25 Bizarre Historical Facts They Don’t Teach in School

25 Bizarre Historical Facts They Don’t Teach in School

Natasha sheldon - January 28, 2019

25 Bizarre Historical Facts They Don’t Teach in School
Film still from the D-Day landings showing commandos aboard a landing craft on their approach to Sword Beach, 6 June 1944. Permission granted by the Imperial War Museum. Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

5. The “D” in “D Day” is simply a repetition of ‘Day”!

The D Day landings on June 6, 1944, signaled the start of the allied invasion of France and the beginning of the end of the Second World War in Europe. Some people believe that the “D” stands for doomsday or decision day. However, the explanation offered by the British Imperial War Museum is somewhat different: ‘D-Day is a general military term for the day on which an operation or exercise is planned to commence. The choice of the letter D has no significance, and any other letter could equally be used. Its only purpose is to provide a point of reference from which all other dates can be reckoned.”

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