
Overview
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Cast
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Flying Officer David Campbell
Pvt. Flanagan
RAF Officer Mac
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
U.S. Army Ranger
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Capt. Frank
Lord Lovat