The_Longs_Day

The Longs Day THE LONGEST DAY The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan tries to deliver a comprehensive and detailed look into the events leading up to, and on the day of, D-Day, June 6, 1994. Ryan, an Ireland native born in 1920, was one of the superlative war correspondents of his time. He flew fourteen bombing missions with the Eighth and Ninth U.S. air forces, and covered the D-Day landings and the advance of General Patton's Third Army across France and Germany. As mentioned in the forward, this book was not a military history—it was a story. One of the more appealing aspects of the book’s contents is the use of first hand accounts. The book begins with a detailed look into the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Ryan takes you into Rommel’s mind, revealing his suspicions and fears regarding the invasion. In the same respect, the beginning of the second chapter gives a first hand account of a pathfinder parachuting into the yard of a French civilian and startles her on her way to the outhouse. Ryan did his research; he sites a large list of the names of sources who contributed to the vivid retelling of D-Day. Sighting statistical facts ryan, invasion, book, information, german, day, work, war, troops, june, involved, initial, great, facts, events, d-day, between, way, wait, vivid, timeline, tactical, respect, regarding, pathfinders, overall, operational, one, numbers, night, missions, military, main, look, leading, job