盟軍的計劃者知道他們無法控制D-Day的天氣 ("D-Day"就是戰時用來發動任何軍事攻擊的第一天， "D-Day"這個形容詞現已成為第二次世界大戰中盟軍最偉大的作戰行動：諾曼第 攻擊 the invasion of Normandy)。1944年6月2日 深夜，艾森豪、他的高級將領及英國首相邱吉爾 (Winston Churchill) 開會檢 討天氣預報。然而消息並不樂觀—6月5日的D-Day似乎是個多雲、有雨及風浪高的日子 。艾森豪決定再等一天，看看天氣預報是否會變好；離預定的作戰時間只剩下不到24小時，艾森豪再次聚集他的顧問 。預報顯示雨會停止且6月5日午後天空雲霧會散去；您猜艾森豪會怎麼做？
　

The Allied planners knew they could not control the weather for D-Day ("D-Day" was the first day of any military operation during the war. The expression "D-Day" has come to mean the greatest single Allied operation of World War II, the invasion of Normandy). Late on the evening of June 2, 1944, Eisenhower, his top generals, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met to review the weather forecast. The news was not good--D-Day, June 5, promised cloudy skies, rain, and heavy seas. Eisenhower decided to wait another day to see whether the forecast might improve. Less than 24 hours before the scheduled invasion Eisenhower gathered his advisers again. The forecast indicated that the rain would stop and there would be breaks in the clouds by mid-afternoon on June 5. What do you think Eisenhower did?

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