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The Longest Day : June 6, 1944

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Cornelius Ryan tells the story of the hours that preceded and followed H-Hour of D-Day ?

June 6, 1944, when as dawn approached, as paratroopers fought in the hedgerows of Normandy, the greatest armada the world had ever known assembled off the beach -- almost 5000 ships carrying more than 200,000 soldiers. a military This is the story of people: the men of the Allied forces, the enemy and the civilians caught up in the confusion of battle. 700 D-Day survivors were interviewed for the book.

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Pocket Books
0671890913 / 9780671890919
Paperback / softback
01/05/1994
United States
352 pages
140 x 215 mm, 400 grams