The Longest Day June 6, 1944
Shortly before the inevitable Allied assault on Fortress Europe in 1944, Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel remarked to an aide The first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive... For the Allies, as well as for Germany, it will be the longest day.
HistoryEuropeFranceWars & ConflictsWorld War IIEuropean Theater
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERWordsworth Editions
LENGTH350
LANGUAGEEN
Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially known for his histories of World War II events: *The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day* (1959), *The Last Battle* (1966), and *A Bridge Too Far* (1974). **Source**: [Cornelius Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Ryan) on Wikipedia.
The Longest Day June 6, 1944
Shortly before the inevitable Allied assault on Fortress Europe in 1944, Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel remarked to an aide The first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive... For the Allies, as well as for Germany, it will be the longest day.
HistoryEuropeFranceWars & ConflictsWorld War IIEuropean Theater
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERWordsworth Editions
LENGTH350
LANGUAGEEN
Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially known for his histories of World War II events: *The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day* (1959), *The Last Battle* (1966), and *A Bridge Too Far* (1974). **Source**: [Cornelius Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Ryan) on Wikipedia.
