Pressure: The Story Behind the Normandy Landings
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When President John F. Kennedy once asked one of his predecessors, Dwight D. Eisenhower, what the decisive factor was on D-Day, he replied: “We had better meteorologists.” The film Pressure reveals why he gave this answer.
Have you ever wondered why the Normandy landings took place on June 6, 1944? Because the weather was favorable, Pressure makes it clear: in this...
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.
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