2007-01-15 10:57:44 · 12 answers · asked by Robert F 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I think its short for dooms day?
2007-01-15 11:07:34 · answer #1 · answered by layla 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military types always call the day for an operation D Day and the Hour H Hour because they were taught to do so at Sandhurst
The day before D Day is D Day minus 1 etc and after plus 1.
2007-01-15 12:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by Tom Cobbley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people assumed that it meant Departure day signifying the day they would leave for the invsion of Normandy. But in fact it was just a code letter picked at random for this expidition which was used through out the operation.
2007-01-15 11:08:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
D-Day is the unnamed day on which an operation commences or is due to commence. This may be the commencement of hostilities or any other operation. The most famous is D-Day, June 6, 1944, when "Operation Overlord" began. Contrary to popular belief, the "D" does not stand for any specific word-the most popular being disembark. (NATO)
2007-01-17 05:39:11 · answer #4 · answered by Beck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was just a short code word meaning nothing picked at random from a list of words compiled by the war office so that should the enemy hear it it would give no clue as to what the operation was but ever since the normandy landings it is used by the media to denote the start of a major military event
2007-01-15 12:17:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The invation at Normanday in Germany. This was to be the turning point for the U.S. If you look up the word Detour is says a turning, an invasion. . .
2007-01-16 12:50:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally any day that they attack is call "D-Day." But it now refers to the day that the Allies stormed the beaches at Normandy.
2007-01-15 11:07:43 · answer #7 · answered by cireengineering 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My patriotic parents, who both lived through WWI and WWII, used to say the D stood for "Democracy." But that could have just been their patriotism talking.
2007-01-15 11:14:38 · answer #8 · answered by BuddyL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See these 2 wikipedia articles. They both say that D doesn't stand for anything, but read both for details.
2007-01-15 11:03:40 · answer #9 · answered by ricochet 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dooms Day, nuclear catastrophe
2007-01-15 11:30:14 · answer #10 · answered by NOREEN D 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋