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June 3 1944 Iceland
At 6.17pm GMT the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano erupts causing a huge plum of volcanic dust to spew into the atmosphere. The eruption is enormous and the prevailing winds cause it to drift over all of the UK and much of Northern France. As the 1st waves of Overlord hit the beaches they do so in an early gloom as the sun has difficulty piercing the ash cloud. Even worse since nightfall on the 5th many planes have not come back over France and those that have seemed to have large amounts of volcanic dust on them and in there engines . Only 50% of the paratrooper drops have taken place. Now allied air operations are in a quandary. Do they support the landings and risk the planes or hold off?
As we see now the eruption on Iceland is causing havoc with the commercial jets over much of Europe. Could a much larger eruption on the eve of D Day have changed the outcome of WW2. I know the normal saying is no as A bombs get Germany in 1945 but if flying was a 50/50 for 6-12 months could this full germanise fat out of the fire?