What Does the "D" in D-day stand for?
Correct answer: Has no meaning
Player #151898054
Moray, Therefore, "D Day" and "H Hour" are redundancies, language wise. The same is true when we say "LCD Display" because the "D" already stands for "Display."
Moray
Errez, No sir, no disrespect! Merely trivia re. DOD SOP. Even peacetime operations have a d day and h hour . This was the most famous. Respectfully Submitted. OORAH
gamergamer1955
The French maintain the D means “disembarkation,” still others say “debarkation,” and the more poetic insist D-Day is short for “day of decision.” When someone wrote to General Eisenhower in 1964 asking for an explanation, his executive assistant Brigadier General Robert Schultz answered: “General Eisenhower asked me to respond to your letter. Be advised that any amphibious operation has a ‘departed date’; therefore the shortened term ‘D-Day’ is used.”
Shellback
808stevan1, Right, the "D" stands for day.
Player #3366575
the "d" stands for disembarkment day. the day the allies stormed the beaches of Normandy.
nimblemoon
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