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What Does the "D" in "D-Day" Stand For?

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFound→“D” in D-Day is that it stands for “designated day.” Others claim it stands for “decision day”, “debarkation”, or even “deliverance day.” Even General Dwight Eisenhower, or at the least his assistant, weighed in when Eisenhower received a letter asking for an explanation of the meaning of D-Day. His executive assistant wrote back stating D-Day was a shortened version of “departed day”. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01/v-v-day-victory-right-d-d-day-stand/ Sources: http://www.nationalww2museum.org/assets/pdfs/the-meaning-of-dday-fact.pdf http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/d-day/d-day-and-the-battle-of-normandy-your-questions-answered http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/sfeature/sf_info.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-why-its-called-d-day-story.html http://www.generalpatton.org/d-day/what_is_dday.htm http://www.history.army.mil/faq/ddaydef.htm http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/dday/ddaymeaning.aspx http://www.dday.org/teacher-resources/education-resources/43-the-memorial/the-memorial/73-what-does-d-day-mean http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/479676/40-amazing-D-Day-facts http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/14383/5-facts-you-didnt-know-about-d-day/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/veday_germany_01.shtml http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day http://www.biography.com/people/james-doohan-273647

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  • Originally Aired April 27, 2016
  • Runtime 4 minutes
  • Production Code rZXiQdF4AxM
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