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** The fact that the real Werner Pluskat was actually a military consultant for the film only makes that scene all the more awesome.
* [[Dwight D Eisenhower]] - against his own cautious nature - gives the order to go. This is so audacious a move for him that the German officer trained to play as Eisenhower for war games didn't think the Allied commander would do it.
** Not related to the movie but in [[Real Life]], Eisenhower wrote two letters to be read. One to the troops, commending them on taking a risky operation. The second was a letter in case the invasion failed, in which Eisenhower was willing to [[
* General Roosevelt, upon finding his Utah Beach landing is too far off-course, decides to "Start the war from right here" and guides the rest of his forces to that spot. In [[Real Life]] he even reconned the area with minimum cover, risking his life. His decision proved right as the improvised landing site was actually easier to deploy troops than the planned site.
** He insisted on leading the landing himself - even with his frail health that would kill him a month later.
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