Weather as a Military and Agricultural Force in World War II
Wartime meteorology links farmers and military planners through a vast global network. The AAF, Navy, and Weather Bureau maintain 1,400 stations worldwide, with 250 Pentagon forecasters guiding strategy. Navy aerology expanded from 200 personnel in 1940 to about 6,500 today. Weather data underpins major operations from Sicily to Normandy and Battle of the Bismarck Sea, while Axis nations also pursue weather-driven tactics.
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China
AAF
Navy
Weather Bureau
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Antarctic
Pentagon
Washington
Navy Aerology
Bureau of Aeronautics
RAF
North Africa
Sicilian
Halsey
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Rabaul
Normandy
Axis
Germany
Japan
Ardennes
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Notable Wartime Voices On German Atrocities And Surrender
Excerpts recount Walter Duranty and a newsletter table discussion about a Molotov scoop. The piece critiques postwar German memory culture and envisions Der Tag in a Nazi revival, detailing propaganda, parades, compulsory cinema, and vows against democracy.
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San Francisco
Walter Duranty
N. Y. Times
Moscow
Mr. Duranty
Weather Plans For War In Four Operations
Army weather teams evaluate air ground sea and amphibious conditions to pick days with the most favorable weather. They compare current maps with fingerprint maps to find past dates like May 15 1945 or Feb 23 1929 to forecast high and low pressure movements for planning.
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Arctic
Antarctic
United States
Plans to probe the Ku Klux Klans reemerge in secrecy
The piece notes renewed Ku Klux Klan activity despite claims of disbanding. It recalls the underground period and cites Klan leader James A. Colescott asserting continued leadership and that other officials retain titles.
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Ku Klux
Eden Emerges as Middle Man in San Francisco Talks
At the San Francisco conference Anthony Eden of Britain is hailed as the deft mediator among major powers. The piece traces shifting roles from Roosevelt to Eden amid Churchill Stalin dynamics, noting Eden's new position between Russia and the United States and Britain’s evolving influence as a swing power.
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San Francisco
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Russia
United States
Eden
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Cliveden
Germany
England
Britain
Japan
Manchuria
Pacific
Persia
Iran
Gulf of Persia
Yalta
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Finland
Baltic Sea
Teheran - Yalta
Franklin Roosevelt
Teheran
Balkans
France
Europe
Marshal
Berlin
Stetlinius
Stettinius
Sophianopoulos
Argentina
Metaxas
George
van Kleffens
Prosperity thoughts mix with war bonds and Main Streets
A series of opinions contrasts inflation fears from 1918 to today with high currency in circulation and war bond purchases. It questions bank vs public bond buying, comments on Jones' earnings and future woes, and praises G I Joes while noting distrust of government promises and O P A stamp changes.
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America
Jones
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Walter A. Shead
WIN
Radio-Sonde
Office of War Information
Italy
Army
South Pacific
Belgian Bulge
van Paul
San Francisco Examiner
Wes
Duranty
Erudite
Harry Truman
Hitler
Platz
Adolf Hitler
der Fuhhrer
Horst Wessel
Lublin
Maidenek
Treblinka
Mieste
Belsen
Lidice
Heydrich
U.S
Aan
Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
Sam
God
Patman
Texas
Congress
Housewives of America
OPA
Representative Patman
Broadways
State
Main
G.I. Joes
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