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D-DAY: THE MOST IMPORTANT WEATHER FORECAST IN HISTORY, for "OPERATION OVERLORD". Written by General Eisenhower's chief weatherman, described by Eisenhower as "a dour but canny Scot," this book gives a first-hand account of a small but crucial aspect of the Allied invasion of Europe in June 1944. For many weeks the author had been presenting trial forecasts to the supreme commander. As the Allied naval forces gained momentum toward the coast of France, so also did the storm areas of the Atlantic, so that the twenty-four hours before the scheduled time of landing, engines had to be reversed and operations suspended, leaving many thousands of Allied troops and seamen at peril on the high seas. It was a frightening responsibility for the weatherman. The original day selected for the invasion, June 5, had to be abandoned at the last minute. On June 5 itself, in a final conference, the author announced that the bad conditions predicted the day before were actually prevailing and that if Allied troops had landed, disaster would have resulted. As it turned out, the day the author recommended, D day, June 6, was the last day the invasion could have taken place, "weather permitting," for the

Author

Stagg, James Martin, 1900-1975

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

1971

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393053357

Subjects

History, Humanities