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The 75th anniversary of the landings on Normandy’s beaches is coming up. There are news videos everywhere about it. A group of soldiers and a WWII Army nurse made the trip this year to visit the place and get the beach sand souvenirs. If you ever go there and look at the sand closely, you’ll see tiny black dots mixed with the sand. Those are the remains of shrapnel from German weaponry. You can see one shrapnel particle in the photo above, a small round ball next to the more jagged particles of sand. It’s all still there.<\/p>\n
The landings required good weather, something that would not swamp the flat-bottomed landing craft.\u00a0 Originally planned for June 4th or June 5th, GEN Eisenhower knew that a successful mission would depend on friendly weather.<\/p>\n
This is where the meteorologists come in.\u00a0 Group Captain James Stagg was the UK’s chief military meteorologist, advising the Allied forces on weather conditions for flights and other operations.<\/p>\n
Raised in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Group Captain James Stagg led the team responsible for advising military planners on weather conditions in preparation for the Normandy landings in June 1944.\u00a0 As Chief Meteorologist to General Dwight D Eisenhower, it was Stagg\u2019s expertise that persuaded the Allied Commander to postpone the advance by 24 hours until 6 June. – Article<\/p>\n