Why Is It Called D-Day?

History Channel ^ | Updated on Jun 5, 2019 | Evan Andrews

[GOPJ]

That’s a really hostile comment ...

[dfwgator]

Lots of D-Days in the Pacific Theater during the War.

[central_va]

As a kid my neighbor was at D-Day. He said it stood for “Disembarkment” Day.

[Berosus]

I believe that October 20, 1944, the day when MacArthur returned to the Philippines, was called “A Day” for the same reason.

[Grimmy]

And on June 15 of that same year, the landing on Saipan.

Also on June 15, the Imperial Japanese Navy counter attack. The Battle of the Philippine Sea, aka The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.

[SunkenCiv]

Dwight D. Eisenhower: What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight -- it's the size of the fight in the dog.

[Huskrrrr]

I always thought if meant Decision-Day. I stand corrected, thanks for the post.

[SunkenCiv]

Exactly, because lot of amphibious landings were made. In the Mediterranean, there was a D-Day in n Africa, another one for Sicily, then for Italy, and after 6/6/44, there was a D-Day in the s of France.

[elteemike]

I was always told the D in D-Day stood for Debarkation...The exact date of the invasion not being known other than a projected window of dates in late May thru June 1944...

Due to vaguery of weather and tide, phases of moon, etc, the D was a target not an actual set date...