D-Day was successful because of the most important weather forecasts in history, finding a break in the otherwise stormy English Channel.

The 81st anniversary of World War II's D-Day was Friday, June 6th, but it could have been another day. Weather and ...

To maintain secrecy, a large portion of the Allied fleet was squirreled far away in northern Scotland. Consequently, five ...

Discover how wartime meteorologists helped shape the D-Day invasion. Their timely forecast changed the course of WWII and revolutionized modern weather prediction.

A ship reporting rising atmospheric pressure 600 miles west of Ireland helped forecasters see a window of opportunity to ...

Eisenhower speaking to troops before the start of D-Day in 1944.Credit...Corbis, via Getty Images Success demanded a very specific set of conditions: Before the landings, the weather needed to be ...