Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Flavin, a young girl who works at a post office, used as a weather station, in Blacksod, in County Mayo, the westernmost promontory of Europe, far from the many lands devastated by the iron storms of World War II.
Eva Sweeney
Young Maureen Flavin Sweeney
Colin Wright
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mike Johnson
Captain James Stagg
John Downes
Met Éireann Telephone Operator
Antony Beevor
Self - Historian
Robert Gerwarth
Self - Historian
Susan Eisenhower
Self - Eisenhower's Granddaughter
Joseph Skelly
Self - Historian
Richard G. Trefry
Self - Retired US Army Lt. General
Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Flavin, a young girl who works at a post office, used as a weather station, in Blacksod, in County Mayo, the westernmost promontory of Europe, far from the many lands devastated by the iron storms of World War II.
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