what does the d stand for in d-day
What does the D in D-Day stand for? The D does not stand for Deliverance, Doom, Debarkation or similar words. In fact, it does not stand for anything. The D is derived from the word Day. D-Day means the day on which a military operation begins. The term D-Day has been used for many different operations, but it is now generally only used to refer to the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944.