PENGARUH BESAR PENGETAHUAN METEOROLOGI MARITIM DALAM KEMENANGAN PERTEMPURAN NORMANDIA 1944

Abstract

The Battle and Landing of Normandy 1944 was four years in the making. General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Allied Commander wanted the invasion of Normandy, D-Day to be carried out immediately, but the operation plan almost failed due to bad weather. The Battle of Normandy 1944 began with the German conquest of France and the Allies wanted to free France from German occupation. The writing methodology uses a descriptive method by analyzing the facts that occurred at the Battle of Normandy 1944 supported by literature studies, literature, and scientific journals. Meanwhile, Maritime Meteorological information at the time of the Normandy 1944 landing was obtained from the analysis of weather reports and literature studies. From this incident, it can be concluded that the TNI, especially the Navy, must take maritime weather into account in supporting operations at sea and needs to collaborate with BMKG to obtain Maritime Meteorological information. BMKG provides impact-based maritime weather that issues weather impact map information to sailing ships. The Impact-Based Weather Map provided will provide a color that indicates the risk status of maritime weather based on the type of ship, which can help TNI-AL's equipment in navigation at sea. Maritime Meteorological information and data are obtained using BMKG's ocean prediction model - Ocean Forecasting System (BMKG - OFS) and BMKG's InaWIS (Indonesia Weather Information for Shipping). The InaWIS system is integrated with the Automatic Identification System (AIS) shipping navigation data that will be able to identify ship risks to maritime weather such as wind, currents, and waves. InaWIS is also equipped with real-time weather observation data that is able to model sea predictions for the next 10 (ten) days which makes it easier for TNI AL's equipment to navigate at sea to avoid areas that have the potential for extreme weather and also to support landing operations.