That doesn't answer why he doesn't fly up from ItalySteve Trevor has to personally deliver the urgent message to HQ.
And if you are gonna make up an airbase that didn't exist, is it such a big ask to make a tank that doesn't exist via CGI?
The exposition can be as long as you want to make it.
"Where are we going"
"Italy. Got a plane to catch"
Cut to landing in London. Or landing at Calais and another 5 seconds of them getting on a boat
And literally that's it. Now whilst Americans may lose concentration with such lengthy dialogue, for most of us we can cope with 10-15 seconds.
Ah see now you have fallen headlong into the 'it -doesn't- matter -if- its -cool' trap. You CAN have an Ipod. You just have to want to put one in and its there. It doesn't matter if Patty Jenkins knows they weren't there. I suspect she had heard of a place called Italy, but it didn't stop her having a 4 week boat ride that takes a day and a night and ignores it.BTW, there's no chance WW84 will have an iPod instead of a Walkman*. Patty Jenkins is old enough, she lived through the Walkman phenomenon. They're much more likely to get cars or office equipment in the background wrong, either unintentionally, or because it was easier/cheaper and 9 out of 10 audience members don't know better, or because it delivers a look/feel that they want even if it's not technically correct.
*unless there's an altered-history aspect to the plot and they use an iPod to signal how altered history is.
BUT my point was IF there was an Ipod, it would jar the reality they were trying to create.
I look forward to comparing notes for all the inaccurate period details.
You are gonna have a long wait, as I'm not in any rush to see it. Gold armour just looks too silly.