'D'-Day Question

[Riflechair]

What does the 'D' in 'D'-Day stand for?

 

[Merllin]

D-day.

"The unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or is to "

Just a term chosen by the Chief of Staff... It has no specific meaning. If you read war history, they say the D Day for normandy, the D day for Market Garden, the D day for invasions in the Pacific.

 

[proonur]

Here you go:

http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/faq.htm

 

[sunray]

Duck!! As mentioned it means nothing. Operation names never did.

 

[aninchlow]

actually it meant to indicate the "Starting date" as every day after that was planned as D+1,D+2,D+....... so that operation planners didn't have to rename every day on a plan if the plan got delayed a day..... flexible system.

 

[sunray]

"...actually it meant..." Yep. However, the 'D' stood for nothing.

 

[Riflechair]

Thanks for clearing that up for me guys

 

[KK1]

Was it not "Deliverance-Day"???

 

[JacquesT]

D Day

Thanks for clearing that up for me guys

Same principle in french...D Day is referred to as ''Jour 'J' ''...so simply the first letter of the word jour...voila!!

 

[skirsons]

Uhuh... Day-Day

 

[dragoon7214]

Just like H-Hour, the time that the operation is going to commence.

 

[louthepou]

So in theory, we could sound smart in a meeting at work, and say that on Y-year, we will begin producing this product...

On S-second, it will be time for me to sneeze...

 

[SteyrSSG]

Interesting,...since now we are at D+1 from RifleChairs post, anyone recall the code name for the invasion?

 

[J Stuart]

Interesting,...since now we are at D+1 from RifleChairs post, anyone recall the code name for the invasion?

That would D-1.

 

[bdtyre]

Sort of like the line of departure...some people are convinced that there is actually this invisible line that we must move to....

Having said that, I'll go get the keys to the drop zone and the box of grid reference squares. Does anyone know where I can find the black and yellow caution paint?

 

[Satan's Kitten]

anyone recall the code name for the invasion?

Operation Overlord

 

[slicknick]

Doris

 

[tootall]

Just like H-Hour, the time that the operation is going to commence.

You beat me to it. I was going to mention H-Hour also

Doris

The credit for this is all yours! I must admit, this did not occur to me.

 

[BigBadBlair]

Doris

Doris Day!! Wow, I can't stop giggling now! Seriously!

 

[Gibbs505]

Operation Overlord

Actually there were several operations in unison, Overlord was the landing and I cannot remember the rest!