1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:01:19,042 --> 00:01:23,787 June 1944 3 00:01:24,542 --> 00:01:34,665 France remains under Nazi occupation. To win the war on the Western Front the Allies must liberate France. 4 00:02:36,083 --> 00:02:37,415 Winston. 5 00:02:42,375 --> 00:02:43,616 Winston! 6 00:02:48,667 --> 00:02:49,999 Where were you? 7 00:02:51,823 --> 00:02:53,523 The beaches ... 8 00:02:53,847 --> 00:02:55,847 always bring it back. 9 00:02:57,875 --> 00:03:00,208 Almost 30 years ago now. 10 00:03:03,875 --> 00:03:05,832 So many young men. 11 00:03:06,875 --> 00:03:10,039 So much ... waste. 12 00:03:16,208 --> 00:03:17,790 It's getting late. 13 00:03:19,875 --> 00:03:21,036 Come on! 14 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:31,833 I mustn’t let it happen again. 15 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:55,033 Winston. 16 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:11,161 Winston. 17 00:05:13,042 --> 00:05:15,159 Oh - Great God! 18 00:05:15,875 --> 00:05:17,116 Winston! 19 00:05:21,958 --> 00:05:24,792 - I was working. - You'll be late. 20 00:05:26,542 --> 00:05:27,783 Burden. 21 00:05:29,667 --> 00:05:31,499 Burden. 22 00:05:32,042 --> 00:05:34,625 Give me a Louis XIII, Smuts. 23 00:05:36,417 --> 00:05:38,407 "For five years ... 24 00:05:38,531 --> 00:05:40,116 ... we have asked our men ... 25 00:05:40,917 --> 00:05:44,206 ... to endure the tribulations of war." 26 00:05:44,417 --> 00:05:48,491 No no no... "The trials of war." 27 00:05:48,708 --> 00:05:52,907 Yes. "For five years we have asked our men ... 28 00:05:53,167 --> 00:05:55,859 ... to endure the trials of war." 29 00:05:56,208 --> 00:05:59,497 "The suffering of war." Ya, "the suffering of war". 30 00:06:01,208 --> 00:06:02,494 You're ready to go. 31 00:06:03,367 --> 00:06:05,734 And obviously darling, I think you will need these? 32 00:06:08,208 --> 00:06:10,450 - Knee-breeches. - Wouldn't you rather wear a uniform? 33 00:06:10,667 --> 00:06:12,784 - The King will be there. - Will so are the Americans! 34 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,323 His Majesty takes precedence, even over them. 35 00:06:16,625 --> 00:06:18,241 That is the way it is done. 36 00:06:18,458 --> 00:06:21,371 Americans respect military uniforms. 37 00:06:22,625 --> 00:06:26,323 I'm choosing between "trials" and "tribulations". 38 00:06:26,542 --> 00:06:28,124 Do stop adding to them! 39 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:37,416 I think this is all going to go splendidly. 40 00:06:37,917 --> 00:06:40,751 The Cabinet Office has sent you a new secretary. 41 00:06:40,958 --> 00:06:43,871 - Could you say hello? - Why do I need a new secretary? 42 00:06:44,083 --> 00:06:46,120 Because you ate the last one. 43 00:06:47,542 --> 00:06:49,829 - Helen Garrett. - My dear. 44 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:53,868 Oh, there's no need to drop to the floor, my dear. I'm not royalty. 45 00:06:54,208 --> 00:06:56,325 Sorry ... I ... It's such an honour ... 46 00:06:56,542 --> 00:06:58,408 ... to meet you, Mr. Churchill, sir. 47 00:06:59,083 --> 00:07:03,032 - My mother and I are huge supporters. - Ah yes? 48 00:07:03,417 --> 00:07:07,582 Oh yes! Well, well you are the one, sir. The one who will see us through. 49 00:07:07,792 --> 00:07:09,408 You won't give up on us. 50 00:07:11,708 --> 00:07:17,955 My dear Miss Garrett, that's why ... I fight on ... every day. 51 00:07:18,292 --> 00:07:23,162 And now ... I must go forth ... and do ... just that! 52 00:07:26,750 --> 00:07:30,414 - I'll try to reign him in. - You can try. 53 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:32,707 Miss Garrett. 54 00:07:52,208 --> 00:07:55,781 "The sufferings of war." No ... no ... no. 55 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,033 "For five long years" 56 00:07:58,542 --> 00:08:02,866 "our people have endured the sufferings of war." 57 00:08:04,542 --> 00:08:09,287 "The soldiers have born their burden with pride." 58 00:08:14,250 --> 00:08:18,494 "The soldiers have born their burden with valour!" 59 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:21,790 Valour is better than pride. 60 00:08:30,792 --> 00:08:34,240 "The soldiers have born their burden with valour." 61 00:08:36,167 --> 00:08:38,534 "And pride." 62 00:09:01,625 --> 00:09:02,866 Ten-hut! 63 00:09:28,792 --> 00:09:31,159 - Here we go ... - Winston! 64 00:09:31,542 --> 00:09:33,158 General Eisenhower! 65 00:09:33,917 --> 00:09:35,328 Field Marshal Brooke. 66 00:09:35,667 --> 00:09:38,284 General Montgomery. - Mr. Churchill. 67 00:09:39,250 --> 00:09:40,786 What an gathering! 68 00:09:41,083 --> 00:09:42,745 Sorry to expose you to the English summer ... 69 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:45,325 ... we couldn't risk this meeting in London. - Just think, 70 00:09:45,542 --> 00:09:47,408 ... if Hitler were to drop a bomb on this little patch ... 71 00:09:47,625 --> 00:09:52,015 ... he would at one blast, destroy the entire High Command of our Allied forces! 72 00:09:54,208 --> 00:09:55,824 Let's hope we get though it ... eh? 73 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:17,616 Thank you. 74 00:10:20,208 --> 00:10:21,324 Sir. 75 00:10:22,667 --> 00:10:25,956 Crack on gentlemen. 76 00:10:26,375 --> 00:10:27,994 Your Majesty, gentlemen. 77 00:10:28,118 --> 00:10:31,107 This is our last briefing on Operation Overlord 78 00:10:31,408 --> 00:10:35,125 the assault on the German Occupying Forces in the north of France. 79 00:10:35,792 --> 00:10:38,159 We have only a three day window, before the tides change 80 00:10:38,375 --> 00:10:40,162 and making it impossible to land our crafts. 81 00:10:40,333 --> 00:10:43,997 ... so it is a great throw of the dice, but if we win the day ... 82 00:10:44,708 --> 00:10:46,620 ... it will go a long way toward winning the war. 83 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,491 We're in the final stages. 84 00:10:50,083 --> 00:10:53,906 but as usual I welcome any criticism to this plan as it stands. 85 00:10:54,542 --> 00:10:56,454 We must all work together, to pull this off. 86 00:10:58,542 --> 00:10:59,783 Prime Minister? 87 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,617 This will be ... the greatest 88 00:11:04,833 --> 00:11:08,497 campaign, be it mounted by our Allied Forces. 89 00:11:09,208 --> 00:11:12,280 Operation Overlord will require 200,000 vehicles. 90 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:15,993 A fleet of 7,000 ships, swarms of planes ... 91 00:11:16,208 --> 00:11:19,827 ... most essentially, a quarter of a million men. 92 00:11:20,625 --> 00:11:24,448 All this will be focused in one place. 93 00:11:25,417 --> 00:11:28,785 Taking the German army ... head on! 94 00:11:29,875 --> 00:11:33,789 - That's right. - No, gentlemen, no. 95 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,708 This plan may be admirable in its bravery, 96 00:11:36,917 --> 00:11:39,409 but in its risks ... it is ... foolhardy! 97 00:11:39,958 --> 00:11:42,871 - Jesus Christ! - Our own casualty estimates predict 98 00:11:43,083 --> 00:11:46,497 that anything up to 160,000 French civilians will be killed. 99 00:11:47,583 --> 00:11:51,497 If Overlord fails, which it all to easily could, 100 00:11:52,250 --> 00:11:56,950 we will lose ... at one strike ... most of our war material 101 00:11:57,208 --> 00:12:00,167 along with tens of thousands our own men. 102 00:12:00,917 --> 00:12:04,035 Who then ... will defend ... England? 103 00:12:05,042 --> 00:12:08,535 Would you have us do nothing while the Nazis massing 20 miles off our shores? 104 00:12:08,792 --> 00:12:11,626 No! I would have us do more! 105 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:15,618 We must split the advance, to spread the risk. 106 00:12:15,833 --> 00:12:17,449 - No. - Don't you see? 107 00:12:18,083 --> 00:12:21,326 We could tempt Hitler's Forces into the Aegean, 108 00:12:21,542 --> 00:12:24,990 Draw his eye .. away .. from the Coasts of France. 109 00:12:25,208 --> 00:12:28,997 The plans for D-Day have been in place for over a month. 110 00:12:33,667 --> 00:12:35,750 For five long years we have asked our men, 111 00:12:35,958 --> 00:12:37,870 to endure the tribulations of war. 112 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,663 They have born their burden with valour. 113 00:12:42,417 --> 00:12:45,865 But I have seen beach landings such as this, before. 114 00:12:46,708 --> 00:12:47,869 In the First War. 115 00:12:49,042 --> 00:12:52,535 The potential for disaster ... is too great! 116 00:12:53,417 --> 00:12:56,956 We must not rush in. We must think .. 117 00:12:57,250 --> 00:13:00,038 .. and we must fix this broken plan .. 118 00:13:00,250 --> 00:13:02,833 before it ends in tragedy! 119 00:13:08,792 --> 00:13:13,207 Sounds rather as if .. 120 00:13:13,583 --> 00:13:17,122 .. we are discussing different Operations. 121 00:13:17,667 --> 00:13:20,159 Sir, Overlord has been fully prepared. 122 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:22,708 I would be happy to send you a detailed plan. 123 00:13:22,917 --> 00:13:25,159 Do that. Thank you. 124 00:13:26,917 --> 00:13:29,000 Excuse me Gentlemen, I have ... 125 00:13:29,583 --> 00:13:31,540 another ship to launch. 126 00:13:33,417 --> 00:13:34,703 Your Majesty. 127 00:13:46,083 --> 00:13:47,540 You haven't believed in this all along. 128 00:13:50,292 --> 00:13:53,831 Someone had to speak on behalf of the ordinary fighting man. 129 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,582 Brooke, would you ride with me? 130 00:14:01,958 --> 00:14:02,914 Bastard. 131 00:14:08,917 --> 00:14:13,491 - Why? - Oh, don't look so shocked, Smuts. 132 00:14:13,833 --> 00:14:15,699 I've just saved the war! 133 00:14:32,917 --> 00:14:35,830 Winston, please! We must discuss this. 134 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:39,991 Quite right! We must start preparing changes to the plan immediately. 135 00:14:42,083 --> 00:14:44,666 - No, wait! - No time to wait! 136 00:14:44,875 --> 00:14:47,834 You can't just change everything over the heads of our Allies. 137 00:14:48,042 --> 00:14:51,740 I can! I .. can. Weakness doesn't impress Americans. 138 00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:55,122 They respect strength, Decisiveness! 139 00:14:55,292 --> 00:14:58,364 There is a difference between strength and arrogance. 140 00:14:58,583 --> 00:15:00,870 The last time you British tried to tell them what to do ... 141 00:15:01,083 --> 00:15:03,266 - you lost the Colonies! - You forget Smuts, son ... 142 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:05,871 ... I'm half American myself. My dear late mother 143 00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:08,746 was a native of Brooklyn, New York, no less! 144 00:15:08,958 --> 00:15:11,871 I don't care about your mother! 145 00:15:14,958 --> 00:15:16,324 Good afternoon. 146 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:21,164 We must .. draw up .. new plans. 147 00:15:21,417 --> 00:15:23,579 - Briggs, get me the Admiralty. - Yes, sir. 148 00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,829 We must set up a distraction in the Aegean. 149 00:15:26,042 --> 00:15:29,365 Fanshawe, find out, if General Alexander has reached Rome yet. 150 00:15:29,583 --> 00:15:32,166 He must keep driving the Nazis back. 151 00:15:32,333 --> 00:15:34,450 Miss Garrett, get Combined OPs on the phone. 152 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:37,034 someone there who knows about Norway. 153 00:15:37,250 --> 00:15:39,958 We must marshal our resources. 154 00:15:40,208 --> 00:15:42,291 This is our chance. 155 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:45,250 It is time ... to win ... this war. 156 00:15:46,542 --> 00:15:48,158 Have you finished being rude about my mother? 157 00:15:48,333 --> 00:15:50,996 - Why are you doing this? - D ... 158 00:15:53,708 --> 00:15:55,995 D-Day will be a disaster, Smuts. 159 00:15:56,250 --> 00:15:57,991 Throwing all those men at one spot ... 160 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:01,042 ... on a well defended coastline, teeming with Nazis ... 161 00:16:01,458 --> 00:16:03,791 ... they'd be slaughtered. That's not warfare, 162 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,289 it's butchery, and I can't let them do that to our men. 163 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:11,414 - Winston! - Ah, Brookie, I'm glad you're back. 164 00:16:11,625 --> 00:16:14,413 We must talk about this plan for Bordeaux. 165 00:16:14,625 --> 00:16:18,574 - Eisenhower wants to see you. - Good! Good ... 166 00:16:18,917 --> 00:16:22,615 I think less formal wear? Don't you? 167 00:16:28,917 --> 00:16:31,034 - I tried. - We all have. 168 00:16:31,292 --> 00:16:32,315 You know there comes a time 169 00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:35,586 when even the greatest of leaders has gone as far as he can go. 170 00:16:36,375 --> 00:16:37,582 Winston! 171 00:16:40,667 --> 00:16:42,124 Ten-Hut! 172 00:16:56,292 --> 00:16:58,033 Present .. Arms! 173 00:17:03,667 --> 00:17:05,329 Follow me, please, gentlemen. 174 00:17:07,917 --> 00:17:10,534 You will listen to Ike? Won't you Winston? 175 00:17:10,750 --> 00:17:13,367 Ya, we listen to each other. 176 00:17:14,375 --> 00:17:16,412 An exchange of views. 177 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:27,491 Brooke! 178 00:17:28,708 --> 00:17:29,949 - Winston. - Ike. 179 00:17:30,167 --> 00:17:32,375 I'm glad to see you and we can get on with things. 180 00:17:32,583 --> 00:17:36,122 I hope we can talk about the Bordeaux Landing Site Plan. 181 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:38,866 Won't you sit down? 182 00:17:41,167 --> 00:17:43,875 That was a hell of a speech today Winston. Hell of a speech. 183 00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:45,866 Much needed to be said. 184 00:17:47,250 --> 00:17:48,858 I wish you'd said some of it to me earlier. 185 00:17:48,883 --> 00:17:51,090 You said yourself you welcome criticism. 186 00:17:52,667 --> 00:17:55,905 I do! I welcome any thoughts ... 187 00:17:56,117 --> 00:17:59,406 on how to increase Overlord's chances of success, 188 00:17:59,458 --> 00:18:02,075 decrease casualties, shorten supply lines. 189 00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:06,076 But start talking about turning it into a totally different operation, 190 00:18:06,542 --> 00:18:08,329 in front of the men who've spent months planning it, 191 00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:10,332 ya, in front of the King of England, well ... 192 00:18:13,375 --> 00:18:15,958 that could be seen as ... unhelpful. 193 00:18:18,458 --> 00:18:20,074 Unhelpful? 194 00:18:22,458 --> 00:18:26,081 You must remember Ike. We've fought the Germans in France before. 195 00:18:26,142 --> 00:18:27,758 Even if you break through in Normandy, 196 00:18:27,875 --> 00:18:31,448 even with the massive casualties, civilian and military, 197 00:18:31,750 --> 00:18:34,163 what will our boys face in France? 198 00:18:35,417 --> 00:18:38,125 Another Western Front? Passchendaele? 199 00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:40,871 The Somme? Trench warfare! 200 00:18:41,125 --> 00:18:43,617 Winston, we have an Air Force. We have self-propelled artillery, 201 00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:46,416 an Armoured Division. The age of pushing Infantry to the front is over. 202 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:50,035 Operation Overlord is not the only way of winning this war. 203 00:18:50,667 --> 00:18:53,330 I should know. I have seen a great many wars. 204 00:18:53,542 --> 00:18:56,501 For sure. Some of them in the last century. 205 00:18:57,875 --> 00:19:00,333 - I beg your pardon? The war you are talking about, 206 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:03,459 ... was 30 years ago. I don't think you truly appreciate ... 207 00:19:03,667 --> 00:19:05,624 ... how much things have moved on. 208 00:19:07,417 --> 00:19:10,285 - What is this, Brookie? - Well, the thing is Winston ... 209 00:19:10,458 --> 00:19:15,283 .. we don't have the capacity to carry out these other plans of yours. 210 00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:18,701 Bordeaux, Italy or ... anything. 211 00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:21,495 What I'm trying to do is win this war. 212 00:19:21,708 --> 00:19:23,791 You see, I think you are trying to win the last war. 213 00:19:24,208 --> 00:19:25,824 With the same ideas and tactics they had then. 214 00:19:26,083 --> 00:19:28,700 There were lessons we learnt in the last war! 215 00:19:29,042 --> 00:19:30,749 I don't want to make the same mistakes. 216 00:19:31,125 --> 00:19:34,243 - Of course! - And I shall not be stopped from speaking my mind! 217 00:19:34,417 --> 00:19:36,283 You are, of course, the Prime Minister. 218 00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:39,288 Which is exactly why we can't have you trying to disrupt things! 219 00:19:40,042 --> 00:19:42,785 I mean precisely to disrupt it! 220 00:19:43,708 --> 00:19:47,031 The invasion of France is a deadly gamble. 221 00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:48,736 and must be stopped! 222 00:19:48,750 --> 00:19:50,412 No, sir! You must be stopped! 223 00:19:50,625 --> 00:19:52,332 Look, we are all tired. 224 00:19:53,250 --> 00:19:55,993 You told me yourself, Winston, you're no longer leaping out of bed ... 225 00:19:56,208 --> 00:19:59,121 ... first thing in the morning. Rarely up before noon. 226 00:19:59,458 --> 00:20:03,202 Perhaps you should devote your energies to politics. 227 00:20:03,375 --> 00:20:06,209 Keeping the Nation's moral up, that sort of thing. 228 00:20:06,417 --> 00:20:09,330 What? Am I to be a clown? 229 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:13,497 Entertain the masses while you send young men to their death? 230 00:20:13,708 --> 00:20:15,950 Winston, we're taking care of it. 231 00:20:16,167 --> 00:20:19,035 I have commissioned alternative plans from the Forces. 232 00:20:19,250 --> 00:20:21,082 They should be here by tomorrow, and then ... 233 00:20:21,292 --> 00:20:25,115 The Forces are NOT carrying our your plans. 234 00:20:29,708 --> 00:20:31,415 You countermanded my orders? 235 00:20:36,833 --> 00:20:38,074 A-and ... 236 00:20:39,750 --> 00:20:41,582 You both feel this? 237 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:44,954 You need to let us do the job. 238 00:20:49,792 --> 00:20:54,833 Well, if you excuse me, I must be on my way back to London. 239 00:20:55,083 --> 00:20:57,245 - I'll come with you. - I'd rather you didn't. 240 00:20:58,375 --> 00:21:01,083 I have papers, that I must have left in the car. 241 00:21:04,208 --> 00:21:05,324 Winston. 242 00:21:07,417 --> 00:21:10,160 Thank you for hearing what we had to say. 243 00:21:10,708 --> 00:21:12,825 You are a great asset to this country, 244 00:21:13,083 --> 00:21:14,745 to this Allied war effort. We all know that. 245 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,707 Absolutely. 246 00:21:27,417 --> 00:21:28,749 I'm fine! 247 00:21:30,292 --> 00:21:31,624 Very good, sir. 248 00:21:52,125 --> 00:21:57,701 Left, right, left, right, ... 249 00:22:02,458 --> 00:22:03,574 Look! 250 00:22:24,125 --> 00:22:26,333 Left, right, left, right ... 251 00:22:59,167 --> 00:23:03,332 ... that is the Foreign Minister, that is the answer. 252 00:23:08,708 --> 00:23:11,496 That would be all. Yes, thank you. 253 00:23:11,708 --> 00:23:13,244 Oh, Winston. 254 00:23:14,750 --> 00:23:16,616 I'm going to the Rushovar meeting. 255 00:23:17,667 --> 00:23:19,659 Margaret's holding a dinner afterwards. 256 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:23,324 Ike spoke to you tonight? 257 00:23:26,417 --> 00:23:30,036 I have run this country and this War for more than two years, 258 00:23:30,250 --> 00:23:33,163 before these Americans even turned up. 259 00:23:33,375 --> 00:23:37,494 Yet, it's as if my experience, my knowledge of warfare 260 00:23:37,708 --> 00:23:39,495 counted for nothing! 261 00:23:39,792 --> 00:23:43,115 So, Ike has a great deal of experience in warfare. 262 00:23:43,417 --> 00:23:44,999 Maybe you should listen to him. 263 00:23:45,208 --> 00:23:48,201 Is everyone to overrule everything I say? 264 00:23:48,625 --> 00:23:51,697 The King appointed me, Prime Minister of this country. 265 00:23:51,917 --> 00:23:55,490 It is my duty, to lead them through this war! 266 00:23:55,833 --> 00:23:59,247 Don't assume you're the only one capable of making decisions. 267 00:24:04,667 --> 00:24:06,499 Is this about the war? ... 268 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,537 or is it about you and me? 269 00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:16,327 - Do you want to be coddled, Winston? - I'd settle for some respect. 270 00:24:16,833 --> 00:24:19,667 Then don't complain, when someone tells you the truth. 271 00:24:22,292 --> 00:24:23,533 I'll be late. 272 00:24:42,375 --> 00:24:43,707 Bastards. 273 00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:05,121 3 days before D-Day 274 00:25:13,875 --> 00:25:15,366 where is everybody? 275 00:25:16,875 --> 00:25:19,208 I should think they are still at breakfast, sir. 276 00:25:22,750 --> 00:25:25,743 I'll be going to the coast today. I shall need Smuts. 277 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,083 Miss Garrett, take a telegram. 278 00:25:31,458 --> 00:25:32,619 Begins. 279 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,788 The Halifax British Embassy, Washington DC. 280 00:25:37,042 --> 00:25:39,625 We celebrate success of Campaign in Italy. 281 00:25:39,833 --> 00:25:44,874 Pushing Nazis back. Americans must now see need to slice up hard ... 282 00:25:45,125 --> 00:25:47,242 ... into soft underbelly of Europe. 283 00:25:47,417 --> 00:25:49,955 The amphibious landings they planned for Normandy, 284 00:25:50,167 --> 00:25:51,961 must not become a distraction. 285 00:25:51,986 --> 00:25:55,875 I hope you impress this on President when next you meet. 286 00:25:56,125 --> 00:25:59,664 Leaving him in no doubt of our perfervid enthusiasm 287 00:25:59,875 --> 00:26:02,993 for our American Allies. Ends! 288 00:26:04,917 --> 00:26:06,203 Give me Klop. 289 00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,284 Klop! Klop! 290 00:26:12,208 --> 00:26:13,369 Klop. 291 00:26:13,917 --> 00:26:15,078 Klop. 292 00:26:20,833 --> 00:26:22,074 Wow wow. 293 00:26:23,292 --> 00:26:25,705 - Wow wow. - What are you doing? 294 00:26:26,333 --> 00:26:27,449 Working. 295 00:26:42,292 --> 00:26:45,080 The word I used was perfervid. 296 00:26:45,708 --> 00:26:50,078 Miss Garrett, meaning "intense". According to your draft ... 297 00:26:50,292 --> 00:26:54,081 I would have our Ambassador impress on President Roosevelt 298 00:26:54,292 --> 00:26:56,705 my perverted enthusiasm. 299 00:26:56,917 --> 00:26:59,785 for our American Allies. 300 00:27:05,125 --> 00:27:07,117 I'm terribly sorry. 301 00:27:07,583 --> 00:27:09,575 He had rather a trying day yesterday. 302 00:27:09,792 --> 00:27:12,535 - And I don't think it's over. - It's fine. 303 00:27:13,250 --> 00:27:14,457 Good to hear. 304 00:27:19,792 --> 00:27:21,624 Was that necessary? 305 00:27:21,833 --> 00:27:23,995 I am trying to run a country and a war. 306 00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:25,870 I can't afford mistakes. 307 00:27:26,125 --> 00:27:28,162 - The car is ready, Sir. - Thank you, Briggs. 308 00:27:28,417 --> 00:27:31,865 - Why do you need your car? - I'll going to inspect Monty's troops. 309 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:34,662 Has he invited you? 310 00:27:35,375 --> 00:27:38,209 Clemmie, I may only have a day ... 311 00:27:38,375 --> 00:27:41,447 ... before they launch the show. The least I can do ... 312 00:27:41,667 --> 00:27:45,707 ... is to give some small words of encouragement to those young men, 313 00:27:45,917 --> 00:27:48,455 they are sending to die on the beaches. 314 00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:52,741 Just remember Win. They need to respect their Commanders. 315 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,664 - This isn't your shooting party. - I'll only going to speak! 316 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:58,867 That's rather what I am afraid of. 317 00:28:07,292 --> 00:28:11,161 It looks to me ... 318 00:28:11,375 --> 00:28:13,867 ... that Monty's has his numbers wrong. 319 00:28:14,625 --> 00:28:17,618 For all these vehicles only this many men? 320 00:28:21,875 --> 00:28:24,834 - No, this is right. - That's far too weak on Infantry. 321 00:28:26,917 --> 00:28:28,783 He knows what he is doing. 322 00:28:29,625 --> 00:28:32,948 When you speak to his men, do keep it short, will you? 323 00:28:34,042 --> 00:28:37,240 Perhaps you could say something generous about him? 324 00:28:40,917 --> 00:28:47,117 I have had the good fortune, to speak in public on a few occasions before, Smuts. 325 00:28:47,333 --> 00:28:49,996 I should think, I will manage this one. 326 00:29:47,833 --> 00:29:49,825 - Good afternoon, gentlemen. - Monty! 327 00:29:50,083 --> 00:29:52,575 I thought we'd take a ... a look around. 328 00:29:55,458 --> 00:29:58,576 - What the hell is going on? - He means to inspect your Troops. 329 00:29:58,792 --> 00:30:01,159 - I don't need inspecting. - You tell him that. 330 00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:02,661 - Al-right. - No, wait. 331 00:30:02,875 --> 00:30:05,492 - He needs to feel part of it. - Oh for Christ's sake. 332 00:30:05,708 --> 00:30:07,244 Most of the men have already shipped out. 333 00:30:07,417 --> 00:30:10,785 Look, can you let him just see a few mucks? 334 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:14,490 Then I'll be able to get him away. I promise. 335 00:30:15,375 --> 00:30:18,573 - You're serious aren't you? - Please ... ? 336 00:30:23,583 --> 00:30:26,326 Prime Minister, if you care to join me, I'll show you the plans. 337 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:27,741 Oh very good. 338 00:30:28,708 --> 00:30:34,033 The 21st Army Group is split into landing points along the beaches. 339 00:30:34,542 --> 00:30:38,031 The 7th Corps to Utah Beach here, 5th to Omaha, 340 00:30:39,417 --> 00:30:43,866 30th between Gold and Juno, 1st, Juno and Sword. 341 00:30:46,542 --> 00:30:51,167 How great is the whole distance of this coast line, Utah to Sword? 342 00:30:51,375 --> 00:30:52,991 About 50 miles. 343 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:57,958 We must attack along a wider front! 344 00:30:59,042 --> 00:31:01,455 If you land them in pockets such as these, 345 00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:05,331 the men will be surrounded instantly by Germans. 346 00:31:05,542 --> 00:31:07,283 They'll be cut off! Slaughtered! 347 00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,207 We have the advantage of surprise. 348 00:31:09,375 --> 00:31:11,492 What if they use poison gas on our men? 349 00:31:11,708 --> 00:31:15,622 - We would retaliate. - But, well they could fire it from planes. 350 00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:17,244 Strewn across villages. 351 00:31:17,417 --> 00:31:19,579 We'd bomb the hell out of them and they know it. 352 00:31:19,733 --> 00:31:20,769 Are you sure? 353 00:31:20,783 --> 00:31:23,740 I'm so sure I'm not even letting my men carry gas masks. 354 00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:27,707 Does he mean that? 355 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,866 We're landing as we planned, Churchill. 356 00:31:30,250 --> 00:31:32,102 - That's the end of the matter, I insist. 357 00:31:32,127 --> 00:31:34,448 And who are you to consider ... ? 358 00:31:34,542 --> 00:31:37,250 - So for Christ's sake, Winston! - Gentlemen, please. 359 00:31:37,708 --> 00:31:41,531 We have this chance! Only one chance, 360 00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:44,163 to drive the Nazis back and liberate Paris! 361 00:31:44,375 --> 00:31:47,209 You will have beaches choked with the bodies ... 362 00:31:47,375 --> 00:31:49,207 ... of British and American youth! 363 00:31:49,375 --> 00:31:51,207 We all know warfare has consequences! 364 00:31:51,375 --> 00:31:55,619 Who cares when so many human lives are at stake? 365 00:31:56,167 --> 00:31:59,581 Have you no thought of the cost if we go ... 366 00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:02,034 Have you no thought of the cost if we don't? 367 00:32:02,333 --> 00:32:05,952 This plan is for slaughter. 368 00:32:11,208 --> 00:32:13,040 The Germans are in position. 369 00:32:14,375 --> 00:32:16,332 They have reserves available. 370 00:32:17,333 --> 00:32:20,826 There will be obstacles, Minefields, unknown hazards. 371 00:32:21,083 --> 00:32:24,781 - Exactly. - We must get the men seeing red. 372 00:32:25,792 --> 00:32:29,411 They must be completely on their toes with absolute faith in the plan. 373 00:32:30,125 --> 00:32:34,665 No one must undermine their confidence, including you. 374 00:32:36,708 --> 00:32:37,791 What? 375 00:32:37,816 --> 00:32:41,062 I heard what you said in front of the King and our Allies. 376 00:32:41,333 --> 00:32:43,825 I won't have you speaking like that to men going to those beaches. 377 00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:46,791 I only want to bolster their courage! 378 00:32:47,042 --> 00:32:52,083 And yet the last time you spoke is was all doubt, dithering ... and treachery. 379 00:32:56,750 --> 00:33:00,448 - Did he say "treachery"? - I'm sure he didn't mean that. 380 00:33:00,667 --> 00:33:03,501 That puffed up little shit! 381 00:33:04,792 --> 00:33:07,034 The men won't follow him. 382 00:33:10,833 --> 00:33:13,951 - Quick ranks, gather round! - Gather in lads! 383 00:33:15,167 --> 00:33:17,454 - Gather round! - As you can see, 384 00:33:18,167 --> 00:33:20,705 today we have some important visitors, 385 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,116 who come to wish you well. 386 00:33:26,583 --> 00:33:28,074 We're going soon. 387 00:33:29,625 --> 00:33:30,911 Very soon. 388 00:33:32,542 --> 00:33:34,283 You're young all of you. 389 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,583 Many of you have never been under fire. 390 00:33:39,125 --> 00:33:41,663 And you don't know what you are about to go through. 391 00:33:42,875 --> 00:33:45,709 Some of you are fearful. That's natural. 392 00:33:47,042 --> 00:33:49,125 So, let's band together. 393 00:33:50,208 --> 00:33:54,452 Look out for your brothers-in-arms and they'll look out for you. 394 00:33:55,833 --> 00:33:57,995 So let's all get in there, 395 00:33:58,417 --> 00:34:01,581 shoot straight ... smash those bastards ... 396 00:34:01,917 --> 00:34:04,660 - Ya! -Ya! - get the job done ... 397 00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:07,162 - and get back here. - Let's do it, lads! 398 00:34:07,583 --> 00:34:09,290 And I want you all to remember one thing, 399 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:13,915 as you land on these beaches. What's your most important possession? 400 00:34:24,375 --> 00:34:26,583 - It's your life. - Yes! -Yes, sir! 401 00:34:26,792 --> 00:34:29,864 - And I'm going to save it for you. - Ya! -Ya! 402 00:34:30,083 --> 00:34:34,327 - Oh yeah! What we gonna do? - (Indistinct affirmative yelling!) 403 00:34:34,542 --> 00:34:37,580 You and I together will see this thing through! 404 00:34:37,833 --> 00:34:39,665 Yes! Sir! 405 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,866 Just keep it short and polite. 406 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:48,000 Whatever you do, don't insult anyone. 407 00:34:48,208 --> 00:34:49,824 I won't speak. 408 00:34:50,625 --> 00:34:51,866 You won't? 409 00:34:52,125 --> 00:34:55,414 - He said all that needs to be said. - Good luck. 410 00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:00,374 Well put, Sir. 411 00:35:02,833 --> 00:35:04,040 Thank you, Sir. 412 00:35:07,833 --> 00:35:10,416 I might get a stroll down to the beach. 413 00:35:11,750 --> 00:35:13,116 Only a moment. 414 00:36:00,667 --> 00:36:04,286 Winston! The car is ready! 415 00:36:26,208 --> 00:36:28,791 Aye, he's a grim old dog, that Monty. 416 00:36:29,333 --> 00:36:32,747 But I'll say one thing for him. He's prepared to fight. 417 00:36:32,917 --> 00:36:35,910 He will go with those men. He will see action. 418 00:36:36,167 --> 00:36:39,031 - Far too few of our leaders do. - You did in the last war. 419 00:36:40,875 --> 00:36:42,411 The Western Front. 420 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:47,540 After ... after what happened in the Turkish Campaign. 421 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:52,038 But it isn't right. It isn't right ... 422 00:36:52,417 --> 00:36:55,285 ... to sit out the whole war in an office in London 423 00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:58,038 sending thousands of soldiers into gun fire. 424 00:36:58,208 --> 00:37:00,325 - that with the flourish of a pen? - That's the job 425 00:37:00,542 --> 00:37:03,455 - of a political leader. - But Monty gets to be a real leader! 426 00:37:03,667 --> 00:37:06,580 I should be on those boats, at the front with the men! 427 00:37:07,750 --> 00:37:10,037 Get there, even before Monty does. 428 00:37:10,542 --> 00:37:12,454 - I want to tell you a story. - Must you? 429 00:37:12,708 --> 00:37:16,076 Yes. It's about the end of the Second Boer War, 430 00:37:16,333 --> 00:37:18,165 in which we both saw action. 431 00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:23,367 - Is there a point to this? - 1902. We Boers had lost. 432 00:37:23,583 --> 00:37:25,620 And it felt in me to meet your Lord Kitchener, 433 00:37:25,833 --> 00:37:29,406 make peace. The other commanders were furious. 434 00:37:29,625 --> 00:37:31,912 I was called a coward. But I knew, 435 00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:36,165 that there was no glory for us or for me in fighting on. 436 00:37:36,417 --> 00:37:38,830 - We would only damage ourselves. - Smuts ... 437 00:37:39,042 --> 00:37:44,367 Being a great leader doesn't always mean seizing the glory. 438 00:37:44,750 --> 00:37:46,082 Sometimes you have to accept, 439 00:37:46,333 --> 00:37:48,950 that you cannot lead everything from of the front. 440 00:37:50,583 --> 00:37:53,326 You and I are like two old love birds, 441 00:37:53,542 --> 00:37:56,865 moulting together on a perch, but still able to peck. 442 00:37:57,083 --> 00:37:59,621 - I am not pecking! - You are pecking. 443 00:38:01,417 --> 00:38:03,329 Eisenhower will listen to me. 444 00:38:04,125 --> 00:38:05,787 He is a man of reason, a man of integrity, 445 00:38:05,958 --> 00:38:08,792 - a great man, I think. - Winston, please. 446 00:38:09,583 --> 00:38:12,326 Do add yourself to his problems. 447 00:38:23,625 --> 00:38:25,457 Well, I want to talk to him. 448 00:38:42,083 --> 00:38:43,824 Where is General Eisenhower? 449 00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:04,787 - Winston. - Ike. 450 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:07,537 Apologies for this short notice. 451 00:39:07,792 --> 00:39:10,660 I wanted to tell you about my plans for D-Day. 452 00:39:12,208 --> 00:39:14,291 - Your plans? - I've arranged a berth for myself. 453 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:17,459 - On HMS Belfast. - That ship is sailing into battle. 454 00:39:17,667 --> 00:39:20,284 I know you and I have not agreed in all points of this operation, 455 00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:23,789 but surely we must agree on its importance. 456 00:39:24,125 --> 00:39:26,788 The men need to feel, that the nation is with them. 457 00:39:26,958 --> 00:39:28,449 - So I'll shall go. - Is this a joke? 458 00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:30,408 - Not in the least. - Well for Christ's sake, you can't go. 459 00:39:30,625 --> 00:39:31,342 Why? Why not? 460 00:39:31,367 --> 00:39:33,517 Because if you get killed on one of my ships, 461 00:39:33,708 --> 00:39:36,496 - It's my responsibility. - The HMS Belfast is not one your ships. 462 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:38,950 - She's one of the Kings'. - Let's not split hairs. 463 00:39:39,167 --> 00:39:42,126 I have accepted you as the Supreme Commander 464 00:39:42,375 --> 00:39:45,413 of the British Forces involved in Overlord, 465 00:39:45,625 --> 00:39:48,493 but in the Navy there are four of our men to every one of yours. 466 00:39:48,708 --> 00:39:50,324 - Christ, Winston ... - But you are an American General 467 00:39:50,542 --> 00:39:53,330 you may not regulate the complements of British ships. 468 00:39:53,542 --> 00:39:55,625 I not trying to regulate your God damn ships. 469 00:39:55,833 --> 00:39:58,416 - I am just telling you not to go. - I am the Prime Minister, 470 00:39:58,625 --> 00:40:01,584 of the United Kingdom. Minister of Defence. 471 00:40:01,792 --> 00:40:04,330 I shall go, where I consider it necessary, 472 00:40:04,542 --> 00:40:07,614 to the discharge my duty! You may not tie me down! 473 00:40:07,833 --> 00:40:09,950 - Tie you down? - Only. I've seen this before, 474 00:40:10,167 --> 00:40:15,037 in the First War. Big men, fighting from the safety of their arm chairs. 475 00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:19,122 It's no good. Commanders must see the battlefields for themselves. 476 00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:21,617 You're not a God damn Commander! 477 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,538 Is this about Montgomery? You just trying to get on the beaches before him? 478 00:40:24,833 --> 00:40:27,371 Of course not. I hadn't even thought of that. 479 00:40:27,583 --> 00:40:30,166 - What if you get shot? - I've been in wars before. 480 00:40:30,417 --> 00:40:32,659 You're the sitting Prime Minister. We can't risk your life. 481 00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:37,452 You're asking a quarter of a million young men to risk theirs. 482 00:40:37,667 --> 00:40:40,501 That's their job! It's not yours. 483 00:40:40,750 --> 00:40:46,075 If you want me to submit to this unconscionably dangerous plan, 484 00:40:46,333 --> 00:40:49,167 the least you can do is let me lead my men into battle. 485 00:40:49,417 --> 00:40:52,160 I will not sit back in London with my paws crossed. 486 00:40:52,417 --> 00:40:55,990 listening to them being mooned on by German bullets on the wireless. 487 00:40:56,208 --> 00:40:58,791 I'll shall go with them. I shall share their fate. 488 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,959 Don't ask me to host your God damn amateur theatrics! 489 00:41:02,792 --> 00:41:04,283 There's war on! 490 00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:07,245 I'm not asking you to host anything. 491 00:41:07,958 --> 00:41:11,656 I shall be travelling through France as the King's Prime Minister. 492 00:41:11,833 --> 00:41:13,290 aboard the King's ship. 493 00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:16,163 And what's more, the King will be coming with me. 494 00:41:16,417 --> 00:41:17,908 - What? - His Majesty and I ... 495 00:41:18,125 --> 00:41:21,111 are in complete agreement. We must be there, 496 00:41:21,375 --> 00:41:25,073 to lead the men. And there is nothing you or Monty 497 00:41:25,333 --> 00:41:26,824 can do about it. 498 00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:44,948 I need to speak to number 10. We're running out of time. 499 00:42:24,583 --> 00:42:28,702 Winston. I've been looking for you everywhere. 500 00:42:29,458 --> 00:42:32,292 A man needs a quiet moment of quiet contemplation, 501 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:33,832 before heading into battle. 502 00:42:34,917 --> 00:42:36,283 You must come. 503 00:42:37,917 --> 00:42:39,499 You have a visitor. 504 00:42:49,667 --> 00:42:51,033 Good evening, Winston. 505 00:42:52,167 --> 00:42:53,578 Your Majesty. 506 00:42:54,833 --> 00:42:58,326 I was told I might ... find you here. 507 00:43:00,208 --> 00:43:01,415 I had to ... 508 00:43:03,208 --> 00:43:04,449 come over. 509 00:43:06,083 --> 00:43:09,622 It's about the a ... the plan. 510 00:43:11,042 --> 00:43:12,624 To go on earlier ... 511 00:43:16,083 --> 00:43:18,245 - the ship. - Oh. 512 00:43:20,625 --> 00:43:21,911 We can't. 513 00:43:23,875 --> 00:43:27,111 - I see. - I know I agreed when ... 514 00:43:30,917 --> 00:43:34,081 when you telephoned earlier. It was ... 515 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,072 rash ... of me. 516 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,081 I ... 517 00:43:42,042 --> 00:43:43,749 A change would soften 518 00:43:45,500 --> 00:43:47,366 would be at this moment ... 519 00:43:48,583 --> 00:43:53,328 but be a serious matter for the Empire. 520 00:43:55,833 --> 00:43:57,449 And Lilibet is ... 521 00:43:58,875 --> 00:44:00,332 is only 18. 522 00:44:00,542 --> 00:44:04,536 Such a ... determined girl, 523 00:44:04,833 --> 00:44:07,041 but still so very young. 524 00:44:09,500 --> 00:44:13,494 So no, I ... I can't go. 525 00:44:14,833 --> 00:44:16,870 And, and I don't need to say to you, 526 00:44:17,083 --> 00:44:20,997 what it would mean for the Allied ... 527 00:44:22,875 --> 00:44:26,323 cause ... if a chance 528 00:44:27,833 --> 00:44:31,873 a bomb should ... remove you from the scene. 529 00:44:33,625 --> 00:44:37,869 Sir, it's ... it's all arranged. 530 00:44:38,708 --> 00:44:42,122 Moreover the risk is negligible. 531 00:44:42,542 --> 00:44:46,832 Our presence would be an embarrassment, Winston. 532 00:44:48,833 --> 00:44:51,120 To those responsible for the ... 533 00:44:53,750 --> 00:44:55,332 for the fighting. 534 00:44:58,708 --> 00:45:01,325 Whether we wanted it to be or not. 535 00:45:02,208 --> 00:45:06,953 The right thing to do, is what normally ... 536 00:45:07,583 --> 00:45:12,032 falls to those at the top on such occasions. 537 00:45:13,875 --> 00:45:15,537 To remain at home ... 538 00:45:17,208 --> 00:45:18,619 and wait. 539 00:45:22,750 --> 00:45:26,414 I served in the last war, as you did. 540 00:45:27,917 --> 00:45:30,785 Sailed a ship, flew a plane. 541 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,162 Bloody hell, that was exciting. 542 00:45:34,833 --> 00:45:37,041 I know the thrill you seek. 543 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,787 There's a damn thing you know. 544 00:45:42,833 --> 00:45:47,453 Everyone thinks you are the most ... powerful man in the world. 545 00:45:48,833 --> 00:45:53,407 But you're not allowed to do anything at all. 546 00:45:55,458 --> 00:46:00,783 My job ... is not to fight, 547 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,583 not to die. 548 00:46:05,125 --> 00:46:09,745 I must ... exist ... 549 00:46:11,458 --> 00:46:13,165 and be gracious ... 550 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:16,366 unite, 551 00:46:17,792 --> 00:46:19,374 Bring hope. 552 00:46:22,333 --> 00:46:25,622 And that is my duty. 553 00:46:28,792 --> 00:46:31,375 And it is yours, too. 554 00:46:38,625 --> 00:46:40,366 My duty? 555 00:46:41,708 --> 00:46:43,745 Go easy on Ike and Monty. 556 00:46:45,208 --> 00:46:47,791 You mustn't go to war with them, Winston. 557 00:46:50,208 --> 00:46:52,916 And you must not go to France. 558 00:46:59,792 --> 00:47:00,873 Well? 559 00:47:06,750 --> 00:47:11,290 Sir, you are my King 560 00:47:12,542 --> 00:47:17,082 and I must do as you command. 561 00:47:26,208 --> 00:47:27,949 The anxiety ... 562 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,538 dulls the coming days would be 563 00:47:32,083 --> 00:47:35,781 greatly increased for me ... if 564 00:47:37,083 --> 00:47:39,450 in addition to everything else 565 00:47:41,208 --> 00:47:46,283 there was even the slightest risk of losing you. 566 00:47:57,208 --> 00:48:00,701 Ya. I must be off. 567 00:48:01,083 --> 00:48:02,949 They'll fight for floss if I don't get back soon. 568 00:48:08,167 --> 00:48:09,578 Good night, Winston. 569 00:48:18,750 --> 00:48:21,037 Britain will thank you for it, Winston. 570 00:48:23,083 --> 00:48:25,166 I believe all of us will. 571 00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:27,786 Forever. 572 00:48:30,833 --> 00:48:32,290 Your Majesty. 573 00:49:31,708 --> 00:49:35,122 - Did Ike send him? - Ike asked me. 574 00:49:37,125 --> 00:49:38,536 I telephoned the palace. 575 00:49:45,833 --> 00:49:48,792 Why, Clemmie? Why? 576 00:49:50,333 --> 00:49:51,665 Could you have talked to me? 577 00:49:53,792 --> 00:49:57,741 When was last time ... that you actually listened to anybody? 578 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,583 When was the last time that you sat and had a conversation with me? 579 00:50:03,333 --> 00:50:07,532 Oh I am sorry. I must have been distracted by this little matter, 580 00:50:07,750 --> 00:50:11,243 of trying to win a war. General Eisenhower sends his wife ... 581 00:50:11,458 --> 00:50:15,156 long letters every weekend, even though he is thousands of miles away. 582 00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:18,663 Well, why don't you marry General Eisenhower? 583 00:50:18,833 --> 00:50:21,075 An handsome younger man, still in his prime, 584 00:50:21,333 --> 00:50:24,531 how everybody seems to think is a real war hero. 585 00:50:24,958 --> 00:50:28,406 Not some clap-top, moth-eaten old lion, 586 00:50:28,625 --> 00:50:31,459 whose teeth have been pulled, so as not to frighten the ladies. 587 00:50:33,958 --> 00:50:35,790 Try acting like a hero, Winston ... 588 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:38,913 and then maybe people will believe that you are one again. 589 00:50:40,875 --> 00:50:43,709 Why don't you just have me stuffed? - Ohf! 590 00:50:57,667 --> 00:51:00,580 2 days before D-DAY 591 00:51:00,750 --> 00:51:04,869 4 AM 592 00:51:52,958 --> 00:51:54,449 Please take your seats. 593 00:52:04,750 --> 00:52:07,493 Gentlemen, we are here at this unsociable hour, 594 00:52:07,667 --> 00:52:10,080 to make the greatest decision of our lives. 595 00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:13,583 The Armada of Overlord has begun to sail. 596 00:52:13,917 --> 00:52:17,285 This is the last moment, the last, crucial moment, 597 00:52:17,583 --> 00:52:21,748 in which we must decide whether this Operation proceeds today as planned. 598 00:52:23,583 --> 00:52:25,870 Of course we must the conditions, 599 00:52:26,583 --> 00:52:28,916 wind, rain, tide. 600 00:52:30,792 --> 00:52:34,490 So let's have the report. Group Captain Stagg, the weather. 601 00:52:38,333 --> 00:52:41,451 Gentlemen, the fears my colleagues and I ... 602 00:52:41,667 --> 00:52:45,786 have had about the weather over the next three or four days have been confirmed. 603 00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,619 The sea will be rough. Winds up to Force 6. 604 00:52:50,833 --> 00:52:52,620 A lot of low clouds. 605 00:52:53,125 --> 00:52:55,082 We have had a report from the West Irish station, 606 00:52:55,333 --> 00:52:58,167 that the barometer is falling rapidly there. 607 00:52:58,667 --> 00:53:00,829 A further depression is heading our way. 608 00:53:01,667 --> 00:53:05,707 Em - I'm sorry, sir. It's not a good picture. 609 00:53:06,958 --> 00:53:09,291 General Montgomery, what do you recommend? 610 00:53:11,208 --> 00:53:13,165 We're very nearly out of time. 611 00:53:13,875 --> 00:53:15,741 I think we must launch now. 612 00:53:17,458 --> 00:53:20,872 - Air Chief Marshal? - I'm afraid I disagree. 613 00:53:21,500 --> 00:53:23,913 These are terrible conditions for air support. 614 00:53:24,625 --> 00:53:26,332 I don't know how much I can provide in this weather. 615 00:53:26,542 --> 00:53:28,033 But it won't be much. 616 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,536 Admiral, what do you think? 617 00:53:37,583 --> 00:53:39,575 It's dreadful. I think we must consider, 618 00:53:39,750 --> 00:53:43,448 how feasible it is, to land craft, in a storm. 619 00:53:43,667 --> 00:53:46,205 Damn it, Ike. My men have already sailed. 620 00:53:46,875 --> 00:53:49,037 Admiral, how long do have before the ships will have gone too far, 621 00:53:49,250 --> 00:53:50,582 to call them back? 622 00:53:51,125 --> 00:53:53,492 Perhaps, 30 minutes. 623 00:53:57,833 --> 00:54:01,281 There could be another chance, tomorrow. Stagg? 624 00:54:02,250 --> 00:54:07,075 Sir, there may be a short break in the storms tomorrow morning. 625 00:54:07,333 --> 00:54:10,952 But for the next 24 hours it will be very hard to say. 626 00:54:14,667 --> 00:54:16,750 What risk do you prefer to take? 627 00:54:33,875 --> 00:54:35,207 Call them back. 628 00:54:36,958 --> 00:54:38,995 Meet back here tomorrow at the same time. 629 00:54:39,208 --> 00:54:41,871 Until then, pray for good weather. 630 00:54:45,750 --> 00:54:48,948 Ike. You called them back? 631 00:54:50,667 --> 00:54:53,284 This isn't being planned with any alternatives. 632 00:54:53,500 --> 00:54:56,117 It is being planned as a victory, that's what's going to be. 633 00:54:56,375 --> 00:54:58,913 We going down there. We're going to throw everything we have, 634 00:54:59,125 --> 00:55:01,037 at it, and make it a success. 635 00:55:01,792 --> 00:55:04,580 Because frankly, if we don't win this, 636 00:55:04,750 --> 00:55:07,288 I don't know what kind of world we'll be left with. 637 00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:09,537 I wouldn't disagree with you there. 638 00:55:11,208 --> 00:55:12,665 - Thank you sir. 639 00:55:17,958 --> 00:55:21,372 We'll go tomorrow, Churchill. You can't stop it. 640 00:55:21,958 --> 00:55:23,074 No. 641 00:55:24,625 --> 00:55:26,207 But the weather might. 642 00:55:43,325 --> 00:55:45,155 Brooke is here to bring you up to date with 643 00:55:45,180 --> 00:55:47,218 everything that has been happening on the coast. 644 00:55:48,083 --> 00:55:49,745 General Alexander's forces, 645 00:55:49,958 --> 00:55:52,200 who yesterday took Rome from the Nazis, 646 00:55:52,458 --> 00:55:55,292 shall today go into the greatest battle of the war. 647 00:55:55,500 --> 00:55:57,617 But the Italian Campaign could win it. 648 00:55:57,792 --> 00:56:02,158 Supreme Allied Command is focusing its hope and attention now on Operation Overlord. 649 00:56:02,183 --> 00:56:04,480 There is very little I can do about Overlord. 650 00:56:04,750 --> 00:56:09,040 I have to direct my efforts to winning the rest of this war. 651 00:56:10,458 --> 00:56:13,781 I feel like a man chained to the chariot of a lunatic. 652 00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,913 If we can just make him feel part of it. 653 00:56:17,167 --> 00:56:19,124 The political fellows are worried about him too. 654 00:56:19,375 --> 00:56:23,289 If the war ends this year, they're saying he could be a liability as a leader. 655 00:56:23,667 --> 00:56:25,408 Now I know you're fond of him, Smuts. 656 00:56:25,625 --> 00:56:27,662 and so am I, believe it or not, 657 00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:30,458 - but he is testing the limits. 658 00:56:30,667 --> 00:56:34,206 - But he's not the man he was. - When you reach calm waters, 659 00:56:34,458 --> 00:56:38,577 it is easy to forget the Captain who steered you through the storm. 660 00:56:38,750 --> 00:56:41,538 I haven't forgotten how great he was in the Blitz. 661 00:56:41,708 --> 00:56:45,201 - But that was four years ago. - He is still a great man. 662 00:56:45,458 --> 00:56:49,873 End. Bloody fools. They're all bloody fools. 663 00:56:50,167 --> 00:56:52,750 This is single spaced! Why is it single spaced? 664 00:56:53,083 --> 00:56:55,075 I'm sorry, Sir. Someone must have reset the typewriter. 665 00:56:55,333 --> 00:56:56,619 Well, it must be double spaced. 666 00:56:58,667 --> 00:57:01,410 Why do your waste my time? You stupid girl! 667 00:57:01,625 --> 00:57:04,868 - I'm sorry. I didn't know. - Do you realize what I have to do? 668 00:57:05,833 --> 00:57:08,621 I must look after the troops, keep them safe! 669 00:57:08,833 --> 00:57:12,827 Food, shelter, equipment. All must be organized! 670 00:57:13,042 --> 00:57:15,534 If I leave the Supply Depot to their own devices, 671 00:57:15,958 --> 00:57:19,622 they probably send dental chairs instead of bayonets! 672 00:57:19,833 --> 00:57:24,498 I must focus. You must focus! 673 00:57:24,667 --> 00:57:25,908 Winston? 674 00:57:26,917 --> 00:57:29,034 Would you come with me for a moment, please? 675 00:57:48,917 --> 00:57:50,704 A great man. 676 00:57:52,833 --> 00:57:56,577 I can not work if I am surrounded by such incompetence. 677 00:57:57,417 --> 00:58:01,286 I'll show Brooke and Monty, what it takes to be a real General. 678 00:58:01,542 --> 00:58:04,410 I'll show them, how great men win their wars. 679 00:58:04,625 --> 00:58:07,208 Stop it! Just stop it! 680 00:58:08,458 --> 00:58:11,041 Brooke and Eisenhower and Monty are fighting this war 681 00:58:11,250 --> 00:58:12,786 and you just keep getting in their way. 682 00:58:13,042 --> 00:58:15,825 - I am the Prime Minister of this country! - Exactly. 683 00:58:15,833 --> 00:58:18,450 - Minister of Defence! - Don't pull rank! 684 00:58:18,667 --> 00:58:20,283 Makes you seem small. 685 00:58:21,583 --> 00:58:23,449 And you don't need any more of that. 686 00:58:25,208 --> 00:58:27,916 Will you stop telling me what to do? 687 00:58:29,958 --> 00:58:31,620 I beg your pardon? 688 00:58:40,208 --> 00:58:42,621 Perhaps it is time I took some rest. 689 00:58:46,250 --> 00:58:47,616 I should say so. 690 01:00:08,875 --> 01:00:10,411 Dear God. 691 01:00:14,208 --> 01:00:15,574 Oh dear 692 01:00:23,625 --> 01:00:29,496 Please, please, please, let it rain tomorrow 693 01:00:30,583 --> 01:00:32,370 Let it pour. 694 01:00:33,667 --> 01:00:37,741 Let the heavens open and a deluge burst forth, 695 01:00:37,958 --> 01:00:42,407 such as never has been seen in the English Channel. 696 01:00:44,167 --> 01:00:46,204 Let lightning flash, 697 01:00:47,083 --> 01:00:50,576 let thunder crash and roll and bellow. 698 01:00:52,208 --> 01:00:55,497 Let winds tear up the beaches 699 01:00:55,667 --> 01:00:59,832 and spin the sand into storms. 700 01:01:01,750 --> 01:01:07,371 Let the sea churn into peaks and troughs and tidal waves. 701 01:01:08,458 --> 01:01:12,873 Call Spirits from the vasty deep. 702 01:01:20,917 --> 01:01:22,078 Please ... 703 01:01:24,917 --> 01:01:26,829 make them call it off. 704 01:01:29,833 --> 01:01:34,453 and spare the lives of all those fine young men on those ships. 705 01:01:35,875 --> 01:01:36,956 Please ... 706 01:01:38,625 --> 01:01:41,038 do not let it happen again. 707 01:02:02,417 --> 01:02:03,533 Amen. 708 01:02:15,708 --> 01:02:16,869 Amen. 709 01:02:30,458 --> 01:02:34,623 1 day before D-Day 710 01:03:21,167 --> 01:03:23,784 Thank you for coming again. Take your seats. 711 01:03:30,708 --> 01:03:31,994 The weather, please? 712 01:03:35,833 --> 01:03:40,203 Yesterday we predicted that there would be a short break in the storms this morning. 713 01:03:40,708 --> 01:03:43,746 As of O-Four-Hundred, that holds good. 714 01:03:45,667 --> 01:03:48,705 The cloud cover at 2,000 feet stands at three tenths. 715 01:03:49,083 --> 01:03:52,576 the wind is between Force 3 and Force 4. 716 01:03:54,125 --> 01:03:56,617 You can have a big celebration, if that forecast is accurate. 717 01:03:56,833 --> 01:03:59,291 These conditions could actually work against the Germans. 718 01:03:59,500 --> 01:04:01,992 They won't be able to get their reconnaissance planes up at all. 719 01:04:02,625 --> 01:04:04,412 Can the Navy Gunners spot in this visibility? 720 01:04:04,875 --> 01:04:06,662 - Yes. - Monty? 721 01:04:07,417 --> 01:04:09,033 The Army is ready. 722 01:04:24,875 --> 01:04:26,616 It's a hell of a risk. 723 01:04:28,417 --> 01:04:30,579 But it's the best possible gamble. 724 01:04:37,625 --> 01:04:41,699 The question is how long can you leave something like this hanging out on a limb? 725 01:04:57,417 --> 01:04:58,828 Okay, let's go. 726 01:05:09,500 --> 01:05:12,868 Group Captain Stagg. Photograph, if you please. 727 01:05:17,833 --> 01:05:18,914 Thank you. 728 01:05:59,500 --> 01:06:00,581 Ike. 729 01:06:02,625 --> 01:06:06,619 You have said that this war is not like the last war. 730 01:06:07,417 --> 01:06:11,115 But this Operation 731 01:06:12,125 --> 01:06:13,741 very much is. 732 01:06:18,417 --> 01:06:20,625 Men will die tomorrow. 733 01:06:22,208 --> 01:06:28,739 Do not let ... a single one of them ... die ... in vain. 734 01:06:37,458 --> 01:06:38,949 Godspeed! 735 01:08:15,583 --> 01:08:16,994 They'll go in. 736 01:08:46,708 --> 01:08:48,791 - No! - Winston! 737 01:08:52,625 --> 01:08:55,618 - I can not bear this, I cannot. - For goodness sake! 738 01:08:55,833 --> 01:08:57,040 I cannot. 739 01:08:58,125 --> 01:09:01,618 - I will not tolerate this from you. - I can't lead this! 740 01:09:02,208 --> 01:09:05,167 - It's murder! - Sit down. 741 01:09:05,417 --> 01:09:10,037 I will not be able to live the rest of my life with this on my conscience. 742 01:09:10,667 --> 01:09:12,203 You have no choice. 743 01:09:13,250 --> 01:09:17,620 Do you hear me? I will not be able to live the rest of my life. 744 01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:19,411 Is that a threat? 745 01:09:20,250 --> 01:09:22,458 By the time we wake tomorrow, 746 01:09:23,167 --> 01:09:26,786 20,000 young men may be dead. 747 01:09:35,958 --> 01:09:37,290 You're drunk. 748 01:09:38,917 --> 01:09:41,910 This is the only thing, which brings me peace. 749 01:09:43,042 --> 01:09:46,001 Well, it's not working. You should be ashamed of yourself. 750 01:10:12,417 --> 01:10:14,374 Yes, could you send the maid up to the breakfast room? 751 01:10:14,683 --> 01:10:16,670 There has been an accident. 752 01:10:17,125 --> 01:10:20,493 No, everyone is fine. Just a broken plate. 753 01:10:21,417 --> 01:10:22,828 Thank you. Yes. 754 01:10:23,208 --> 01:10:27,157 And can you tell Field Marshal Smuts, I'd like to see him. Thank you. 755 01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:09,207 How is he? 756 01:11:11,125 --> 01:11:12,241 Come on. 757 01:11:28,375 --> 01:11:29,661 Winston? 758 01:11:32,667 --> 01:11:33,908 Winston. 759 01:11:36,750 --> 01:11:39,208 The ships are gathering in the Channel. 760 01:11:39,750 --> 01:11:42,413 They set sail at 1700 hours. 761 01:11:43,708 --> 01:11:47,452 I thought I could help you, prepare your speeches for tomorrow. 762 01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:07,998 - This has happened before, hasn't it? - A few times. He gets very ... 763 01:12:08,058 --> 01:12:11,573 low and then he just sticks. 764 01:12:11,675 --> 01:12:14,558 Anything you try to say to cheer him up just seems to make matters worse. 765 01:12:14,808 --> 01:12:17,425 - Have you called for his doctor? - His doctor, usually just sends ... 766 01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:19,182 him to the country for a couple of weeks. 767 01:12:19,292 --> 01:12:22,364 - He has to address the nation tomorrow. - I know. 768 01:12:22,917 --> 01:12:24,658 Either to tell them that we are winning the war 769 01:12:24,875 --> 01:12:28,539 or that we just killed thousands of people needlessly. 770 01:12:30,250 --> 01:12:31,536 Oh, dear. 771 01:12:33,250 --> 01:12:34,991 Oh dear, oh dear. 772 01:12:36,833 --> 01:12:39,826 - Are you all right? - Yes of course. 773 01:12:40,833 --> 01:12:42,825 It must hard for you too. 774 01:12:47,083 --> 01:12:48,870 I wish he would notice that. 775 01:12:51,292 --> 01:12:53,534 Anyway, we must just do our best, I suppose. 776 01:12:53,792 --> 01:12:56,500 Why don't you let me talk to him? 777 01:13:31,750 --> 01:13:33,286 We thought if we came at this together, 778 01:13:33,458 --> 01:13:36,326 we could all help write your speech for tomorrow. 779 01:13:38,750 --> 01:13:43,074 It's a very important speech, Winston. Perhaps if you focus on, 780 01:13:43,292 --> 01:13:46,035 that you will be able to summon the energy? 781 01:13:48,750 --> 01:13:50,912 How shall we begin, Miss Garrett? 782 01:13:51,833 --> 01:13:56,624 Uh ... ah! " This is the Prime Minister." 783 01:13:58,750 --> 01:14:01,709 " Overnight the Combined Allied Forces " 784 01:14:01,917 --> 01:14:05,615 " of Air, Sea and Land began a full assault " 785 01:14:05,833 --> 01:14:09,952 " on the German positions on the north coast of France. " 786 01:14:10,542 --> 01:14:14,832 " This is the beginning of the greatest Operation of the war. " 787 01:14:15,042 --> 01:14:20,037 " It will push the Nazis back and liberate France. " 788 01:14:20,833 --> 01:14:25,749 " Thousands of brave young men have landed from a flotilla of ships. " 789 01:14:25,958 --> 01:14:30,532 " They have secured the beaches and pushed German lines back. " 790 01:14:31,125 --> 01:14:33,788 - You don't know that. - What? 791 01:14:35,750 --> 01:14:38,333 It's all too familiar, Smuts. 792 01:14:40,042 --> 01:14:41,874 I've seen this before. 793 01:14:43,250 --> 01:14:46,994 Gallipoli ... 1915. 794 01:14:47,792 --> 01:14:49,749 Massive amphibious landing. 795 01:14:50,917 --> 01:14:54,706 A head on assault against a powerfully entrenched army. 796 01:14:56,542 --> 01:15:00,365 We had a great plans for it at first, Kitchener and I. 797 01:15:00,583 --> 01:15:04,202 - This isn't 1915! - But the Operation was cut back, 798 01:15:04,417 --> 01:15:07,740 by the petty minded little snippends of the Commanders. 799 01:15:08,250 --> 01:15:12,540 " Lose a dozen ships here. Don't send extra divisions. " 800 01:15:12,792 --> 01:15:15,159 "They needn't have so many high explosives." 801 01:15:18,042 --> 01:15:22,207 I tried to stop it. Oh, God knows, I tried. 802 01:15:27,083 --> 01:15:28,540 It was ... 803 01:15:31,125 --> 01:15:33,287 It was meant to be ... 804 01:15:36,292 --> 01:15:38,329 a little job. 805 01:15:46,833 --> 01:15:50,372 We might as well have sent those men naked onto those beaches. 806 01:15:50,583 --> 01:15:54,231 Warfare has moved on. Your lessons have been learned. 807 01:15:54,450 --> 01:15:58,069 A quarter of a million men were cut down at Gallipoli. 808 01:15:59,125 --> 01:16:03,620 The Empire blamed me. I was its champion. 809 01:16:04,667 --> 01:16:08,490 But no one blames me more fiercely than I blame myself. 810 01:16:08,750 --> 01:16:12,423 If that had succeeded, you would have been celebrated as a hero. 811 01:16:12,700 --> 01:16:14,316 But it failed! 812 01:16:17,167 --> 01:16:22,242 I sent men to die! Hundreds, thousands of them! 813 01:16:24,042 --> 01:16:26,534 Their blood soaks my hands. 814 01:16:26,792 --> 01:16:30,206 The men do their duty and we do ours. 815 01:16:30,417 --> 01:16:33,831 - We must live with the guilt. - But we live, 816 01:16:34,792 --> 01:16:37,079 and still the Commanders have not learned. 817 01:16:37,667 --> 01:16:39,954 For they do not care to learn. 818 01:16:40,167 --> 01:16:43,956 They keep away from the battlefields and do not see the cost. 819 01:16:44,167 --> 01:16:46,625 Eyes shot out by sniper's bullets. 820 01:16:47,042 --> 01:16:50,001 Legs blown off by mines, Blood on the sea foam. 821 01:16:50,500 --> 01:16:53,823 That's what the men see, that's what they face! 822 01:16:54,708 --> 01:16:58,702 Half of those men on these ships today will be rotting corpses by tomorrow. 823 01:16:58,917 --> 01:17:00,283 That's enough! 824 01:17:01,208 --> 01:17:03,450 My fiancé is on one of those ships. 825 01:17:07,083 --> 01:17:10,155 I think he is. He can't tell me exactly. 826 01:17:15,250 --> 01:17:16,786 What's his rank? 827 01:17:21,417 --> 01:17:23,124 He is a Midshipman. 828 01:17:24,083 --> 01:17:25,619 On a destroyer. 829 01:17:29,042 --> 01:17:32,285 Arthur. Arthur Clayton. 830 01:17:43,875 --> 01:17:45,741 H ... How did you meet? 831 01:17:49,417 --> 01:17:51,249 We grew up together in Portsmouth. 832 01:17:55,333 --> 01:17:57,650 He says that he will take care of me and my mother. 833 01:17:59,583 --> 01:18:01,791 My father was in the First War. 834 01:18:02,833 --> 01:18:07,157 That's still with him. He's not much good for work. 835 01:18:10,667 --> 01:18:14,286 Arthur says when he returns we'll get a cottage by the sea. 836 01:18:15,875 --> 01:18:20,370 Fill it with children ... grow roses around the door. 837 01:18:21,958 --> 01:18:26,749 See, I want to believe that I won't end up like my mother and her sisters. 838 01:18:26,958 --> 01:18:30,702 With all their men dead, or maimed or shell shock. 839 01:18:31,875 --> 01:18:34,663 I want to believe that they'll just be al-right. 840 01:18:35,292 --> 01:18:37,830 That he'll just be al-right. 841 01:18:38,708 --> 01:18:40,950 I don't want to hear that the man I love, 842 01:18:41,167 --> 01:18:43,204 may in a few hours, be dead. 843 01:18:46,333 --> 01:18:48,290 And I don't want to hear it from you. 844 01:18:54,250 --> 01:18:56,833 I thought you were the bravest man in England. 845 01:19:03,167 --> 01:19:06,331 I'm sorry. I have no right. 846 01:19:06,500 --> 01:19:07,741 No. 847 01:19:11,833 --> 01:19:15,702 You have every right. 848 01:19:21,125 --> 01:19:23,833 Come. Sit down. 849 01:19:29,875 --> 01:19:31,116 Thank you. 850 01:19:40,417 --> 01:19:43,578 I must get dressed. 851 01:20:26,292 --> 01:20:27,999 I need your help. 852 01:20:29,292 --> 01:20:31,033 What are you talking about? 853 01:20:32,250 --> 01:20:33,411 Duty. 854 01:20:41,708 --> 01:20:43,495 Are... are ... are you going? 855 01:20:46,042 --> 01:20:47,624 I can't, can I? 856 01:20:52,792 --> 01:20:56,832 I know I haven't been fully a companion to you for ... 857 01:20:57,708 --> 01:20:59,019 for some while. 858 01:21:00,333 --> 01:21:03,952 This war requires the whole of me. 859 01:21:04,542 --> 01:21:08,456 and it's no easy matter, being a leader. 860 01:21:09,667 --> 01:21:12,375 It's not that easy being married to one, either. 861 01:21:13,750 --> 01:21:17,915 I'm expected to stand behind you and prop you up, whenever you require it. 862 01:21:18,750 --> 01:21:22,744 with good humour and unfailing kindness. 863 01:21:25,417 --> 01:21:27,909 I sometimes wish I could live my own life. 864 01:21:30,083 --> 01:21:31,540 Would you do that? 865 01:21:33,458 --> 01:21:36,201 I've had to learn to live around your edges. 866 01:21:48,917 --> 01:21:50,624 I often wondered, 867 01:21:51,417 --> 01:21:54,285 if there would be another man. 868 01:21:55,833 --> 01:21:58,905 - Would you care if there were? - Desperately! 869 01:22:02,958 --> 01:22:05,200 I haven't made you happy, have I? 870 01:22:06,833 --> 01:22:08,244 You have. 871 01:22:09,583 --> 01:22:11,449 At times you really have. 872 01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:14,286 But now ... 873 01:22:15,458 --> 01:22:18,856 Win, I don't know how to help you, 874 01:22:19,075 --> 01:22:22,648 if you ... if you don't understand what it is you must do. 875 01:22:28,750 --> 01:22:31,948 The Women's Auxiliary. We shouldn't keep them waiting. 876 01:22:34,208 --> 01:22:37,747 No. No, I ... I'll go ahead. 877 01:22:52,917 --> 01:22:54,283 - Briggs. - Sir. 878 01:22:54,458 --> 01:22:56,620 Did you get any word back from the Admiralty? 879 01:22:56,833 --> 01:23:00,952 Yes, Sir. Midshipman Arthur Clayton is on one of the craft heading for Juno beach. 880 01:23:02,333 --> 01:23:04,074 They're on the first wave. 881 01:23:04,500 --> 01:23:08,198 Expecting a lot of German fire, Sir. I'm sorry. 882 01:23:09,708 --> 01:23:11,449 - Thank you, Briggs. - Sir. 883 01:23:14,417 --> 01:23:16,659 They'll be well on their way by now. 884 01:23:18,333 --> 01:23:20,245 So many young men. 885 01:23:21,417 --> 01:23:25,491 Same as in the last war. Barely more than boys. 886 01:23:26,792 --> 01:23:28,533 They've grown up with this war. 887 01:23:29,333 --> 01:23:30,744 They're brave. 888 01:23:31,875 --> 01:23:34,458 Too young to know how to be afraid. 889 01:23:38,042 --> 01:23:40,159 What will you say, tomorrow? 890 01:23:42,542 --> 01:23:45,740 I don't know. Depends on the news. 891 01:23:46,375 --> 01:23:47,991 No it doesn't. 892 01:23:49,167 --> 01:23:51,910 Whatever happens tonight, you must give them hope. 893 01:23:53,042 --> 01:23:57,787 Even if 20,000 men are dead, you can't leave their wives and mothers, 894 01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:00,913 and children thinking they died with no reason. 895 01:24:01,583 --> 01:24:05,657 You must stay with them, make their sacrifice have a purpose. 896 01:24:06,375 --> 01:24:11,621 Make them believe that by God, they will win this war. 897 01:24:14,417 --> 01:24:16,409 And I will do it with them. 898 01:24:18,208 --> 01:24:19,449 For that is my duty. 899 01:24:21,500 --> 01:24:22,786 Isn't it? 900 01:24:26,417 --> 01:24:30,081 Would you mind talking to the Women's Auxiliary without me? 901 01:24:31,667 --> 01:24:33,784 I must write that speech. 902 01:24:37,792 --> 01:24:38,908 Clem? 903 01:24:44,375 --> 01:24:46,867 Fighting is what I have always done. 904 01:24:47,958 --> 01:24:50,792 It's the core of who I am. 905 01:24:51,792 --> 01:24:54,864 If I do this ... if I make this speech, 906 01:24:55,083 --> 01:24:56,745 I won't be fighting any more. 907 01:24:58,250 --> 01:24:59,661 No, you won't. 908 01:25:03,792 --> 01:25:05,374 Who will I be, 909 01:25:07,208 --> 01:25:08,824 when it's all over? 910 01:25:10,542 --> 01:25:14,035 If we win or it ends in disaster? 911 01:25:16,958 --> 01:25:21,328 What will I be, if I'm no longer fighting? 912 01:25:24,292 --> 01:25:28,115 You will always be, the man who lead us through this. 913 01:25:35,708 --> 01:25:38,325 - Wow wow. - Wow wow. 914 01:25:51,167 --> 01:25:52,453 Miss Garrett! 915 01:26:16,167 --> 01:26:17,283 Sir. 916 01:26:23,833 --> 01:26:26,166 Very good, Miss Garrett. Thank you. 917 01:26:27,417 --> 01:26:29,909 Winston, news has just come through. 918 01:26:30,125 --> 01:26:31,957 - The landings? - No, London. 919 01:26:32,167 --> 01:26:34,375 We think the Luftwaffe will strike with the new "V" rocket. 920 01:26:34,583 --> 01:26:36,700 We should prepare the air raid shelter. 921 01:26:37,083 --> 01:26:39,200 Do we have the planes to shoot them down? 922 01:26:39,417 --> 01:26:42,205 We'll try, but these rockets have no pilots. 923 01:26:42,417 --> 01:26:43,874 Incredibly fast. 924 01:26:44,667 --> 01:26:47,865 If Hitler thinks he can break our spirit like this, 925 01:26:48,167 --> 01:26:50,534 he is wrong. Miss Garrett, 926 01:26:51,792 --> 01:26:54,284 I shall need another draft of that speech. 927 01:26:54,458 --> 01:26:56,370 Oh, by the way ... 928 01:27:00,208 --> 01:27:01,744 Thanks you, Smuts. 929 01:27:09,458 --> 01:27:14,328 I have received this report on Midshipman, Arthur Clayton. 930 01:27:14,958 --> 01:27:18,907 He landed with the first wave. They took heavy fire, 931 01:27:19,125 --> 01:27:23,324 but he himself fought with great courage and saw it through. 932 01:27:23,500 --> 01:27:25,958 He is safe and well. 933 01:27:27,458 --> 01:27:29,165 Oh, heavens ... 934 01:27:30,208 --> 01:27:34,122 Oh, and a, if I may ... 935 01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:39,083 He sends you his love. 936 01:27:44,958 --> 01:27:47,792 Thank you. So very much, Mr. Churchill. 937 01:27:52,875 --> 01:27:55,413 Thank you, Miss Garrett. 938 01:28:02,542 --> 01:28:06,081 At the Sixth Hour 939 01:28:06,333 --> 01:28:09,997 On the Sixth Day 940 01:28:10,250 --> 01:28:15,871 Of the Sixth Month 941 01:29:32,625 --> 01:29:35,038 This is the Prime Minister speaking. 942 01:29:35,875 --> 01:29:40,540 " First the news from the Great Operation in France. " 943 01:29:41,333 --> 01:29:47,204 " This magnificent effort of co-ordinated Air, Land and Sea. " 944 01:29:47,750 --> 01:29:52,040 has brought the Allied Forces together to push the Nazis back. 945 01:29:52,292 --> 01:29:55,785 and begin the liberation of France. 946 01:29:56,458 --> 01:30:00,202 "The passage of the sea " has been made with far less loss 947 01:30:00,417 --> 01:30:03,706 than we apprehended. The superior bombardment 948 01:30:03,717 --> 01:30:08,837 of our ships and planes quickly reduced the German fire. 949 01:30:10,542 --> 01:30:15,913 " General Eisenhower's courage is equal to all that must be done. " 950 01:30:16,708 --> 01:30:22,079 " Everything is ready, as it has never been ready before. " 951 01:30:22,542 --> 01:30:27,207 " and we are awake " to the tips of our fingers. 952 01:30:27,542 --> 01:30:28,908 - That's a good line. - Shhhush 953 01:30:29,625 --> 01:30:33,539 " Last night the dangers appeared very great. " 954 01:30:33,792 --> 01:30:37,031 " This morning we have overcome them. " 955 01:30:38,250 --> 01:30:41,698 This great war against Nazis domination, 956 01:30:42,333 --> 01:30:45,041 " is fought by ordinary people. " 957 01:30:45,292 --> 01:30:48,615 " the soldiers, sailors and airmen in the field, " 958 01:30:48,833 --> 01:30:52,076 " and also those at home. " 959 01:30:52,708 --> 01:30:56,748 We defied Hitler with our endurance, 960 01:30:56,958 --> 01:31:00,622 and our strength of character and our refusal, 961 01:31:00,833 --> 01:31:03,371 to give into tyranny and oppression 962 01:31:03,542 --> 01:31:06,285 and the darkest evils in History. 963 01:31:09,125 --> 01:31:15,076 " This is not a war for glory, it is a war for freedom. " 964 01:31:16,292 --> 01:31:19,205 " The Germans will strike back. " 965 01:31:20,042 --> 01:31:23,410 We do not know, where they will hit. 966 01:31:23,625 --> 01:31:28,040 Their new flying bombs have no pilot. 967 01:31:28,458 --> 01:31:33,032 Destruction sent forth in a soulless machine. 968 01:31:35,458 --> 01:31:39,657 This is a weapon of cowards, 969 01:31:39,875 --> 01:31:42,663 and cowards can not win. 970 01:31:42,875 --> 01:31:47,199 We must meet it with valour, as our soldiers do. 971 01:31:47,500 --> 01:31:50,493 As those brave men fight on the beaches, 972 01:31:50,667 --> 01:31:54,411 we on the Home-front must fight on too. 973 01:31:54,583 --> 01:31:58,532 And when they return, covered in glory, 974 01:31:59,292 --> 01:32:02,035 we may share in their honour. 975 01:32:03,125 --> 01:32:07,870 Hitler is again trying to menace us with fire. 976 01:32:09,125 --> 01:32:14,325 Four years ago he thought he could break us with the Blitz. 977 01:32:15,083 --> 01:32:19,248 He was wrong. He is wrong again, now. 978 01:32:19,750 --> 01:32:22,163 For we do not melt in fire. 979 01:32:22,458 --> 01:32:25,826 We are tempered by fire, like steel, 980 01:32:26,042 --> 01:32:29,865 and emerge, strong, and ready to fight. 981 01:32:30,333 --> 01:32:32,541 Hitler has started a fire, 982 01:32:32,750 --> 01:32:35,868 which must burn him out of Europe. 983 01:32:36,750 --> 01:32:39,538 Our troops will fight on ... 984 01:32:39,792 --> 01:32:42,535 and the Allies will fight on ... 985 01:32:42,792 --> 01:32:45,500 and I shall fight on, 986 01:32:45,667 --> 01:32:48,580 until we are free. 987 01:32:50,333 --> 01:32:53,497 We will never surrender. 988 01:32:54,542 --> 01:32:59,082 And I will never surrender. 989 01:33:23,208 --> 01:33:26,497 Oh, how I wish this was Scotch. 990 01:33:32,417 --> 01:33:33,498 Oh well. 991 01:34:32,333 --> 01:34:34,916 - Were you listening to the broadcast? - Of course. 992 01:34:36,917 --> 01:34:38,499 You were wonderful. 993 01:34:42,667 --> 01:34:45,080 I was worried about you yesterday. 994 01:34:46,875 --> 01:34:51,415 You did a ... a really wonderful thing. 995 01:34:53,042 --> 01:34:55,705 turning yourself around ... recovering. 996 01:34:56,250 --> 01:34:59,322 - I'm not sure I've recovered. - The impression was good enough. 997 01:34:59,542 --> 01:35:01,579 It never quite goes away. 998 01:35:02,083 --> 01:35:05,497 Sometimes the colour drains from the picture and it's all Gray and dull. 999 01:35:05,667 --> 01:35:08,705 Well, and I ... I can't force it to change back. 1000 01:35:10,958 --> 01:35:12,870 How's it looking now? 1001 01:35:15,042 --> 01:35:16,374 A mixture. 1002 01:35:18,625 --> 01:35:20,582 But I must live with that. 1003 01:35:22,250 --> 01:35:27,917 You know, I think I might go to Chartwell this weekend, 1004 01:35:28,125 --> 01:35:31,448 and spend some time in the country. 1005 01:35:33,458 --> 01:35:37,277 - Do a spot of painting. - That's a very fine idea. 1006 01:35:39,125 --> 01:35:42,994 There's a way the sun hits the lake in the afternoon. 1007 01:35:43,250 --> 01:35:44,866 under the willows. 1008 01:35:46,000 --> 01:35:49,619 Might make for a harmonious view. 1009 01:35:51,125 --> 01:35:54,823 - In colour? - Em ... possible ... 1010 01:35:58,125 --> 01:36:02,244 - And what about the war? - Oh, I think, 1011 01:36:02,458 --> 01:36:06,452 Eisenhower and Monty have that well under control, don't you? 1012 01:36:14,958 --> 01:36:17,701 I would understand if you left me. 1013 01:36:19,417 --> 01:36:22,251 I'd leave me, if I could. 1014 01:36:24,833 --> 01:36:27,997 I don't want you to live around my edges. 1015 01:36:30,458 --> 01:36:33,371 Perhaps we should ... just ... 1016 01:36:34,708 --> 01:36:36,745 let each other in! 1017 01:36:41,083 --> 01:36:44,952 - But you mustn't keep fighting. - I've given up fighting. 1018 01:36:45,417 --> 01:36:47,579 Do you really mean that? 1019 01:36:52,292 --> 01:36:57,242 The most important thing in a war, when think of it, 1020 01:36:57,500 --> 01:37:01,494 is for people to feel, truly, unified. 1021 01:37:01,792 --> 01:37:04,500 Inspired, hopeful. 1022 01:37:06,833 --> 01:37:08,950 I may write another speech! 1023 01:37:16,833 --> 01:37:19,075 I think I'll walk on for a while. 1024 01:37:22,500 --> 01:37:24,082 Will you be al-right? 1025 01:37:26,542 --> 01:37:28,033 I'll manage. 1026 01:39:04,875 --> 01:39:06,332 Godspeed. 1027 01:39:39,258 --> 01:39:46,077 Operation Overlord was a decisive victory for the Allies on the Western Front. 1028 01:39:47,417 --> 01:39:55,089 On 8th May 1945, Germany surrendered, ending World War II in Europe. 1029 01:39:57,075 --> 01:40:02,927 Winston Churchill continued to lead his Party until he was 80 Years old. 1030 01:40:06,492 --> 01:40:11,540 He is often acclaimed as the greatest Briton of all time. 1030 01:40:12,305 --> 01:40:18,642 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org