The Longest Day based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.
It is the story of the D-Day invasion of Europe with true-to-history characters and events.
It gives the story from both the Allied and the German points of view.
I like having the Germans speak German (with subtitles) rather than speaking heavily accented English.
I like it being in black and white rather than color, making it more gritty.
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The man who was for years my Congressman in Tampa was an Airborne trooper who jumped into France on D-Day. A few years ago the Tampa Tribune ran a feature story about him and printed a photograph of the "cricket" that he carried on that jump. He has kept it ever since then as a souvenir.
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