>>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>Well VE day and VJ day weren't predicted or set in advance. D-day was.
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>I go with AlexF but add that it was handy nomenclature for all the days before the day and all the hours before the actual hour.

I wasn't disagreeing with Alex that it's what D-Day stands for. The most common theory, anyway. My only point was it's kind of a meaningless abbreviation. Let's never forget Day-Day!

As fans of "Animal House" know, it actually stands for Daniel Simpson Day....