D-day invasion
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JoseM
Roman Emperor
You guys are wrong... D-Day meant "Decision Day" ... i saw it in the HISTORY Channel.
JoseM
Roman Emperor
Finally someone get it right.... i didnt see your post when i made mine. I just read the first and second page and made the post.
AriesVallis
Chieftain
Just to add another definition to the plethora of suggestions on D-Day, I had been led to believe that 'D' stood for 'Deliverence'. (Either that or it was partial alliteration, and it just sounded good)
As I mentioned before, the History Channel is good - but they aren't infallible.
I think AriesVallis is closest - the alliteration of "D-Day" may have been a key factor in its use - like with "H-Hour".
And if this discussion doesn't get back onto the original topic, I'll move it to the History Forum.
Globetrotter
...wherever i may roam...
In order to put an end to this D meaning, getting us away from the initial subject, click here to find an article that might give the needed answers
Edit: I quote the article:
In Stephen Ambrose's D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, he writes,
"Time magazine reported on June 12 [1944] that "as far as the U.S. Army can determine, the first use of D for Day, H for Hour was in Field Order No. 8, of the First Army, A.E.F., issued on Sept. 20, 1918, which read, 'The First Army will attack at H-Hour on D-Day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel salient.'" (p. 491)
In other words, the D in D-Day merely stands for Day. This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation. For military planners (and later historians), the days before and after a D-Day were indicated using plus and minus signs: D-4 meant four days before a D-Day, while D+7 meant seven days after a D-Day.
Still, other possibilities are also mentionned in the article, such as Disembarcation Day, Departure Day, etc.
Hence, reading the above quote, i am personally enclined to believe that D is for Day... and was later on adapted as it sounded good too...
Edit: I quote the article:
In Stephen Ambrose's D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, he writes,
"Time magazine reported on June 12 [1944] that "as far as the U.S. Army can determine, the first use of D for Day, H for Hour was in Field Order No. 8, of the First Army, A.E.F., issued on Sept. 20, 1918, which read, 'The First Army will attack at H-Hour on D-Day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel salient.'" (p. 491)
In other words, the D in D-Day merely stands for Day. This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation. For military planners (and later historians), the days before and after a D-Day were indicated using plus and minus signs: D-4 meant four days before a D-Day, while D+7 meant seven days after a D-Day.
Still, other possibilities are also mentionned in the article, such as Disembarcation Day, Departure Day, etc.
Hence, reading the above quote, i am personally enclined to believe that D is for Day... and was later on adapted as it sounded good too...
anarres
anarchist revolutionary
So what was this thread about then? 
Back on topic, the AI will land a stack of doom on your shores if it really hates you and it hasn't got anything better to do instead. Indeed, what else would you expect it to do?
Obviously if they aren't fully industrialised there is little chance of it happening, maybe you'll get a knight or two appear from a galley...
Back on topic, the AI will land a stack of doom on your shores if it really hates you and it hasn't got anything better to do instead. Indeed, what else would you expect it to do?
Obviously if they aren't fully industrialised there is little chance of it happening, maybe you'll get a knight or two appear from a galley...
Originally posted by Padma
If you dig through the actual historical record, like I have, you will find that other actions would be scheduled to take place on "A-Day", or "F-Day" or what have you. And these were before June, 1944. But you are correct, in that they decided to not use "D-Day" again after that.
(I love watching the History Channel myself, but they are not infallible.
I'd like to expand on this just a bit.
D-Day is a particular day on which some large military action is to take place. Using D-Day (as well as H-Hour and M-Minute) has several advantages:
* Everything connected with the operation is scheduled around D-Day. For instance, some necessary event can be scheduled for D-10 (D minus 10) or D+2.
* It's a code word that doesn't tell the enemy when something is taking place.
* If, for some reason, D-Day has to be changed, that doesn't change the major part of the schedule. Some event scheduled for D-1 will still take place on D-1 even if D-Day itself has changed.
Let's take the case of the WW2 Invasion of Normandy. Originally the invasion was to take place on June 5, 1944. Because of weather conditions, on D-1, D-Day had to be moved forward to June 6th. So everyone adjusted their schedules appropriately.
Later on, when D-Day became synomymous with the Normandy Invasion, other letters were used in place of "D." The invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945 took place on "X-Day" and the invasion of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945 was on "L-Day."
