FORECAST FOR OVERLORD JUNE 6, 1944 by Doctor J M Stagg CB OBE

(Subject: World War II - Western Europe) The author was General Eisenhower's chief weatherman. His job was to predict weather for the largest invasion in history across waters that were frequently terrible for shipping. Stagg tells in detail the differing interpretations of weather data from three, often conflicting, teams of weathermen. He relates day by day and often hour by hour the complex weather forming over the Atlantic and heading toward England. Ultimately D-Day had to be postponed one day due to a brief window of good weather expected on June 6 over the Normandy beaches. Apparently the typical bad sea weather expected during June was a factor in the Nazis not foreseeing the invasion when it occurred. (Published: 1971) (Publisher: Ian Allan) (ISBN: 0711002517) (Pagination: 128pp, 1 diagram, 6 weather charts) (Condition: Light spotting on endpaper. Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX