Interesting perspective on the critical role of weather and D-Day.
February 22, 2026, 01:00 AM
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Stagg gets all the credit but it was really the Irish who saved D-Day. A weather station at Blacksod on the west coast of Ireland saw all this coming and alerted the British who then ran with it:
‘Pressure’ trailer has Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower, and focuses a lot on D-Day’s weather
The new film turns weather forecast into a suspense drama with the fate of World War II in the balance.
by Nicholas Slayton Published Feb 21, 2026 2:51 PM EST
What do you do before ordering hundreds of thousands of men into an invasion of Europe? What kind of pressure does that put on a leader? That’s the big question behind “Pressure,” a new film charting Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s stressful hours leading up to the launch of D-Day. It’s also about the weather...