Pressure: The Story Behind the Normandy Landings
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The new film 'Pressure' tells the true story of meteorologist James Stagg, whose weather forecast caused the Normandy landings to be delayed by a day in 1944. A weather report that made history, says VRT weatherman Bram Verbruggen. The story resonates with him, as he too worked as a military meteorologist and helped ensure that operations in Afghanistan were postponed.
England, 1944, less than three days before the landing of the Allied forces scheduled on 5 June, the Royal Air Force meteorologist, James Stagg, goes to the headquarters... Read article Cinema: "Pressure" by Anthony Maras, wartime appeared first on Current Values.
Two meteorologists are consulted to prepare the landing. Their opinions and methods are opposed in an old-fashioned reconstitution where pressure, both atmospheric and psychological, produces its small effect.
Adapted from a play and inspired by a true story, the film by Anthony Maras focuses on the key role of a meteorologist, James Stagg, in choosing the day of the landing while maintaining an effective suspense.
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