A review by sewcialist
The Longest Day: June 6th, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan

5.0

This was a really amazing read, the descriptions were spot on and Ryan did an amazing job describing D-Day from various perspectives. He wove together the story seamlessly using the perspectives of the Allied and Axis powers, citizens and soldiers, and military personnel from the average GI to Rommel and Eisenhower. He paints pictures of the sheer vastness of the airborne and and navel fleets and of the thoughts and feelings of the men preparing to jump out of their airplanes and gliders or scramble up mine laden beaches.