June 1944
France is still occupied by the Nazis.
To win the war on the western front,
the Allies must free France.
Winston?
Winston!
Where were you?
The beach...
always bring it back.
Now almost thirty years ago.
So many young men...
So much waste.
It's getting late.
Come with me!
I can not let it happen again.
Translation: Theresa van der Gruit
BUILDING DOWNING STREET
1736th day of World War II
Good God!
Winston!
I was working.
You're coming late.
Load...
Give me a Louis XIII cognac.
For five years...
did we ask our men...
to withstand the difficulties of the war.
No no...
... the trials of the war. Yes...
For five years, we asked our men...
to withstand the trials of the war.
The suffering of the war.
Lead of war...
They are ready for departure.
Honestly, dear, I think you will need it.
Knickerbockers...
Can not you better wear a uniform? - The king will be there.
Well, the Americans too....
His Majesty goes even for them!
That's the way it should be.
Americans have authority for military uniforms.
I have to choose between "trials" and "difficulties"...
Do not add anything!
Oh, I think everything will be fine.
You have a new secretary.
Can you please greet her?
Why do I need a new secretary?
Because you ate the last one.
Helen Garrett...
Honey
You do not have to fall to the ground. I'm not royal.
Sorry. It's such an honor to meet you, sir Churchill.
My mother and I are big fans of you.
Yes? - Yes.
You're the man, sir. The man who draws us through.
You will not let us down.
Dear Miss Garrett, so I fight every day.
And now I have to go on to do exactly that!
I will try to curse him...
You can try it.
Miss Garrett...
The suffering of the war. No no no...
For five long years, our people have...
withstand the suffering of the war.
The soldiers carried their burden with pride.
The soldiers carried their burden with heroism.
"Heroism" is better than "proud".
The soldiers carried their burden with heroism...
... and proud.
Here we go...
Winston.
General Eisenhower.
Field Marshal Brooke.
General Montgomery.
Mr. Churchill.
What a collection!
Unfortunately, we have to expose you to the English summer.
A meeting in London was too dangerous.
If Hitler were to drop a bomb here,
would he in one shot...
destroy the entire army command of the allied armies.
Let's hope we get through, huh?
Sir
Just start, gentlemen.
Majesty, gentlemen,
This is our last briefing about Operation Overlord...
the attack on the German troops in northern France.
It's only three days...
before the tide changes and we can no longer land.
So it's a big gamble, but if it's okay,
we make a big step towards the war victory.
The preparations are almost completed.
As usual, I am open to all criticism of the current plan.
We must work together to wash this pork.
Premier...
This will be the biggest action so far from our allied armies.
There are 200,000 vehicles required for Operation Overlord...
a fleet of 7,000 ships
swarm aircraft
and - very essential - a quarter million men.
All this is aimed at one place...
the German army is offensive attacking...
That's right.
No, gentlemen. No...
This plan may be very courageous...
but because of its risks it is crazy.
Almighty...
According to our forecasts...
up to 160,000 French citizens will die.
If Overlord fails,
which could be too easy,
we lose in one shot...
most of our war material...
and tens of thousands of our men.
Who will still defend England?
Would you rather not do anything about Nazi's thirty kilometers from our coast?
No!
I want us to do more!
We must split the attack to spread the risks.
No... - Do not you see?
We can lure Hitler's armies to the Aegean Sea.
Look out of the French coast.
The plans for D-Day have already been completed for a month.
For five long years, we asked our men...
to withstand the difficulties of the war.
They carried their burden with heroism.
But I have seen this kind of beach landings before.
In the First World War.
The chance of a disaster is too big!
We must not go unpunished.
We must be wise.
And we have to fix this miserable plan...
before it ends in a tragedy!
It sounds a bit like we're talking about...
different operations.
Mr. Overlord is fully prepared.
And I would like to send you a detailed plan.
Do that. Thank you.
Excuse me, gentlemen. I have to leave another ship.
Majesty...
You've never believed in this.
There had to be someone speaking on behalf of the ordinary warring man.
Brooke, would you like to ride with me?
Asshole...
Why?
Do not look so shocked, Smuts.
I just saved the war!
Winston, please. We have to talk about this.
Indeed.
We must immediately prepare the changes to the plan.
No, wait! - No time for!
You can not change everything about the heads of our allies.
I can do that!
Weakness makes no impression on Americans.
They respect strength!
Decisiveness!
There is a difference between strength and arrogance.
The last time you British told them what to do,
did you lose the colonies?
You forget, Smuts, that I'm half-American.
Mean my dear mother was born in Brooklyn, New York.
And no less!
Your mom does not interest them...
Good afternoon!
We need to make new plans.
Briggs, associate me with the admirality. - Yes sir.
We must set a distraction in the Aegean Sea.
Find out if General Alexander Rome has already reached.
He has to keep the Nazis back.
Miss Garrett, Call Joint Operations.
Someone there, who knows Norway.
We must bundle our forces.
This is our chance.
It's time to win this war.
Are you ready to insult my mother?
Why are you doing this?
D-day becomes a disaster, Smuts.
All those men throw in one place of a well-defended shore,
to fight with Nazis
They are being slaughtered!
That is not a war, but a slaughterhouse.
And I do not allow them to hurt our men.
Winston!
Ah Brooke! I'm glad you're back.
We must talk about that plan for Bordeaux.
Eisenhower wants to speak to you. - Good!
I think I'm wearing something less formal.
I've tried it... - All of us...
There is a moment that even the greatest leader
can not go further
Winston!
Present gun!
Would you please go with me, gentlemen?
You're listening to Ike, hè Winston?
We listen to each other.
An exchange of views.
Brooke!
Winston! - Ike!
I'm glad you continue.
I hope we can talk about the landing in Bordeaux that I have planned.
Do you want to sit down?
That was a speech to me today, Winston. What a speech!
Some things must be said.
Had told me some things before.
You said that you were open to criticism.
I'm also...
For any idea to increase Overlord's chance of success.
Fewer victims, shorter supply lines...
But if you suggest to make a completely different operation...
to the men who have been working for months and the king of England, well...
That's not constructive, you could say.
Not constructive?
Remember, Ike...
We have previously resisted the Germans in France.
Even if you break through in Normandy,
even with the many victims, civilians and soldiers,
What do our boys in France choose for them?
Another western front? Passendale? The Somme?
Warfare in trenches.
We have an air force.
mechanical artillery, armed divisions.
We do not push the infantry to the front.
Operation Overlord is not the only way to win the war.
I can know. I have seen many wars.
Certainly. Some in the last century...
What did you say?
The war you had about it was thirty years ago.
I think you do not quite understand how much has changed.
What is this, Brooke?
The case is that we do not have the capacity...
to carry out those other plans.
Bordeaux, Italy or whatever.
I'm just trying to win this war.
I think you want to win the previous war.
With the ideas and tactics of then.
We learned lessons in the previous war.
I do not want to make the same mistakes.
Of course. - And no one cuts me!
You are of course the prime minister.
And for that very reason, we can not have you disturbing the matter.
That's exactly my intention!
The invasion of France is a lethal gamble...
and must be stopped! - No, you must be stopped!
Listen... We are all tired.
You told me, Winston, that you do not jump out of bed early.
Rarely up for the afternoon!
Maybe you should spend your energy on politics.
Keeping the morale of the nation high. Something like that.
What? Should I become a clown?
Amusing the masses while jumping young men into death?
Winston, we'll handle it.
I asked for alternative plans from the army.
Those are here tomorrow. And then we go...
The army does not implement your plans.
Have you canceled my orders?
Do you think all the two are over?
You have to get the job done.
If you want to excuse me, I have to go back to London.
I'm coming with you. - Rather not.
I have to go through the car in the car.
Winston...
Thank you for hearing us.
You are important to this country.
For the Allies. We all know that.
Absolutely!
I'll be fine!
Good, sir.
Left, right, left, right...
Look!
That's all...
Yes thank you.
Oh, Winston...
I'm going to the meeting of the Russian foundation.
Margareth then gives a dinner.
Ike talked to you, huh?
I have been in charge of this country for two years and this war...
for those Americans too.
They pretend my experience and knowledge of warfare...
do not matter
Ike has a lot of experience in warfare.
Maybe you should listen to him.
Does everyone have to cancel all that I say?
The king has appointed me as prime minister of this country!
It is my duty to lead this war.
The question is whether you are the only one who can make decisions.
Is this about the war?
Or is it about you and me?
Do you want to be cuddled, Winston?
I am pleased with respect.
Do not complain if somebody tells you the truth.
I'll be home late.
Kotzakzakken!
Three days for D-Day
Where is everyone?
Still at breakfast, I honey, sir.
I am going to the coast today. I need Smuts.
Miss Garrett, take a telegram.
Start.
At the British Embassy in Washington DC.
We celebrate success with the march in Italy.
We drive back the Nazis.
The Americans now need to understand the need to fight hard...
in the soft belly of Europe
The amphibious landing they have planned for Normandy...
do not be distracted
I hope you emphasize this at the next meeting with the President.
Without letting him doubt our flaming enthusiasm
for our American allies.
End.
Give me pliers.
Tang!
Tang.
What are you doing?
Working.
The word I used was "flaming", Miss Garrett.
That means "intense".
According to your version, I would ask my ambassador to join
President Roosevelt points to my "paralyzing" enthusiasm
for our American allies.
I am terribly sorry.
He had a hard day yesterday and I think it's not over yet.
I'm fine. - Good to hear.
Why was that necessary?
I'm trying to lead a country and a war.
I can not afford mistakes.
Your car is ready, sir. Thank you Briggs.
Why do you need your car? - I'm going to inspect Monty's troops.
Did he invite you?
Clemmy...
Maybe I only have one day to get started.
The least I can do is to express my encouragement
to those young men who send them to death on the beaches.
Just remember that they have to respect their commanders.
This is not your party.
I only speak to them.
That's exactly what I'm afraid of.
I think...
Monty has made an erroneous calculation.
For all those vehicles but so few men?
No, this is correct. - A far too weak infantry.
He knows what he's doing.
If you talk to his men, keep it short, you want?
Maybe you can say something nice about him?
I was lucky...
To speak earlier on a few occasions, Smuts.
I would think that I can handle it too.
Good afternoon gentlemen. - Monty!
Why do not we look around?
What's going on?
He wants to inspect your troops.
It is not necessary.
Do you tell him that? - Good.
No, wait. He has to feel a part of it.
Verdorie, most of them are already spent.
Can you show him some cards?
Then I'm able to get him away.
Promised
You mean it, huh?
Here you go.
Premier, if you go with me, I will show you the plans.
Oh, please.
The 21st army group is divided between landing points on the beaches.
The seventh core group to Utah Beach here.
The fifth to Omaha.
The thirtieth between Gold and Juno.
The first: Juno and Sword.
How big is the distance from this whole coastline?
From Utah to Sword.
About 80 kilometers.
We have to attack over a longer front.
If you drop them as they land,
the soldiers are immediately surrounded by Germans.
They are cut off.
Slaughtered!
We have the advantage of the surprise.
What if they use poison gas?
Then we hit back.
They can fire it from planes. Eject over many villages.
Then we would bomb them flat and they know.
Are you sure?
So sure I do not let my men wear a gas mask myself.
Does he mean that?
We land as we planned, Churchill.
This is the case. I insist.
And who are you up to somewhere? - Damn, Winston...
Gentlemen, please...
We have this opportunity!
But one chance!
To drive back the Nazis and release Paris.
You will have beaches full of the likes of British and American boys.
We all know that war has consequences!
Who does it mean that so many human lives are at stake ?!
Do not you think what it takes when we go?
Do you think what it takes if we do not go ?!
This plan is one for a slaughter.
The Germans are in position.
They have reserves available.
There will be obstacles.
Minefields, unknown hazards.
Exactly.
We must make sure the men are angry.
They must be fully focused.
With unshakable belief in the plan.
Nobody can undermine their trust.
You included.
What?!
I heard what you said to the king and allies.
I'll let you talk to the men who go to those beaches.
I only want to praise them.
But last time it was nothing but
doubt, hesitant and betrayal.
Did he say "betrayal"?
I'm sure he did not mean that.
The bloated trick!
The men will not follow him!
Leave the formation and come here!
As you see
Do we have a few important visitors today?
To wish you the best.
We are going soon.
Very soon.
You are all young.
Most of you have not previously been under fire.
And you do not know what to expect later.
Some are afraid. That is normal.
But let's join forces.
Watch out for your arms brothers.
And they will watch you.
So let's get it all down...
shoot right...
and hit those bastards together.
Doing the job...
and come back here again. - We do, boys!
And I want you to remember one thing when you land on that beach.
What is your main property?
Your life!
And I'll save that from you!
You and me together We are coming through!
Just keep it short and polite.
Whatever you do, nobody insults.
I will not speak.
Really?
He has said everything to be said.
Nice talk, sir.
Thank you sir.
I think I'm walking to the beach for a moment.
Events but.
Winston!
The car is ready!
The Monty is a cruel dog.
But I'll tell him this:
He is willing to fight.
He goes with those men.
He will see the action.
Far too few leaders do that. - You in the previous war.
The western front...
After...
After what happened in the Turkish struggle.
But it's not right...
to put the whole war in an office in London,
With one pencil region, thousands of soldiers send in the battlefield.
That is the work of a political leader.
But Monty may be a real leader. I had to stand on those boats!
At the front with the men!
There are, even for Monty there is.
I want to tell you a story. - Must that?
Yes.
It is about the end of the Second Boer War,
in which we both saw action.
Is it going somewhere?
1902.
We, farmers, had lost.
And I had to meet you Lord Kitchener to make peace.
The other commanders were furious. I was called a coward.
But I knew to fight further...
would not bring glory to us - or to me.
We would only harm ourselves more.
Dirt... - Being a great leader...
does not always mean you have to enjoy the glory.
Sometimes you have to accept that you can not lead everything from the front.
You and I are just two old, ruining turtle doves on a branch.
But still able to pick up.
I'm not kidding! - You'll do that!
Eisenhower listened to me.
He is a man of reason, integrity. I think he's a big man!
Winston, please. Do not add to his problems.
Well, I want to talk to him.
Where is General Eisenhower?
Winston...
Ike...
I'm sorry I wanted to come so soon.
I want to tell you about my D-Day plans.
Your plans?
I have reserved a place on the HMS Belfast.
That ship is getting started...
We do not agree on all points of this operation,
but we are sure about its importance.
The men must feel that the nation is behind them, so I'll be there.
Is this a joke? - Certainly not.
But you can not go! - Why not?
If you are killed on one of my ships, I am responsible.
HMS Belfast is not one of your ships, but of the king.
Do not wear hair clips...
I accepted you as the commanding commander...
of the British troops involved in Overlord.
But at the Navy there are four of us on one of you!
As a US General you do not determine the crew of British ships.
I do not want to do that at all. I'm just saying that you should not go along.
I am the United Kingdom Prime Minister!
The Minister of Defense!
I go if I consider it necessary on my duty!
You can not hold me! - Hold?
I have seen this before, during the First World War.
Big men fighting from the safety of their armchair.
That is not true!
Commanders must see the battlefield themselves.
You are not a commander!
Is this about Montgomery?
Do you want to be on the beaches sooner than he?
Of course not!
I have not even thought about that. - And when you get shot?
I have experienced wars before.
You are the prime minister. We must not endanger your life.
You are asking about a quarter of a million young men.
That's their job!
Not yours!
If you want me to submit to this unreasonably dangerous plan...
then at least you have to let my men run in.
I'm not going to sit back in London with my arms over each other,
Listen to the radio how they are being bullied by German bullets.
I'm going with them! I share in their destiny!
Do not ask me to host your amateur theater!
There is a war!
I urge you to be no host.
I will travel to France as the king's premier.
On board the king's ship.
And in addition the king travels with me.
What? - His Majesty and I...
... are fully in agreement.
We must be there to lead the men.
And neither you nor Monty can change anything!
I want to speak Number 10.
We have little time left.
Winston... I've searched you everywhere!
A man needs a moment of silent contemplation...
before he goes to the battlefield.
You have to come.
You have a visit.
Good evening, Winston.
Your Majesty....
They said you were here.
I had to...
to come by.
It is about...
...the plan...
... to join with...
...the ship.
We can not do that.
I understand.
I know I agreed with that...
... when you called before. It was...
... thoughtless of me
A change of ministry...
...already...
... would
... are a serious matter for the kingdom.
And Lilibeth is...
... only eighteen.
What a...
... kordate girl
But still terribly young.
So no...
... I can not go along.
And I do not have to tell you
what would it mean for the affairs of the allies
if you accidentally disappear from the scene.
Mr, everything is already settled.
Moreover, the risk is negligible.
Our presence would be a humiliation...
... Winston...
... of those who are responsible...
... for the battle.
Whether we want it or not.
The only thing we can do...
... is what usually...
... the duty is of...
them at the top in this kind of cases:...
Stay home
... and wait.
I served...
... in the previous war, just like you.
Have dangers on a ship.
An airplane flew. Damn it was exciting!
So I know the tension you're looking for.
That's bad, you know
Everybody thinks we're the most powerful men in the world...
But you can not do anything at all.
It's not my job
... to fight, to die
I must...
...to exist.
Being courteous.
Unite.
Give hope.
That's my duty.
And yours too.
My duty.
Do not make the Ike and Monty difficult.
Do not war against them, Winston.
And do not go to France.
And...?
Sir
You are my king.
And I have to do...
... what you recommend.
The concern...
in the coming days would...
become much bigger for me...
if...
on top of everything else...
there was also the slightest risk...
to lose you.
I have to go.
They fly in the hair if I stay away for too long.
Good night, Winston.
Great Britain will be grateful to you here, Winston.
I think we will be all.
Eternal.
Majesty...
Did Ike send him?
Ike asked it to me.
I called the palace.
Why, Clemmy? Why?
Could not you discuss me?
When did you listen to someone last?
When did you last sit for a conversation with me?
Oh, I'm sorry.
I have to be distracted by that insignificant attempt to win a war.
General Eisenhower writes long letters to his wife every weekend.
Even if he is thousands of kilometers away from home.
Why do not you marry General Eisenhower?
A handsome young man, still in his best years,
of whom everyone seems to think he's a real war hero.
Not such a worn out old-fashioned old-fashioned lion,
whose teeth have been drawn to scare the ladies.
Try to pretend you're a hero, Winston.
And then people might believe you're one again.
Why do not you just put me up?
Two days for D-Day
4:00 pm
Take place, please.
Men...
We are here at this a-social time
to make the biggest decision in our lives.
The Armada for Overlord has been eliminated.
This is the last moment, the last crucial moment
on which we have to decide whether this operation is going on today as planned.
Of course we need to consider the circumstances.
Wind, rain, tide.
So we report.
Group chairman Stagg has weather.
Men...
The fear that my colleagues and I had about the weather
in the next three, four days, has been confirmed.
The sea will be fierce, wind power eight.
Lots of low clouds.
The weather station barometer in Western Ireland is coming back quickly.
There is a deeper depression on our side.
I'm sorry sir. It does not look good.
General Montgomery, who advises you?
We have hardly any time left.
I think we should start.
Air Force Admiral?
I'm afraid I disagree with that.
These are terrible conditions for support from the sky.
I do not know how much I can do in this weather, but it will not be much.
Admiral, what do you think?
It's terrible.
How feasible is it to let the vessels land in a storm?
Damn Ike, my men are already sailing.
Admiral, how long have we been too far for the ships to call them back?
Maybe... thirty minutes.
There could be another chance. Tomorrow.
Stagg... - Mr.
There may be a short interruption of the storm tomorrow morning.
But in the next 24 hours that's hard to say.
What risk are you willing to take?
Call them back.
But come back tomorrow at the same time.
Pray for good weather.
Ike...
You called them back.
This is not a plan with alternatives.
This is planned as a victory.
And that will be it. We're going there.
We throw everything we have in the fight and make it a success.
Because frankly...
If we do not win this, what kind of world will it be?
I agree with you.
We are going tomorrow, Churchill.
You can not stop it.
No...
But the weather may be possible.
Brooke is here to inform you about the events on the coast.
General Alexanders troops, who took Rome last night,
go into today's biggest battle of the war.
The march in Italy can bring victory.
The superiors command their hope and attention now on Operation Overlord.
I can not do anything about Overlord.
I get in to win the rest of this war.
I feel like I'm chained to a fool's car.
If we can get him so far, he feels involved.
The politicians are also worried about him.
If the war ends this year,
he can become a leader as a leader.
I know you're allowed him, Smuts. I do that too, believe it or not.
But he makes it furious.
He is no longer the same.
When you get into calm waters,
you can easily forget the captain you've piloted through the storm.
I did not forget how big he was in the Blitzkrieg.
But that was four years ago!
He is still a big man.
End. Stupid idiot.
They are all stupid idiots.
This is with a single line spacing.
Why is that?
I'm sorry sir.
The machine is set differently.
It must have a double line spacing.
Why do you waste my time ?!
Stupid girl! - Sorry. I did not know.
Do you realize what to do?
I have to think about the troops, keep them safe.
Food, shelter, equipment...
Everything has to be settled!
If I leave it to others, they probably send dental chairs...
instead of bayonets!
I have to concentrate. You need to concentrate.
Winston...
Can you come along with me, please?
A big man...
I can not work if I have such incompetence around me.
I'll show Brooke and Monty...
what is needed to be a real general.
I'll show them...
how big men win their wars!
Stop!
Just stop!
Brooke, Eisenhower and Monty carry this war.
And you always walk them in the way!
I'm Prime Minister of this country! - Exactly.
And Minister of Defense. - Do not be on your stripes.
Therefore, you look smaller.
And you do not need that either.
Do you want to stop telling me what to do ?!
What did you say?!
Maybe it's time to take some rest.
I would think that.
Dear god
Please, please, please
Let it rain tomorrow.
Let it pour!
Let heaven open
so that a flood bursts, as never before seen in the Channel.
Let the lightning shine...
Let the thunder bulge, roll and roar...
Let the wind tear apart the beaches...
and turning the sand into storms.
Let the sea ascend with peaks and plung up to tide waves.
Cry out spirits from the deepest of the depths.
Please...
Make sure they cancel it.
And save the lives of all those good young men on those ships.
Please...
Do not let it happen again.
Amen.
One day for D-Day
Thank you for coming back. Take place
The weather, please.
Yesterday we predicted a short silence this morning.
From 4 o'clock this morning, that seems to come true.
The cloud at 650 meters high remains thirty percent.
The wind power is between three and four.
You will be very celebrated if that prediction becomes truth.
This prediction can counteract the Germans.
Then their reconnaissance aircraft can not take off.
Can the navy gunmen focus on this view?
Yes. - Monty?
The army is ready.
It's a damn big risk.
But the most likely bet.
The question is: how long can you leave people in uncertainty?
Good. Let's go.
Group Captain Stagg...
Please create a picture.
Ike...
You said this war is different from the previous one.
But this...
...operation...
... seems like a lot.
There will die men tomorrow.
Do not let any of them die in vain.
Good luck!
They are going.
I can not bear this. Not really.
For heaven's sake! - I can not do it.
I do not tolerate this from you. - I can not lead this!
This murdered! - Sit down.
I can not live the rest of my life with this on my conscience.
You have no choice.
Do you hear me?
I will not be able to live the rest of my life.
Is that a threat?
When we wake up tomorrow
20,000 young men may be killed.
You are drunk.
This is the only thing that brings me peace.
It does not work. You should be ashamed.
Can you send someone to the breakfast room? An accident has occurred.
No, no one injured. Only a broken board.
Thank you
And can you tell Marshall Smuts that I want to talk to him?
Thank you.
Winston...
Winston.
The ships meet in the Channel.
They sail away at 17:00.
I could help you with your speeches tomorrow.
Has this happened before? - A couple of times.
He gets deep into the pit and then he is there.
Everything I do to care for him just makes it worse.
Did you call his doctor?
His doctor usually sends him to the countryside for a few weeks.
He must speak the nation tomorrow. - I know that.
Or to tell them we're going to win the war or...
that we killed just thousands of people. Unnecessary.
Dear heaven
Dear dear heaven
Are you okay?
Yes of course.
It must be difficult for you too.
I wish he would see that once.
Anyway, we should do our best, I think.
Just let me talk to him.
I thought: if we get together,
can we help you write your speech tomorrow?
It's a very important speech, Winston.
If you concentrate on it, you might be able to bring the strength to it.
Or shall we start, Miss Garrett?
This is the prime minister.
Tonight, allied armies have air, sea and land...
a frontal attack on German army positions
on the north coast of France.
This is the beginning of the largest operation in the war.
It will reduce the Nazis and liberate France.
Thousands of brave young men landed from a fleet of ships.
They secured the beaches and pushed back the German lines.
You do not know.
What?
It's all too familiar to me, Smuts.
I've seen this before.
Gallipoli...
1915.
Large-scale amphibious landing.
A frontal attack on a heavily dug army.
We had big plans, Kitchener and I.
This is not 1915!
But the operation was resounded by the small-minded commanders.
"Delete a thousand ships."
"Do not send any additional divisions."
"They do not need so many explosives."
I tried to stop it. God is my witness.
It had...
It had a...
... have to be a little job.
We had those guys just as naked who could send out beaches.
Warfare was further developed. Your lessons have been learned.
A quarter million man got stuck in Gallipoli.
The kingdom blamed me. I was responsible.
No one blames me more than myself.
If it succeeded you were a celebrated hero.
But it failed!
I sent men to death.
Hundreds of thousands!
My hands are soaked with their blood.
The men do their duty and we ours.
We must live with that guilt.
But we live...
And yet the commanders have not learned anything.
Because they do not want to learn.
They stay away from the battlefield and do not see what it costs.
Eyes shot by bullets of sharpshooters.
Legs blown up by mines. Blood on the sea foam!
That's what the men see. They have it for themselves!
Half of the men on today's ships,
are rotting bodies tomorrow.
It's enough like this!
My fiance is sitting on one of those ships.
I think so at least.
He could not say exactly.
What rank does he have?
He is a nobility.
On a destroyer.
Arthur...
Arthur Clayton.
How did you get to know each other?
We grew up together in Portsmouth.
He says he will take care of me and my mother.
My father was in the First World War.
He never came over there.
He can not actually work.
Arthur says we get a cottage at the sea when he returns.
We fill it with children.
With roses around the door.
I want to believe that I do not end up like my mother and her sisters.
Their men are dead, injured or paralyzed.
I want to believe that I'm just fine.
And that's just good for him.
I do not want to hear that the man I love may be dead in a few hours.
And I do not want to hear that from you.
I found you the bravest man of England.
Sorry. I do not have the right... - No...
You...
... have the fullest right.
Come on. Sit down.
Thank you.
I have to dress up.
I need your help.
What are you talking about?
My duty.
Are you leaving?
I can not do that.
I realize that I have not been your full partner for some time now.
This war demands me all the way.
And it's not easy to be a leader.
It's also not easy to get married.
I'm expected to stand behind you and look forward to you if needed.
With a good mood.
And unbearable kindness.
Sometimes I wish I could lead my own life.
Would you do that?
I have learned how to live around your sharp edges.
I often wondered if there was another man.
Would you mind if it was? - Definitely!
I did not make you happy, huh?
You do.
Sometimes you made me really happy.
But now...
Win...
I do not know how to help you if you do not understand what to do.
Het Vrouwengilde.
Could we wait for them.
No. No, I'm going to it.
Briggs... - Sir.
Have you heard of Admiralty?
Yes sir. Adelborst Arthur Clayton sits on one of the vessels towards Juno Beach.
They are in the first wave.
They expect a lot of German fire.
Sorry.
Thank you Briggs.
They are already on their way.
So many young men
Just like in the previous war.
Hardly more than boys.
They grew up with this war.
They are brave.
Too young to know what anxiety is.
What are you going to say tomorrow?
I do not know.
That depends on the news.
No, that does not.
What happens tonight: you have to give them hope.
Even if 20,000 men are dead.
You can not leave their mothers, women and children with the thought
that they have died in vain.
You have to assist them.
Make sure their offer is meaningful.
Let them believe they will win this war.
And I will do that with them.
Because that's my duty...
Is it not?
Do you want to talk to the female friend without me?
I have to write that speech.
Clem...
I've always fought.
That's the core of who I am.
If i do this
If I keep that speech, I will no longer fight.
No, so it is.
Who will I be?
If all is over.
If we win or if it ends in a disaster...
What will I be then?
If I do not fight anymore?
You will always be the man who led us through.
Miss Garrett!
Very good, Miss Garrett. Thank you.
Winston!
There has just been news. - The landings?
No london
We think the Luftwaffe will fire the new V-missiles.
We have to make the shelters ready.
Do we have planes to pick them up?
We will try...
But these missiles do not have pilots. They are incredibly fast.
If Hitler thought he could break us so much...
he is mistaken.
Miss Garrett!
I need a new draft of that speech.
Oh, between two brackets...
Thank you, Smuts.
I received a report about Adelbrush Arthur Clayton.
He landed with the first wave.
They were taken seriously under fire.
But he fought with great courage and passed on.
He is safe and healthy.
Oh, hell!
And...
if i can be so free
He lets know that he loves you.
Thank you very much, sir Churchill.
Thank you, Miss Garrett.
At six o'clock
from the sixth day
of the sixth month
Here the Prime Minister speaks.
First the news of the big operation in France.
Through this magnificent effort of air, land and sea power together
Allied troops have pushed the Nazis back
and they began to liberate France.
The passage at sea was made with much less losses than expected.
The bombings of our ships and aircraft
have quickly reduced the German fire.
General Eisenhower's courage...
is excited about everything that has to be done.
Everything is ready for it, never before.
And we are vigilant to our fingertips.
That's a good sentence...
Last night the dangers seemed very high.
This morning we overcome them.
This great war against Nazi rule...
is being fought by ordinary people:
the soldiers, the marines, the pilots on the battlefield and also their home.
We defy Hitler...
with our 'ausdauer' and our strong personality...
and our refusal to bow to tyranny,
oppression and the darkest evil in history.
This is not a war for glory.
This is a war for freedom.
The Germans will return.
We do not know where they hit.
Their new flying bombs do not have a pilot.
Destruction sent in a soulless machine.
This is a weapon of cowards.
And cowards can not win.
We must beat it with heroism.
As our soldiers do.
While those brave men fight on the beaches,
we must also fight here at home.
So when we return, when they grow up under glory,
we can share in their honor.
Hitler tries to threaten us again with fire.
Four years ago, he thought he could subject us to the Blitzkrieg.
He was mistaken when he was mistaken again.
For we do not melt in fire.
We are strengthened by fire.
Just like steel. We are getting stronger and ready for the fight.
Hitler has lit a fire,
that he must burn from Europe.
Our troops will fight...
and the Allies will fight...
and I will fight...
until we are free
We never surrender.
And I never surrender.
What would I have liked to be whiskey.
Did you hear the broadcast? - Of course.
You were great.
I worried about you yesterday.
You have...
... really done something great.
By reversing yourself, by restoring.
I'm not sure if I'm restored.
Its impression was good enough.
It never really goes away.
Sometimes the color flows out of the image and everything becomes gray and gray.
And I can not turn that back.
And what does it look like now?
A mix.
But I have to live with that.
Do you know...
I think I'm going to Chartwell this weekend...
to spend some time in the countryside.
What's going to be painting
That is a very good idea.
It's the way the sun is
In the afternoon shining by the willows by the lake.
That can produce a harmonious image.
In color?
Possibly.
And what about the war?
I think that Eisenhower and Monty are well under control. Not you?
I would understand if you left me.
I would go away with me if I could...
I do not want you to live around my sharp sides.
Maybe we just have to....
allow each other.
But you should not keep fighting. - I stopped with that.
You do not really mean that.
The most important thing in a war is...
... if you think about it...
is that people really feel connected.
Begeesterd.
Helpful.
Maybe I'll write a speech.
I think it's still a bit of a walk.
Do you save it?
I'll be fine.
Good luck!
Operation Overlord was a decisive victory
for the Allies on the western front.
On May 8, 1945 Germany declared that,
what was the end of World War II in Europe.
Winston Churchill remained party leader until he was 80 years old.
He is often referred to as the greatest Brit of all time.
Translation: Theresa van der Gruit