Altered Weather during WWII ???

Question

During history class in high school years ago (late 60"s-early 70's) we were told of a strategy the US used to ALTER the weather for a very important battle...not sure which battle it was...and after the war the US PROMISED never to do this again during war. Does anyone know what I am talking about and if you do what is the concept for this "change" in weather and if it can be done, why do we not do it when we have droughts? If it can and has been done, does it drastically change the weather months and years after for the worst? I have been on every search I can think of to check this out, but have been unable to find this information. I would greatly appreciate any feedback on this and any website I might be able to go to learn more on this. Thanks very much.

Answer 1

I don't know about WW2, but I have read a bit about the Vietnam War.
I collect reference works from different times for some historical reasearch. I have some encyclopedia year books from the 60's. I noticed that one from the early 60's had an article about people trying to change the wreather. I read the following year's book, there was another article. By mid 60's they were reporting some success, and said that these techniques were being used to make heavy rains on the Ho Chi Minh Trail to try to slow down the Vietcong's supply routes. Then the articles stopped appearing, I assume that it became classified information.

Answer 2

are you talking about cloud seeding, to make it rain, the reason why this cant be used all the time during droughts is that you need specific cloud formations to guarantee rain. check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_control

Answer 3

that's called a conspiracy theory and for the most part they are always wrong.

Answer 4

It is a fairy tale.