Just look at it, gentlemen. How calm... how peaceful it is. A strip of water between...
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[to his generals, observing the English Channel]
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel:
Just look at it, gentlemen. How calm... how peaceful it is. A strip of water between England and the continent... between the Allies and us. But beyond that peaceful horizon... a monster waits. A coiled spring of men, ships, and planes... straining to be released against us. But, gentlemen, not a single Allied soldier shall reach the shore. Whenever and wherever this invasion may come, gentlemen... I shall destroy the enemy there, at the water's edge. Believe me, gentlemen, the first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive. For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day... The longest day.
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Look Norm
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We're all of us just as
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dedicated to this thing as you are just as anxious to get going
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And that includes Ike
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Now if he calls it off again he knows what he's doing
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Of course he does I know that
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I'm just thinking about those assault troops 200 000 of them
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out there on those ships They're probably seasick as hell
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Some of those men have been on those tubs for almost three days
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I say go
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Go Weather or no weather
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 376
Timestamp in movie: 00h 16m 08s
Uploaded: 01 November, 2022
Genres: action, drama, history
Summary: The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
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00:14 There is fire at the travel agency
00:20 Do you suppose it's always like that
00:32 You remember it
00:36 Pemsel is convinced this is the invasion
00:24 As best I can figure it
00:50 We have a pressing engagement
00:23 So it's tonight
00:35 Sometimes I wonder which side God is on
00:11 He's at it again
00:13 Je suis am ricain
00:18 I'm quite positive we must give the order
00:04 The war's over there
00:23 It is getting very difficult to get any sleep around here
01:00 Over half of Europe has been overrun and occupied
00:21 Old man sure has changed since yesterday
00:16 And remember this
00:18 I don't have to tell you the story
00:06 You dirty slobs
00:35 You know something
00:11 What's always worried me about being one of the few