The Overlord planners for the invasion of Europe in 1944 specified suitable weather (wind, cloud, tidal and moon conditions) for the assault landing; with...

of the Royal Meteorological Society Surface weather analysis Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord Donald Norton Yates Fleming, James Rodger. "Sverre...

Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the...

Weather forecasting or weather prediction is the application of science and technology to predict the conditions of the atmosphere for a given location...

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western...

were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second...

6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings during the Second World War. The paratroopers...

against the Pas-de-Calais (rather than Normandy, the real target of Operation Overlord). As D-Day approached, Allied planners moved on to tactical deceptions...

objective assigned to I Corps (Lieutenant-General John Crocker). Operation Overlord called for Second Army to secure the city and then form a front line from...

of refusal of "funnies" Royal Engineers Museum Royal Engineers and Operation Overlord Royal Engineers Museum Biography of Major General Sir Percy Hobart...

the Normandy campaign. Having been delayed several times by poor weather, Operation Cobra commenced on 25 July 1944, with a concentrated aerial bombardment...

Infantry Division, which landed on Sword on 6 June 1944. Operation Overlord plans called for British Second Army to secure the city and form a line from...

monuments to the battle and Operation Overlord. For example, on the road to Odon-bridge at Tourmauville, there is a memorial for the 15th (Scottish) Infantry...

at the cemetery, relating the global significance and meaning of Operation Overlord. On June 6, 1944, the 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company...

long-anticipated air and amphibious invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord. The 101st Airborne Division paratroopers landed behind Utah Beach...

Global Atmospheric Prediction System Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord John F. Fuller (1974), Weather and War, Military Airlift Command, U.S...

ships. D-Day – See also: Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord – Eisenhower had tentatively selected 5 June as the date for the assault. However, on...

Operation Lüttich (7–13 August 1944) was the codename of the Nazi German counter-attack during the Operation Overlord, which occurred near U.S. positions...

1944, the night before the Allied landings in Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord. The Jedburgh teams normally parachuted in by night to meet a reception...

the remnants of Army Group B retreated across the Seine, completing Operation Overlord. Early Allied objectives in the wake of the D-Day invasion of German-occupied...

(born 1941); and Alexander Martin Stagg (born 1944). Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord Military meteorology Donald Norton Yates Aberdeen Press...

Operation Mallard was the codename for an airborne forces operation, which was conducted by the British Army on 6 June 1944, as part of the Normandy landings...

part of the 6th Airlanding Brigade of the 6th Airborne Division during Operation Tonga in the opening minutes of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Under...

Battle for Brittany Battle of Saint-Malo Saint-Nazaire pocket Bllumenson 1961, p. 653. Kirkpatrick, Charles (1993). D-Day: Operation Overlord: From the...

Operation Gambit was a part of Operation Neptune, the landing phase of the invasion of northern France (Operation Overlord) during the Second World War...

forces. One of the primary concerns when the Allies were planning Operation Overlord was the acquisition of deep-water ports. This was because the vital...

Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War. The geographical...

landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies...

was augmented by hired workers from France. The original armament planned for the battery was four 210 mm navy guns (21 cm Kanone 39), six 75 mm anti-aircraft...

Operation Spring (July 25–27, 1944) was an offensive operation of the Second World War conducted by II Canadian Corps during the Normandy campaign in 1944...