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D-Day means "Day of Days", it's used to refer to the starting date of a military operation. It is not solely applicable to the launch date of Operation Overlord and the subsequent invasion/liberation of Europe that was then under the rule of Nazi Germany.

June 6, 1944 was a D-Day, but there is no the D-Day.

Now, on a further note, I would like to take this time to mention those who served in the armed forces during Operation Overlord. The 60 year anniversary (yesterday) marks 60 years from the day that the liberation of Europe began and the Nazi regime was crushed. The men (and women) of the armed forces risked their lives so that the people of Europe could live free, and not be horribly persecuted merely due to their religion or race (Yes, I know that racism didn't just disappear with the defeat of Nazi Germany, but the unspeakable acts of horror did take a serious blow).

They risked their lives for others, and whether they lived or died, they are all heroes.

I feel no shame in admiting that they are better men (and women) than I.

We call it D-Day to this day because of its immense size and complexity. Frankly its an Operation which will hopefully never be repeated again in human history. While your right there were many D-Days we tend to remember this one because of its momumental undertaking. If the US hadnt developed the A-bombs when it had we would more or less be remembering a day in September-November as D-day(Operation Olympic). Oh and FYI, D-Day does not mean Day of Days, that is the common grunt term, it offically means Designated Day.

According to the textbooks we use in my World at War class, a class specifically about WWII, D-Day does mean the "Day of Days."

And if D-Day does mean Designated Day, what does H-Hour mean?

(H-Hour refers to the hour of commencement on D-Day)

H-Hour is used combined with D-Day. So D-Day is the designated day while H-Hour is the time it occurs.

I know that, I just said that. I meant what does the word H-Hour mean? D-Day represents "Designated Day", so what does H-Hour represent?

Klonor, d'you actually have a link to that information, because I've never read it anywhere and I just want to validate it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Day
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/ddaydef.htm

Thank-you, Stirner. My dad will be very much interested in reading those articles! :D

The 60 year anniversary (yesterday) marks 60 years from the day that the liberation of Europe began and the Nazi regime was crushed.
For someone concerned with whether D-Day is "a" or "the", your strangely oblivious of the fact that Europe stretches from the Atlantic to the Urals or that Italy is also a part of Europe. :wink:

The 60 year anniversary (yesterday) marks 60 years from the day that the liberation of Europe began and the Nazi regime was crushed.
For someone concerned with whether D-Day is "a" or "the", your strangely oblivious of the fact that Europe stretches from the Atlantic to the Urals or that Italy is also a part of Europe. :wink:

Well said, my son. You got it in there just before me.