
D-Day's Most Important Forecast? The Real Story Behind Pressure
professor of US military history, Missouri S&T; author of multiple volumes on the US Army in WWII
World War IILeadership & Command
Essential · Edition 2026-06-05
McManus and Hymel use the new film Pressure as a springboard to examine the meteorological crisis behind Overlord — Stagg vs. the American forecasters, Eisenhower's decision window, and what a 24-hour delay actually meant for the invasion force. McManus brings the academic weight to separate what the film gets right from what it dramatises. Well-timed for the anniversary and genuinely informative on an aspect of D-Day that's often reduced to a single anecdote.
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