D-Day was successful because of the most important weather forecasts in history, finding a break in the otherwise stormy English Channel.

The 81st anniversary of World War II's D-Day was Friday, June 6th, but it could have been another day. Weather and ...

To maintain secrecy, a large portion of the Allied fleet was squirreled far away in northern Scotland. Consequently, five ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Eisenhower speaking to troops before the start of D-Day in 1944.Credit...Corbis, via Getty Images Success demanded a very specific set of conditions: Before the landings, the weather needed to be ...