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June 6, 1944
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d-day
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
D-Day is a board wargame published by Avalon Hill first in 1961 and later re-released in 1965, 1971, 1977 and 1991. An operational/strategic simulation of the Western Front between June and September, 1944, the game simulates the invasion by the Allies ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1918, "date set for the beginning of a military operation," with D as an abbreviation of day ; compare H-hour , also from the same military order of Sept. 7, 1918:The First Army will attack at H-Hour on D-Day with the object of forcing the evacuation of ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
D-day \D-day\ n. (Mil.) the day designated for the beginning of a planned attack by a military force; in communications the day is often otherwise unspecified for security reasons; as, the day before D-day the troops will move into position. 6 June 1944, ...
Usage examples of d-day.
He just may have already sketched out a last-ditch, D-Day style battle plan that would turn the tide with one stroke and scuttle any move for impeachment.
Peter Tsourass recent Disaster at D-Day: The Germans Defeat the Allies, June 1944 and Gettysburg: An Alternate History recall, in their detail and fictional critical apparatus, Robert Sobels classic For Want of a Nail, which imagines a failed American Revolution and the subsequent 180 years of history from the perspective of a college history text.
Fritz Niland had just learned that his brother had been killed on D-Day.
It was planned that from this line the assault regiments would punch out to the D-day phase line.