Longest Day

6 June 1944 is a day that can be seen as the pivotal point of World War II, which definitely swung the momentum of war in favor of the Allied forces. It was a day when the allied forces successfully opened the final European phase of the World War II by invading and gaining footholds on the shores o......more

The Longest Day, Cornelius Ryan’s classic history of the D-Day invasion, takes its title from an assessment offered by German general Erwin Rommel to his aide in April of 1944, over a month before the invasion of Normandy took place. “Believe me, Lang,” Rommel said that spring day, “the first twenty......more

The Allies messed up the Normandy invasion. The Germans messed up the defence even more. Therefore, the Allies won World War II. In the process, quite a lot of people died needlessly. End of story.......more

Today, on the 72nd anniversary of D-Day, this book is as relevant as ever. I read it as a youngster and have re-read it. There are some days that pivotal in world history and 6 June 1944 is certainly one of them. To learn the history of that day from all perspectives, winners, losers, innocents caug......more

On June 6, 2019 thousands will descend onto the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the allied landing that would eventually bring an end to Nazi domination of Europe during World War II. Since my wife and I plan on traveling to Normandy at that time I felt it was important to......more