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As D-Day looms, General Eisenhower and Captain Stagg must decide whether to launch the largest seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war.
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00:02The weather can destroy us.
00:07I'm very proud they chose you, Jim.
00:10Dr. James Stagg reporting for Juju.
00:12General Eisenhower will see you now.
00:15D-Day will be the largest seaborne invasion in history.
00:21Churchill tells me you're the best meteorologist in the country.
00:24I need a forecast.
00:27Our troops require perfect conditions.
00:30Any waves over six feet, impossible.
00:33Sir, long-term weather forecasting is really only ever educated guesswork.
00:39We invade France Monday, June 5th.
00:42You've got 61 hours.
00:45The fate of the war, thousands of lives hinge on this.
00:51Churchill says he's a genius.
00:53Men are too fond of that word.
00:55Get me the data from every MET station within 2,000 miles of Normandy.
00:59If we've measured it, then I want it.
01:00Captain Stagg, this is General Montgomery.
01:03The enemy has doubled its defenses in as many weeks.
01:06If we delay, we will lose this war.
01:09We're looking good, sir.
01:11The weather is a go.
01:13I couldn't disagree with that more.
01:16They won't like this.
01:18There are two major storms advancing towards the Normandy coast even as we speak.
01:24Are you absolutely certain?
01:25I'm confident that the storms will come.
01:29Not good enough.
01:32How are you so certain that they're coming?
01:35D-Day will be calm and sunny.
01:37Are you blind?
01:37If you invade tomorrow, they're going to be washed away.
01:42My men are ready for the big match.
01:46Get them onto the beaches somehow, anyhow.
01:49Leave the rest to me.
01:53Soldiers, sailors, and airmen.
01:55The eyes of the world are upon you.
01:58Stagg is gonna crack.
02:00Go or don't go.
02:02That's it.
02:03The wrath of nature is real.
02:06And we must face the Vat.
02:09However frightening they may be.
02:15Captain Stagg,
02:18do you want to be personally responsible
02:21for losing this war?
02:30According to one another...
02:30We've got our thoughts.
02:30We've got to have a good start here.
02:30After news of
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