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June 6th, 1944 is known as D-Day.
The dictionary says the term d-day is used for the day on which any operation or offensive is to be launched. The most famous of these days was during World War II, in which the Allies set out to invade Normandy.
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∙ 13y agoIt is actually and abbreviation of the phrase Day of Days, first used in World War I by the American Expeditionary Force in 1918, and this works with all languages that use this code, Jour J in French, E eguna in Basque, Ziua-Z in Romanian, and Dan D in Slovenian.
D-Day stands for DEBARKATION DAY...this is from a World War II veteran the letter D. D-Day was just a name given to the day on which a particular operation commences or is to commence. For an hour they would call it H-Hour, for a day D-Day. There is actually an entry in the military times with all of these classifications. C-day, M-day, F-hour, H-hour, all of these names are there. All just classifications for an unnamed day in which action was to take place.
Even better, important assaults are called D-Day because the D at the beginning means Day, so the word means Day-Day, or Day of Days and the same for H-Hour
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Who fought in D-Day?
http://www.britannica.com/dday
What Tanks Were Used On D-day?
how many tanks were there durind dday
What was d-day and why does it play such a part in the allies fate?
D DAY was the day the allies went to recapture france the battle following Dieppe In World War 2 in comparisson to WW1 in a sense dieppe was like the battle of the sommes and dday was like the battle of vimy ridge. Dieppe was a failure and the lessons learned lead to the success of Dday. Dday played an important part in the allies fate because the allies recaptured france who had fell to russia only 6 weeks into war. this marked the last battle in europe in ww2.
When did d-day allied invade Europe?
August 25 1944 the DDay allied invaded Europe . It started on JUne 6,1944
Where was dday located?
five beaches at Normany, France....omaha, utah, gold, sword and juno on 6 June 1944..................
Where do you sign up for paintball d day?
For Skirmish Dday you have to call. I assume it is the same for Oklahoma and other big dday games also.
What event is depicted in Saving Private Ryan?
Dday
What is the Hindi word for data?
jaankaree, aank-dday
Who fought in D-Day?
http://www.britannica.com/dday
What Tanks Were Used On D-day?
how many tanks were there durind dday
How many people all together died in the battle on d-day?
About 3000 people died on Dday.
What was dday and where?
D-Day was the Allied invasion of German occupied France, on the beaches of Normandy on 6 june,1944.
Who rides a motorcycle up the stairs of the delta house in the movie animal house?
Daniel Day Boone. AKA DDay.
What was d-day and why does it play such a part in the allies fate?
D DAY was the day the allies went to recapture france the battle following Dieppe In World War 2 in comparisson to WW1 in a sense dieppe was like the battle of the sommes and dday was like the battle of vimy ridge. Dieppe was a failure and the lessons learned lead to the success of Dday. Dday played an important part in the allies fate because the allies recaptured france who had fell to russia only 6 weeks into war. this marked the last battle in europe in ww2.
When did d-day allied invade Europe?
August 25 1944 the DDay allied invaded Europe . It started on JUne 6,1944
Where was dday located?
five beaches at Normany, France....omaha, utah, gold, sword and juno on 6 June 1944..................
What was the US accomplishments on DDay?
They landed on Normandy beach.. and were pressing inwards into Europe to take down the Nazi regime
