D-Day
Normandy invasion date
D-Day is the day on which a military operation begins, especially the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
The D simply means "day"—a placeholder in military planning for an unspecified date.
Beyond its historical sense, D-Day refers to any date set for a significant event: Tomorrow is D-Day for the product launch.
Allied invasion sector, 1944
- Utah BeachAllied invasion shoreline
- Gold BeachAllied landing zone, 1944
- Juno BeachCanadian D-Day assault zone
- Sword BeachAllied invasion beachhead
Cherbourg · Atlantic Wall · hedgerow · beachhead · English Channel · Seine · bunkers · cliffs
WWII cross-channel assault codename
- amphibious assaultAttack launched from water
- landing craftShip-to-shore military vessel
- paratroopersSoldiers who parachute in
- airborneTraveling through air
gliders · infantry · artillery · naval bombardment · air support · hedgehogs · bunkers · flanking
- MontgomeryAlabama's seat of government
- BradleyEnglish given name
- PattonWWII armor general
- ChurchillManitoba's northern port
Rommel · Roosevelt · de Gaulle · United States · United Kingdom · Canada · Free French · resistance
Those killed or wounded
- fallenHaving dropped down
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- survivorsThose still alive after
valor · heroism · bravery · courage · gallantry · loss · remembrance · tribute
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- LuftwaffeGerman military aviation
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
- occupationOne's regular paid work
liberation · Western Front · Eastern Front · Pacific · Axis · fascism · Hitler · fortifications
Vitally important, deciding
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- liberationRelease from constraint
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
breakthrough · foothold · second front · beginning of the end · Allied victory
Recurring memorial date
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- museumPublic exhibit space
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
ceremony · pilgrimage · remembrance · monument · wreath · documentary · oral history · preservation
Omaha Beach
Allied invasion sector, 1944
- Utah BeachAllied invasion shoreline
- Gold BeachAllied landing zone, 1944
- Juno BeachCanadian D-Day assault zone
Sword Beach · Cherbourg · Atlantic Wall · hedgerow · beachhead · English Channel · Seine · bunkers · cliffs · seawall
Operation Overlord
WWII cross-channel assault codename
- amphibious assaultAttack launched from water
- landing craftShip-to-shore military vessel
- paratroopersSoldiers who parachute in
airborne · gliders · infantry · artillery · naval bombardment · air support · hedgehogs · bunkers · flanking · logistics
Eisenhower
- MontgomeryAlabama's seat of government
- BradleyEnglish given name
- PattonWWII armor general
Rommel · Churchill · Roosevelt · de Gaulle · United States · United Kingdom · Canada · Free French · resistance · RAF
casualties
Those killed or wounded
survivors · valor · heroism · bravery · courage · gallantry · loss · remembrance · tribute · honor
Wehrmacht
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- LuftwaffeGerman military aviation
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
occupation · liberation · Western Front · Eastern Front · Pacific · Axis · fascism · Hitler · fortifications · propaganda
pivotal
Vitally important, deciding
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- liberationRelease from constraint
momentum · breakthrough · foothold · second front · beginning of the end · Allied victory
anniversary
Recurring memorial date
reenactment · ceremony · pilgrimage · remembrance · monument · wreath · documentary · oral history · preservation · legacy
- 1940sWWII, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Hitler
- 20th Century HistoryWorld War I, WWI, Great Depression, Russian Revolution, Bolshevik Revolution
- British historyWilliam the Conqueror, Victorian era, Elizabethan era, English Civil War, Tudor era
- European HistoryFrench Revolution, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Industrial Revolution
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
D-DayDunkirk evacuation
Military withdrawal from France
retreat · evacuation · withdrawal · strategic retreat · pullout
D-DayDunkirk
1940 Allied evacuation site
Gallipoli · Pearl Harbor · Bay of Pigs · Battle of the Bulge · Stalingrad
D-Daysurrender
Cease resistance, yield
occupation · defeat · capitulation · V-E Day · September 1939