Format: Hardback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781636243719
Pub Date: 15 Jul 2024
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Illustrations: 30+ b&w photographs
Description:
The wartime interest in Greenland was a direct result of its vital strategic position—if you wanted to predict the weather in Europe, you had to have men in place on the vast, frozen island. The most celebrated example of Greenland’s crucial contribution to Allied meteorological services is the correct weather forecast in June 1944 leading to the decision to launch the invasion of Normandy. In addition, both before and after D-Day a stream of weather reports from Greenland was essential for the Allied ability to carry out the bombing offensive against Germany.