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Author:	Cornelius Ryan
Title:	Ziua Cea Mai Lunga
Subtitle:	6 Iunie 1944
English Title:	The Longest Day
Publisher:	Editura Politica
Country:	Romania
Date:	1965
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	History
Language:	Romanian (limba română)
Total Editions:	4
Rating:	10.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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ppint. 19th Dec 2021		famously filmed featuring fousands of filmstars: some in only one-off, strictly cameo, scenes, some in recurring slight rôles, and some as major players, movers and shakers of the events, and some of those preventing action being taken also, on both sides of the channel - and of the conflict; in addition, the differences of opinion within the allied commands, and the differences over tactics, and some of the major rivalries splitting the german command are covered, and a good indication of how great a gamble allied commander-in-chief of the greatest amphibious assaust ever, general eisenhower was taking when he reluctantly gave the go-ahead, too. much less is made of the strategic considerations, some (like the reasons for the near-absence of the luftwaffe on the day) being only hinted at, and some being left completely unmentioned - though the reason for the delay in the deployment of the wehrmacht's panzer armies is well covered; but there was serious doubt in the studio that zanuck's film would repay twentieth century fox's investment at the length it was distributed - any longer would've been considered certain commercial suicide. a classic film that will go on getting shown and re-shown on one of the uk tv major's channels until the last of the baby boom kids shuffles off this mortal coil - and maybe a while longer than that. the book, though... the book is somewhat slower, and yr hmbl srppnt. found it considerably less evocative, and so much less gripping. works best as a reminder of how very good the film is. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 8th Sep 2020		first published date is^W was still wrong and should^W has now been corrected to 1959 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 19th Jul 2019		first published date is wrong and should be corrected to 1959 first published in h/cvr by simon & schuster, inc. new york in 1959 (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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Cornelius Ryan - Il Giorno Piu' Lungo - Euroclub - Hardcover - Italy (1978)

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Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day - Four Square - Paperback - UK (1967)

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Cornelius Ryan - Der längste Tag - Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag - Paperback - Germany - 3436022837 (1976)