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The Longest Day is a WW2 non-fiction novel written by Cornelius Ryan. The setting takes place in the French province of Normandy during the Nazi rule over Europe. The book's date starts at June 4, and ends at June 20th, the date the Allies broke out of the beachhead. The book has settings in 6 different places, each spread out along the Norman coast. From the Western half of the Norman coast to the east, the landing are in order of... **-Utah Beach**(American Landing) **-Pointe de Hoc**(American Ranger Landing) **-Omaha Beach**( American Landing) **-Juno Beach**(Canadian Landing) **-Sword Beach**(British Landing) The book does not have an official main character, but the characters that are mentioned the most in the book are //** Dwight Eisenhower **//, the American supreme Allied commander //** Monty Montgomery **//, the British second in command of Allied commanders //** Erwin Rommel **//, the German Field Marshall who is in charge of defending the Norman coast from invasion.
 * -Gold Beach ** (British Landing)