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1: Title
2: Objectives & Standards
3: How Has Weather Affected Military History?
4: Weather History in the United States Military
5: The Element of Surprise
6: The Battle of Gettysburg - 1863
7: The Beginning of Military Weather Observations
8: US Weather Bureau
9: The Department of Agriculture
10: World War I - 1918
11: Advancing Weather Science After WWI
12: Battle of The Bulge - 1944
13: D-Day: The Normandy Invasion
14: Modern Military Meteorology
15: Special Military Weather Groups
16: Thank You
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Advancing Weather Science After WWI
As a science, meteorology remained new and advances were slow into the 1920s and 30s.
World War II was crucial for military meteorology as the large use of airplanes called for improved accuracy of forecasting.
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Dauntless bomb drop | WikiMedia