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Re:D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided No... by oldcynic on Thursday June 07, 2018 @12:45AM (#17253352)
That was the RAF meteorologist, James Stagg, who persuaded Monty and Eisenhower to move the date from the 5th to the 6th. :)

Famously if they had not gone on the 6th the next tide window would have seen the worst storms in years.

The Met Office's page: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/in-depth/d-day-70th-annive...

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Re:D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided No... by dingaling on Thursday June 07, 2018 @09:07AM (#17255391)
And the forecast was verified with a last-minute weather report from the lighthouse at Blacksod, Ireland, thanks to a 1921 agreement:

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/how-blacksod-lighthouse-...

"An hour later, the same caller, 'a lady with an English accent', asked for the latest weather observations."

https://www.flickr.com/photos/openplaques/13198792295/

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Re:D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided No... by pbowyer on Thursday June 07, 2018 @03:36AM (#17253983)
There is an excellent write-up of this at https://medium.com/@garius/the-weatherman-the-man-who-decide...
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Re:D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided No... by oldcynic on Thursday June 07, 2018 @06:31AM (#17254669)
Thank you for linking that. I'd not known that Krick was quite so alternative in his beliefs!
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