What the "D" stand for in "D Day"............refering to world war two.?

Answer 1

But apparently it was the Americans who contributed a technical term that would become famous a quarter of a century later, during World War II.

Field Order No. 8 from the First Army of the A.E.F., of September 7, 1918, begins, "the First Army will attack at H-Hour on D-Day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel salient."

The British used zero hour in discussion of an operation whose time was not yet determined or to be kept secret, but Americans preferred H-Hour and D-Day. In the next World War, with American general Dwight Eisenhower in supreme command, the term for the first day of the Allied invasion of France, June 6, 1944, was the American D-Day.

That D-Day was and is so famous that it successfully invaded our general vocabulary to become a term that can refer to any day of action or decision.

Other letters were combined with Day to give similar emphasis to a particular day, such as V-E Day and V-J Day for the 1945 endings of the war in Europe and Japan, respectively, and E Day for "Education Day" (also attested as early as 1945).

Answer 2

D doesn't stand for anything specifically. The military used the letter d to signify the day when a combat attack or military operation will begin.
Most people are familiar with D-Day, referring to the Normandy Invasion, but it was also used in World War I. Other letters can be used - The Okinawa Invasion was set for "L" Day - while the invasion of Leyte Gulf began on "A" Day. The invasion of Japan would have taken place on "X" Day

Answer 3

The term D-Day was military parlance for the day on which a combined attack was to take place when the date had not yet been determined or when secrecy was essential. June 6th became immortalised as D-day and successive operations could not be given that term. The invasion of Okinawa began on L-Day and the proposed invasion of Japan would have begun on X-Day had the Japanese not previously surrendered.

Answer 4

Nothing. the term D-Day and H-Hour are used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated.

In terms of WW2, it was just the day that the battle on Normandy began.

There was also VJ-Day, which stood for Victory over Japan Day.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Destination Day?

Answer 7

it means day, the first 24 hours of any military operation is d day, that was just a famous one. its redundant to stress importance

Answer 8

I think it means doom(s) day but I AM NOT SURE

Answer 9

doom`s day....