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"
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
Col. Thompson
Madame Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Mayor of Colleville
Pvt. John Steele
Maid
Janine Boitard, a resistance
U.S. Army Ranger Major
U.S. Army Ranger
Capt. Harding
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
British Padre
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Young GI
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
RAF Pilot
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Louis
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Sgt. Wilder
Pvt. Morris
Pvt. Watney
Pvt. Martini
Capt. Colin Maud
Gen. Erich Marcks
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Joe Williams
Mother Superior
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Pvt. Clough
U.S. Army Ranger
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RAdm. Janjard
Destroyer Commander
Maj. John Howard
Lt. Wilson
Lt. Col. Ocker
U.S. Army Ranger
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Lt. Sheen
Alexandre Renaud
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
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British Soldier (uncredited)
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French Commando (uncredited)
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
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German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Camp Cook (uncredited)
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Cook (uncredited)
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Jean (uncredited)
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Firefighter (uncredited)
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
Housekeeper (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
US Army Medic (uncredited)
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
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