Three Days in June: The Story of the D-Day Forecast
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Three Days in June: The Story of the D-Day Forecast

Season 1
For a few tense days in June 1944, the success of the greatest military invasion the world had ever seen depended on weather readings taken by one woman. Maureen Sweeney worked at the remote Blacksod weather station on Ireland’s west coast. 96-year-old Maureen tells the extraordinary story of her D Day data and how it influenced one of the most important moments of the Second World War.
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  1. S1 E1 - Three Days in June: The Story of the D-Day Forecast

    May 27, 2019
    52min
    TV-PG
    For a few tense days in June 1944, the success of the greatest military invasion the world had ever seen depended on weather readings taken by one woman. Maureen Sweeney worked at the remote Blacksod weather station on Ireland’s west coast. 96-year-old Maureen tells the extraordinary story of her D Day data and how it influenced one of the most important moments of the Second World War.
    Free trial of BBC Select