Ike: Countdown to D-Day (Part 1 of 9)

[108Dax]

Magnum P.I. was really diverse in his skills.

[MoveOverCasanova]

the people talking about the logistics of d-"day" never talk about the logistics of unternehmen barbarossa! -- d-day was a one day battle --

americans haven´t even caught a glimpse of WW2 in all its monstrousity

[46spoony]

Tom Sellek and Gerald McRainey? They scraped the bottom of the barrel to find these actors. except for the guy playing Montgomery who is very good.

Sellek looks absolutely nothing like Eisenhower and is about 5 inches taller.

[SocratesTheGadfly]

@46spoony who would you rather have seen in this movie? possibly tom cruise (cruise's vanity and narcissism was perfect for stauffenberg was it not?) the movie valkyrie was such a wonderful movie especially with cruise saying how "perfect" he looked resembling count stauffenberg. what about ASSFLACK? his hubris would even rival cruise's vanity. it really sounds like your effete snobbish liberalism clouds your judgement. could it be your bias AGAINST card carrying CONSERVATIVE NRA MEMBERS?

[goombabear]

THEY ARE ALL HEROES. RIP. GOD BLESS YOU.

[luapyerac]

shows the inteligence of Churchill,the political awareness that is beyond our leaders of today,and had faith not twisted destiny ie FDRS daeth the entering of Truman on the world stage Poland would not have be lost,and the ironcurtain would never have been,ifs and Maybes!!!

[Onlymusical]

Tom Selleck was Lucas and Spielberg's first choice to play Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" but he wound up being held to his "Magnum" contract instead. How he survived a disappointment like that is beyond me.

[kalamere]

@Onlymusical Selleck kept his contract at Magnum PI for his fellow cast members and gave them the bonus he was given to stay to divide up between them all. He did what he thought was right.

[Onlymusical]

@kalamere He passed up "Raiders of the Lost Ark" for his fellow cast members? That doesn't make sense since he hardly knew them at the time. "Magnum PI" started filming in March 1980 while "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was released a couple of months later, while "Magnum" premiered on television that December. He had not started "Magnum" yet. If he did choose "Magnum PI" over "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and could have gone the other way, it ranks as the biggest mistake ever made by any actor.

[zen4men]

Anyone who knows the British Army, would know that when Monty was saluted on the stairs by the British soldier, he would have saluted back. A small point, but if this movie cannot get that right, who knows what else is wrong?

[redcoltken]

@zen4men one of the first things you learn in film screenwriting is that you do not have the tools in a film to "be authentic"- all you can do is create scenes that explain who the person is and hope the audience can follow. It's hard to do.

[jimbopumbapigsticks]

What's Magnum doing in the army? He was a navy man.

[victorhng]

...its tatoo:(

[KnightOwl2006]

Monty was perfectly cast in this. The actor looks just like him.

[Karletto555]

magnum pi

[LeathanL]

"There are two kinds of problem drinker...those that drink too much and those that drink too little". Classic. Hope that's a genuine quote.

[SapphireCrusader1988]

Winston Churchill wasn't an infantry officer, he was calvary. He fought with the 21st Lancers at Omdurman

[elwin38]

i love this. overlord whether good or bad HAD TO BE DONE. those Nazis were NOT going to leave and had to be driven out!

[pizzaman147]

ovelord was really eisenhowers plan he concieved it but alot pll believed it was a major gamble but with everyones help it was a great sucess like churchill said no human in history has ever held the power for which he was asking for not caesar not alexander the great

[elwin38]

@pizzaman147 i agree..whether it was a gamble or not, this invasion HAD to be done.

[11nytram11]

@pizzaman147 OVERLORD wasn't Eisenhower's plan. The Combined Cheifs of Staff created COSSAC to plan the Normandy invasion many months before Eisenhower got involved. Ike had talked to Walter Bedell Smith and George Marshall about what he wanted but not COSSAC or Montgomery. Before he had a chance to talk to the planners about the invasion the OVERLORD plan had been completed, he just gave it the go-ahead. OVERLORD was COSSAC's basic plan vastly improved by Montgomery with Bedell Smtih's help.

[pizzaman147]

@11nytram11 i agree but whether who ever it was all of them regardless did it and it was a sucess and truthfully montgomery and eisenhower did have a great relatinship with all the other command staff and europen allies except for degaulle but any way good movie i think there is alot to be learned from history and hope it doent repeat itself

[pizzaman147]

i think ian mune did wonderful as winston churchill ty again for the upload

[ciroalb3]

"needlessly timid" from the man who stalled at every point in Normandy!

[82abnoff]

I do not know. That beach seen with Hanks got my attention.

A bullet or shrapnel,,,,hurts.

Fuck You,

R

[jimbopumbapigsticks]

One of relatively few American productions which gets the Prime Minister detail right; it's an office, not a title - so it's either 'Mr Churchill' or 'the Prime Minister', not 'Prime Minister Churchill'.

[Theplaymaker127]

Who was the king of England during ww2 I never even thought of that cause Churchil overshadows them all.

[berlinmitte10117]

King George VI (1936-1952). The second son of George V, who became king when his his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated to marry the American Wallis Simpson.

[dthdc4]

Unlike FDR, who was C-in-C of the US Armed Forces, Churchill was not automatically that as Prime Minister. That role was held by King George VI of the UKGB. Churchill held the post of Minister of Defense which gave him control of the UK forces in the King's name.

[DesertFox111]

Well yes control of the armed forces is an ancient prerogative right of monarchy. However, for a very long time it has been by convention taken on by the PM.

[sbflash311]

Sir Winston steals this show although Selleck does an excellent job. I'd like to see him play Washington.

[takinnn]

Jeez!!!  i did not recognize Tom Seleck!

[gaanne]

I bought the DVD a month ago. Great film, interesting perspective and a fantastic portrail by Mr. Selleck.

[hanno21664]

i know i said it an other post but i was totally impressed with Tom Sellecks' performance as Eisenhower. i saw this back in 2004, and i loved it from the get go. powerful film. a real look into what the leaders had to go through and talk about plus fighting with eachother to get it all ready and set for the historic day.

Blessed Be to all those who fought in this this great campaign in this great war.

thank you for up loading this! Kudos to you my friend who ever you are.

[MisterHugePeen]

Thomas Magnum looks old as shite.

[EasyCompanyAirborne]

Ike. The man. Direct communication with Dick Winters, Easy Company. He knew that Easy Company would win, and make Winters and Eisenhower famous.

[CaptainAmerica322]

easy company wasnt anything special dude. They just happend to catch Ambrose' eye. They were just one company in an entire airborne force.

[EasyCompanyAirborne]

They were special. Have you seen Band of Brothers? Every single person in the unit is noted as a war hero. Ike was honored to have met a war hero like Dick Winters. Easy Company held up a number of German Divisions at Bastogne. That makes them special, and is the reason why they are the most famous unit of the war. The 18th Airborne was much larger. But who has heard of them?

[CaptainAmerica322]

I have seen Band of Brothers. Have you READ it? have you read Winters book? have you read Gaurneres book? have you read Buck Comptons, and Malarkeys books? Have you? I have. I have read hundreds of books about ww2 paratroopers. Easy Co. werent the only soldiers at Bastogne. The whole 506th fought in the Ardennes, NOT just them. They did nothing special. Oh, and it was actually it was the 7th that got to Hitlers Eagles Nest first, not Easy.

[CaptainAmerica322]

and it was the 18th Ariborne CORPS, and it CONSISTED of numerous divisions....INCLUDING the 101st, 82nd, and 17th

[EasyCompanyAirborne]

Yes. That's correct. I had a relative who fought in the 18th. You are about the only one who has heard of them. Men of the 18th are often forgotten.

[CaptainAmerica322]

18th is a corps. 101st is part of the 18th airborne corps, as well as the 82nd. But good for your cousin. I had alot of relatives in the big war too. My great uncle was a B29 pilot, got 4 distinguished flying corsses.

[EasyCompanyAirborne]

Are you sure? I don't think anyone got 4 DSCs in WW2.

[CaptainAmerica322]

distinguished flying cross isnt the same as a DSC

[DesertFox111]

I would not base my conceptions of history on TV shows if I were you. Do some reading.

[EasyCompanyAirborne]

I base my history of the prominent scholars of this period, Thomas "Tom" Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Both have researched and presented the exploits of Easy Company.

[DesertFox111]

Tom Hanks is an actor and Steven Spielberg makes movies. They are not scholars. They made a TV show. TV shows are tailored to be popular and appeal to the audience. Historians strive to present unbiased accounts of the past through exhaustive research. Who do you think is more reliable?

[scube69]

@DesertFox111 Well said.

[CaptainAmerica322]

Um....you honestly just called Tom Hanks, and Steven Spielberg prominent scholars of this period?? And Eisenhower NEVER had direct communication with Winters...have you ever READ about the war? Because your views are completely uneducated, ignorant, and blatantly stupid.

[EasyCompanyAirborne]

Desert. I spoke recently to a real WW2 US vet. He said that the men of Easy Company were heroes. He said that scholars Hanks and Spielberg actually understated their achievements. He said that the Germans were adequate fighters, but were no match for their highly trained American adversaries. He said that the American was always braver and more resourceful than other allied troops too. The crack troops were from Easy Company. They were the legends even then.

[Nixhun]

sorry, but exactly which Easy Company are you talking about? Because there is one "Easy" in each regiments. I think the veterans of the Able, Baker, Charlie, etc. companies are offended by your comment.

BTW Tom Hanks is an actor, and Steven Spielberg is a director. They're pretty good in their job, but they're not "prominent scholars of this period"

so take a break and stop being stupid ;-)

[bee374]

There is actually 2 or 3 Easy companies in each Battalion. Whice means there are at least 10 easy companies in each regiment. And he is talking about the mini-series Band of Brothers which is DIRECTED by Tom hanks and Steven Spielberg. Nice try douchebag!! Next time you decide to put someone down, you should make sure you know what the fuck your talkin about, you Euro-trash piece of shit! There is nothin more annoying!

[Nixhun]

Calm down my friend! I know the HBO's miniseries about the E company of the 506. PIR. They were in the 101st Airborne Division. You're wrong again, because I know that who is Tom Hanks and Mr. Spielberg too. Hanks is an actor and Spielberg is a director in common.

In the US Army during WWII. there was only one Easy Company in each battalion. It was mainly in the 2nd battalion of the regiment, because the 1st battalion consisted of Able, Baker, and Charley companies. Try to learn the ABC ;-)

[throbbin87]

@bee374....if you go with the way I know it, you have 3 companies to a battalion along with a headquarters company...SOO as with band of brothers, that would mean that 1/506 had 6 companies (A,B,C,D,E and HQ) they must have split them up some how I guess...

[sagajagan]

My word the actors look nothing at all like the people they are supposed to be.

[CaptainAmerica322]

i thought selleck looked kind of like ike. the dude who plays monty looks alot like monty though

[hanno21664]

my students loved this A&E speical movie. however i taught my students that it was not only the americans, but all the allies present in london who colaborated together to mastermind D-Day. The Logistics of this massive operations is beyond anything ever concieved.

awesome thank you for posting this.

Blessed Be.

[EliteAmericans]

@hanno21664 but you are wrong. America was the boss, and we still are. All the other allied countries are weak little peons. Get over it. None of the other countries have even evolved into humans yet.

[hanno21664]

hi friend, i can see your point, it is true we were the first to get the ball rolling for D-Day, but i have read plently of books stating that Marshall, Eisenhower, Churchill, Bettle Smith, and even US politicans saying without the combined collective efforts of all the countries allied to us, the american forces would have not been able to win d-day on its own. edward Cray, Dennis E. Showalter, Stephen A. Ambrose, Carl D'Este, and others have written about this. what other books show i read?

[3L24]

they sure do like to smoke in this movie lol

[MattiasTannhauserXX0]

Never ever ever ever would i have classed Tom Selleck as a good actor but im impressed with this, wasnt that bad :P good stuff matey.

[hanno21664]

hello friend,

i total agree with you Tom Selleck! Why him!? i thought after seeing this with my students! to me it was a perfect fit.

blessed be.

[nixthetiger]

Agreed. Always liked Selleck. My gauge of his performance was this: When I saw this for the first time, watching his performance, I never thought of "Magnum PI" once.

[RMCDOXX0]

Good stuff....BUT! as always, nice to see how the yanks came up with everything ;P

[chirp420]

it was done twice it can b done again!!