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Quick Facts
- 'D' in D-Day means 'Day' itself making it 'Day-Day'
- D+3 means 3 days after D-Day
- H-3 means 3 hours before H-Hour
- First American use of the terms was during World War I
- X-Day and Y-Day were proposed dates of Allied attack on Japan
Expert summary
D-day is often used in military circles to designate the day on which a combat attacks or operation is to be initiated. It is often the day on which some important event will occur or has occurred. The best-known D-Day has been 6 June 1944, the day on which the invasion of Normandy began. It was the Allies’ effort to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. The D-Day for the allied attack was originally set for June 5, 1944. However, bad weather and heavy seas made Eisenhower to delay it by one day. So June 6, 1944 came to be popularly referred to as D-Day. Several other operations and invasions had a designated D-Day. D-Day and H-Hour.
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