REAL TIMELINE
Gambling on the weather
Eisenhower makes one of the boldest decisions of the war, postponing the invasion by a day in the hope that the weather will improve on 6 June. He trusts his meteorologists, but he knows the risks if they have got it wrong.
5 June 1944
The Normandy landings begin
As predicted, the weather on 6 June is acceptable and the landings proceed. Everything now hangs on whether or not the landings go smoothly. If any one of the multiple potential
