The Development of Cities

[Kingmaker]

HiHi

Mmmm, The weather gets warm, the weather gets cold, and empires and generals don't give a damn Errr ... might this not be something of an oversimplification?

Of course I may be wrong in this, but I was under the impression that Eisenhower was, in the final days before the launch of the D-Day landings, mightily concerned (i.e. he gave a Damn) about the state of the weather, so much so that until reasonable guarantees were given by the Met boys he was considering postponing the invasion till later when more clement weather could be guaranteed.

Or say, the planning involved with the Dambusters raid, which was dependent of clear skys, a Hunters Moon and the water levels in the Dams, again surely a Military situation where the planners could have been said to give a Damn.

Or again from the history of your own country, I seem to remember (again I could be wrong though) that General Washington gave voice (or wrote about it anyhow) over his concerns (again giving a damn) that the army at Valley Forge was evaporating as it was bogged down in the mud, short of supplies etc, etc. The fact that the weather changed from either North Easterly or North Westerly to its opposite froze the roads and enabled the Army to move. The actions he was subsequently able to take at Trenton & Princetown (?spl?) changed the whole nature of operations in North America from a Policing action to a full blown international war, with the French, Spanish & most importantly the Dutch siding with the Colonists.

Just a thought.

All the Best
Peter