>>I don't think June 6 ever goes unnoticed, any more than September 11 or November 22 do. What's interesting is hardly anyone knows what the D stands for. My understanding is there is no definitive answer.
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>Huh? I asked around here yesterday and everybody mentioned 666 to me. Not one mentioned D-Day.

Maybe that's because Cuba didn't participate in D-Day ;-)

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>D stands for the day the plan is put into action: D-Day at H-Hour.

That is the most common theory I have seen, but it's still a little unsatisfying, isn't it? "Day-Day"? VE Day meant something. So did VJ Day. D-Day doesn't seem to stand for much of anything for such a momentous day.