Friends,

What does the "D" stand for in D Day?

Thanks in advance,

Buck Yaldy

D-Day is the accepted way of emphasising the day in question is the day the operation is to happen. It's just an emphasis of the first letter as they use H-Hour to emphasise the hour in question is the actual hour or time the action starts.

When reading through military history you'll all operations have a D-Day and H-Hour.

No.9

It stands for Day

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It stands for Day

D-Day is day one of the invasion or operation.
D+1 would be the second day of the operation.
etc

H-Hour is the first hour of the operation, H+1 is the second hour, etc

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The "D" in D-Day doesnt not stand for a specific word. It stands for the day a military operation starts . A more specific example for the would be H-Hour, the eaxact hour when the military operation is scheduled to begin. Operation Overlord was sort of "christened" with the name because so many people associate D-Day with the Invasion of Normandy.

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i really should know this.. ive heard it soo many times... i know that all of the amphibious landings during WWII were classified as "D Day" but the one that people refer to as "D Day" is of course june 6 1944, little known fact

i really should know this.. ive heard it soo many times... i know that all of the amphibious landings during WWII were classified as "D Day" but the one that people refer to as "D Day" is of course june 6 1944, little known fact

Nothing, its a code letter.
The idea was, if the enemy came across any reference to 'D-Day' in any captured documents or the like, they would be unable (hopefully) to connect it with the Allied invasion of Europe

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nothing its a code letter.
The idea is that if the enemy came across any reference to a 'D-Day' in any captured documents or the like, they would be unable hopefully to connect it to the Allied invasion of Europe

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QUOTE]Originally posted by Buck Yaldy:
Friends,

What does the "D" stand for in D Day?
[/quote]
nothing its a code letter.
The idea is that if the enemy came across any reference to a 'D-Day' in any captured documents or the like, they would be unable hopefully to connect it to the Allied invasion of Europe

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if in doubt....Panic!!!!

QUOTE]Originally posted by Buck Yaldy:
Friends,

What does the "D" stand for in D Day?
[/quote]
nothing its a code letter.
The idea is that if the enemy came across any reference to a 'D-Day' in any captured documents or the like, they would be unable hopefully to connect it to the Allied invasion of Europe

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if in doubt....Panic!!!!

QUOTE]Originally posted by Buck Yaldy:
Friends,

What does the "D" stand for in D Day?
[/quote]
nothing its a code letter.
The idea is that if the enemy came across any reference to a 'D-Day' in any captured documents or the like, they would be unable hopefully to connect it to the Allied invasion of Europe

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if in doubt....Panic!!!!

The "D" in "D-day" means...well..."day"
just like the "H" in "H-hour" stands for "hour"
unless there's some other definition i dont know about...

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The "D" in "D-day" means...well..."day"
just like the "H" in "H-hour" stands for "hour"
unless there's some other definition i dont know about...

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the "d" stands for "day" just like the "h" in "h-hour" stands for "hour"

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