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Editor’s Note: This story contains spoilers for the movie Pressure .

The Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 4, 1944, turning the tide of World War II in what we now know as D-Day . A new biopic highlights how the soldiers battled not only enemy gunfire, but the unpredictability of Mother Nature.

Pressure recreates the critical landing operation in Nazi-occupied France and the less-heralded, but equally important, events preceding it. In theaters Friday, May 29, the movie stars Academy Award winner Brendan Fraser as General Dwight D.…