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The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 nonfiction book about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century-Fox and was directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki. The screenplay was written by Ryan, with additional material written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, and Jack Seddon.
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The 1944 Allied landing in Normandy, known as D‑Day, stands as one of the most complex and spectacular military operations of the Second World War. However, historians continue to debate whether the Normandy invasion was the most decisive battle of the war and whether it truly saved Europe from Nazi domination. What is beyond dispute is that this pivotal moment in history later provided a lifeline to a major Hollywo…More
