D-Day: The Longest Night

June 5, 1944.

War

Historical

Thriller

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About this story

June 5, 1944. You are Captain James Mercer, commanding a company of American paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines hours before the Normandy landings begin. You've landed off-target, half your men are missing, and German forces are mobilizing. If the beach landing fails, the war could drag on for years — or end in Nazi victory. Everything depends on what you do before dawn.

Main Characters

The Allied Paratrooper

One of the 23,000 Allied paratroopers participating in the drop

The German Conscript

A young soldier stationed in Normandy tasked with responding to the aerial chaos

Captain James Mercer

A paratrooper commander separated from his unit and racing against time

Sergeant Kowalski

Mercer's tough, loyal second-in-command who questions every order

Hans Schreiber

A young German conscript who may be the key to saving or dooming the mission

World Setting

Normandy, France, June 5-6, 1944. The night before the largest amphibious invasion in history. German fortifications, hedgerows, and the fate of World War II hanging in the balance.

Story facts

Genre: War, Historical, Thriller
Audience: Adults
Length: About 12 decisions
Language: English

How it begins

Captain James Mercer clawed at the wet dirt to find his compass, desperate to rally his scattered company before dawn erased their element of surprise. Heavy boots thudded against the limestone path nearby, punctuated by the metallic click of a bolt-action rifle being checked. The smell of crushed clover mixed with the acrid bite of cordite under his nose. Two shapes blurred through the dense hedgerows, silhouetted by the flickering light of a distant farmhouse fire. Mercer crouched behind a stone wall, his M1 Garand heavy in his slick palms, weighing the risk of engaging the patrol or slipping deeper into the dark, silent orchards toward the objective.

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