How Predicting Waves Helped Win World War II

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Did you know UC San Diego ocean science made D-Day a success? In the final hours before the invasion of Normandy, Scripps Institution of Oceanography oceanographers and meteorologists advised Allied commanders to postpone the landing for 24 hours. Their analysis predicted a brief window of favorable conditions that allowed thousands of troops to land on the beaches of Normandy in one of the most consequential operations in modern history.