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adorocinema
  • 11/1/2024
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00:00Oh
00:11Point of principle old man that happened in my opinion never been permitted in my HQ. Oh
00:18All right, money if it's so damned important to you I did agree to use your ground for this
00:30I
00:42Churchill makes the final decision on what they buy only him
00:46But don't oversell he can smell bullpup a mile away
00:53Yes
00:54Good to see you again
00:56Prime minister tells us we may have great confidence in this undertaking. Oh, I never disagreed with mr. Churchill your majesty
01:04Her majesty Queen Elizabeth
01:06How delighted we are to see you again general. We look forward to our private luncheon next week as do I ma'am
01:12I thank you
01:14General if you please
01:27Oh
01:37Excuse me
01:56Your
02:05Majesties mr. Prime Minister
02:08honored guests dignitaries
02:10I'm Dwight Eisenhower commander-in-chief supreme headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force European theater of operation
02:18Just getting the title straight is tiring enough
02:22So I will leave much of today's business to my trusted and gifted colleagues brothers-in-arms
02:30We are from different traditions
02:32different services
02:34But we are united in this crusade
02:38We shall liberate Europe. We shall restore freedom
02:42We shall make the world safe for democracy
02:45There is no other cause so urgent as to bring us so far from our homes
02:52This is our purpose
02:54This is operation overlord
02:58Explaining how we will succeed is best done by my chiefs of staff starting
03:03of course with general Montgomery commander 21st army group and
03:08responsible for all our land forces general if you will
03:16Your majesties
03:19Of the enemy's 60 divisions in France
03:2210 are armored commanded by Erwin Rommel
03:26As you know, I faced him in the desert and bested him but make no mistake
03:32Rommel is an energetic clever
03:34Putting Monty front and center he can bring his tank south