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
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
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Movie Summary
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Actors
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Destroyer Commander
