D Day Research Paper

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D-day is the term for a secret date on which a military operation is to begin. Military leaders may speak of D-days when they plan operations. Such terms as D-plus-3 (three days after the initial attack) and H-hour (the hour of an attack) are used to plan the sequence of events. The term D-day became widely used during World War II (1939-1945), when it defined dates set for Allied landings on enemy-held coasts.

The most famous D-Day is June 6, 1944, when the Allies invaded Normandy, in northwestern France. D-Day marked the largest seaborne invasion in history. The code name for the Allied invasion was Operation Overlord. General Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States commanded it. At the time of the invasion, Nazi Germany controlled France