SpaceGizmodoabout 1 hour ago
D-Day Weather Reconstructions Reveal Narrow Success Window
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University of Reading and ECMWF scientists reconstructed satellite images of June 6, 1944, showing the narrow clear-weather window that allowed D-Day to proceed. Only four feasible dates existed from May into July, each with 13-to-one odds against success. Nearly 160,000 troops stormed Normandy beaches.
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