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"

看过《最长的一天》这部作品的人都曾被它深深震撼，作为非虚构文学的创作典范和世界战争纪实的巅峰之作，它真实记录了诺曼底登陆的策划内幕和激战过程，生动描述了血腥海水和钢铁火焰构成的战场奇观，还细致入微地写下了双方的将帅和士兵作为个人所遇到的传奇般的命运，以及在每个生死瞬间所经历的痛苦、迷狂和心惊胆战。