The Longest Day

Character mistake: When Rommel leaves his French headquarters for Germany on June 5th for his wife's birthday on the next day, he erroneously states that date as July 6th, not June.

Daniel4646

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Suggested correction: He says 6th of June. He says it in German so it's "sechster Juni" which sounds like July.

lionhead

I happen to be German, and I can easily distinguish that the actor uses an "L" instead of an "N" when he says the month's name.

Daniel4646

Despite being German you can still hear it wrongly. He says Juni to me. And I might not be German but my German is pretty decent.

lionhead

He still pronounces the month with a clear "L", not an "N."

Daniel4646

Character mistake: According to the subtitles, when the landings begin General Marcks asks his aide to get General Pemsel at 5th Army on the phone. Pemsel was chief of staff of 7th Army, as the caption correctly states when he first appears. 5th Army was disbanded in 1939.

Necrothesp

Factual error: The U.S. Paratrooper uses his "clicker", and the German answers with a "double" click-click - click-click. The Paratrooper stands up, and the German soldier shoots twice with his Mauser K98 without pulling back the bolt between shots, which is impossible.

pelib

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Suggested correction: There could have been another German soldier present who fired as well.

lionhead

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