2007-01-16 15:05:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. While the initial D in D-Day does not stand for anything, it often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will or has occurred. By far, the best known D-Day is June 6, 1944 - the day on which the Battle of Normandy began - commencing the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II.
2007-01-16 15:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by silverpet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't stand for anything. D-day and H-hour are terms used in planning events. You know something is going to occur but you are not sure exactly when. If you want things to occur in sequence up to and after the specific day you call the day d-day and then the day before becomes d-day-1 and the day after d-day+1. This allows you to plan the event in detail without specifying a precise date on which it will occur.
The famous WWII D-Day was delayed for two days because of the weather. It was originally supposed to go on the 4th of June but got underway on the 6th. By not specifying the dates in the planning stage there was no need to go through all the plans and change them after the starting date was delayed.
2007-01-16 16:11:03 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unnamed day on which an operation or offensive is to be launched.
The day on which the Allied forces invaded France during World War II (June 6, 1944).
2007-01-16 15:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by (¯`·.sanzeev.·´¯) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D stands for the date, so when d-day was announced, it means to go on with the operations at the given date. It is the awaited moment, the D-Day!!!
2007-01-16 17:06:06 · answer #4 · answered by wacky_racer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The D stands for death as in death-day. That was'nt a real name just sumthin the soldiers called it bcuz of all the deaths on one particular day.
2007-01-16 15:15:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothign in particular, just a military term used to define the time of a certain occurace. ex: d-day, d-hour, even d-year. used in place of the actual time to keep it secret or if the actual time has not yet been determined. some interpret it to mean death, destruction, and most often doom (doomsday=end of the world)
2007-01-16 15:15:05 · answer #6 · answered by f0876and1_2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to what I learned on the History channel it has no significance.That's just the name they came up with. Had to call it something.
2007-01-16 15:12:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
D-Day --
D = the
haha..
2007-01-16 16:16:40 · answer #8 · answered by waterlily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
department defense day
nickname dooms day
2007-01-16 15:12:57 · answer #9 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
death
2007-01-16 15:10:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋