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In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower | dG1femRNNHRkTFFCZzA
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00:00The final decision on the timing of D-Day will be mine, and mine alone.
00:09Call Generalized Network.
00:13Tiger was a training op, dress rehearsal for D-Day.
00:18They walked right into it.
00:21One mistake.
00:24It's not one mistake.
00:25Ike, you have to stop doing this to yourself.
00:28What's done is done.
00:33Group Captain Dr. James Stagg here at the express request of Generalized Network.
00:37Do we have a date yet for the invasion, sir?
00:39D-Day is in 61 hours.
00:42From now, this is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
00:47Fate of the war, thousands of lives hinge on this.
00:51I need a forecast.
00:54Churchill tells me you're the best meteorologist in the country.
00:57Get me the latest readings from every single base within 2,000 miles of Normandy.
01:01The invasion is confirmed for Monday, Monday, Monday.
01:05But they weren't like this.
01:07We are faced with a succession of two aggressive storms.
01:11Are you absolutely certain?
01:13D-Day will be calm and sunny.
01:15I couldn't disagree with that more.
01:22If D-Day is cancelled, we will lose this war.
01:27The final decision on the timing of D-Day will be mine.
01:31And mine alone.
01:33If you invade tomorrow, they're going to be washed away.
01:38300,000 men with families that they may never see again.
01:45Why should I trust you?
01:46We must face the Vax.
01:49The Vax!
01:50However frightening they may be.
01:55If we delay, the enemy will be ready and waiting.
01:58They'll slaughter every single last one of us.
02:09The storms that I'm talking about are real.
02:14And the wrath of nature...
02:18Is real.
02:31...
02:44So, let's go!
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