The Longest Day: June 6, 1944

Ryan, Cornelius

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, 1987

0671890913 / 9780671890919

Serie: Buch 14 von 39 - Wordsworth Military Library

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350, [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Cover has slight wear. Ex-library with usual library markings. Some markings blacked out. Bottom corners of some pages creased. Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 - 23 November 1974) was an Irish journalist and author mainly known for his writings on military history, especially his World War II books: The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day (1959), The Last Battle (1966), and A Bridge Too Far (1974). On a trip to Normandy in 1949 Ryan became interested in telling a more complete story of Operation Overlord than had been produced to date. He began compiling information and conducting over 1000 interviews as he gathered stories from both the Allies and the Germans, as well as the French civilians. In 1956 he began to write down his World War II notes for The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day, which tells the story of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, published three years later in 1959. It was an instant success, and Ryan helped in the writing of the screenplay for the 1962 film of the same name. Darryl F. Zanuck paid the author US $175,000 for the screen rights to the book. The Longest Day tells the story of D-Day, the first day of the World War II invasion of Normandy. It includes details of Operation Deadstick, the coup de main operation by gliderborne troops to capture both Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge before the main assault on the Normandy beaches. The book is based on interviews with a cross-section of participants, including U.S., Canadian, British, French and German officers and civilians. The book begins and ends in the village of La Roche-Guyon. Field Marshal Rommel commander-in-chief of Army Group B had his headquarters in the castle of the village. Ryan's book is divided into three parts: the first part is titled The Wait, the second part is named The Night and the third part is named The Day. The book includes a section on the casualties and lists the contributors including their service details and their occupations. Senior Allied officers who assisted the author included General Maxwell D. Taylor, Lieutenant General James M. Gavin, Lieutenant General Sir Frederick E. Morgan and General Sir Richard Nelson Gale. German officers who assisted with the book included Generaloberst Franz Halder, Hauptmann Hellmuth Lang and General der Infanterie Günther Blumentritt.

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Titel
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
Autor
Ryan, Cornelius
Verlag
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York
Veröffentlichungsjahr
1987
Zustand
Good
Einband
Trade paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0671890913
ISBN-13
9780671890919
Ausgabe
Later printing.
Serie
Buch 14 von 39: Wordsworth Military Library
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D-Day, Dwight Eisenhower, European Theater, WWII

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