Valkyrie

343 00:39:01,238 --> 00:39:03,866 If only more of my men were like you. 344 00:39:05,609 --> 00:39:07,907 Let this man stand as an example to all of you. 345 00:39:07,978 --> 00:39:10,776 He is the ideal German officer. 346 00:39:13,150 --> 00:39:17,052 My F�hrer. Colonel Stauffenberg was asked to come here today 347 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:21,147 to brief us on mobilizing troops of the Reserve Army to... 348 00:39:21,224 --> 00:39:23,124 To repel the invasion. 349 00:39:24,728 --> 00:39:26,025 Invasion? 350 00:39:27,564 --> 00:39:30,089 At Normandy, my F�hrer. 351 00:39:32,135 --> 00:39:33,397 Oh, yes. 352 00:39:35,105 --> 00:39:36,402 Normandy. 353 00:39:37,808 --> 00:39:39,708 That will not be necessary. 354 00:39:41,044 --> 00:39:45,845 <i>Reichsmarschall</i> G�ring assures me that everything is completely under control. 355 00:39:48,618 --> 00:39:50,381 Thank you, Colonel. 356 00:39:54,291 --> 00:39:56,589 My F�hrer, if I may. 357 00:39:56,660 --> 00:40:00,596 I have an amended copy of Operation Valkyrie for your approval. 358 00:40:51,915 --> 00:40:54,179 You know your Wagner, Colonel? 359 00:41:00,590 --> 00:41:05,050 The Valkyrie. Handmaidens of the Gods, 360 00:41:05,128 --> 00:41:10,191 choosing who will live and who will die, sparing the most heroic 361 00:41:11,902 --> 00:41:14,063 from an agonizing death. 362 00:41:19,643 --> 00:41:22,407 One cannot understand National Socialism 363 00:41:24,314 --> 00:41:26,782 if one does not understand Wagner. 364 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:46,792 I'm sure whatever changes you've made are for the best. 365 00:41:51,841 --> 00:41:55,038 You're dismissed. Send your man home. And, Fromm? 366 00:41:55,979 --> 00:41:58,777 Have some fresh tea brought in, will you? 367 00:42:10,393 --> 00:42:14,022 I don't know what you're brewing up, and I don't want to know. 368 00:42:14,097 --> 00:42:15,928 But when the music stops, 369 00:42:15,999 --> 00:42:19,491 I'd be obliged if Keitel found himself without a chair. 370 00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:35,014 Any problem on Earth can be solved 371 00:42:35,085 --> 00:42:38,418 with the careful application of high explosives. 372 00:42:38,488 --> 00:42:41,855 The trick is not to be around when they go off. 373 00:42:41,925 --> 00:42:47,420 Two 975-gram packs of Plastit W. Enough explosive to cripple a panzer. 374 00:42:47,497 --> 00:42:51,160 Your detonators, your fuses. British time pencils. 375 00:42:51,935 --> 00:42:55,302 This acid capsule is your trigger. When you're ready to arm, 376 00:42:55,372 --> 00:43:00,241 attach the detonator to the bottom of the time pencil, like so, 377 00:43:00,310 --> 00:43:04,178 insert the entire device into either end of the Plastit W, 378 00:43:04,247 --> 00:43:08,308 crush the acid capsule, and you're live. 379 00:43:10,053 --> 00:43:14,615 When the acid eats through the wire holding back the firing pin, 380 00:43:14,691 --> 00:43:17,353 well, you'll want to be very far away. 381 00:43:20,597 --> 00:43:21,859 For you. 382 00:43:22,565 --> 00:43:25,432 - How much time will we have? - Theoretically there's a 30-minute delay, 383 00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:27,970 but with the kind of heat you can expect at the Wolf's Lair, 384 00:43:28,038 --> 00:43:30,199 I'd give you 10, 15 minutes, tops. 385 00:43:30,273 --> 00:43:32,173 That's hardly precise. 386 00:43:32,242 --> 00:43:35,700 This is state-of-the-art. You can have small or precise, not both. 387 00:43:35,779 --> 00:43:37,940 Might this just be a little too small? 388 00:43:38,014 --> 00:43:41,415 No. Hitler's bunker will magnify the blast. 389 00:43:41,484 --> 00:43:45,477 It is constructed of reinforced concrete. Steel door, no windows. 390 00:43:45,555 --> 00:43:48,888 The air pressure generated by just one of these explosives in a space like that 391 00:43:48,958 --> 00:43:50,721 will kill everyone instantly. 392 00:43:50,794 --> 00:43:53,058 The second charge will be entirely redundant. 393 00:43:53,129 --> 00:43:56,963 Lf, by some miracle, Hitler does survive, what then? 394 00:43:57,033 --> 00:43:59,399 We still initiate Valkyrie. 395 00:43:59,469 --> 00:44:01,835 At that point, there will be no turning back. 396 00:44:01,905 --> 00:44:04,066 But we'll have an advantage. 397 00:44:05,408 --> 00:44:07,808 We have an inside man at the Wolf's Lair. 398 00:44:07,877 --> 00:44:10,778 After the flash, he'll cut off communication with the outside world. 399 00:44:10,847 --> 00:44:13,179 While Hitler's inner circle is struggling to regroup, 400 00:44:13,249 --> 00:44:16,946 we'll have the momentum we need to seize control in Berlin. 401 00:44:17,987 --> 00:44:20,251 Himmler is expected to be at the meeting as well. 402 00:44:20,323 --> 00:44:23,190 Don't proceed unless you can get them both. 403 00:44:23,259 --> 00:44:24,749 What? 404 00:44:24...