The Longest Day may refer to:
* The "
D-day" invasion of Normandy during World War II
Art, entertainment, and media
*
''The Longest Day'' (book), 1959 book by Cornelius Ryan
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''The Longest Day'' (film), a 1962 war film based on Ryan's book
* ''
Japan's Longest Day
is a 1967 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. The subject of the majority of the movie is the period between noon on August 14, 1945 and noon on August 15, 1945, when Emperor Hirohito's decision to surrender to the Allies in World ...
'', a Japanese 1967 war film on the surrender of Japan in World War II
*
''The Longest Day'' (game), a 1980 wargame by Avalon Hill
*
"The Longest Day" (''Land of the Lost''), an episode of the 1974 series ''Land of the Lost''
*
''Longest Day'' (novel), a 1998 novel by Michael Collier set in the ''Doctor Who'' universe.
* "The Longest Day", a song by Iron Maiden from ''
A Matter of Life and Death'' (2006)
*
''The Longest Day'' (album), 1984 album by the Del Fuegos
* "Longest Day", a song by Soulsavers from ''
The Light the Dead See'' (2012)
Other uses
*
The Longest Day (race), a 24-hour sports and touring car endurance race
* "The longest day", a 25-hour day that occurs once a year due to
daylight saving time
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...
* The
summer solstice, the "longest day" of the year since it has the most daylight
See also
*
Long Day (disambiguation)
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