508 --> 00:52:56,976 South Iceland, 854 00:52:57,100 --> 00:52:58,878 seven-tenths StratoCu, 3,000 feet, 855 00:52:58,978 --> 00:53:00,513 southeast force six. 856 00:53:00,547 --> 00:53:02,150 ten-tenths at 1,500 feet. 857 00:53:12,726 --> 00:53:14,994 So we have warm sector conditions over Ireland, 858 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,263 and low 9-9-6 is off the northwest of Scotland. 859 00:53:17,263 --> 00:53:18,431 It's the secondary low. 860 00:53:18,498 --> 00:53:20,100 That's causing a low cloud base. 861 00:53:20,166 --> 00:53:22,435 It's very high dew points in that warm sector upstream. 862 00:53:22,502 --> 00:53:23,837 No sign of frontal systems moving north. 863 00:53:23,870 --> 00:53:25,705 Not yet. 864 00:53:25,705 --> 00:53:27,273 -They're about to start, sir. -Just a couple more minutes. 865 00:53:27,340 --> 00:53:28,842 Please. 866 00:53:28,875 --> 00:53:31,578 I have the 1300 and 1800 surface air maps. Bryant. 867 00:53:31,578 --> 00:53:33,279 It's okay. 868 00:53:36,549 --> 00:53:38,585 We don't need the charts. 869 00:53:40,186 --> 00:53:42,122 We still have a little time, sir. 870 00:54:18,391 --> 00:54:21,940 Irving, why don't you start us off, please? 871 00:54:21,161 --> 00:54:22,762 Yes, sir. 872 00:54:22,796 --> 00:54:24,330 Gentlemen... 873 00:54:24,397 --> 00:54:28,301 this is a chart for June 3, 1925. 874 00:54:28,334 --> 00:54:30,303 You'll notice here and here 875 00:54:30,337 --> 00:54:33,573 a temporary weakening of pressure over the Azores, 876 00:54:33,606 --> 00:54:35,608 just as we're seeing today. 877 00:54:35,642 --> 00:54:40,313 Now, within 24 hours, that pressure reasserted itself, 878 00:54:40,347 --> 00:54:43,116 and it cleared the storm threatening Northern Europe. 879 00:54:43,183 --> 00:54:46,119 As you can see... 880 00:54:46,186 --> 00:54:51,910 nearly identical patterns occurred in 1904 and 1925, 881 00:54:51,124 --> 00:54:53,930 and I can give you plenty of others, 882 00:54:53,126 --> 00:54:55,929 but the bottom line is this: 883 00:54:55,962 --> 00:55:00,800 Tomorrow, Monday, June 5th, is good to go. 884 00:55:05,105 --> 00:55:07,700 Thank you. 885 00:55:12,979 --> 00:55:14,814 Stagg? 886 00:55:15,815 --> 00:55:17,150 You've got the floor. 887 00:55:23,156 --> 00:55:26,126 Nobody here likes me very much. 888 00:55:27,394 --> 00:55:29,829 I realize that, and that's all right. 889 00:55:29,863 --> 00:55:31,965 I don't expect you to like me, 890 00:55:31,998 --> 00:55:35,235 but I do want you to listen to me. 891 00:55:36,836 --> 00:55:39,806 Um, I could stand here and provide you 892 00:55:39,839 --> 00:55:44,310 with yet more, uh, data... 893 00:55:44,344 --> 00:55:47,147 the latest barometric readings, the wind speeds, 894 00:55:47,180 --> 00:55:50,183 the new upper-air soundings that we've collated... 895 00:55:50,216 --> 00:55:53,853 but none of it is going to make a lick of difference, is it? 896 00:55:56,156 --> 00:55:57,257 Is it? 897 00:55:59,259 --> 00:56:02,996 Because you want to believe that... 898 00:56:03,290 --> 00:56:06,666 what Colonel Krick's just said, that it's going to be safe 899 00:56:06,733 --> 00:56:09,736 to land in Normandy tomorrow... and so that's what you believe. 900 00:56:09,736 --> 00:56:12,839 But everything that he's just said 901 00:56:12,872 --> 00:56:15,909 is pure, unadulterated... 902 00:56:15,942 --> 00:56:17,911 horseshit. 903 00:56:21,514 --> 00:56:24,584 You can muster all the tanks and soldiers 904 00:56:24,617 --> 00:56:27,420 and ships that you like. 905 00:56:27,454 --> 00:56:31,424 You can assemble the greatest armada that ever there was, 906 00:56:31,458 --> 00:56:35,628 but if you invade tomorrow, they're going to be washed away. 907 00:56:38,198 --> 00:56:42,302 Because the storms that I'm talking about are real, 908 00:56:42,369 --> 00:56:44,304 and the jet stream that's propelling them 909 00:56:44,371 --> 00:56:47,774 towards the Normandy coast is real, 910 00:56:47,774 --> 00:56:49,943 and the wrath of nature... 911 00:56:53,713 --> 00:56:55,448 is real. 912 00:56:55,482 --> 00:56:57,951 And if you ignore it, 913 00:56:57,984 --> 00:57:02,122 then countless men and countless boys... 914 00:57:12,265 --> 00:57:13,400 That's it. 915 00:57:18,338 --> 00:57:20,730 He's lost his bloody mind. 916 00:57:22,642 --> 00:57:25,578 Why is it horseshit? 917 00:57:25,578 --> 00:57:27,147 Yes, the weather was as he described 918 00:57:27,180 --> 00:57:31,184 in 1904 and 1925, but he fails to mention 1916. 919 00:57:31,251 --> 00:57:33,186 June 5th, the Battle for Mount Sorrel. 920 00:57:33,253 --> 00:57:35,622 Then, as now, there were areas of high pressure 921 00:57:35,655 --> 00:57:38,258 above the Azores, but the storms came anyway. 922 00:57:38,291 --> 00:57:40,593 Many people here will remember that battle. 923 00:57:40,593 --> 00:57:43,363 Chaos. Absolute chaos! 924 00:57:43,430 --> 00:57:45,165 Thousands of lives lost! 925 00:57:45,265 --> 00:57:47,300 Hell on earth! Torrential rain! 926 00:57:47,333 --> 00:57:50,303 He's selecting the data that suits him 927 00:57:50,337 --> 00:57:52,972 and ignoring the rest, and we must face the facts. 928 00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:54,974 The facts! 929 00:57:54,974 --> 00:57:56,976 However frightening they may be! 930 00:58:00,380 --> 00:58:02,549 Well, if... 931 00:58:02,615 --> 00:58:05,552 if not Monday, when? 932 00:58:08,788 --> 00:58:10,790 Not before June 18. 933 00:58:10,857 --> 00:58:13,793 Christ on a bike, he's still talking about the 18th. 934 00:58:13,827 --> 00:58:15,295 The 18th? 935 00:58:15,328 --> 00:58:16,863 There is no 18th. 936 00:58:16,863 --> 00:58:19,566 No 18th. No 18th! 937 00:58:19,632 --> 00:58:20,734 None! 938 00:58:20,834 --> 00:58:21,968 None, none, none, none, none! 939 00:58:22,100 --> 00:58:24,404 The 18th is not an option! 940 00:58:24,471 --> 00:58:25,972 Montgomery. 941 00:58:37,917 --> 00:58:40,530 Bertie... 942 00:58:40,860 --> 00:58:43,423 what is the worst 943 00:58:43,490 --> 00:58:45,725 we can tolerate? 944 00:58:45,759 --> 00:58:49,620 Waves of four to six feet would be tolerable. 945 00:58:50,730 --> 00:58:53,233 Anything over six feet... 946 00:58:53,266 --> 00:58:55,335 impossible. 947 00:58:56,903 --> 00:58:58,371 Stagg? 948 00:58:58,438 --> 00:59:00,400 I'm estimating waves of eight to ten feet. 949 00:59:07,380 --> 00:59:09,249 Trafford, worst case? 950 00:59:09,349 --> 00:59:11,184 Cloud base can't be lower than a thousand feet, 951 00:59:11,217 --> 00:59:13,453 or we're flying blind. 952 00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:16,456 Cloud base will be at least eight to ten-tenths 953 00:59:16,523 --> 00:59:18,580 below a thousand feet. 954 00:59:18,580 --> 00:59:19,859 Then don't fly. 955 00:59:19,893 --> 00:59:21,728 Ramsay, you get us ashore, our men will handle the rest. 956 00:59:21,761 --> 00:59:23,463 -Without air cover? -With or without. 957 00:59:23,530 --> 00:59:25,980 Shut up, Monty. 958 00:59:25,198 --> 00:59:27,200 We need to land, is what we need to do. 959 00:59:27,233 --> 00:59:29,402 If we don't land, we have no fourth front, 960 00:59:29,469 --> 00:59:31,137 -and without a fourth front... -For God's sake, Monty. 961 00:59:31,204 --> 00:59:33,807 With waves of ten feet, we won't be landing anywhere. 962 00:59:33,873 --> 00:59:35,408 Well, then, let's just start 963 00:59:35,475 --> 00:59:36,976 the blasted Kraut lessons now, then, shall we, 964 00:59:37,430 --> 00:59:38,411 and all the goose-stepping? 965 00:59:38,478 --> 00:59:40,380 And then maybe one day years from now, 966 00:59:40,413 --> 00:59:42,382 we can all yodel about the time that we didn't... 967 00:59:42,415 --> 00:59:44,417 Enough! 968 00:59:53,993 --> 00:59:56,296 Krick, do you have anything to add? 969 00:59:56,329 --> 00:59:58,932 I'm telling you, sir, next week is nothing but clear skies. 970 00:59:58,965 --> 01:00:02,100 If you choose to postpone, 971 01:00:02,102 --> 01:00:04,237 you'll regret it for the rest of your lives. 972 01:00:07,307 --> 01:00:09,142 I maintain my position. 973 01:00:13,947 --> 01:00:16,116 And I maintain mine. 974 01:00:21,454 --> 01:00:23,456 Then so be it. 975 01:00:23,456 --> 01:00:25,125 D-Day will be postponed. 976 01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:41,675 Ike. 977 01:00:41,708 --> 01:00:43,176 I hate to bring this up, 978 01:00:43,209 --> 01:00:44,944 but we have hundreds of thousands of troops 979 01:00:44,978 --> 01:00:46,479 ready to deploy down there. 980 01:00:46,546 --> 01:00:47,947 Now, they've obviously been briefed 981 01:00:48,140 --> 01:00:49,616 as to the invasion plans. 982 01:00:49,683 --> 01:00:51,618 Yeah, that's a lot of loose lips. 983 01:00:51,618 --> 01:00:53,319 Secure all troops. 984 01:00:53,353 --> 01:00:54,854 -I repeat, secure all troops. -I repeat, 985 01:00:54,888 --> 01:00:56,556 all troops must be detained at once. 986 01:00:56,623 --> 01:00:57,957 No one leaves until further notice. 987 01:00:57,991 --> 01:01:00,126 No one leaves until further notice. 988 01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:02,495 I repeat, all troops must be detained at once. 989 01:01:02,562 --> 01:01:03,997 All troops must be detained at once. 990 01:01:04,300 --> 01:01:06,166 Secure them on board, no exceptions. 991 01:01:35,328 --> 01:01:36,930 You did the right thing. 992 01:01:52,379 --> 01:01:53,747 Jesus. 993 01:01:57,117 --> 01:01:58,852 Should've gone. 994 01:01:58,918 --> 01:02:00,387 Ike. 995 01:03:18,298 --> 01:03:24,137 ♪ All creatures of our God and King ♪ 996 01:03:24,170 --> 01:03:29,709 ♪ Lift up your voice and with us sing ♪ 997 01:03:31,344 --> 01:03:34,280 ♪ Thou rushing wind that art so strong ♪ 998 01:03:43,323 --> 01:03:45,325 To the nation, 999 01:03:45,358 --> 01:03:49,620 peace and concord. 1000 01:03:49,620 --> 01:03:51,464 To us all, your servants, 1001 01:03:51,498 --> 01:03:54,667 the promise of eternal life. 1002 01:04:12,180 --> 01:04:16,256 Your blessing to unite us all in your service 1003 01:04:16,356 --> 01:04:20,593 to our God and to this, our country. 1004 01:04:27,167 --> 01:04:30,103 Light to guide us... 1005 01:04:30,170 --> 01:04:32,706 guide us on our way. 1006 01:04:41,581 --> 01:04:46,219 Courage to support us and your blessing to unite us... 1007 01:04:46,252 --> 01:04:48,955 in service to you. 1008 01:05:17,384 --> 01:05:18,985 Amen. 1009 01:05:18,985 --> 01:05:21,254 Amen. 1010 01:06:27,530 --> 01:06:30,156 We can't keep the men locked up like this, Ike. 1011 01:06:30,223 --> 01:06:31,958 Not for two more weeks. 1012 01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:36,396 Well, what do you want me to do? 1013 01:06:36,463 --> 01:06:39,566 Furlough 300,000 men with the playbook for D-Day? 1014 01:06:40,834 --> 01:06:43,169 We might as well tell the Nazis ourselves. 1015 01:06:44,170 --> 01:06:46,473 It's just an observation. 1016 01:06:48,541 --> 01:06:50,677 We will find a way, Trafford. 1017 01:06:51,678 --> 01:06:53,246 Hang in there. 1018 01:06:54,581 --> 01:06:55,682 Yes. 1019 01:06:56,750 --> 01:06:57,984 Sir. 1020 01:07:06,526 --> 01:07:08,528 So L2 and 3 have merged into one system. 1021 01:07:08,561 --> 01:07:09,996 Mm. And a new low 1022 01:07:10,300 --> 01:07:11,398 has intensified east of Newfoundland. 1023 01:07:11,431 --> 01:07:12,932 Uh, sir? 1024 01:07:12,999 --> 01:07:14,334 Excuse me, Dr. Stagg? 1025 01:07:16,102 --> 01:07:18,905 The cold front appears to be clearing western Ireland. 1026 01:07:21,708 --> 01:07:23,176 What? 1027 01:07:23,176 --> 01:07:24,611 It's clearing, sir. 1028 01:07:28,281 --> 01:07:30,417 What's the geostrophic gradient? 1029 01:07:30,450 --> 01:07:34,254 Uh, 40 knots north, sir. 1030 01:07:34,287 --> 01:07:36,456 So it's slowing. 1031 01:07:36,556 --> 01:07:38,725 Well, you can't be sure, sir. We've only had one reading. 1032 01:07:38,758 --> 01:07:40,560 -Where'd it come from? -Northwest Ireland. 1033 01:07:40,593 --> 01:07:42,462 Tell me specifically, who... who recorded it? 1034 01:07:42,462 --> 01:07:44,300 What weather base? 1035 01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:47,300 A Miss Maureen Sweeney, sir. 1036 01:07:47,300 --> 01:07:49,690 -Blacksod Point. -Show me. 1037 01:07:53,606 --> 01:07:55,608 Well, call her back. Double-check it. 1038 01:07:55,642 --> 01:07:57,143 -Triple-check it. -Sir. 1039 01:07:57,143 --> 01:07:58,244 Right now, please. 1040 01:08:00,613 --> 01:08:02,315 Can you ask, uh, Teleprinter Ops 1041 01:08:02,382 --> 01:08:04,840 to get me readings from every base 1042 01:08:04,150 --> 01:08:06,553 within 500 miles of Blacksod Point? Right now. 1043 01:08:06,586 --> 01:08:09,155 Can I get the latest climate readings, please? 1044 01:08:24,504 --> 01:08:26,139 Yeah? 1045 01:08:27,640 --> 01:08:28,975 Um... 1046 01:08:31,244 --> 01:08:34,414 This just came in from Blacksod Point. 1047 01:08:42,522 --> 01:08:43,790 Was it checked? 1048 01:08:43,823 --> 01:08:46,526 They're checking it now. 1049 01:08:46,593 --> 01:08:49,596 Could mean something, could mean nothing. 1050 01:08:50,663 --> 01:08:52,499 Yes, but which? 1051 01:08:52,532 --> 01:08:53,700 What do you think? 1052 01:08:54,934 --> 01:08:56,636 Why are you asking me? 1053 01:08:56,669 --> 01:08:58,838 Look out the goddamn window, Stagg. 1054 01:08:58,872 --> 01:09:01,441 I'm asking you because I need your expertise. 1055 01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:08,140 Please. 1056 01:09:12,180 --> 01:09:13,687 It's the fifth reading. 1057 01:09:26,132 --> 01:09:27,567 It is unusual. 1058 01:09:27,634 --> 01:09:30,170 Mm-hmm. Yeah, it is. 1059 01:09:32,906 --> 01:09:34,908 It's worth looking into. 1060 01:09:35,975 --> 01:09:37,577 Good. 1061 01:09:37,677 --> 01:09:40,146 Heavy frontal cloud, west of 35. 1062 01:09:40,180 --> 01:09:41,981 Blacksod Point barometer fell overnight, 1063 01:09:42,150 --> 01:09:43,917 then slight rise by afternoon, front offshore. 1064 01:09:46,252 --> 01:09:49,550 1-0-1-1 millibars. 1065 01:09:49,155 --> 01:09:51,910 Who do you got now? Who are you speaking with? 1066 01:09:51,910 --> 01:09:52,258 I was just asking him about... 1067 01:09:52,325 --> 01:09:55,261 So, what are you doing now? 1068 01:09:55,328 --> 01:09:58,732 And get the result for that one, please. 1069 01:09:58,765 --> 01:10:00,533 The low is moving in the right direction, but... 1070 01:10:00,567 --> 01:10:03,536 -It's too close. -Yeah. 1071 01:10:03,570 --> 01:10:05,605 Hamilton, when's the next chart coming out? 1072 01:10:05,672 --> 01:10:07,700 Within the hour, sir. 1073 01:10:07,400 --> 01:10:08,441 Within the hour is not good enough. 1074 01:10:08,508 --> 01:10:10,176 Can we get... can we get Dunstable... 1075 01:10:10,210 --> 01:10:12,379 a result from Dun-Dunstable in, please, soon? 1076 01:10:12,379 --> 01:10:14,180 It should've been with us an hour ago. 1077 01:10:14,214 --> 01:10:15,749 What's the movement on the cold front? 1078 01:10:15,782 --> 01:10:17,717 Still 30 knots, sir. 1079 01:10:17,751 --> 01:10:19,786 Have you ever seen a progression like this? 1080 01:10:19,786 --> 01:10:22,522 Never. Winter, maybe. 1081 01:10:22,589 --> 01:10:24,290 Never this time of year. 1082 01:10:24,357 --> 01:10:25,959 StratoCu lifting above 2,000 feet. 1083 01:10:25,959 --> 01:10:27,293 Sea surface temperature, 15 degrees. 1084 01:10:27,360 --> 01:10:28,695 Data points up to 400 millibars. 1085 01:10:28,695 --> 01:10:30,530 What are you looking for? 1086 01:10:30,597 --> 01:10:32,465 A gap, because there's one there. 1087 01:10:32,465 --> 01:10:34,670 You call that a gap? 1088 01:10:34,670 --> 01:10:35,735 Yes, I call that a gap. 1089 01:10:35,769 --> 01:10:37,137 That's a very narrow gap. 1090 01:10:37,203 --> 01:10:38,938 A narrow gap is still a gap. Thank you. 1091 01:10:38,938 --> 01:10:40,373 Do you see a gap? 1092 01:10:40,407 --> 01:10:41,775 I believe there's one forming, sir, yes. 1093 01:10:41,808 --> 01:10:43,430 Yes, a gap. Thank you. 1094 01:10:47,470 --> 01:10:50,216 So, if this was a normal forecast, would you call it? 1095 01:10:50,250 --> 01:10:51,584 Yeah. 1096 01:10:51,618 --> 01:10:53,787 I don't know. Uh, probably. 1097 01:10:55,880 --> 01:10:56,322 Yeah. 1098 01:10:57,557 --> 01:10:59,626 The only difference is it's D-Day. 1099 01:11:01,494 --> 01:11:02,962 Big difference. 1100 01:11:06,733 --> 01:11:08,635 Call Eisenhower. 1101 01:11:27,854 --> 01:11:30,256 You wanted to see me? 1102 01:11:30,290 --> 01:11:31,624 Yes, sir. 1103 01:11:33,593 --> 01:11:35,662 There's been a development, sir. 1104 01:11:35,695 --> 01:11:38,598 It seems the storm at Newfoundland is slowing. 1105 01:11:38,665 --> 01:11:42,302 We believe it's enough to provide a... a... 1106 01:11:42,335 --> 01:11:45,138 a window in the disruptive weather. 1107 01:11:46,172 --> 01:11:47,607 Um... 1108 01:11:49,809 --> 01:11:51,811 Well, if I may, th-the cigarettes 1109 01:11:51,845 --> 01:11:54,280 are the Newfoundland storm, 1110 01:11:54,314 --> 01:11:56,950 the larger one of three. 1111 01:11:57,170 --> 01:11:58,885 My glasses here are the two smaller storms. 1112 01:11:58,952 --> 01:12:01,855 Currently, the larger storm is dragging the two smaller storms 1113 01:12:01,855 --> 01:12:04,891 away from the Normandy coast, leaving a... 1114 01:12:04,891 --> 01:12:07,293 a gap in the weather of sorts 1115 01:12:07,293 --> 01:12:11,631 just long enough for us to land in Normandy on Tuesday morning. 1116 01:12:11,664 --> 01:12:13,660 Tuesday? 1117 01:12:13,133 --> 01:12:17,337 As in 26 hours from now, Tuesday? 1118 01:12:17,337 --> 01:12:19,720 Sir, if you just look at the latest charts... 1119 01:12:19,720 --> 01:12:21,740 I don't want to look at your damn charts. 1120 01:12:21,174 --> 01:12:23,410 It's a bunch of gobbledygook. 1121 01:12:23,476 --> 01:12:25,912 What I want is for you to get down on your knees 1122 01:12:25,979 --> 01:12:27,580 and look me in the eye and tell me, 1123 01:12:27,580 --> 01:12:30,500 "Tuesday morning, sir, the sun's got his hat on." 1124 01:12:30,830 --> 01:12:32,520 Because in case you haven't noticed, 1125 01:12:32,850 --> 01:12:34,187 there's a goddamn hurricane blowing out there! 1126 01:12:34,220 --> 01:12:35,989 Technically, it's not a hurricane, sir. 1127 01:12:38,858 --> 01:12:41,828 Sunny weather, you say stop. Hurricane, you say go. 1128 01:12:41,895 --> 01:12:43,630 Well, no. Well, yes, sir. 1129 01:12:43,163 --> 01:12:44,564 Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. 1130 01:12:47,767 --> 01:12:51,705 Send my men into... 1131 01:12:51,738 --> 01:12:54,374 into the storm? 1132 01:12:57,944 --> 01:12:59,546 Yeah. 1133 01:13:02,916 --> 01:13:04,551 They'll never see it coming, sir, never. 1134 01:13:04,584 --> 01:13:06,920 A gap like this in the storm... never. 1135 01:13:22,235 --> 01:13:24,104 You're absolutely sure of that? 1136 01:13:28,141 --> 01:13:32,245 Are you absolutely sure about that, Group Captain Stagg? 1137 01:13:34,647 --> 01:13:36,649 I'm sure there'll be a gap. 1138 01:13:37,784 --> 01:13:40,253 The weather won't be perfect... 1139 01:13:40,286 --> 01:13:42,122 but it'll do. 1140 01:13:43,823 --> 01:13:45,825 This is your official position? 1141 01:13:49,729 --> 01:13:53,133 My official position is this. 1142 01:13:55,502 --> 01:13:57,137 Go. 1143 01:14:00,674 --> 01:14:02,575 You should go, sir. 1144 01:14:06,112 --> 01:14:07,614 Okay, we'll go. 1145 01:14:10,517 --> 01:14:12,752 D-Day is Tuesday, June 6. 1146 01:14:43,717 --> 01:14:47,954 This is my statement... 1147 01:14:47,987 --> 01:14:51,491 -if all goes well tomorrow. -Mm-hmm. 1148 01:14:51,558 --> 01:14:54,327 And... 1149 01:14:54,361 --> 01:14:56,290 this one if not. 1150 01:15:01,735 --> 01:15:02,869 -Hey. -Hmm? 1151 01:15:02,902 --> 01:15:04,571 I've got a surprise for you. 1152 01:15:07,741 --> 01:15:09,743 Rare as nylons. 1153 01:15:22,155 --> 01:15:24,424 I have a good feeling about tomorrow. 1154 01:15:37,670 --> 01:15:39,539 -You should get some sleep. -Yes. 1155 01:15:39,539 --> 01:15:41,410 Yeah? 1156 01:15:45,612 --> 01:15:48,281 -0630 hours. -0630 hours. 1157 01:15:51,551 --> 01:15:56,923 My men did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. 1158 01:15:56,956 --> 01:16:02,796 If any blame or fault is attached to the attempt, 1159 01:16:02,862 --> 01:16:06,700 it is mine and mine alone. 1160 01:16:09,135 --> 01:16:10,537 That's what I wrote. 1161 01:16:12,272 --> 01:16:14,941 In case we fail tomorrow. 1162 01:16:16,710 --> 01:16:18,278 We won't. 1163 01:16:41,901 --> 01:16:46,740 Soldiers, sailors and airmen 1164 01:16:46,773 --> 01:16:49,743 of the Allied Expeditionary Force... 1165 01:17:00,653 --> 01:17:04,457 you are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, 1166 01:17:04,457 --> 01:17:07,293 upon which we have striven these many months. 1167 01:17:11,464 --> 01:17:14,667 The eyes of the world are upon you. 1168 01:17:14,701 --> 01:17:16,336 The hope and prayers 1169 01:17:16,369 --> 01:17:20,473 of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. 1170 01:17:23,977 --> 01:17:26,179 In company with our brave allies 1171 01:17:26,212 --> 01:17:29,315 and brothers-in-arms on other fronts, 1172 01:17:29,349 --> 01:17:31,510 you will bring about the destruction 1173 01:17:31,151 --> 01:17:32,752 of the German war machine... 1174 01:17:34,521 --> 01:17:38,525 the elimination of Nazi tyranny 1175 01:17:38,591 --> 01:17:41,610 over the oppressed peoples of Europe 1176 01:17:41,610 --> 01:17:45,365 and security for ourselves in a free world. 1177 01:17:49,235 --> 01:17:51,104 You get any sleep? 1178 01:17:51,171 --> 01:17:52,505 Not a wink. 1179 01:17:53,540 --> 01:17:54,841 You? 1180 01:17:54,908 --> 01:17:56,109 Nope. 1181 01:18:08,254 --> 01:18:11,910 Your task will not be an easy one. 1182 01:18:11,191 --> 01:18:14,561 Your enemy is well trained, 1183 01:18:14,627 --> 01:18:18,965 well equipped and battle-hardened. 1184 01:18:20,100 --> 01:18:21,868 He will fight savagely. 1185 01:18:26,406 --> 01:18:28,541 60 seconds to H hour. 1186 01:18:29,576 --> 01:18:34,581 Radio silence ends in... 60 seconds. 1187 01:18:36,216 --> 01:18:38,952 But this is the year 1944. 1188 01:18:38,985 --> 01:18:40,286 Where you from? 1189 01:18:40,320 --> 01:18:41,821 Bracken Mountain, North Carolina, sir. 1190 01:18:41,888 --> 01:18:43,256 Bracken Mountain, North Carolina? -Yes, sir. 1191 01:18:43,289 --> 01:18:45,258 The tide has turned. 1192 01:18:45,291 --> 01:18:46,960 The free men of the world 1193 01:18:46,993 --> 01:18:50,163 are marching together to victory. 1194 01:18:50,230 --> 01:18:51,664 What's your name? 1195 01:18:51,731 --> 01:18:53,833 -Uh, Oiler, sir. -Oiler. Where you from, Oiler? 1196 01:18:53,900 --> 01:18:55,668 I have full confidence in 1197 01:18:55,735 --> 01:19:00,140 your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. 1198 01:19:05,345 --> 01:19:09,983 We will accept nothing less than full victory. 1199 01:19:10,917 --> 01:19:12,852 Good luck, 1200 01:19:12,919 --> 01:19:16,289 and let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God 1201 01:19:16,322 --> 01:19:19,459 upon this great and noble undertaking. 1202 01:19:49,220 --> 01:19:51,157 Utah. Come in, Utah. 1203 01:19:53,590 --> 01:19:54,627 Utah, come in. 1204 01:19:56,529 --> 01:19:58,331 SHAEF main to Utah. 1205 01:20:08,808 --> 01:20:10,343 Come in, Utah. 1206 01:20:12,846 --> 01:20:15,648 Omaha Beach control, do you read? 1207 01:20:25,580 --> 01:20:27,600 Utah, come in. 1208 01:20:29,620 --> 01:20:30,363 Utah, do you read? 1209 01:20:43,943 --> 01:20:46,179 Utah... hit by machine-gun fire. Casualties... 1210 01:20:46,212 --> 01:20:47,781 Heavy incoming fire at Utah Beach. 1211 01:20:47,781 --> 01:20:49,382 What about the other beaches? 1212 01:20:49,416 --> 01:20:50,784 Serious casualties at Omaha Beach. 1213 01:20:50,850 --> 01:20:52,552 How many casualties? 1214 01:20:52,585 --> 01:20:54,387 Westerly winds causing course corrections. 1215 01:20:54,421 --> 01:20:55,889 Westerly winds causing course corrections. 1216 01:20:55,889 --> 01:20:57,390 Visibility two miles, 1217 01:20:57,424 --> 01:20:59,225 ceiling falling to 1,500 feet. 1218 01:21:02,429 --> 01:21:03,963 Landing craft swept off course at Utah. 1219 01:21:03,963 --> 01:21:05,298 Visibility two miles. 1220 01:21:05,365 --> 01:21:07,400 Ceiling falling to 1,500 feet. 1221 01:21:09,235 --> 01:21:10,904 Omaha sky still overcast... 1222 01:21:10,937 --> 01:21:12,380 unable to locate batteries 1223 01:21:12,380 --> 01:21:13,707 lying on south beach. 1224 01:21:18,244 --> 01:21:19,913 -Keep moving! -Keep pushing! 1225 01:21:19,913 --> 01:21:21,414 Move! Move! 1226 01:21:24,250 --> 01:21:26,920 Incoming! Take cover! 1227 01:21:26,986 --> 01:21:28,421 Cannot unload due to heavy shellfire. 1228 01:21:28,421 --> 01:21:30,560 L1 section lost in water. 1229 01:21:30,560 --> 01:21:31,591 Second half moving forward. 1230 01:21:31,624 --> 01:21:33,460 800 yards off the beach. 1231 01:21:33,460 --> 01:21:35,228 Omaha winds 14 knots west. 1232 01:21:46,600 --> 01:21:48,141 Taking heavy fire at Gold and Omaha. 1233 01:21:57,830 --> 01:21:58,518 Many wounded at Dog Red, 1234 01:21:58,518 --> 01:21:59,786 needing immediate evacuation. 1235 01:22:10,430 --> 01:22:12,320 Cloud ceiling low, around 500 feet. 1236 01:22:12,980 --> 01:22:13,800 Cloud ceiling low, around 500 feet. 1237 01:22:13,800 --> 01:22:15,602 find no targets of opportunity... 1238 01:22:15,635 --> 01:22:17,303 Can find no targets of opportunity 1239 01:22:17,337 --> 01:22:18,938 without endangering own landing. 1240 01:22:18,972 --> 01:22:21,641 We can't see a bloody thing! 1241 01:22:28,114 --> 01:22:30,550 Wind 18 knots, west, southwest. 1242 01:22:30,617 --> 01:22:32,152 Wind 18 knots, west, southwest. 1243 01:22:32,185 --> 01:22:33,620 Clouds 800 feet, beginning to rise. 1244 01:22:33,653 --> 01:22:35,155 -You're good. You're good. -Am I gonna die? 1245 01:22:35,188 --> 01:22:37,230 No, we'll get you home. You're good. You're good. 1246 01:22:37,570 --> 01:22:39,826 Waves moderating at Utah, now two to three feet. 1247 01:22:39,859 --> 01:22:41,494 Ceiling lifting to 1,500 feet. 1248 01:22:41,494 --> 01:22:42,862 Clearer skies inland. 1249 01:22:42,896 --> 01:22:44,564 Keep pushing! 1250 01:22:44,631 --> 01:22:47,500 I don't care! Go! 1251 01:23:00,146 --> 01:23:01,381 Utah cloud ceiling clear. 1252 01:23:08,210 --> 01:23:11,240 Move up! 1253 01:23:11,570 --> 01:23:13,393 Two U.S. destroyers are within one... 1254 01:23:31,778 --> 01:23:33,580 Move up! 1255 01:23:59,305 --> 01:24:00,874 Yes? 1256 01:24:02,208 --> 01:24:03,276 Mm-hmm. 1257 01:24:04,744 --> 01:24:05,745 What? 1258 01:24:13,319 --> 01:24:14,621 Thank you. 1259 01:24:25,465 --> 01:24:27,333 Footholds established on all the beaches. 1260 01:24:29,569 --> 01:24:33,730 Our men are ashore, with full air and naval support. 1261 01:25:58,324 --> 01:25:59,893 Hello. Signals Department. 1262 01:25:59,926 --> 01:26:02,495 Yes, St. Mary's Hospital in Clapham, please. 1263 01:26:02,529 --> 01:26:04,597 I'm sorry, sir, but there are still no outgoing calls 1264 01:26:04,698 --> 01:26:06,700 until security restrictions have been officially lifted. 1265 01:26:06,733 --> 01:26:08,535 I believe... 1266 01:26:20,914 --> 01:26:23,216 I've arranged a car to take you straight to the hospital. 1267 01:26:23,216 --> 01:26:25,218 Thank you very much. I appreciate that. 1268 01:26:36,290 --> 01:26:39,599 Well, congratulations, Stagg. 1269 01:26:39,632 --> 01:26:41,534 Congratulations to you, too. 1270 01:26:48,775 --> 01:26:50,143 Good luck. 1271 01:26:59,850 --> 01:27:01,388 Thank you so much for everything. 1272 01:27:01,421 --> 01:27:02,889 Ah, don't be silly. 1273 01:27:02,922 --> 01:27:04,324 I'm sorry I couldn't have done more. 1274 01:27:04,324 --> 01:27:05,458 No, no, no. 1275 01:27:05,492 --> 01:27:07,794 We were busy. 1276 01:27:58,178 --> 01:27:59,546 Thank you. 1277 01:28:09,522 --> 01:28:12,158 No, no. You can't. 1278 01:28:18,865 --> 01:28:20,467 No! No! 1279 01:29:02,175 --> 01:29:03,510 Hello, Jim. 1280 01:29:06,346 --> 01:29:07,781 Hello, Liz. 1281 01:29:32,205 --> 01:29:33,406 Are you all right? 1282 01:29:49,122 --> 01:29:50,390 Your son. 1283 01:29:51,424 --> 01:29:52,759 Oh. 1284 01:30:28,194 --> 01:30:30,296 Hello. 1285 01:30:30,330 --> 01:30:31,631 Hello, beautiful.