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Definition: D-day |
D-dayNoun1. Day of the allied landing in France, World War II. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Military & Defense | The day on which an operation commences or is due to commence. This may be the commencement of hostilities or any other operation. Source: European Union. (references) |
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The term D-Day is used generically by the military to simply mean the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated, but it is often used to refer to the Battle of Normandy of June 6, 1944, which marked the commencement of the liberation of mainland Europe from German occupation during World War II.
The terms D-day and H-hour are used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. They designate the day and hour of the operation when the day and hour have not yet been determined, or where secrecy is essential. The letters are derived from the words for which they stand, "D" for the day of the invasion and "H" for the hour operations actually begin. There is but one D-day and one H-hour for all units participating in a given operation. It is unnecessary to state that H-hour is on D-day.
When used in combination with figures and plus or minus signs, these terms indicate the length of time preceding or following a specific action. Thus, H-3 means 3 hours before H-hour, and D+3 means 3 days after D-day. H+75 minutes means H-hour plus 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Planning papers for large-scale operations are made up in detail long before specific dates are set. Thus, orders are issued for the various steps to be carried out on the D-day or H-hour minus or plus a certain number or days, hours, or minutes. At the appropriate time, a subsequent order is issued that states the actual day and times.
The earliest use of these terms by the U.S. Army that the Center of Military History has been able to find was during World War I. In Field Order Number 9, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, dated September 7, 1918: "The First Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient."
D-day for the invasion of Normandy was set for June 6, 1944, and that date has been popularly referred to by the short title "D-day." (In French, it is called jour-J.)
Source: The General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Combat Orders (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: The General Service Schools Press, 1922).
US Army FAQ: What does the "D" signify in D-Day, and the "H" signify in H-Hour?External link
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Crosswords: D-day |
| Specialty definitions using "D-day": early resupply ♦ initial early resupply, initial resupply. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "D-day" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Italian (D-day). |
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Screenplays | For Christ sake Milo, they couldn't have made more noise on D-Day. (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer) We report it to the police, D-Day takes care of the wreck, the insurance company buys your brother a new car. (Animal House; writing credit: Harold Ramis; Douglas Kenney) | |
Movie/TV Titles | D-Day on Mars (1966) George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994) The Race to the Rhine D-Day (1994) 6th June 1944: The Official Story D-Day (1994) D-Day Remembered (1994) | |
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 | Route of 17th Field Artillery Observation Battalion through England and France 17th FAOB landed one day after D-Day Engaged at Falaise Gap in France, marched through Paris.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Training maneuvers on the Dartmoors prior to D-Day Personnel of the 17th FAOB Photo from 17th FAOB Album.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Meteorological observations on the Dartmoors 17th FAOB training exercises prior to D-Day Photo from 17th FAOB Album.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Transit party training on the Dartmoors 17th FAOB training exercises prior to D-Day Photo from 17th FAOB Album.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Lieutenant Fountain and Sergeant Newton on reconnaissance training 17th FAOB training exercises prior to D-Day Photo from 17th FAOB Album.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Survey party entering Vire, France, shortly after D-Day 17th FAOB Photo from 17th FAOB Album.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | The anniversary of D-Day was always special to her family. |
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| "D-day" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.00% of the time. "D-day" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 92% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 6% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 50 | N/A |
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| Language | Translations for "D-day"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | jour J. (various references) | |
German | Der Tag X. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Támadás Napja (zero day), Invázió Napja. (various references) | |
Italian | D-day. (various references) | |
Portuguese | Dia D. (various references) | |
Russian | день высадки союзников. (various references) | |
Spanish | D-día. (various references) | |
Turkish | Normandiya'ya Asker Çıkarma Günü, Büyük Gün. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ng y khởi hấn (d'ye). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dyad. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-y" | |
-1 letter: add, dad, day. | |
-2 letters: ad, ay, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-y" | |
+1 letter: baddy, caddy, daddy, dandy, dryad, dyads, faddy, paddy, waddy. | |
+2 letters: daybed, deadly, drayed, dryads, dyadic, midday, waddly, yarded. | |
+3 letters: addedly, athodyd, dandify, dandily, datedly, daybeds, dayside, dazedly, deadeye, decayed, delayed, dramedy, dryades, dryadic, dryland, dyadics, fadedly, giddyap, hodaddy, hydatid, jadedly, katydid, middays. | |
+4 letters: additory, aldehyde, athodyds, bendayed, biddably, bladdery, caddying, candidly, cyanided, dandyish, dandyism, daydream, daysides, deadeyes, deeryard, defrayed, dialysed, dialyzed, didactyl, didynamy, dismayed, dockyard, domesday, doomsday, dooryard, dotardly, hydatids, hydracid, hydrated, katydids, ladybird, ladyhood, landlady, pandowdy, saddlery, vandyked, waddying, yardbird, yardland, yardwand. | |
+5 letters: advisedly, aldehydes, aldehydic, anhydride, bodyguard, caddishly, candidacy, cycadeoid, dairymaid, dandruffy, dandyisms, dastardly, daydreams, daydreamt, daytrader, deacidify, decadency, deeryards, dehydrate, displayed, dockyards, domesdays, doomsdays, dooryards, dromedary, dryasdust, dynamited, grandaddy, guardedly, hamadryad, hendiadys, holidayed, hydathode, hydracids, hydrazide, ladybirds, ladyhoods, pyramided, readymade, yardbirds, yardlands, yardwands. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 2D 64 61 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 00101101 01100100 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D - d a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 002D 0064 0061 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3815706791 |
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