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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Misc: D-Day and the role of the Meteorological Office


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 9

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: Misc: D-Day and the role of the Meteorological Office

Date(s): 1994

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 3 items

Name of creator(s): Meteorological Office, Mar-Jun 1994

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of D-Day, the Meteorological Office, Bracknell, Berkshire, commissioned a study designed to recognise the influence of weather patterns, weather forecasting, and meteorological data on the military planning and execution of Allied Operations NEPTUNE and OVERLORD, the Allied preparation and subsequent invasion of France, Jun 1944. In Mar 1994, it produced With Wind and Sword: the story of meteorology and D-Day by Stan Cornford, a paper detailing the Meteorological Office's role during World War Two generally and the invasion of France specifically. The paper was subsequently used for the publication of the Meteorological Office pamphlet, '6 June 1944: D-Day: the role of the Met. Office', (Meteorological Office, Bracknell, 1994).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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)

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre in 1994 by the Library and Services Manager, National Meteorological Library and Archive, Meteorological Office

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Date of compilation: Oct 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Meteorological data | Meteorology
Operation Neptune (1944) | Military operations | Military engineering
Operation Overlord (1944) | Military operations | Military engineering
War | International conflicts
Warfare | Military engineering
Weather forecasting | Weather | Climatology
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

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Corporate names

Places
France | Western Europe | Europe