Based on a respected book of the era, the longest day is june 6, 1944, when allied troops invaded france by air and sea in a massive effort to make their way into germanoccupied territory, which threatened all of europe. At last i am giving thanks and honour to sir cornelius ryan to provide such an informative and heart touching book to the world. Cornelius ryan, who was the author of the book by the same name, and happened to be a dday veteran himself, wrote the movie. The first edition of the novel was published in 1959, and was written by cornelius ryan. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. The illustrated 70th anniversary archive edition by cornelius ryan. The longest day is a 1962 american epic war film based on cornelius ryans 1959 nonfiction of the same name about the dday landings at normandy on june 6, 1944. The longest day is a mammoth, allstar recreation of the dday invasion, personally orchestrated by darryl f. For this new edition of the longest day, the original photographs used in the first 1959 edition have been reassembled and painstakingly reproduced, and the text has been freshly reset. Movie for a long time, when anyone thought of a war movie, they immediately thought of darryl f. Books similar to the longest day goodreads share book.
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