2006-07-28 05:57:36 · 24 answers · asked by sueu 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It doesn't stand for anything (it's just the first letter of "Day" again)
2006-07-28 06:07:49 · answer #1 · answered by Graham I 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't think it means anything. D-day is just a military term so that they can plan future operations without setting a date for the start. So an operations start date could be set for the 16th but be cancelled and begin on the 18th instead, but the timing stays the same as they planned it in terms of d day, d +1, +2 etc, making it easier for the soldiers.
2006-07-28 07:47:02 · answer #2 · answered by acidedge2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The “D” does not stand for "Deliverance", "Doom", "Debarkation" or similar words. In fact, it doesn't stand for anything. The “D” is derived from the word "Day". “D-Day” means the day on which a military operation begins. The term "D-Day" has been used for many different operations, but it is now generally only used to refer to the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944.
2006-08-01 03:18:01 · answer #3 · answered by Afx_acid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The d actually stands for day.
2006-07-30 12:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by CuriousMind 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stands for day as far as I recall. By the way, Dunkirk was 1940.
2006-07-28 08:50:05 · answer #5 · answered by auntie Jen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just that the military are so good at secret words that they have Y year, M month W week D day and H hour with probably M minute as well. So that is what it means.
2006-07-28 06:07:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dooms day. the invasion of Normandy 1944.
2006-07-28 06:20:44 · answer #7 · answered by chris b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's simply useful shorthand. It's quicker and clearer to say "artillery somes ashore on Dplus2" than to have to say: "artillery comes ashore two days after the attack starts" or "artillery comes ashore on April 3, assuming we really do attack on April 1".
2006-07-28 07:46:02 · answer #8 · answered by badbear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it decision day, or demob day. Just a thought of the top of my head!
2006-07-28 08:14:57 · answer #9 · answered by yorkie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was Dunkirk - as in the mass evacuation of troops from said town in 1944 (I think).
2006-07-28 06:03:56 · answer #10 · answered by Rob M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋