1 00:02:23,935 --> 00:02:25,478 Here, have one of these. 2 00:02:48,209 --> 00:03:16,571 Fuck me. 3 00:03:16,571 --> 00:03:18,156 Right. 4 00:03:19,490 --> 00:03:21,910 Are you sure there's time? 5 00:03:22,076 --> 00:03:23,661 There's time. 6 00:03:30,001 --> 00:03:40,845 Thank you. 7 00:03:40,845 --> 00:03:44,098 Did they say how long you'll be gone for? 8 00:03:44,098 --> 00:03:45,683 No, they didn't say. 9 00:03:53,024 --> 00:03:55,235 I'm very proud they chose you, Jim. 10 00:03:59,155 --> 00:04:00,573 I'll be fine. 11 00:04:02,784 --> 00:04:04,327 Go. 12 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:30,979 Okay. 13 00:04:30,979 --> 00:04:32,397 Morning, sir. 14 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:16,441 Sir. 15 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:18,151 Group Captain Dr. James Stagg, 16 00:05:18,234 --> 00:05:21,446 chief meteorological officer, reporting for duty. 17 00:05:21,612 --> 00:05:23,156 I.D. card and pass, please, sir. 18 00:05:23,239 --> 00:05:24,824 Right this way, sir. 19 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:27,660 Welcome to Southwick House, sir. 20 00:05:29,495 --> 00:05:30,872 I'm Andrew Carter with the Met Office. 21 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:31,998 I'll be your ADC. 22 00:05:32,081 --> 00:05:43,426 Mm-hmm. 23 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:47,388 I must admit it's a great honor to meet you, Dr. Stagg. 24 00:05:47,388 --> 00:05:49,098 I so enjoyed your paper on terrestrial magnetism. 25 00:05:49,098 --> 00:05:50,850 It's a fascinating subject. 26 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:52,643 It is, yes. 27 00:06:09,494 --> 00:06:11,204 And here we are, sir. 28 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:28,346 Operations rooms are upstairs, sir. 29 00:06:29,889 --> 00:06:31,974 And our forecast room is just through here. 30 00:06:42,902 --> 00:06:44,404 -Where can I put this down? -Anywhere, sir. 31 00:06:44,612 --> 00:06:47,281 We'll have someone take it to your tent. 32 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:48,950 What are these? 33 00:06:48,950 --> 00:06:50,575 They're historical analog charts. 34 00:06:50,575 --> 00:06:52,328 I know what they are, but what are they doing here? 35 00:06:52,328 --> 00:06:54,162 Colonel Krick, he requested them. 36 00:06:55,914 --> 00:06:58,333 Well, which one is he? Introduce me. 37 00:06:58,500 --> 00:06:59,918 I believe he's with General... 38 00:07:00,127 --> 00:07:05,424 Can you stop! Stop the banging, please. 39 00:07:05,424 --> 00:07:07,008 I believe he's with General Eisenhower 40 00:07:07,008 --> 00:07:11,847 at the moment, sir. 41 00:07:11,847 --> 00:07:13,432 I'll call you back. 42 00:07:16,017 --> 00:07:17,018 Sir. 43 00:07:17,227 --> 00:07:18,603 What's coming through? 44 00:07:18,603 --> 00:07:22,232 Soundings at 53 north, 35 west, sir. 45 00:07:22,232 --> 00:07:24,276 Mm-hmm. Weather ship Hoste, yes? 46 00:07:24,276 --> 00:07:25,777 Yes, sir. 47 00:07:25,777 --> 00:07:27,821 Uh, Casey and Bryant here are linked directly 48 00:07:27,863 --> 00:07:29,781 to the teleprinter ops at Dunstable and Bushy Park. 49 00:07:29,906 --> 00:07:31,867 -Which one are you? -I'm Casey, sir. 50 00:07:36,079 --> 00:07:38,582 Our American contingent, sir. 51 00:07:40,208 --> 00:07:42,836 This is Flight Officer Murray, Flight Officer Hamilton. 52 00:07:42,878 --> 00:07:45,005 -Good to meet you, sir. -They're on surface weather. 53 00:07:47,257 --> 00:07:48,884 Uh, no one, sir. 54 00:07:49,050 --> 00:07:50,302 No one's on upper air? 55 00:07:50,510 --> 00:07:52,929 So that data just goes unrecorded, does it? 56 00:07:54,055 --> 00:07:56,683 I'll need both of you on upper air at all times. 57 00:07:56,683 --> 00:07:58,643 Uh, we were told to use historical analog charts, sir. 58 00:07:58,810 --> 00:08:00,520 Not by me. Those weren't my instructions. 59 00:08:00,645 --> 00:08:03,231 It's just, Colonel Krick instructed us otherwise, sir. 60 00:08:03,231 --> 00:08:04,733 Did he? Do I have an office? 61 00:08:04,733 --> 00:08:06,985 Yes, sir. It's just through here. 62 00:08:15,494 --> 00:08:17,245 Ah. 63 00:08:17,245 --> 00:08:20,290 Good afternoon, sir. 64 00:08:20,290 --> 00:08:22,125 Uh, this is Group Captain Stagg. 65 00:08:22,125 --> 00:08:23,627 He's just transferred from Dunstable. 66 00:08:23,668 --> 00:08:26,421 We've been very much looking forward to his... 67 00:08:26,546 --> 00:08:28,006 him joining us here. 68 00:08:29,674 --> 00:08:31,343 Lieutenant Kay Summersby. 69 00:08:31,426 --> 00:08:34,012 Motor Transport Corps. Welcome to Southwick House. 70 00:08:34,012 --> 00:08:36,681 Are we sharing an office, or what? 71 00:08:36,681 --> 00:08:40,018 No. I was just using it temporarily. 72 00:08:40,143 --> 00:08:42,854 Good, because I'll need it exclusively. 73 00:08:48,068 --> 00:08:50,695 Well, very good. 74 00:09:10,715 --> 00:09:12,592 Can you see to it that General Eisenhower knows 75 00:09:12,759 --> 00:09:14,010 that I'm here? 76 00:09:14,094 --> 00:09:18,014 And that I apologize for my late arrival? 77 00:09:18,056 --> 00:09:21,977 Yes, sir. 78 00:09:21,977 --> 00:09:27,691 Sir. 79 00:09:27,691 --> 00:09:35,991 Right. 80 00:09:35,991 --> 00:09:37,325 Hello. Signals Department. 81 00:09:37,450 --> 00:09:38,702 Switchboard speaking. 82 00:09:38,868 --> 00:09:41,788 Yes, um, Richmond 1-9-3-7, please. 83 00:09:41,955 --> 00:09:44,541 I'm sorry, but all outgoing calls are forbidden 84 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:47,294 without prior authorization, sir. 85 00:09:47,335 --> 00:09:50,214 Uh, no, no, I-I-I... I need to speak with my wife. 86 00:09:50,381 --> 00:09:52,925 I'm sorry, sir. 87 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:54,468 Hello? 88 00:09:54,635 --> 00:09:56,596 Yes? Hello? 89 00:10:02,393 --> 00:10:04,270 If you'd like to follow me, please, 90 00:10:04,395 --> 00:10:10,318 General Eisenhower will see you now. 91 00:10:10,318 --> 00:10:29,878 I wouldn't keep him waiting any longer than you already have. 92 00:10:29,878 --> 00:10:31,880 Group Captain Dr. James Stagg, 93 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,966 here at the express request of General Eisenhower. 94 00:10:42,891 --> 00:10:45,477 And all 265 vessels arrived without issue, sir. 95 00:10:45,685 --> 00:10:48,021 And we've assigned, uh, five patrol craft 96 00:10:48,021 --> 00:10:49,522 and three destroyers. 97 00:10:49,648 --> 00:10:51,316 Let's get the job done. 98 00:10:51,399 --> 00:10:52,942 Glad to hear it. 99 00:10:52,942 --> 00:10:54,319 Lieutenant Summersby? 100 00:10:54,527 --> 00:10:56,613 Sir, may I introduce Group Captain James Stagg, 101 00:10:56,780 --> 00:10:58,657 who finally made it in from London? 102 00:10:58,740 --> 00:11:00,659 Well, it's good to meet you, Group Captain Stagg. 103 00:11:00,742 --> 00:11:02,118 Welcome aboard. 104 00:11:02,202 --> 00:11:05,830 Nice to finally put a face to the name. 105 00:11:05,914 --> 00:11:08,458 Have you got all the equipment you need downstairs? 106 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:10,001 Equipment is not the problem, sir. 107 00:11:10,085 --> 00:11:11,711 What's the problem? 108 00:11:11,753 --> 00:11:13,546 Um, well, it's time, sir. I haven't really had any... 109 00:11:13,546 --> 00:11:16,299 any time to establish any clear picture. 110 00:11:16,424 --> 00:11:17,926 Have a look, Group Captain. 111 00:11:18,134 --> 00:11:20,762 I got 7,000 naval vessels, 112 00:11:20,929 --> 00:11:22,889 130,000 ground troops, 113 00:11:22,889 --> 00:11:26,017 200,000 naval personnel, 15 hospital ships, 114 00:11:26,017 --> 00:11:28,645 8,000 doctors, three airborne divisions 115 00:11:28,812 --> 00:11:30,855 and a partridge in a pear tree. 116 00:11:32,148 --> 00:11:36,861 Largest seaborne invasion force in history. 117 00:11:36,986 --> 00:11:42,033 Is it? 118 00:11:42,033 --> 00:11:45,036 And do we have a date yet for the invasion, sir? 119 00:11:46,121 --> 00:11:47,956 We invade France Monday. 120 00:11:47,997 --> 00:11:50,583 -This Monday? -Correct. 121 00:11:50,667 --> 00:11:53,753 Monday, June 5th, 0630. 122 00:11:53,878 --> 00:11:59,467 That is D-Day, which is in 61 hours from now. 123 00:12:01,970 --> 00:12:05,056 Fate of the war hinges on this. 124 00:12:05,265 --> 00:12:07,892 All the pieces of the jigsaw are in place. 125 00:12:07,892 --> 00:12:10,562 There's only one imponderable that remains. 126 00:12:11,604 --> 00:12:15,108 I need a forecast. 127 00:12:15,108 --> 00:12:18,236 I'm... Yes, I'm concerned that what you're asking me is 128 00:12:18,236 --> 00:12:20,321 scientifically impossible, sir. 129 00:12:20,321 --> 00:12:22,240 Uh, long-term forecasting is 130 00:12:22,365 --> 00:12:24,033 really only ever educated guesswork. 131 00:12:24,117 --> 00:12:26,494 Monday is not long-term, for Christ's sake. 132 00:12:26,703 --> 00:12:29,622 Does Monday sound like long-term to you, Lieutenant Summersby? 133 00:12:29,748 --> 00:12:30,915 No, it certainly does not, sir. 134 00:12:31,082 --> 00:12:33,001 Well, this is Northern Europe, sir. 135 00:12:33,126 --> 00:12:36,546 Anything over 24 hours is-is... is considered long-term, 136 00:12:36,546 --> 00:12:41,468 meteorologically speaking. 137 00:12:41,468 --> 00:12:44,053 But I'll... 138 00:12:44,053 --> 00:12:45,180 I'll do my best. 139 00:12:45,221 --> 00:12:46,514 I don't want your best. 140 00:12:46,681 --> 00:12:48,308 I already expect that. 141 00:12:48,433 --> 00:12:49,642 I need certainty. 142 00:12:49,642 --> 00:12:51,144 Churchill tells me 143 00:12:51,269 --> 00:12:52,771 you're the best meteorologist in the country 144 00:12:52,854 --> 00:12:55,315 and that I should rely on you over Colonel Krick. 145 00:12:55,356 --> 00:12:56,858 You know him? 146 00:12:56,858 --> 00:12:58,109 Only by reputation. 147 00:12:58,276 --> 00:13:00,403 Well, Krick's been with me since '42. 148 00:13:00,403 --> 00:13:02,906 He's never steered me wrong, so... 149 00:13:03,072 --> 00:13:05,116 let's see how you measure up. 150 00:13:06,034 --> 00:13:07,619 I need a forecast for Monday. 151 00:13:07,827 --> 00:13:09,996 I need it first thing tomorrow morning. 152 00:13:10,038 --> 00:13:11,456 Y-Yes, sir. 153 00:13:12,332 --> 00:13:17,378 Don't let me down. 154 00:13:17,378 --> 00:13:18,922 Group Captain. 155 00:13:18,922 --> 00:13:23,051 Let's go. 156 00:13:23,051 --> 00:13:32,018 Group Captain. 157 00:13:32,018 --> 00:13:33,311 ♪ He had a boogie style that no one else could play ♪ 158 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,855 ♪ He was the top man at his craft ♪ 159 00:13:35,855 --> 00:13:37,232 ♪ But then his number came up ♪ 160 00:13:37,232 --> 00:13:38,858 ♪ And he was gone with the draft ♪ 161 00:13:38,858 --> 00:13:41,194 ♪ He's in the Army now a-blowing reveille ♪ 162 00:13:41,319 --> 00:13:43,696 ♪ He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B ♪ 163 00:13:43,905 --> 00:13:46,366 ♪ They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam ♪ 164 00:13:46,533 --> 00:13:48,493 ♪ It really brought him down because he couldn't jam ♪ 165 00:13:48,701 --> 00:13:50,662 ♪ The captain seemed to understand ♪ 166 00:13:50,829 --> 00:13:52,622 ♪ Because the next day the cap went out ♪ 167 00:13:52,664 --> 00:13:54,249 -♪ And drafted a band ♪ -Kay! 168 00:13:54,332 --> 00:13:55,750 ♪ And now the company jumps... ♪ 169 00:13:55,875 --> 00:13:57,710 Ladies and gentlemen, Kay Summersby. Take over. 170 00:13:57,710 --> 00:13:59,337 -Come on, Kay. -Oh. 171 00:13:59,504 --> 00:14:01,589 Dance with me.-- 172 00:14:01,589 --> 00:14:05,593 Like old times. 173 00:14:05,593 --> 00:14:07,262 There you go. 174 00:14:08,638 --> 00:14:11,140 There you go. 175 00:14:12,934 --> 00:14:18,273 Oh, stick to piano, Irv. 176 00:14:18,273 --> 00:14:22,360 I-I don't believe you've met, uh, Group Captain Stagg. 177 00:14:23,736 --> 00:14:25,697 Only by telephone. 178 00:14:25,905 --> 00:14:28,575 Dr. Stagg, so nice to finally meet you. 179 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:29,993 You're younger than I imagined. 180 00:14:30,201 --> 00:14:35,748 You're shorter than I imagined. 181 00:14:35,748 --> 00:14:39,252 Analogs. 182 00:14:39,252 --> 00:14:40,962 I realize that, yes. 183 00:14:41,170 --> 00:14:45,633 Every single weather chart for Northern Europe since 1900. 184 00:14:45,717 --> 00:14:47,719 Mm. Um, in my experience, 185 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,598 the weather never replicates its own history. 186 00:14:51,764 --> 00:14:54,601 Ah, well, try telling that to a movie producer. 187 00:14:54,684 --> 00:14:56,102 Remember Selznick, Kay? 188 00:14:56,227 --> 00:14:57,395 Oh. 189 00:14:57,395 --> 00:14:58,771 July '39. 190 00:14:58,813 --> 00:15:00,899 David Selznick calls me up. 191 00:15:00,940 --> 00:15:02,942 He's making a movie. He wants a forecast 192 00:15:02,942 --> 00:15:05,570 for a three-day period in Beverly Hills. 193 00:15:05,570 --> 00:15:07,655 The scene is... 194 00:15:07,655 --> 00:15:08,907 the burning of Atlanta. 195 00:15:09,073 --> 00:15:11,159 "I don't want to see a drop of rain, Irv. 196 00:15:11,367 --> 00:15:13,286 Not a drop. Not a drop." 197 00:15:13,286 --> 00:15:15,788 Well, MGM calls me up. They give me the dates. 198 00:15:15,788 --> 00:15:17,707 I give 'em the forecast. 199 00:15:17,707 --> 00:15:19,334 Beautiful weather. 200 00:15:19,375 --> 00:15:21,377 I mean, just gorgeous. 201 00:15:21,377 --> 00:15:22,795 Not a cloud in the sky. 202 00:15:22,795 --> 00:15:24,464 Movie's a hit. I get to meet Clark Gable. 203 00:15:24,505 --> 00:15:27,508 Little picture-- I-I don't know if you heard of it. 204 00:15:27,675 --> 00:15:29,844 Called Gone with the Wind. 205 00:15:29,844 --> 00:15:31,471 -You seen it, Stagg? -No. 206 00:15:31,596 --> 00:15:34,265 No? That... 207 00:15:34,265 --> 00:15:36,351 That's crazy. Who hasn't seen Gone with the Wind? 208 00:15:36,517 --> 00:15:37,977 Me. I haven't seen it. 209 00:15:37,977 --> 00:15:39,729 Well, you must. I mean, it's a great picture. 210 00:15:39,729 --> 00:15:41,648 It's great. I saw it with Ike. 211 00:15:41,648 --> 00:15:43,942 Kay drove us... to the London premiere. 212 00:15:44,067 --> 00:15:45,568 -This is true. -Great night. 213 00:15:45,735 --> 00:15:47,487 So, did you meet Vivien Leigh? 214 00:15:47,654 --> 00:15:49,197 Oh, we sure did. 215 00:15:49,197 --> 00:15:50,740 -What was she like? -What was she like? 216 00:15:50,865 --> 00:15:52,450 Uh, she was cute. 217 00:15:52,659 --> 00:15:54,243 The Allied High Command has requested 218 00:15:54,243 --> 00:15:56,454 our forecast by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. 219 00:15:57,497 --> 00:16:00,833 Time and date of the invasion to France 220 00:16:00,833 --> 00:16:08,341 has been confirmed for Monday. Monday. Monday. 221 00:16:08,341 --> 00:16:10,927 June 5th, 6:30 a.m., so can we start, please? 222 00:16:11,094 --> 00:16:12,595 Get rid of the piano. Thank you. 223 00:16:16,140 --> 00:16:17,767 Is it bothering you, Dr. Stagg? 224 00:16:17,934 --> 00:16:20,144 It's inappropriate. 225 00:16:23,982 --> 00:16:26,651 Call this extension if you need to speak 226 00:16:26,818 --> 00:16:29,278 to General Eisenhower anytime, day or night. 227 00:16:45,962 --> 00:16:47,463 Can I have your attention, please? 228 00:16:53,511 --> 00:16:54,971 Is that his name? Bryant? 229 00:16:55,096 --> 00:17:08,067 Okay, go ahead. 230 00:17:08,067 --> 00:17:10,403 I needn't, I hope, have to stress to you 231 00:17:10,403 --> 00:17:13,156 how crucial this forecast is, but I do want to stress 232 00:17:13,239 --> 00:17:16,409 one thing to you all and one thing only: 233 00:17:16,617 --> 00:17:17,994 Get me the data. 234 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:19,579 That's what counts. 235 00:17:19,704 --> 00:17:21,998 Get me the latest readings from every single base 236 00:17:21,998 --> 00:17:24,625 within 2,000 miles of Normandy. 237 00:17:24,625 --> 00:17:26,836 That's Paris, Galway, Reykjavík, 238 00:17:26,836 --> 00:17:30,673 Boston, Washington, Lisbon... 239 00:17:30,673 --> 00:17:32,925 ...New York, Newfoundland. 240 00:17:33,051 --> 00:17:34,343 You get the idea. 241 00:17:38,556 --> 00:17:40,600 That's upper air. That's surface air. 242 00:17:40,725 --> 00:17:42,435 That's radar soundings. That's sea temperature. 243 00:17:42,477 --> 00:17:43,936 That's salinity. Everything. 244 00:17:43,936 --> 00:17:50,443 If we've measured it, then I want it. 245 00:17:50,443 --> 00:17:52,820 That room there... 246 00:17:53,029 --> 00:17:54,447 that's where I'll be. 247 00:17:54,655 --> 00:17:57,992 Get me the data. 248 00:17:57,992 --> 00:18:00,036 That's what counts. 249 00:18:18,096 --> 00:18:20,473 700 millibars. 250 00:18:20,473 --> 00:18:23,059 210. 28. 251 00:18:23,059 --> 00:18:24,811 650 millibars. 252 00:18:24,811 --> 00:18:26,938 Plus 19. 253 00:18:28,147 --> 00:18:29,774 Observations coming in from Spain. 254 00:18:31,651 --> 00:18:34,153 Ten-tenths stratocumulus and altocumulus 255 00:18:35,446 --> 00:18:38,241 1-0-1-5 millibars. 256 00:18:40,618 --> 00:18:42,078 Northwest wind, force five. 257 00:18:42,078 --> 00:18:43,496 6-0-0 millibars. 258 00:18:43,496 --> 00:18:46,374 Wind southwest, force four. 259 00:18:46,374 --> 00:18:48,209 South Iceland seven-tenths, 30,000 feet. 260 00:18:48,334 --> 00:18:52,421 Southeast, force six. 261 00:18:52,421 --> 00:18:54,298 1-0-1-8 millibars. 262 00:18:54,465 --> 00:18:55,925 Say that again, please. Repeat that. 263 00:18:56,050 --> 00:18:57,426 -Are you getting the L front temp? -No, I have... 264 00:18:59,428 --> 00:19:01,514 Seven-tenths, stratocumulus, 265 00:19:01,597 --> 00:19:04,058 3,000 feet, force six. 266 00:19:04,225 --> 00:19:05,476 Southwesterly, force six. 267 00:19:05,643 --> 00:19:07,145 We're still waiting on the Greenland data, sir. 268 00:19:09,272 --> 00:19:10,940 Just-just leave that. Just leave that be. 269 00:19:10,940 --> 00:19:12,150 What speed is L3 moving at? 270 00:19:12,150 --> 00:19:13,693 25 knots. 271 00:19:13,734 --> 00:19:16,279 Finished with that? 272 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,575 Ten StratoCu 3,000 feet, southeast, force four. 273 00:19:20,658 --> 00:19:22,827 1-0-1-3 millibars. 274 00:19:22,994 --> 00:19:24,412 Radar soundings from 0930. 275 00:19:25,997 --> 00:19:27,623 There's been no movement from the main course. 276 00:19:27,707 --> 00:19:30,251 Sir, the weather conditions in Normandy. 277 00:19:34,839 --> 00:19:36,674 And we have those folders you requested... 278 00:19:38,968 --> 00:19:40,595 There's nothing there. 279 00:19:44,724 --> 00:19:49,353 Carter. It's done. 280 00:19:49,353 --> 00:19:50,771 Good man. 281 00:20:01,407 --> 00:20:02,658 Sir. 282 00:20:05,494 --> 00:20:30,019 The latest completed maps. 283 00:20:30,019 --> 00:20:31,479 Oh, come on. 284 00:20:31,604 --> 00:20:33,022 Look at the analogs. 285 00:20:33,022 --> 00:20:34,899 It's as plain as day: calm, sunny weather. 286 00:20:34,899 --> 00:20:36,901 Those analogs prove absolutely nothing. 287 00:20:36,901 --> 00:20:38,361 How can you say that? It's right here. 288 00:20:38,569 --> 00:20:39,612 Are you blind? 289 00:20:39,737 --> 00:20:40,780 Look at it. 290 00:20:40,821 --> 00:20:42,198 I don't need to look at it. 291 00:20:42,198 --> 00:20:43,366 The chart is 19 years old. 292 00:20:43,532 --> 00:20:46,494 Fine, that's-that's 40 years old, 293 00:20:46,661 --> 00:20:50,915 27 years, uh, 15 years old. 294 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,460 That's-that's the point: patterns over time. 295 00:20:56,462 --> 00:20:58,798 I think what we need to do is establish 296 00:20:58,798 --> 00:21:01,467 what we already know today, here and now. 297 00:21:01,550 --> 00:21:06,097 Um, we have two aggressive storms 298 00:21:06,138 --> 00:21:08,391 stretching themselves across the Atlantic 299 00:21:08,557 --> 00:21:10,393 from Newfoundland to Normandy. 300 00:21:10,434 --> 00:21:12,186 Agreed. 301 00:21:12,186 --> 00:21:15,022 There is an area of high pressure above the Azores. 302 00:21:15,022 --> 00:21:16,190 That's what interests me. 303 00:21:16,274 --> 00:21:18,359 But it's moving lethargically and... 304 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:19,610 Your word, not mine. 305 00:21:19,777 --> 00:21:21,737 I'm sorry, would you like the floor again? 306 00:21:21,779 --> 00:21:24,282 Me? No, it's your floor. Go ahead. 307 00:21:26,826 --> 00:21:30,329 We can't just base the forecast on surface air 308 00:21:30,454 --> 00:21:32,748 and, uh, analog charts. 309 00:21:32,790 --> 00:21:35,209 We must also consider the jet stream, which... 310 00:21:35,209 --> 00:21:36,335 The jet stream? 311 00:21:36,335 --> 00:21:37,670 Yes, the jet stream 312 00:21:37,670 --> 00:21:39,297 currently hurtling its way towards Europe 313 00:21:39,422 --> 00:21:40,756 and dragging both the storms with it, 314 00:21:40,923 --> 00:21:42,133 likely spawning a third storm. 315 00:21:42,216 --> 00:21:43,134 That jet stream. 316 00:21:43,342 --> 00:21:44,969 Okay. 317 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,474 Which will inevitably mean stormier conditions 318 00:21:50,474 --> 00:21:53,477 over the next few days-- tomorrow, Sunday, into Monday. 319 00:21:53,602 --> 00:21:56,897 Disastrous conditions for an invasion. 320 00:21:56,897 --> 00:21:58,482 Okay, thank you so much, Dr. Stagg. 321 00:21:58,649 --> 00:22:02,653 Now, this is a chart for June 2, 1925. 322 00:22:02,778 --> 00:22:04,613 Nearly identical conditions to today. 323 00:22:04,780 --> 00:22:06,157 Same depressions in the Atlantic, 324 00:22:06,282 --> 00:22:08,075 same high pressures over the Azores. 325 00:22:08,284 --> 00:22:10,328 Move ahead... three days 326 00:22:10,328 --> 00:22:14,582 to June 5, 1925, D-Day if you will. 327 00:22:14,707 --> 00:22:17,543 Calm. Sunny weather. 328 00:22:18,586 --> 00:22:21,380 1925 is entirely irrelevant to what we're talking about. 329 00:22:21,422 --> 00:22:26,469 I could've just as easily picked June 2, 1904, or 1929. 330 00:22:26,469 --> 00:22:28,262 You know as well as I do 331 00:22:28,262 --> 00:22:31,724 that atmospheric conditions can never be identical ever. 332 00:22:31,849 --> 00:22:35,394 What I do know is who nailed the forecast at Alamein 333 00:22:35,478 --> 00:22:36,896 for the Western Desert campaign, 334 00:22:37,063 --> 00:22:39,565 for the Tunisian campaign, for Operation Torch. 335 00:22:39,690 --> 00:22:42,860 I know who got it right every goddamn time in Cairo. 336 00:22:43,027 --> 00:22:46,113 In Tripoli, Algiers, Oran, Casablanca. 337 00:22:47,782 --> 00:22:49,533 Do you know? 338 00:22:49,533 --> 00:22:51,702 You? 339 00:22:51,702 --> 00:22:54,205 Yeah. Me. 340 00:22:54,330 --> 00:22:57,124 This isn't Casablanca, Colonel Krick. 341 00:22:57,291 --> 00:22:58,709 This is Northern Europe. 342 00:22:58,709 --> 00:23:01,587 It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. 343 00:23:01,712 --> 00:23:04,632 When the atmospheric conditions are a match, 344 00:23:04,632 --> 00:23:09,970 the weather follows suit. 345 00:23:09,970 --> 00:23:12,056 Mark my words. 346 00:23:12,181 --> 00:23:15,184 D-Day will be calm and sunny. 347 00:23:23,984 --> 00:23:25,319 Back to work. 348 00:23:31,867 --> 00:23:33,744 What do you make of Stagg? 349 00:23:34,995 --> 00:23:36,372 Hmm. 350 00:23:37,415 --> 00:23:39,417 Scottish. 351 00:23:40,334 --> 00:23:41,919 Churchill says he's a genius. 352 00:23:42,128 --> 00:23:44,130 Hmm. 353 00:23:44,338 --> 00:23:46,257 Yeah, well... 354 00:23:46,382 --> 00:23:48,759 men are too fond of that word. 355 00:24:03,357 --> 00:24:05,651 Three-tenths Cu and StratoCu 356 00:24:05,860 --> 00:24:08,654 at 2,000 feet, cloud extending to West Wales. 357 00:24:19,081 --> 00:24:21,041 Inflatable Shermans, 358 00:24:21,167 --> 00:24:23,878 Spitfires, Long Toms 359 00:24:24,044 --> 00:24:25,921 and troop carriers. 360 00:24:26,046 --> 00:24:28,883 Just rubber and air, gentlemen. 361 00:24:28,966 --> 00:24:30,968 But to a Nazi reconnaissance plane, 362 00:24:31,135 --> 00:24:33,971 utterly indistinguishable from the real thing. 363 00:24:34,096 --> 00:24:37,099 In North Africa, I proved this time and again 364 00:24:37,183 --> 00:24:41,061 with victory after victory after victory. 365 00:24:41,228 --> 00:24:44,356 Of course, it's not just about crushing the enemy, gentlemen. 366 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:47,902 It's about deceiving him, too, and deceive him we will. 367 00:24:47,902 --> 00:24:52,114 We've conjured up phantom armies across all of East Anglia, 368 00:24:52,281 --> 00:24:54,783 thousands of fake supply depots, 369 00:24:54,783 --> 00:24:58,078 false radio transmissions, empty tents 370 00:24:58,245 --> 00:24:59,830 and decoy campfires. 371 00:25:02,166 --> 00:25:04,335 On D-Day, 372 00:25:04,502 --> 00:25:07,254 dummy paratroopers weighted with sand 373 00:25:07,296 --> 00:25:12,301 will be dropped 15 to 20 miles inland from the Normandy coast. 374 00:25:12,301 --> 00:25:14,803 They explode on impact. 375 00:25:16,972 --> 00:25:19,600 Only the chute remains. 376 00:25:19,808 --> 00:25:22,436 With any luck, the enemy will think our boys are running wild 377 00:25:22,603 --> 00:25:24,021 through the French interior, 378 00:25:24,188 --> 00:25:26,232 drawing great chunks of their forces 379 00:25:26,273 --> 00:25:28,859 right away from the beaches. 380 00:25:29,026 --> 00:25:32,363 It's a little small, don't you think, Monty? 381 00:25:32,571 --> 00:25:34,490 Small? 382 00:25:34,615 --> 00:25:36,534 It's a joke, Monty. 383 00:25:39,370 --> 00:25:40,412 Yes. 384 00:25:40,454 --> 00:25:44,375 What's small is our window. 385 00:25:44,375 --> 00:25:47,795 The 12th SS Panzer is already near Caen. 386 00:25:47,795 --> 00:25:53,008 The 352nd Infantry Division are heavily entrenched. 387 00:25:53,008 --> 00:25:56,762 If we delay beyond Monday, 388 00:25:56,762 --> 00:25:59,431 they will see right through all of this. 389 00:25:59,515 --> 00:26:01,350 Everything that we have done, 390 00:26:01,475 --> 00:26:10,234 all our meticulous efforts, will be for naught. 391 00:26:10,234 --> 00:26:12,444 He's doubled his defenses in as many weeks. 392 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:19,702 Ideally, we bring D-Day forward. 393 00:26:22,830 --> 00:26:24,164 Can't be done. 394 00:26:24,290 --> 00:26:28,210 We are two days out. 395 00:26:28,210 --> 00:26:33,340 The more prepared the enemy, the more ruthless I must become. 396 00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:34,592 Though it's not my wish, 397 00:26:34,717 --> 00:26:36,176 if it means getting more men ashore, 398 00:26:36,385 --> 00:26:37,761 I may have to sacrifice 399 00:26:37,886 --> 00:26:40,097 every last member of my advance brigade. 400 00:26:40,139 --> 00:26:41,724 Well, if I didn't know you better, Monty, 401 00:26:41,807 --> 00:26:43,726 I would've thought you enjoyed saying that. 402 00:26:43,809 --> 00:26:45,311 Yes. 403 00:26:45,311 --> 00:26:49,106 But then again, I've actually been to war. 404 00:26:49,106 --> 00:26:52,151 Be that as it may, you're the boss. 405 00:26:52,151 --> 00:26:54,403 I am. 406 00:26:54,403 --> 00:26:58,365 And the final decision on the timing of D-Day will be mine... 407 00:26:58,365 --> 00:27:04,747 and mine alone. 408 00:27:06,081 --> 00:27:07,958 The weather is irrelevant. 409 00:27:08,083 --> 00:27:09,918 We must go, whatever the weather. 410 00:27:28,103 --> 00:27:29,938 George said that she came over to him. 411 00:27:30,064 --> 00:27:32,816 She came over to him, right? 412 00:27:46,997 --> 00:27:48,332 Ah. 413 00:27:48,540 --> 00:27:50,459 Thought I'd pop in and identify myself. 414 00:27:50,584 --> 00:27:53,253 Bernard Montgomery. 415 00:27:53,253 --> 00:27:55,005 Oh, yes. 416 00:27:56,173 --> 00:27:58,801 Hello. Uh, James Stagg. 417 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,220 All looking good for Monday? 418 00:28:01,345 --> 00:28:03,055 Um, no. 419 00:28:03,222 --> 00:28:04,348 No, no, no. 420 00:28:04,431 --> 00:28:06,183 Can't say that we are, sir. 421 00:28:07,309 --> 00:28:09,186 Well, can't be that bad, surely. 422 00:28:09,269 --> 00:28:12,106 Well, you know this country, sir. 423 00:28:12,106 --> 00:28:14,066 Looks can be deceiving. 424 00:28:14,066 --> 00:28:15,984 Hmm. 425 00:28:15,984 --> 00:28:19,071 Do not sow doubt, Group Captain. 426 00:28:19,071 --> 00:28:22,366 Battles are lost when doubt enters the mind. 427 00:28:22,491 --> 00:28:23,867 We'll cross the Channel on Monday. 428 00:28:23,951 --> 00:28:25,536 That is definite. 429 00:28:27,871 --> 00:28:31,709 If D-Day is canceled, we will lose this war. 430 00:28:31,875 --> 00:28:33,544 Do you want to be personally responsible 431 00:28:33,585 --> 00:28:36,922 for losing this war, Group Captain Stagg? 432 00:28:36,922 --> 00:28:54,106 No, sir. 433 00:28:54,106 --> 00:28:55,566 For Christ's sake. 434 00:28:55,774 --> 00:28:56,942 Okay. 435 00:28:57,067 --> 00:28:58,318 We ready to go? 436 00:28:58,402 --> 00:28:59,611 Go where? 437 00:28:59,653 --> 00:29:00,946 To the meeting. 438 00:29:02,322 --> 00:29:06,368 And when we get to the meeting, what will we be saying exactly? 439 00:29:06,368 --> 00:29:09,621 Monday will be calm and sunny. 440 00:29:09,621 --> 00:29:12,458 The barometer at Foynes has been falling all morning. 441 00:29:13,834 --> 00:29:15,502 Minimal drop, insignificant. 442 00:29:16,378 --> 00:29:18,672 I think it's significant. 443 00:29:22,092 --> 00:29:24,136 Listen, pal. 444 00:29:24,136 --> 00:29:26,555 I've been working with Ike for three years. 445 00:29:26,722 --> 00:29:29,141 -I know the guy. -Mm-hmm. And? 446 00:29:29,224 --> 00:29:31,602 He won't want uncertainty. 447 00:29:31,685 --> 00:29:36,190 Right. Well, then I better attend the meeting alone. 448 00:29:36,190 --> 00:29:37,483 Are you kidding? 449 00:29:37,483 --> 00:29:39,109 You can't do that. 450 00:29:40,569 --> 00:29:42,029 That's not how that works. 451 00:29:42,154 --> 00:29:43,697 Uh, you can't do that. 452 00:29:43,697 --> 00:29:48,535 The responsibility for the D-Day forecast is mine, 453 00:29:48,535 --> 00:29:50,954 and it's not one that I'm going to take lightly. 454 00:29:50,954 --> 00:29:52,456 It's not yours. 455 00:29:52,539 --> 00:29:53,665 Okay? It's ours. 456 00:29:53,874 --> 00:29:55,334 Ours, jointly. 457 00:29:55,542 --> 00:29:58,504 No, no. There's one chief meteorological officer, 458 00:29:58,712 --> 00:30:00,255 and it's not you. 459 00:30:01,757 --> 00:30:03,967 You won't be attending the meeting. 460 00:30:07,888 --> 00:30:09,473 Is there anything else? 461 00:30:14,853 --> 00:30:16,480 Asshole. 462 00:30:16,563 --> 00:30:28,158 Irv. 463 00:30:28,158 --> 00:30:31,495 -How much time do I have? -It's time. 464 00:30:31,495 --> 00:30:33,080 What happened with Colonel Krick? 465 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,832 Never mind Colonel Krick. 466 00:30:42,089 --> 00:30:44,174 Well, they won't like this. 467 00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:47,177 Well, I don't like this. 468 00:30:50,973 --> 00:30:54,017 They're waiting for you, Group Captain Stagg. 469 00:31:29,553 --> 00:31:32,055 -Yes? -Sir, he's here. 470 00:31:33,348 --> 00:31:35,392 Excuse me, gentlemen. 471 00:31:38,770 --> 00:31:42,232 Group Captain Stagg. 472 00:31:42,232 --> 00:31:44,735 This is General Bernard Montgomery, 473 00:31:44,735 --> 00:31:46,737 commander in chief, Allied land forces. 474 00:31:46,820 --> 00:31:48,697 And here we have 475 00:31:48,864 --> 00:31:50,490 Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory, 476 00:31:50,490 --> 00:31:53,994 commander in chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force. 477 00:31:54,161 --> 00:31:55,746 This is Admiral Ramsay, 478 00:31:55,787 --> 00:31:57,831 commander in chief, Allied naval forces, 479 00:31:57,915 --> 00:32:00,709 and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, 480 00:32:00,834 --> 00:32:03,670 commander of the U.S. First Army. 481 00:32:06,882 --> 00:32:08,425 Where's Colonel Krick? 482 00:32:09,635 --> 00:32:10,928 Why not? 483 00:32:11,053 --> 00:32:12,596 Well, I believe it's my duty to brief you all 484 00:32:12,679 --> 00:32:14,097 on the forecast for Monday. 485 00:32:15,307 --> 00:32:17,684 -He should be here. -Shall I have him fetched? 486 00:32:17,684 --> 00:32:19,645 My forecast will be the same 487 00:32:19,645 --> 00:32:21,480 whether Colonel Krick attends or not. 488 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,106 All right. 489 00:32:23,106 --> 00:32:25,567 Going forward, I want him here. 490 00:32:25,692 --> 00:32:26,944 Is that understood? 491 00:32:27,069 --> 00:32:28,987 -Certainly, sir. -Good. 492 00:32:29,154 --> 00:32:30,697 What have you got? 493 00:32:56,056 --> 00:32:58,350 Regrettably, we are faced with a succession 494 00:32:58,350 --> 00:33:02,187 of two aggressive storms in the Atlantic 495 00:33:02,312 --> 00:33:05,941 of unprecedented intensity for this time of year. 496 00:33:06,024 --> 00:33:08,777 My forecast, therefore... 497 00:33:10,779 --> 00:33:15,283 Uh, excuse me. 498 00:33:15,283 --> 00:33:17,953 My forecast, therefore, 499 00:33:17,953 --> 00:33:20,706 for Monday, June 5th, the proposed D-Day, 500 00:33:20,747 --> 00:33:22,457 is as follows. 501 00:33:22,582 --> 00:33:25,836 Wind, west-northwest, strong, 502 00:33:25,961 --> 00:33:28,714 reaching force six, possibly force seven. 503 00:33:28,797 --> 00:33:31,550 Force seven? Are you sure? 504 00:33:31,550 --> 00:33:33,176 No. 505 00:33:33,176 --> 00:33:34,845 It's an estimate. 506 00:33:37,723 --> 00:33:39,891 Cloud low. 507 00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:41,935 Visibility poor. 508 00:33:42,769 --> 00:33:45,439 Rain very likely. 509 00:33:45,439 --> 00:33:48,025 Waves eight to 12 feet, 510 00:33:48,150 --> 00:33:50,986 possibly with an increase to 15 feet. 511 00:33:52,112 --> 00:33:55,365 Confidence... poor. 512 00:33:57,743 --> 00:33:59,036 Monday, June 5th 513 00:33:59,202 --> 00:34:01,872 through at least Tuesday, June 6th, falling... 514 00:34:03,999 --> 00:34:05,625 ...to very poor. 515 00:34:07,544 --> 00:34:09,296 Stagg, I-I'm no weatherman, 516 00:34:09,296 --> 00:34:11,840 but have you looked out a window lately? 517 00:34:11,882 --> 00:34:13,633 Well, the weather in this part of Europe, sir, 518 00:34:13,842 --> 00:34:15,635 can change very rapidly. 519 00:34:15,844 --> 00:34:19,306 This poor visibility-- how poor? 520 00:34:19,389 --> 00:34:21,892 Less than a mile, or thereabouts. 521 00:34:23,351 --> 00:34:27,439 Our paratroopers require a full moon 522 00:34:27,439 --> 00:34:29,107 to land on target. 523 00:34:29,274 --> 00:34:32,402 Spring tides are essential for landing our watercraft. 524 00:34:32,527 --> 00:34:34,821 Do you realize, Group Captain Stagg, 525 00:34:34,821 --> 00:34:38,158 that Monday, June 5th is the only date this calendar year 526 00:34:38,158 --> 00:34:40,535 upon which these conditions perfectly coincide? 527 00:34:40,660 --> 00:34:43,914 I do realize. Of course, sir. 528 00:34:43,914 --> 00:34:46,583 So, when exactly do you suggest we go? 529 00:34:46,625 --> 00:34:48,543 Well, as it relates to the weather, 530 00:34:48,543 --> 00:34:50,045 it's impossible to say. 531 00:34:50,212 --> 00:34:52,422 As to the moon and the tides, 532 00:34:52,589 --> 00:34:55,509 the next opportunity would be June 18. 533 00:34:57,177 --> 00:34:59,304 Two more weeks? Are you mad? 534 00:34:59,513 --> 00:35:02,349 We can't keep our preparations secret for that long. 535 00:35:02,349 --> 00:35:03,350 It's just not possible. 536 00:35:03,475 --> 00:35:04,768 Of course it isn't. 537 00:35:04,768 --> 00:35:06,937 The enemy will be ready and waiting. 538 00:35:07,104 --> 00:35:10,232 They'll slaughter every single last one of us. 539 00:35:10,315 --> 00:35:13,944 That's an extremely pessimistic forecast. 540 00:35:14,861 --> 00:35:16,279 Are you absolutely certain? 541 00:35:16,488 --> 00:35:17,989 No. 542 00:35:18,198 --> 00:35:19,741 I'm not certain. 543 00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:23,578 I'm confident that the storms will come. 544 00:35:23,578 --> 00:35:26,164 I can't be absolutely certain as to when. 545 00:35:26,164 --> 00:35:28,083 Not good enough. 546 00:35:28,208 --> 00:35:29,459 If the storms come tonight, 547 00:35:29,584 --> 00:35:31,837 then they may burn themselves off by Monday. 548 00:35:31,878 --> 00:35:35,173 If they come tomorrow, then the weather will be... 549 00:35:35,257 --> 00:35:36,550 exactly as I described. 550 00:35:36,716 --> 00:35:38,510 We must go regardless. 551 00:35:41,221 --> 00:35:43,348 This moment demands judgment 552 00:35:43,348 --> 00:35:45,976 shaped by actual battlefield experience. 553 00:35:46,143 --> 00:35:48,812 We can't risk another Exercise Tiger. 554 00:35:50,814 --> 00:35:55,318 My men are ready and primed for the big match. 555 00:35:55,443 --> 00:35:58,238 Get them onto the beaches somehow, anyhow. 556 00:35:58,405 --> 00:36:00,490 Leave the rest to me. 557 00:36:10,542 --> 00:36:11,918 Reload me, please. 558 00:36:12,043 --> 00:36:14,504 Let's go. It's time. 559 00:36:18,049 --> 00:36:23,597 Monty. 560 00:36:23,597 --> 00:36:25,307 You can think what you like, 561 00:36:25,307 --> 00:36:28,602 and you can say what you like to my face, 562 00:36:28,810 --> 00:36:32,230 but don't you ever undermine me in front of the men again. 563 00:36:32,397 --> 00:36:34,149 Relax, old chap. 564 00:36:47,454 --> 00:36:49,623 Dress rehearsal for D-Day. 565 00:36:51,917 --> 00:36:58,506 Half those boys were fresh out of the draft. 566 00:36:58,506 --> 00:37:01,551 So I called in live artillery to... 567 00:37:03,136 --> 00:37:07,057 ...toughen them up. 568 00:37:07,057 --> 00:37:10,977 Naval command was supposed to bomb the beach 569 00:37:11,144 --> 00:37:13,730 an hour before we landed. 570 00:37:15,523 --> 00:37:20,820 There were delays, so we had to push the start time back. 571 00:37:23,823 --> 00:37:29,371 Our radios had a different frequency from the Brits. 572 00:37:31,539 --> 00:37:36,336 Our boys never got the message. 573 00:37:36,336 --> 00:37:40,882 They walked right into it. 574 00:37:40,882 --> 00:37:42,759 One mistake. 575 00:37:43,969 --> 00:37:46,054 Just that one mistake. 576 00:37:52,310 --> 00:37:53,603 Ike. 577 00:37:54,646 --> 00:37:56,856 Ike, look at me. 578 00:38:01,319 --> 00:38:05,031 You have to stop doing this to yourself. 579 00:38:05,156 --> 00:38:06,950 What's done is done. 580 00:38:08,285 --> 00:38:10,120 When I close my eyes... 581 00:38:12,706 --> 00:38:22,299 ...all I can see is failure. 582 00:38:23,925 --> 00:38:25,427 Evening, sir. 583 00:38:25,593 --> 00:38:27,429 Evening, Irv. You doing all right? 584 00:38:27,595 --> 00:38:29,222 Yeah. Can we talk? 585 00:38:29,222 --> 00:38:31,224 What's on your mind? 586 00:38:31,224 --> 00:38:33,268 Well, sir, I'm not sure 587 00:38:35,270 --> 00:38:37,147 Associated Press have just announced 588 00:38:37,355 --> 00:38:39,649 that we're landing in France tomorrow. 589 00:38:41,526 --> 00:38:44,487 CBS, Radio Moscow, they've already picked it up. 590 00:38:45,613 --> 00:38:47,449 -Get General McClure on this. -Yep. 591 00:38:49,576 --> 00:38:50,869 And I want names. 592 00:38:50,994 --> 00:38:52,579 Understood. 593 00:38:56,124 --> 00:39:02,422 You were saying? 594 00:39:02,422 --> 00:39:04,132 Stagg! 595 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,137 Stagg! 596 00:39:13,099 --> 00:39:21,900 Everyone out! 597 00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:26,654 Move! 598 00:39:26,654 --> 00:39:29,032 Close the door behind you. 599 00:39:31,159 --> 00:39:34,788 That, uh, forecast you gave... 600 00:39:36,498 --> 00:39:39,959 ...was that the view of the British 601 00:39:40,168 --> 00:39:42,754 and the American teams? 602 00:39:42,837 --> 00:39:45,173 It was the view of the Allied Meteorological Unit. 603 00:39:45,256 --> 00:39:48,093 Don't give me that mealymouthed crap! 604 00:39:48,176 --> 00:39:50,553 Krick told me-- he just told me!-- 605 00:39:50,762 --> 00:39:52,889 the weather on Monday is gonna be fine. 606 00:39:52,889 --> 00:39:57,477 Just fine. Sunny and beautiful! 607 00:39:57,477 --> 00:40:00,021 Well, Colonel Krick had no right to speak on behalf of... 608 00:40:00,021 --> 00:40:02,607 Wrong! Colonel Krick has every right 609 00:40:02,732 --> 00:40:06,861 to speak up if he thinks that that will affect 610 00:40:06,986 --> 00:40:10,407 the outcome of the invasion! 611 00:40:10,407 --> 00:40:14,577 Is that clear?! 612 00:40:16,413 --> 00:40:17,747 Yes, sir. 613 00:40:22,502 --> 00:40:24,254 Who? 614 00:40:25,672 --> 00:40:28,800 Ordering my man to stand down? 615 00:40:28,967 --> 00:40:33,263 Pestering my staff so that you can phone home? 616 00:40:36,516 --> 00:40:39,853 May I respond, sir? 617 00:40:39,853 --> 00:40:44,566 I'm all ears. 618 00:40:44,566 --> 00:40:48,153 As chief meteorological officer, 619 00:40:48,236 --> 00:40:50,155 I take full responsibility 620 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:55,201 for the recommendation made at the meeting. 621 00:40:55,201 --> 00:40:59,330 And it was precisely because Colonel Krick and I disagreed 622 00:40:59,330 --> 00:41:03,460 that I decided it would be clearer and simpler 623 00:41:03,543 --> 00:41:05,253 if I spoke alone. 624 00:41:05,378 --> 00:41:08,715 Krick's forecasts have saved 625 00:41:08,882 --> 00:41:11,259 thousands of lives. 626 00:41:11,342 --> 00:41:18,933 Why on God's green earth should I trust you? 627 00:41:18,933 --> 00:41:20,643 Because Colonel Krick has been lucky. 628 00:41:20,685 --> 00:41:22,479 Good. 629 00:41:25,899 --> 00:41:27,650 Why was he lucky? 630 00:41:28,651 --> 00:41:30,862 He's been lucky because he's been tasked 631 00:41:30,862 --> 00:41:34,657 with forecasting stable weather systems. 632 00:41:35,909 --> 00:41:39,037 When patterns are predictable, then yes, of course, 633 00:41:39,078 --> 00:41:41,331 analog charts can be useful. 634 00:41:41,498 --> 00:41:44,584 In North Africa, he never made a mistake. 635 00:41:44,709 --> 00:41:46,753 -Not once. -Well, of course he didn't. 636 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,005 He was safe as houses there. 637 00:41:50,089 --> 00:41:52,592 The conditions here, sir... 638 00:41:52,634 --> 00:41:54,260 they're not comparable. 639 00:41:54,427 --> 00:41:56,638 Look at the charts, sir. 640 00:42:01,351 --> 00:42:03,728 Here, there are two-- not one but two-- 641 00:42:03,853 --> 00:42:06,731 major storms advancing towards the Normandy coast 642 00:42:06,856 --> 00:42:08,441 even as we speak. 643 00:42:08,441 --> 00:42:11,069 That's nowhere near France. 644 00:42:11,069 --> 00:42:13,905 No, sir. 645 00:42:13,905 --> 00:42:15,490 Not yet. 646 00:42:22,038 --> 00:42:26,334 I want a forecast the two of you agree on. 647 00:42:26,334 --> 00:42:28,378 Clear? 648 00:42:28,378 --> 00:42:32,674 Yes, sir. 649 00:42:32,674 --> 00:42:34,968 OPW confirmed full retraction. 650 00:42:35,093 --> 00:42:36,719 Thank you. 651 00:42:36,803 --> 00:42:38,721 Not at all, sir. 652 00:42:52,443 --> 00:42:55,613 I didn't tell him about you trying to call home. 653 00:42:55,822 --> 00:42:59,242 Someone downstairs must have leaked it, I'm afraid. 654 00:43:00,618 --> 00:43:02,036 Okay. 655 00:43:05,540 --> 00:43:07,083 Just let it wash over you. 656 00:43:07,250 --> 00:43:09,669 He won't even remember what he said. 657 00:43:09,669 --> 00:43:12,422 That how you deal with him? 658 00:43:12,422 --> 00:43:14,257 Ah, he's nothing. 659 00:43:14,424 --> 00:43:17,176 I was an ambulance driver during the Blitz. 660 00:43:17,176 --> 00:43:18,595 There were so many dead bodies, 661 00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:21,931 we had to use a cinema as a morgue. 662 00:43:21,931 --> 00:43:25,059 -You just grow a thick skin. -Hmm. 663 00:43:28,187 --> 00:43:29,897 From ambulance driver 664 00:43:29,939 --> 00:43:32,442 to aide to the supreme commander. 665 00:43:32,442 --> 00:43:34,402 Mm-hmm. 666 00:43:34,485 --> 00:43:37,071 Driver, secretary, 667 00:43:37,196 --> 00:43:39,532 aide, nurse. 668 00:43:39,532 --> 00:43:40,950 Everything, really. 669 00:43:43,828 --> 00:43:46,873 We've been together for three years now. 670 00:43:48,041 --> 00:43:52,211 I've been to Morocco, Algeria. 671 00:43:57,550 --> 00:43:59,052 Must be exciting. 672 00:44:02,221 --> 00:44:13,941 It has its moments. 673 00:44:13,941 --> 00:44:16,319 So, these storms you keep talking about-- 674 00:44:16,444 --> 00:44:21,449 how are you so certain that they're coming? 675 00:44:21,449 --> 00:44:23,076 I'm not certain. 676 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,329 You can't be certain about the weather. 677 00:44:27,330 --> 00:44:29,749 All we can do is look to the evidence. 678 00:44:29,874 --> 00:44:37,256 Do you know that weathermen are traditionally a little boring? 679 00:44:37,256 --> 00:44:42,345 How dare you say that? 680 00:44:42,345 --> 00:44:46,015 Weathermen, maybe, but how can the weather be boring? 681 00:44:49,268 --> 00:44:51,187 The weather. 682 00:44:52,105 --> 00:44:54,107 Can destroy us. 683 00:44:54,273 --> 00:44:56,651 Controls our daily life. 684 00:44:58,611 --> 00:45:05,702 I don't think that's boring. 685 00:45:05,702 --> 00:45:09,664 People ask, "When will it rain? When will the sun come out?" 686 00:45:11,874 --> 00:45:13,876 But what about, "Why does it rain?" 687 00:45:16,045 --> 00:45:17,880 "Why does the wind blow?" 688 00:45:19,424 --> 00:45:20,883 "What's the wind?" 689 00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,598 Excuse me. 690 00:45:27,724 --> 00:45:29,475 Yes. Stagg. 691 00:45:29,475 --> 00:45:30,852 Yes, go ahead. Repeat that. 692 00:45:31,018 --> 00:45:33,563 Zero, zero, one, zero, four... 693 00:45:33,563 --> 00:45:35,648 StratoCu at 2,000 feet. 694 00:45:35,815 --> 00:45:50,246 Tops at 5,000 feet. 695 00:45:50,246 --> 00:45:52,165 Good news or bad? 696 00:45:52,331 --> 00:45:53,750 We're looking good, sir. 697 00:45:53,916 --> 00:45:55,877 I couldn't disagree with that more. 698 00:45:55,877 --> 00:45:57,503 We're not looking good at all. 699 00:45:57,670 --> 00:45:59,255 You know what, I am done 700 00:45:59,338 --> 00:46:03,009 with this Scotch pessimism of yours, this Highland gloom. 701 00:46:03,009 --> 00:46:04,427 I'm not from the Highlands. 702 00:46:04,427 --> 00:46:05,803 Well, your Lowland gloom, then. 703 00:46:05,970 --> 00:46:08,264 I'm neither from the Highlands nor the Lowlands. 704 00:46:09,223 --> 00:46:10,391 Well, wherever it is he's from, 705 00:46:10,558 --> 00:46:11,934 we're in good shape for Monday, sir. 706 00:46:12,018 --> 00:46:13,478 You see this? 707 00:46:13,686 --> 00:46:15,563 This ridge of high pressure has already moved in 708 00:46:15,646 --> 00:46:18,983 from the Azores, just as it did on June 3, 1925. 709 00:46:19,108 --> 00:46:20,860 This is moronic. 710 00:46:21,736 --> 00:46:24,197 This is actually moronic. 711 00:46:24,405 --> 00:46:25,782 Oh, so I'm moronic now? 712 00:46:25,823 --> 00:46:27,241 That's great, Stagg. That's just great. 713 00:46:28,785 --> 00:46:30,328 I'm not insulting you. I'm just describing you. 714 00:46:30,536 --> 00:46:31,829 As a moron? 715 00:46:31,829 --> 00:46:32,872 All right, enough. 716 00:46:32,997 --> 00:46:34,540 As a confident moron, yes. 717 00:46:34,665 --> 00:46:35,958 Oh, go to hell, Stagg. You come in here, 718 00:46:36,167 --> 00:46:37,585 -you think you're better than us? -Hey! All right, 719 00:46:37,585 --> 00:46:38,878 all right, all right, that's enough. 720 00:46:38,878 --> 00:46:41,297 Jesus Christ. 721 00:46:41,380 --> 00:46:43,216 We have three hours. 722 00:46:44,258 --> 00:46:50,014 Three hours until we take this up with the C-in-Cs. 723 00:46:50,014 --> 00:46:51,599 Now... 724 00:46:52,892 --> 00:46:55,186 ...go or not go? 725 00:46:55,269 --> 00:46:56,687 Sir, what we need to consider... 726 00:46:56,771 --> 00:46:58,815 No, no. No, no more considering. 727 00:46:58,856 --> 00:47:00,316 No. 728 00:47:00,316 --> 00:47:03,236 Go or don't go? Go or don't go? 729 00:47:03,361 --> 00:47:04,946 That's it. Which is it?! 730 00:47:05,029 --> 00:47:06,322 We should go, sir. 731 00:47:07,281 --> 00:47:08,407 Stagg. 732 00:47:11,744 --> 00:47:13,579 I'm sorry, we'll have to call you back. 733 00:47:13,579 --> 00:47:15,665 Understood. 734 00:47:15,665 --> 00:47:17,458 Uh, uh, I-I'm sorry, sir. It's for you. 735 00:47:17,458 --> 00:47:19,126 Not now. 736 00:47:19,126 --> 00:47:20,837 They say it's extremely urgent. 737 00:47:25,508 --> 00:47:27,093 Yes. Stagg. 738 00:47:27,260 --> 00:47:29,053 Sir, this is Private Amy Haig from Signals 739 00:47:29,178 --> 00:47:31,430 relaying a message from the Dunstable Met Office. 740 00:47:31,597 --> 00:47:33,975 Your wife was taken to the maternity ward of St. Mary's. 741 00:47:34,141 --> 00:47:36,435 -She is pregnant, yes? -Yes. 742 00:47:36,435 --> 00:47:37,562 Yes, that's correct. 743 00:47:39,021 --> 00:47:40,523 Have I missed it? 744 00:47:40,690 --> 00:47:42,859 Well, sir, they felt you should know: 745 00:47:42,859 --> 00:47:45,236 St. Mary's Hospital was bombed earlier tonight. 746 00:47:45,361 --> 00:47:47,947 There have been casualties, sir, and they're... 747 00:47:48,030 --> 00:47:50,366 they're still looking for your wife. 748 00:47:56,956 --> 00:48:05,840 Group Captain Stagg? 749 00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:07,633 Is there any more information? 750 00:48:07,842 --> 00:48:09,802 Not at this point, sir. 751 00:48:11,137 --> 00:48:12,930 But there's been casualties? 752 00:48:13,055 --> 00:48:14,557 Yes, sir. 753 00:48:22,064 --> 00:48:25,860 Okay. Well, um... 754 00:48:25,860 --> 00:48:28,821 Well, if you have any more... 755 00:48:28,821 --> 00:48:31,157 information, then let me know-- anything. 756 00:48:31,157 --> 00:48:32,909 Of course, sir. 757 00:48:35,953 --> 00:48:37,413 Thank you. 758 00:48:37,496 --> 00:48:42,043 You're welcome, sir. 759 00:48:42,043 --> 00:48:52,845 There a problem, Stagg? 760 00:48:52,845 --> 00:48:55,222 No. It's irrelevant. 761 00:48:55,222 --> 00:48:57,308 Good. 762 00:48:57,391 --> 00:48:59,560 So, can I give the order? 763 00:49:01,896 --> 00:49:03,814 What? 764 00:49:03,981 --> 00:49:05,858 The order. 765 00:49:05,858 --> 00:49:07,735 For Monday. 766 00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:12,490 No. 767 00:49:12,490 --> 00:49:13,908 N-No? 768 00:49:13,950 --> 00:49:17,662 I mean, so you're saying don't give the order? 769 00:49:17,787 --> 00:49:19,997 Is that it? 770 00:49:19,997 --> 00:49:21,958 Yeah, that... Yes. 771 00:49:24,001 --> 00:49:27,630 Yes. I'm saying that... I'm saying... 772 00:49:27,713 --> 00:49:32,134 that the weather on Monday will be extremely poor. 773 00:49:34,303 --> 00:49:38,224 Let me tell you my problem, Stagg. 774 00:49:38,224 --> 00:49:41,268 Even I can see that 775 00:49:41,477 --> 00:49:45,815 Krick's anticyclone is on the move, 776 00:49:45,982 --> 00:49:50,486 because it's right here on the goddamn map. 777 00:49:52,863 --> 00:49:57,410 Now, our final meeting is at 0400 hours, 778 00:50:00,579 --> 00:50:02,873 to change anything, 779 00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:07,253 so unless you can prove these storms are inbound, 780 00:50:07,420 --> 00:50:09,714 we invade as planned 781 00:50:09,797 --> 00:50:15,511 Monday, June 5th, 0630 hours. 782 00:50:15,511 --> 00:50:17,638 Yes, sir. 783 00:50:17,638 --> 00:50:48,544 Three hours, gentlemen. 784 00:51:02,224 --> 00:51:04,518 Yeah! 785 00:51:13,152 --> 00:51:15,404 ♪ Oh... ♪ 786 00:51:17,782 --> 00:51:22,536 ♪ The hi-de-ho man, that's me ♪ 787 00:51:22,536 --> 00:51:25,915 ♪ How'd you like to blow your top? ♪ 788 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,626 ♪ Dig yourself some fine rebop? ♪ 789 00:51:28,709 --> 00:51:31,837 ♪ Hi-de-hi, he-de-he ♪ 790 00:51:31,921 --> 00:51:34,757 ♪ Oh, the hi-de-ho man, that's me ♪ 791 00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:36,550 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 792 00:51:39,929 --> 00:51:41,388 ♪ Hey-de, hey-de, hey-de-hey ♪ 793 00:51:41,514 --> 00:51:43,516 ♪ He-de, he-de, he-de-he ♪ 794 00:51:43,516 --> 00:51:44,934 ♪ He-de, he-de, he-de-he ♪ 795 00:51:45,017 --> 00:51:46,393 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 796 00:51:46,602 --> 00:51:48,104 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 797 00:51:48,104 --> 00:51:49,730 ♪ Say, I hepped 'em in London ♪ 798 00:51:49,730 --> 00:51:51,357 ♪ I hepped 'em in Holland ♪ 799 00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,734 ♪ I hepped 'em in gay Paris ♪ 800 00:51:53,734 --> 00:51:57,446 ♪ Yes, sirree, yes, sirree ♪ 801 00:51:57,613 --> 00:52:00,866 ♪ Oh, the hi-de-ho man, that's me ♪ 802 00:52:00,866 --> 00:52:02,993 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 803 00:52:02,993 --> 00:52:04,245 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 804 00:52:04,245 --> 00:52:06,163 ♪ Oh-ho, de-ho-de ♪ 805 00:52:06,205 --> 00:52:07,540 ♪ Ho, de-ho-de ♪ 806 00:52:07,540 --> 00:52:09,583 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 807 00:52:09,583 --> 00:52:11,710 ♪ Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de-hi ♪ 808 00:52:31,605 --> 00:52:33,774 ♪ The hi-de-ho man, that's me. ♪ 809 00:52:57,756 --> 00:52:59,758 Dr. Stagg. 810 00:53:05,764 --> 00:53:07,683 Come with me. 811 00:53:07,892 --> 00:53:09,351 Come on. 812 00:53:10,603 --> 00:53:15,399 We need you back there. 813 00:53:15,399 --> 00:53:17,026 Come on. 814 00:53:20,446 --> 00:53:22,615 You'll be all right. 815 00:53:23,532 --> 00:53:25,367 -Yes. -Mm-hmm. 816 00:53:29,830 --> 00:53:31,415 Anything at all. 817 00:53:31,415 --> 00:53:32,875 Yeah. 818 00:53:36,795 --> 00:53:39,006 Uh, this just came through, sir. 819 00:54:09,453 --> 00:54:10,704 I want to say something. 820 00:54:10,788 --> 00:54:12,873 Yeah, what's that? 821 00:54:12,998 --> 00:54:15,668 I think the way you're treating Stagg is wrong. 822 00:54:16,794 --> 00:54:18,212 I think if you keep it up, 823 00:54:18,212 --> 00:54:20,214 he's gonna crack and you'll lose him. 824 00:54:20,214 --> 00:54:22,132 Then I'll work with Krick. 825 00:54:22,341 --> 00:54:25,636 You know I like Irv, but he-he's no match for Stagg. 826 00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:27,137 Since when are you an expert? 827 00:54:27,179 --> 00:54:28,847 Don't talk to me like that. 828 00:54:30,849 --> 00:54:32,309 -She's pregnant. -In labor. 829 00:54:32,393 --> 00:54:34,019 Hospital's bombed, yes. 830 00:54:34,144 --> 00:54:35,729 I know. What else? 831 00:54:35,813 --> 00:54:39,817 He doesn't know if his pregnant wife is dead or alive. 832 00:54:39,817 --> 00:54:41,235 Uh-huh. Yes. 833 00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:43,153 -Let me find out. -Find out what? 834 00:54:43,237 --> 00:54:45,322 I can make it to the hospital and back in a couple of hours. 835 00:54:45,531 --> 00:54:47,366 -How are you gonna do that? -It'll give him clarity. 836 00:54:47,533 --> 00:54:48,784 No. No, I need you here. 837 00:54:48,867 --> 00:54:50,244 It's just a couple of hours. 838 00:54:50,327 --> 00:54:51,787 No. 839 00:54:55,332 --> 00:55:01,380 Dismissed. 840 00:55:01,380 --> 00:55:15,102 Dismissed, Lieutenant. 841 00:55:15,102 --> 00:55:16,478 South Iceland, 842 00:55:16,603 --> 00:55:18,397 seven-tenths StratoCu, 3,000 feet, 843 00:55:18,397 --> 00:55:19,940 southeast force six. 844 00:55:20,024 --> 00:55:21,525 ...ten-tenths at 1,500 feet. 845 00:55:32,244 --> 00:55:34,455 So we have warm sector conditions over Ireland, 846 00:55:34,538 --> 00:55:36,749 and low 9-9-6 is off the northwest of Scotland. 847 00:55:36,915 --> 00:55:37,958 It's the secondary low. 848 00:55:38,083 --> 00:55:39,543 That's causing a low cloud base. 849 00:55:39,710 --> 00:55:41,962 It's very high dew points in that warm sector upstream. 850 00:55:42,046 --> 00:55:43,380 No sign of frontal systems moving north. 851 00:55:43,380 --> 00:55:45,174 Not yet. 852 00:55:45,299 --> 00:55:46,800 -They're about to start, sir. -Just a couple more minutes. 853 00:55:46,842 --> 00:55:48,385 Please. 854 00:55:48,385 --> 00:55:51,055 I have the 1300 and 1800 surface air maps. Bryant. 855 00:55:51,221 --> 00:55:52,973 It's okay. 856 00:55:56,143 --> 00:55:58,270 We don't need the charts. 857 00:55:59,646 --> 00:56:01,690 We still have a little time, sir. 858 00:56:37,893 --> 00:56:40,646 Irving, why don't you start us off, please? 859 00:56:40,729 --> 00:56:42,272 Yes, sir. 860 00:56:42,439 --> 00:56:43,982 Gentlemen... 861 00:56:43,982 --> 00:56:47,986 this is a chart for June 3, 1925. 862 00:56:47,986 --> 00:56:49,780 You'll notice here and here 863 00:56:49,947 --> 00:56:53,158 a temporary weakening of pressure over the Azores, 864 00:56:53,158 --> 00:56:55,119 just as we're seeing today. 865 00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:59,748 Now, within 24 hours, that pressure reasserted itself, 866 00:56:59,832 --> 00:57:02,751 and it cleared the storm threatening Northern Europe. 867 00:57:02,751 --> 00:57:04,586 As you can see... 868 00:57:05,629 --> 00:57:10,717 ...nearly identical patterns occurred in 1904 and 1925, 869 00:57:10,717 --> 00:57:12,594 and I can give you plenty of others, 870 00:57:12,678 --> 00:57:15,431 but the bottom line is this: 871 00:57:15,472 --> 00:57:20,352 Tomorrow, Monday, June 5th, is good to go. 872 00:57:24,648 --> 00:57:26,483 Thank you. 873 00:57:32,489 --> 00:57:34,450 Stagg? 874 00:57:35,409 --> 00:57:42,791 You've got the floor. 875 00:57:42,791 --> 00:57:46,962 Nobody here likes me very much. 876 00:57:46,962 --> 00:57:49,339 I realize that, and that's all right. 877 00:57:49,423 --> 00:57:51,425 I don't expect you to like me, 878 00:57:56,346 --> 00:57:59,349 Um, I could stand here and provide you 879 00:57:59,475 --> 00:58:03,687 with yet more, uh, data-- 880 00:58:03,854 --> 00:58:06,523 the latest barometric readings, the wind speeds, 881 00:58:06,690 --> 00:58:09,735 the new upper-air soundings that we've collated-- 882 00:58:09,735 --> 00:58:13,489 but none of it is going to make a lick of difference, is it? 883 00:58:15,699 --> 00:58:18,869 Is it? 884 00:58:18,869 --> 00:58:22,414 Because you want to believe that-- 885 00:58:22,623 --> 00:58:26,084 what Colonel Krick's just said, that it's going to be safe 886 00:58:26,210 --> 00:58:29,171 to land in Normandy tomorrow-- and so that's what you believe. 887 00:58:29,296 --> 00:58:32,466 But everything that he's just said 888 00:58:32,466 --> 00:58:35,552 is pure, unadulterated... 889 00:58:35,552 --> 00:58:41,099 horseshit. 890 00:58:41,099 --> 00:58:44,102 You can muster all the tanks and soldiers 891 00:58:44,311 --> 00:58:47,105 and ships that you like. 892 00:58:51,109 --> 00:58:55,322 but if you invade tomorrow, they're going to be washed away. 893 00:58:57,699 --> 00:59:01,870 Because the storms that I'm talking about are real, 894 00:59:01,912 --> 00:59:03,830 and the jet stream that's propelling them 895 00:59:03,956 --> 00:59:07,334 towards the Normandy coast is real, 896 00:59:07,334 --> 00:59:13,298 and the wrath of nature... 897 00:59:13,298 --> 00:59:15,092 ...is real. 898 00:59:15,092 --> 00:59:17,386 And if you ignore it, 899 00:59:17,553 --> 00:59:21,848 then countless men and countless boys... 900 00:59:31,775 --> 00:59:32,901 That's it. 901 00:59:37,948 --> 00:59:39,741 He's lost his bloody mind. 902 00:59:42,286 --> 00:59:44,079 Why is it horseshit? 903 00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:46,790 Yes, the weather was as he described 904 00:59:46,790 --> 00:59:50,877 in 1904 and 1925, but he fails to mention 1916. 905 00:59:50,877 --> 00:59:52,713 June 5th, the Battle for Mount Sorrel. 906 00:59:52,754 --> 00:59:55,132 Then, as now, there were areas of high pressure 907 00:59:55,257 --> 00:59:57,884 above the Azores, but the storms came anyway. 908 00:59:57,884 --> 01:00:00,220 Many people here will remember that battle. 909 01:00:00,220 --> 01:00:03,015 Chaos. Absolute chaos! 910 01:00:03,015 --> 01:00:04,725 Thousands of lives lost! 911 01:00:04,850 --> 01:00:06,768 Hell on earth! Torrential rain! 912 01:00:06,893 --> 01:00:09,855 He's selecting the data that suits him 913 01:00:09,855 --> 01:00:12,482 and ignoring the rest, and we must face the facts. 914 01:00:12,649 --> 01:00:14,401 The facts! 915 01:00:14,568 --> 01:00:16,695 However frightening they may be! 916 01:00:20,032 --> 01:00:22,075 Well, if... 917 01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:28,373 if not Monday, when? 918 01:00:28,373 --> 01:00:30,292 Not before June 18. 919 01:00:30,375 --> 01:00:33,253 Christ on a bike, he's still talking about the 18th. 920 01:00:33,378 --> 01:00:34,880 The 18th? 921 01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:36,548 There is no 18th. 922 01:00:36,548 --> 01:00:39,134 No 18th. No 18th! 923 01:00:39,176 --> 01:00:40,260 None! 924 01:00:40,427 --> 01:00:41,595 None, none, none, none, none! 925 01:00:41,595 --> 01:00:44,056 The 18th is not an option! 926 01:00:44,056 --> 01:00:57,486 Montgomery. 927 01:00:57,486 --> 01:00:59,529 Bertie... 928 01:00:59,738 --> 01:01:02,991 what is the worst 929 01:01:03,116 --> 01:01:05,202 we can tolerate? 930 01:01:05,327 --> 01:01:08,789 Waves of four to six feet would be tolerable. 931 01:01:10,290 --> 01:01:12,709 Anything over six feet... 932 01:01:12,918 --> 01:01:15,003 impossible. 933 01:01:16,546 --> 01:01:17,964 Stagg? 934 01:01:17,964 --> 01:01:26,973 I'm estimating waves of eight to ten feet. 935 01:01:26,973 --> 01:01:28,892 Trafford, worst case? 936 01:01:28,892 --> 01:01:30,686 Cloud base can't be lower than a thousand feet, 937 01:01:30,811 --> 01:01:32,896 or we're flying blind. 938 01:01:33,063 --> 01:01:35,941 Cloud base will be at least eight to ten-tenths 939 01:01:36,149 --> 01:01:37,567 below a thousand feet. 940 01:01:37,609 --> 01:01:39,277 Then don't fly. 941 01:01:39,444 --> 01:01:41,196 Ramsay, you get us ashore, our men will handle the rest. 942 01:01:41,363 --> 01:01:43,031 -Without air cover? -With or without. 943 01:01:43,115 --> 01:01:44,700 Shut up, Monty. 944 01:01:44,825 --> 01:01:46,868 We need to land, is what we need to do. 945 01:01:46,868 --> 01:01:48,995 If we don't land, we have no fourth front, 946 01:01:48,995 --> 01:01:50,580 -and without a fourth front... -For God's sake, Monty. 947 01:01:50,747 --> 01:01:53,333 With waves of ten feet, we won't be landing anywhere. 948 01:01:53,458 --> 01:01:54,918 Well, then, let's just start 949 01:01:55,085 --> 01:01:56,628 the blasted Kraut lessons now, then, shall we, 950 01:01:56,628 --> 01:01:58,088 and all the goose-stepping? 951 01:01:58,088 --> 01:01:59,881 And then maybe one day years from now, 952 01:01:59,965 --> 01:02:02,008 we can all yodel about the time that we didn't... 953 01:02:02,008 --> 01:02:04,052 Enough! 954 01:02:13,562 --> 01:02:15,814 Krick, do you have anything to add? 955 01:02:15,856 --> 01:02:18,525 I'm telling you, sir, next week is nothing but clear skies. 956 01:02:18,525 --> 01:02:21,611 If you choose to postpone, 957 01:02:26,867 --> 01:02:28,869 I maintain my position. 958 01:02:33,498 --> 01:02:35,751 And I maintain mine. 959 01:02:41,006 --> 01:02:42,966 Then so be it. 960 01:02:43,049 --> 01:02:59,691 D-Day will be postponed. 961 01:02:59,691 --> 01:03:01,193 Ike. 962 01:03:01,318 --> 01:03:02,736 I hate to bring this up, 963 01:03:06,072 --> 01:03:07,449 Now, they've obviously been briefed 964 01:03:07,532 --> 01:03:09,159 as to the invasion plans. 965 01:03:09,159 --> 01:03:11,119 Yeah, that's a lot of loose lips. 966 01:03:11,244 --> 01:03:12,829 Secure all troops. 967 01:03:12,871 --> 01:03:14,456 -I repeat, secure all troops. -I repeat, 968 01:03:14,456 --> 01:03:16,166 all troops must be detained at once. 969 01:03:16,166 --> 01:03:17,459 No one leaves until further notice. 970 01:03:17,459 --> 01:03:19,586 No one leaves until further notice. 971 01:03:19,628 --> 01:03:21,922 I repeat, all troops must be detained at once. 972 01:03:22,088 --> 01:03:23,465 All troops must be detained at once. 973 01:03:23,632 --> 01:03:25,884 Secure them on board, no exceptions. 974 01:03:54,955 --> 01:03:56,623 You did the right thing. 975 01:04:11,888 --> 01:04:13,431 Jesus. 976 01:04:16,768 --> 01:04:18,353 Should've gone. 977 01:04:18,562 --> 01:04:20,105 Ike. 978 01:05:37,766 --> 01:05:43,563 ♪ All creatures of our God and King ♪ 979 01:05:43,647 --> 01:05:49,152 ♪ Lift up your voice and with us sing ♪ 980 01:05:49,235 --> 01:05:56,201 ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪ 981 01:05:56,409 --> 01:05:59,371 ♪ Thou burning sun ♪ 982 01:05:59,537 --> 01:06:02,666 ♪ With golden beam ♪ 983 01:06:02,749 --> 01:06:05,126 ♪ Thou silver moon ♪ 984 01:06:05,126 --> 01:06:08,713 ♪ With softer gleam ♪ 985 01:06:08,713 --> 01:06:14,511 ♪ O praise him, O praise him ♪ 986 01:06:14,594 --> 01:06:20,642 ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪ 987 01:06:20,725 --> 01:06:28,692 ♪ Alleluia ♪ 988 01:06:28,692 --> 01:06:34,656 ♪ Thou rushing wind that art so strong ♪ 989 01:06:34,698 --> 01:06:40,370 ♪ Ye clouds that sail in heaven along ♪ 990 01:06:40,495 --> 01:06:46,376 ♪ O praise him, O praise him ♪ 991 01:06:46,501 --> 01:06:52,382 ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪ 992 01:06:52,507 --> 01:07:11,443 ♪ Alleluia. ♪ 993 01:07:11,443 --> 01:07:15,030 God, grant to the living... 994 01:07:16,031 --> 01:07:18,116 ...grace. 995 01:07:18,283 --> 01:07:21,369 To the departed, rest. 996 01:07:21,453 --> 01:07:23,788 To the nation, 997 01:07:23,955 --> 01:07:27,709 peace and concord. 998 01:07:27,709 --> 01:07:30,003 To us all, your servants, 999 01:07:30,170 --> 01:07:33,381 the promise of eternal life. 1000 01:07:50,607 --> 01:07:54,819 Your blessing to unite us all in your service 1001 01:07:54,861 --> 01:07:59,365 to our God and to this, our country. 1002 01:08:05,789 --> 01:08:08,708 Light to guide us... 1003 01:08:08,833 --> 01:08:11,419 guide us on our way. 1004 01:08:20,178 --> 01:08:24,724 Courage to support us and your blessing to unite us... 1005 01:08:24,808 --> 01:08:27,685 in service to you. 1006 01:08:56,005 --> 01:08:57,590 Amen. 1007 01:08:57,590 --> 01:08:59,968 Amen. 1008 01:10:05,742 --> 01:10:08,786 We can't keep the men locked up like this, Ike. 1009 01:10:08,828 --> 01:10:10,705 Not for two more weeks. 1010 01:10:12,665 --> 01:10:14,918 Well, what do you want me to do? 1011 01:10:15,043 --> 01:10:18,379 Furlough 300,000 men with the playbook for D-Day? 1012 01:10:19,505 --> 01:10:21,883 We might as well tell the Nazis ourselves. 1013 01:10:22,842 --> 01:10:25,178 It's just an observation. 1014 01:10:27,180 --> 01:10:30,350 We will find a way, Trafford. 1015 01:10:30,350 --> 01:10:33,269 Hang in there. 1016 01:10:33,269 --> 01:10:34,395 Yes. 1017 01:10:35,438 --> 01:10:36,689 Sir. 1018 01:10:45,114 --> 01:10:47,075 So L2 and 3 have merged into one system. 1019 01:10:47,158 --> 01:10:48,534 Mm. And a new low 1020 01:10:48,618 --> 01:10:49,953 has intensified east of Newfoundland. 1021 01:10:50,119 --> 01:10:51,496 Uh, sir? 1022 01:10:51,663 --> 01:10:54,666 Excuse me, Dr. Stagg? 1023 01:10:54,666 --> 01:11:00,296 The cold front appears to be clearing western Ireland. 1024 01:11:00,296 --> 01:11:01,839 What? 1025 01:11:01,839 --> 01:11:06,886 It's clearing, sir. 1026 01:11:06,886 --> 01:11:09,013 What's the geostrophic gradient? 1027 01:11:09,138 --> 01:11:12,809 Uh, 40 knots north, sir. 1028 01:11:12,976 --> 01:11:15,019 So it's slowing. 1029 01:11:15,144 --> 01:11:17,397 Well, you can't be sure, sir. We've only had one reading. 1030 01:11:17,397 --> 01:11:18,982 -Where'd it come from? -Northwest Ireland. 1031 01:11:19,148 --> 01:11:21,025 Tell me specifically, who... who recorded it? 1032 01:11:21,150 --> 01:11:22,568 What weather base? 1033 01:11:22,694 --> 01:11:25,863 A Miss Maureen Sweeney, sir. 1034 01:11:25,905 --> 01:11:32,245 -Blacksod Point. -Show me. 1035 01:11:32,245 --> 01:11:34,205 Well, call her back. Double-check it. 1036 01:11:34,247 --> 01:11:35,707 -Triple-check it. -Sir. 1037 01:11:35,832 --> 01:11:36,958 Right now, please. 1038 01:11:39,252 --> 01:11:40,920 Can you ask, uh, Teleprinter Ops 1039 01:11:40,920 --> 01:11:42,797 to get me readings from every base 1040 01:11:42,797 --> 01:11:45,008 within 500 miles of Blacksod Point? Right now. 1041 01:11:45,133 --> 01:11:47,677 Can I get the latest climate readings, please? 1042 01:12:03,192 --> 01:12:04,902 Yeah? 1043 01:12:06,279 --> 01:12:09,824 Um... 1044 01:12:09,824 --> 01:12:13,119 This just came in from Blacksod Point. 1045 01:12:21,169 --> 01:12:22,378 Was it checked? 1046 01:12:22,462 --> 01:12:24,130 They're checking it now. 1047 01:12:25,131 --> 01:12:29,344 Could mean something, could mean nothing. 1048 01:12:29,344 --> 01:12:31,220 Yes, but which? 1049 01:12:31,220 --> 01:12:32,513 What do you think? 1050 01:12:33,514 --> 01:12:35,308 Why are you asking me? 1051 01:12:35,308 --> 01:12:37,518 Look out the goddamn window, Stagg. 1052 01:12:37,518 --> 01:12:40,188 I'm asking you because I need your expertise. 1053 01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:46,778 Please. 1054 01:12:50,656 --> 01:12:52,367 It's the fifth reading. 1055 01:13:04,754 --> 01:13:06,297 It is unusual. 1056 01:13:06,297 --> 01:13:08,883 Mm-hmm. Yeah, it is. 1057 01:13:11,594 --> 01:13:13,679 It's worth looking into. 1058 01:13:14,597 --> 01:13:16,099 Good. 1059 01:13:16,224 --> 01:13:18,810 Heavy frontal cloud, west of 35. 1060 01:13:18,810 --> 01:13:20,395 Blacksod Point barometer fell overnight, 1061 01:13:20,603 --> 01:13:22,438 then slight rise by afternoon, front offshore. 1062 01:13:24,899 --> 01:13:27,610 1-0-1-1 millibars. 1063 01:13:27,735 --> 01:13:29,570 Who do you got now? Who are you speaking with? 1064 01:13:29,779 --> 01:13:30,822 I was just asking him about... 1065 01:13:30,988 --> 01:13:33,950 So, what are you doing now? 1066 01:13:33,950 --> 01:13:37,286 And get the result for that one, please. 1067 01:13:37,412 --> 01:13:39,122 The low is moving in the right direction, but... 1068 01:13:39,205 --> 01:13:40,957 -It's too close. -Yeah. 1069 01:13:42,083 --> 01:13:44,253 Hamilton, when's the next chart coming out? 1070 01:13:44,253 --> 01:13:45,587 Within the hour, sir. 1071 01:13:45,587 --> 01:13:46,922 Within the hour is not good enough. 1072 01:13:47,130 --> 01:13:48,673 Can we get... can we get Dunstable... 1073 01:13:48,798 --> 01:13:51,050 a result from Dun-Dunstable in, please, soon? 1074 01:13:51,050 --> 01:13:52,803 It should've been with us an hour ago. 1075 01:13:54,388 --> 01:13:56,265 Still 30 knots, sir. 1076 01:13:56,306 --> 01:13:58,350 Have you ever seen a progression like this? 1077 01:13:58,517 --> 01:14:01,145 Never. Winter, maybe. 1078 01:14:01,228 --> 01:14:02,813 Never this time of year. 1079 01:14:02,980 --> 01:14:04,606 StratoCu lifting above 2,000 feet. 1080 01:14:04,606 --> 01:14:05,899 Sea surface temperature, 15 degrees. 1081 01:14:05,983 --> 01:14:07,192 Data points up to 400 millibars. 1082 01:14:07,276 --> 01:14:09,068 What are you looking for? 1083 01:14:09,193 --> 01:14:11,029 A gap, because there's one there. 1084 01:14:11,196 --> 01:14:12,531 You call that a gap? 1085 01:14:12,739 --> 01:14:14,241 Yes, I call that a gap. 1086 01:14:14,450 --> 01:14:15,742 That's a very narrow gap. 1087 01:14:15,826 --> 01:14:17,536 A narrow gap is still a gap. Thank you. 1088 01:14:17,536 --> 01:14:18,996 Do you see a gap? 1089 01:14:18,996 --> 01:14:20,497 I believe there's one forming, sir, yes. 1090 01:14:20,497 --> 01:14:21,790 Yes, a gap. Thank you. 1091 01:14:25,669 --> 01:14:28,922 So, if this was a normal forecast, would you call it? 1092 01:14:28,922 --> 01:14:30,214 Yeah. 1093 01:14:33,677 --> 01:14:35,053 Yeah. 1094 01:14:36,138 --> 01:14:40,225 The only difference is it's D-Day. 1095 01:14:40,225 --> 01:14:45,397 Big difference. 1096 01:14:45,397 --> 01:14:47,149 Call Eisenhower. 1097 01:15:06,585 --> 01:15:08,879 You wanted to see me? 1098 01:15:12,132 --> 01:15:14,384 There's been a development, sir. 1099 01:15:14,384 --> 01:15:17,221 It seems the storm at Newfoundland is slowing. 1100 01:15:17,221 --> 01:15:20,933 We believe it's enough to provide a... a... 1101 01:15:20,933 --> 01:15:23,852 a window in the disruptive weather. 1102 01:15:24,895 --> 01:15:26,355 Um... 1103 01:15:28,440 --> 01:15:30,442 Well, if I may, th-the cigarettes 1104 01:15:30,442 --> 01:15:32,986 are the Newfoundland storm, 1105 01:15:32,986 --> 01:15:35,531 the larger one of three. 1106 01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:37,491 My glasses here are the two smaller storms. 1107 01:15:37,491 --> 01:15:40,369 Currently, the larger storm is dragging the two smaller storms 1108 01:15:40,410 --> 01:15:43,622 away from the Normandy coast, leaving a... 1109 01:15:43,622 --> 01:15:45,707 a gap in the weather of sorts 1110 01:15:50,254 --> 01:15:51,672 Tuesday? 1111 01:15:51,797 --> 01:15:55,926 As in 26 hours from now, Tuesday? 1112 01:15:55,926 --> 01:15:57,719 Sir, if you just look at the latest charts... 1113 01:15:57,719 --> 01:15:59,680 I don't want to look at your damn charts. 1114 01:15:59,805 --> 01:16:01,932 It's a bunch of gobbledygook. 1115 01:16:02,099 --> 01:16:04,434 What I want is for you to get down on your knees 1116 01:16:04,518 --> 01:16:06,103 and look me in the eye and tell me, 1117 01:16:06,228 --> 01:16:08,730 "Tuesday morning, sir, the sun's got his hat on." 1118 01:16:08,730 --> 01:16:10,732 Because in case you haven't noticed, 1119 01:16:10,732 --> 01:16:12,901 there's a goddamn hurricane blowing out there! 1120 01:16:12,901 --> 01:16:14,736 Technically, it's not a hurricane, sir. 1121 01:16:17,489 --> 01:16:20,325 Sunny weather, you say stop. Hurricane, you say go. 1122 01:16:21,702 --> 01:16:26,456 Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. 1123 01:16:26,456 --> 01:16:30,294 Send my men into... 1124 01:16:30,335 --> 01:16:36,633 into the storm? 1125 01:16:36,633 --> 01:16:38,260 Yeah. 1126 01:16:41,471 --> 01:16:43,098 They'll never see it coming, sir, never. 1127 01:16:43,223 --> 01:16:45,684 A gap like this in the storm-- never. 1128 01:17:00,907 --> 01:17:06,663 You're absolutely sure of that? 1129 01:17:06,663 --> 01:17:13,211 Are you absolutely sure about that, Group Captain Stagg? 1130 01:17:13,211 --> 01:17:15,380 I'm sure there'll be a gap. 1131 01:17:16,381 --> 01:17:18,842 The weather won't be perfect... 1132 01:17:18,884 --> 01:17:20,886 but it'll do. 1133 01:17:22,471 --> 01:17:24,598 This is your official position? 1134 01:17:28,393 --> 01:17:31,897 My official position is this. 1135 01:17:39,363 --> 01:17:41,281 You should go, sir. 1136 01:17:44,743 --> 01:17:49,164 Okay, we'll go. 1137 01:17:49,164 --> 01:18:22,364 D-Day is Tuesday, June 6. 1138 01:18:22,364 --> 01:18:26,493 This is my statement... 1139 01:18:26,493 --> 01:18:30,038 -if all goes well tomorrow. -Mm-hmm. 1140 01:18:30,247 --> 01:18:32,999 And... 1141 01:18:32,999 --> 01:18:40,382 this one if not. 1142 01:18:40,382 --> 01:18:41,425 -Hey. -Hmm? 1143 01:18:41,466 --> 01:18:43,343 I've got a surprise for you. 1144 01:18:46,471 --> 01:19:00,777 Rare as nylons. 1145 01:19:00,777 --> 01:19:16,209 I have a good feeling about tomorrow. 1146 01:19:16,209 --> 01:19:18,211 -You should get some sleep. -Yes. 1147 01:19:18,211 --> 01:19:19,755 Yeah? 1148 01:19:24,176 --> 01:19:27,053 -0630 hours. -0630 hours. 1149 01:19:30,140 --> 01:19:35,479 My men did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. 1150 01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:41,359 If any blame or fault is attached to the attempt, 1151 01:19:41,401 --> 01:19:45,405 it is mine and mine alone. 1152 01:19:47,866 --> 01:19:50,952 That's what I wrote. 1153 01:19:50,952 --> 01:19:53,705 In case we fail tomorrow. 1154 01:19:55,290 --> 01:19:57,042 We won't. 1155 01:20:20,482 --> 01:20:25,153 Soldiers, sailors and airmen 1156 01:20:25,362 --> 01:20:28,448 of the Allied Expeditionary Force... 1157 01:20:39,251 --> 01:20:42,879 ...you are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, 1158 01:20:43,046 --> 01:20:46,007 upon which we have striven these many months. 1159 01:20:50,053 --> 01:20:53,265 The eyes of the world are upon you. 1160 01:20:53,390 --> 01:20:54,933 The hope and prayers 1161 01:20:54,933 --> 01:21:02,607 of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. 1162 01:21:02,607 --> 01:21:04,776 In company with our brave allies 1163 01:21:04,901 --> 01:21:07,863 and brothers-in-arms on other fronts, 1164 01:21:07,988 --> 01:21:09,823 you will bring about the destruction 1165 01:21:09,823 --> 01:21:13,159 of the German war machine... 1166 01:21:13,159 --> 01:21:17,038 ...the elimination of Nazi tyranny 1167 01:21:17,205 --> 01:21:19,583 over the oppressed peoples of Europe 1168 01:21:19,708 --> 01:21:24,129 and security for ourselves in a free world. 1169 01:21:27,924 --> 01:21:29,676 You get any sleep? 1170 01:21:29,801 --> 01:21:32,262 Not a wink. 1171 01:21:32,262 --> 01:21:33,388 You? 1172 01:21:33,597 --> 01:21:34,723 Nope. 1173 01:21:46,902 --> 01:21:49,696 Your task will not be an easy one. 1174 01:21:49,863 --> 01:21:53,241 Your enemy is well trained, 1175 01:21:53,241 --> 01:21:57,746 well equipped and battle-hardened. 1176 01:21:58,747 --> 01:22:00,582 He will fight savagely. 1177 01:22:05,045 --> 01:22:07,213 60 seconds to H hour. 1178 01:22:08,173 --> 01:22:14,804 Radio silence ends in... 60 seconds. 1179 01:22:14,804 --> 01:22:17,682 But this is the year 1944. 1180 01:22:17,682 --> 01:22:18,850 Where you from? 1181 01:22:18,934 --> 01:22:20,352 Bracken Mountain, North Carolina, sir. 1182 01:22:20,435 --> 01:22:21,770 -Bracken Mountain, North Carolina? -Yes, sir. 1183 01:22:21,937 --> 01:22:23,813 The tide has turned. 1184 01:22:23,855 --> 01:22:25,440 The free men of the world 1185 01:22:25,607 --> 01:22:28,777 are marching together to victory. 1186 01:22:28,860 --> 01:22:30,236 What's your name? 1187 01:22:30,278 --> 01:22:32,489 -Uh, Oiler, sir. -Oiler. Where you from, Oiler? 1188 01:22:32,489 --> 01:22:34,157 I have full confidence in 1189 01:22:34,324 --> 01:22:43,875 your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. 1190 01:22:43,875 --> 01:22:49,631 We will accept nothing less than full victory. 1191 01:22:49,631 --> 01:22:51,341 Good luck, 1192 01:22:51,508 --> 01:22:54,761 and let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God 1193 01:22:54,844 --> 01:23:27,752 upon this great and noble undertaking. 1194 01:23:27,752 --> 01:23:31,756 Utah. Come in, Utah. 1195 01:23:31,756 --> 01:23:33,341 Utah, come in. 1196 01:23:35,218 --> 01:23:37,012 SHAEF main to Utah. 1197 01:23:47,439 --> 01:23:49,107 Come in, Utah. 1198 01:23:51,443 --> 01:24:03,705 Omaha Beach control, do you read? 1199 01:24:03,705 --> 01:24:05,832 Utah, come in. 1200 01:24:07,667 --> 01:24:09,044 Utah, do you read? 1201 01:24:22,557 --> 01:24:24,726 Utah... hit by machine-gun fire. Casualties... 1202 01:24:24,851 --> 01:24:26,478 Heavy incoming fire at Utah Beach. 1203 01:24:26,478 --> 01:24:28,063 What about the other beaches? 1204 01:24:29,481 --> 01:24:31,107 How many casualties? 1205 01:24:31,149 --> 01:24:32,901 Westerly winds causing course corrections. 1206 01:24:33,026 --> 01:24:34,486 Westerly winds causing course corrections. 1207 01:24:36,029 --> 01:24:37,822 ceiling falling to 1,500 feet. 1208 01:24:40,992 --> 01:24:42,410 Landing craft swept off course at Utah. 1209 01:24:44,037 --> 01:24:45,997 Ceiling falling to 1,500 feet. 1210 01:24:47,791 --> 01:24:49,501 Omaha sky still overcast... 1211 01:24:49,626 --> 01:24:50,502 ...unable to locate batteries 1212 01:24:50,710 --> 01:24:52,212 lying on south beach. 1213 01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,551 -Keep moving! -Keep pushing! 1214 01:24:58,551 --> 01:25:02,847 Move! Move! 1215 01:25:02,847 --> 01:25:05,475 Incoming! Take cover! 1216 01:25:05,558 --> 01:25:06,893 Cannot unload due to heavy shellfire. 1217 01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:08,520 L1 section lost in water. 1218 01:25:08,686 --> 01:25:10,105 Second half moving forward. 1219 01:25:10,230 --> 01:25:11,940 ...800 yards off the beach. 1220 01:25:12,023 --> 01:25:13,775 Omaha winds 14 knots west. 1221 01:25:24,702 --> 01:25:26,704 Taking heavy fire at Gold and Omaha. 1222 01:25:35,672 --> 01:25:37,090 Many wounded at Dog Red, 1223 01:25:37,215 --> 01:25:38,299 needing immediate evacuation. 1224 01:25:48,935 --> 01:25:50,687 Cloud ceiling low, around 500 feet. 1225 01:25:50,687 --> 01:25:52,313 Cloud ceiling low, around 500 feet. 1226 01:25:52,397 --> 01:25:54,232 ...find no targets of opportunity... 1227 01:25:54,232 --> 01:25:55,942 Can find no targets of opportunity 1228 01:25:56,067 --> 01:25:57,485 without endangering own landing. 1229 01:25:57,569 --> 01:26:06,703 We can't see a bloody thing! 1230 01:26:06,703 --> 01:26:09,080 Wind 18 knots, west, southwest. 1231 01:26:09,164 --> 01:26:10,623 Wind 18 knots, west, southwest. 1232 01:26:10,707 --> 01:26:12,125 Clouds 800 feet, beginning to rise. 1233 01:26:12,208 --> 01:26:13,751 -You're good. You're good. -Am I gonna die? 1234 01:26:13,751 --> 01:26:15,670 No, we'll get you home. You're good. You're good. 1235 01:26:18,506 --> 01:26:20,049 Ceiling lifting to 1,500 feet. 1236 01:26:20,133 --> 01:26:21,593 Clearer skies inland. 1237 01:26:23,303 --> 01:26:26,014 I don't care! Go! 1238 01:26:38,735 --> 01:26:39,986 Utah cloud ceiling clear. 1239 01:26:46,618 --> 01:26:48,536 Move up! 1240 01:26:49,746 --> 01:26:51,831 Two U.S. destroyers are within one... 1241 01:27:10,433 --> 01:27:37,961 Move up! 1242 01:27:37,961 --> 01:27:40,922 Yes? 1243 01:27:40,922 --> 01:27:42,006 Mm-hmm. 1244 01:27:43,383 --> 01:27:44,509 What? 1245 01:27:51,975 --> 01:28:04,070 Thank you. 1246 01:28:04,070 --> 01:28:08,199 Footholds established on all the beaches. 1247 01:28:08,199 --> 01:28:11,786 Our men are ashore, with full air and naval support. 1248 01:29:36,913 --> 01:29:38,498 Hello. Signals Department. 1249 01:29:38,581 --> 01:29:41,084 Yes, St. Mary's Hospital in Clapham, please. 1250 01:29:41,084 --> 01:29:43,294 I'm sorry, sir, but there are still no outgoing calls 1251 01:29:43,294 --> 01:29:45,171 until security restrictions have been officially lifted. 1252 01:29:45,380 --> 01:29:47,215 I believe... 1253 01:29:59,477 --> 01:30:01,729 I've arranged a car to take you straight to the hospital. 1254 01:30:01,854 --> 01:30:03,981 Thank you very much. I appreciate that. 1255 01:30:14,659 --> 01:30:18,204 Well, congratulations, Stagg. 1256 01:30:18,329 --> 01:30:20,248 Congratulations to you, too. 1257 01:30:27,463 --> 01:30:37,765 Good luck. 1258 01:30:37,765 --> 01:30:40,017 Thank you so much for everything. 1259 01:30:40,017 --> 01:30:41,477 Ah, don't be silly. 1260 01:30:41,602 --> 01:30:42,937 I'm sorry I couldn't have done more. 1261 01:30:43,020 --> 01:30:44,105 No, no, no. 1262 01:30:44,188 --> 01:30:46,315 We were busy. 1263 01:31:36,741 --> 01:31:38,284 Thank you. 1264 01:31:48,085 --> 01:31:50,755 No, no. You can't. 1265 01:31:57,512 --> 01:32:40,805 No! No! 1266 01:32:40,805 --> 01:32:44,976 Hello, Jim. 1267 01:32:44,976 --> 01:32:46,519 Hello, Liz. 1268 01:33:10,793 --> 01:33:12,169 Are you all right? 1269 01:33:20,595 --> 01:33:22,221 You okay? 1270 01:33:22,305 --> 01:33:23,681 Yeah? 1271 01:33:34,525 --> 01:33:35,901 Your son. 1272 01:34:13,522 --> 01:34:15,733 Hello. 1273 01:34:15,733 --> 01:34:16,984 Hello, beautiful.