In the gloom the gathering storm abates
In the ships gimlet eyes await
The call to arms to hammer at the gates
To blow them wide throw evil to its fate

All summers long the drills to build the machine
To turn men from flesh and blood to steel
From paper soldiers to bodies on the beach
From summer sands to armageddon’s reach

Overlord, your master not your god
The enemy coast dawning grey with scud
These wretched souls puking, shaking fear
To take a bullet for those who sent them here

The world’s alight, the cliffs erupt in flame
No escape, remorseless shrapnel rains
Drowning men no chance for a warrior’s fate
A choking death enter hell’s gate

Sliding we go, only fear on our side
To the edge of the wire,
and we rush with the tide
Oh the water is red,
with the blood of the dead
But I’m still alive, pray to God I survive

How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through
How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through

How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through
How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through

The rising dead, faces bloated torn
They are relieved, the living wait their turn
Your number’s up, the bullet’s got your name
You still go on, to hell and back again

Valhalla waits, valkyries rise and fall
The warrior tombs, lie open for us all
A ghostly hand reaches through the veil
Blood and sand, we will prevail

Sliding we go, only fear on our side
To the edge of the wire,
and we rush with the tide
Oh the water is red,
with the blood of the dead
But I’m still alive, pray to God I survive

How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through
How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through

How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through
How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through

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How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through
How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through

How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through
How long on this longest day
‘Til we finally make it through

Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII.
There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation.Written by John Vogel.
England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats.The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges.On the other side of the Channel the Germans still expect the invasion at Calais, and anyway the weather makes them think nothing is likely to be imminent.
Eisenhower decides to go. Hitler sleeps on. Written by Jeremy Perkins.
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, the US, Britain, 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. “The longest day” Written by Michael Daly.