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Radio Berkshire,20 Aug 2026,9 mins

The map that won the War

Secret Berkshire

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How did a hand-drawn weather map dictate the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on D-Day in June 1944? Vernon Harwood visits the Royal Meteorological Society HQ in Reading to see the wartime chart which saved the Normandy Landings from disaster. Photo: Getty Images

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