martinwoolwich
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My 12 year old son just asked, "What does the 'D' in D Day stand for?" - I know this should be simple but I really dont know. Learned group - can you help?
D Day
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BarryH
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Disembarckation Day, I think, but then I'm not old enough to remember.
qsiv
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Surely just D for Day - just as the military always launch ops at H Hour ...
Reminds me of our local farmer whos dog is called Deefer - when the boys queried it he explained "D for Dog - and the cat's called Ceefer"
Reminds me of our local farmer whos dog is called Deefer - when the boys queried it he explained "D for Dog - and the cat's called Ceefer"
claymore
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Makes his Rabbit sound rather nautical!!
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paulineb
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Isn't D Day the guy on the motorcycle in National Lampoon's Animal House ..... or does this silly reply mean I'm on double secret probation ???
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wakeup
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'You know you make me wanna SHOUT'
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paulineb
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That's him!!! .... and The Kinsmen, Louie Lou-I oh oh !!
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tcm
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yes, i believe so. The D stands for Day. Stupid really. But at least then you can have D Day+1 and so on. Which isn't so stupid.
Stingo
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Why does it have to be so mathematical. Couldn't they just say "today, tomorrow and the next day"?
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byron
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<font color=blue>I think I once read somewhere that 'D' stands for deliverance. Thus D Day being the day we commenced liberating Europe from old Adolph.
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tcm
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of course. But they are Army types, so normal speech is impossible. It''s also much more Army-ish er I mean military to use d-day.
actually, for planning spose much easier to say "tell your men to do this on d-day +1" otherwise you'd have to say "tell your men to do this on june the 7th, assuming we invade june 6th, and if not, then the day after whenever d-day is." Which of course is v unmilitary cos spose they only got the first part of the message?
Spect they used the d-day phrase before, but not with so much advance planning, and so since on everyone's lips about this op (ooh look, bnow i'm doing it) they carried on using d-day as meaning june 6 1945 instead of any other d-day.
actually, for planning spose much easier to say "tell your men to do this on d-day +1" otherwise you'd have to say "tell your men to do this on june the 7th, assuming we invade june 6th, and if not, then the day after whenever d-day is." Which of course is v unmilitary cos spose they only got the first part of the message?
Spect they used the d-day phrase before, but not with so much advance planning, and so since on everyone's lips about this op (ooh look, bnow i'm doing it) they carried on using d-day as meaning june 6 1945 instead of any other d-day.
jhr
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Double secret probation?
This calls for a really stupid gesture - and we're just the guys to do it!
By the way, in every film in which he appears, Donald Sutherland seems to expose his bum to the camera. Do you think he insists on a clause inserted into his contract (nasty!) to stipulate that this must happen? And if so, please would he stop it?
By way of supporting evidence:
Klute - with Jane Fonda on the sofa
Animal House - when discovered in flagrante with one of his student's girlfriends
Don't Look Now - in bed with Julie Christie (it's a tough job, but someone has to do it).
Etc. etc.
The Prosecution rests.
Toga! Toga! Toga!
This calls for a really stupid gesture - and we're just the guys to do it!
By the way, in every film in which he appears, Donald Sutherland seems to expose his bum to the camera. Do you think he insists on a clause inserted into his contract (nasty!) to stipulate that this must happen? And if so, please would he stop it?
By way of supporting evidence:
Klute - with Jane Fonda on the sofa
Animal House - when discovered in flagrante with one of his student's girlfriends
Don't Look Now - in bed with Julie Christie (it's a tough job, but someone has to do it).
Etc. etc.
The Prosecution rests.
Toga! Toga! Toga!
jimg
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Re: D Day - I Quote!
This is the most frequently asked question by visitors to The National D-Day Museum. Many people think they know the answer: designated day, decision day, doomsday, or even death day.
Our answer, like many answers in the field of history, is not so simple. Disagreements between military historians and etymologists about the meaning of D-Day abound.
Here are just two explanations:
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.
In Paul Dickson's War Slang, he quotes Robert Hendrickson's Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins. Many explanations have been given for the meaning of D-Day, June 6, 1944, the day the Allies invaded Normandy from England during World War II. The Army has said that it is "simply an alliteration, as in H-Hour." Others say the first D in the word also stands for "day," the term a code designation. The French maintain the D means "disembarkation," still others say "debarkation," and the more poetic insist D-Day is short for "day of decision." When someone wrote to General Eisenhower in 1964 asking for an explanation, his executive assistant Brigadier General Robert Schultz answered: "General Eisenhower asked me to respond to your letter. Be advised that any amphibious operation has a 'departed date'; therefore the shortened term 'D-Day' is used." (p.146)
This is the most frequently asked question by visitors to The National D-Day Museum. Many people think they know the answer: designated day, decision day, doomsday, or even death day.
Our answer, like many answers in the field of history, is not so simple. Disagreements between military historians and etymologists about the meaning of D-Day abound.
Here are just two explanations:
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.
In Paul Dickson's War Slang, he quotes Robert Hendrickson's Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins. Many explanations have been given for the meaning of D-Day, June 6, 1944, the day the Allies invaded Normandy from England during World War II. The Army has said that it is "simply an alliteration, as in H-Hour." Others say the first D in the word also stands for "day," the term a code designation. The French maintain the D means "disembarkation," still others say "debarkation," and the more poetic insist D-Day is short for "day of decision." When someone wrote to General Eisenhower in 1964 asking for an explanation, his executive assistant Brigadier General Robert Schultz answered: "General Eisenhower asked me to respond to your letter. Be advised that any amphibious operation has a 'departed date'; therefore the shortened term 'D-Day' is used." (p.146)
HowardB
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Re: D Day - I Quote!
I think I've just given up the will to live!
I think I've just given up the will to live!
mainshiptom
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Re: D Day - I Quote!
Well my ten year old does not ask me about D-Day but when did you and mummy had sex.... Which I had to think and answer.
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Well my ten year old does not ask me about D-Day but when did you and mummy had sex.... Which I had to think and answer.
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