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D-Day at 70: the most important weather forecast in history
75 years ago, an accurate and bold weather forecast played a pivotal role in the D-Day invasion. Here's our piece from several years ago on the "most important weather forecast in history": https://wapo.st/2KwOwmH #DDay75 #DDayLandings
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Hat tip, someone replying in one of the many threads about D-Day today.
Weather Station Kurt
Weather Station Kurt on display at the Canadian War Museum (2007)
Weather Station Kurt (Wetter-Funkgerät Land-26) was an automatic weather station, erected by a German U-boat crew in northern Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland in October 1943. Installing the equipment for the station was the only known armed German military operation on land in North America during the Second World War. After the war it was forgotten until its rediscovery in 1977.
Weather Station Kurt on display at the Canadian War Museum (2007)
Weather Station Kurt (Wetter-Funkgerät Land-26) was an automatic weather station, erected by a German U-boat crew in northern Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland in October 1943. Installing the equipment for the station was the only known armed German military operation on land in North America during the Second World War. After the war it was forgotten until its rediscovery in 1977.
