The D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944 was almost blown off course by stormy weather, then conditions grew worse. Vast amounts of supplies and materials had to be shipped to Normandy for the Allied forces. However, a furious storm from June 19 to 22 caused havoc on the Normandy beaches, with about 800 landing craft and ships beached or destroyed. Landing craft out of control pounded against us . our ship was flung heavily on a sandy bottom and pounded by a terrifying surf,” wrote the war correspondent WF Hartin in…

Source: The Times June 19, 2019 23:03 UTC