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METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE COMMEMORATIVE ARTICLES ON D-DAY PLANNING, 1994
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METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE COMMEMORATIVE ARTICLES ON D-DAY PLANNING, 1994

  • MISC9
  • Collection
  • 1994

Typescript copy of Meteorological Office paper With Wind and Sword: the story of meteorology and D-Day, a detailed examination of the Meteorological Office's role in the preparation and execution of Operations NEPTUNE and OVERLORD, the Allied preparation and subsequent invasion of France, Jun 1944, including weather pattern charts, weather forecasts, and memoranda and reports from the Chief Meteorological Officer, Meteorological Office, to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). Collection also includes two copies of the Meteorological Office pamphlet, '6 June 1944: D-Day: the role of the Met. Office', (Meteorological Office, Bracknell, 1994)