Take command of either the Allied Expeditionary Force or Germany’s Wehrmacht. Close Combat - The Longest Day is a highly enhanced rebuild of the critically acclaimed Close Combat Invasion Normandy, originally developed by Atomic Games. Not so in the West! If the enemy here succeeds… consequences of staggering proportions will follow within a short time.' - Adolf Hitler, 'Directive 51'. 'In the East, the vastness of space will… permit a loss of territory… without suffering a mortal blow to Germany’s chance for survival.