'Pressure' Is a Great Movie With the Wrong Eisenhower

Bulwark Takes · Jun 8, 2026 · 16m

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Sonny Bunch and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) review Pressure, the new film about the D-Day weather decision that nearly derailed the largest invasion in history. They discuss what Eisenhower was really up against: a catastrophic dress rehearsal, a ghost army commanded by Patton, alliance politics, and a lone British meteorologist telling him the June 5 launch date would be a disaster. Plus: Hertling on getting caught in an Iraqi sandstorm, the Coast Guard’s impossible mission in The Perfect Storm, the Eagle Claw…