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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Green Coca-Cola... and 5 other everyday myths https://youtu.be/EmUo-TEP2FU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO The Coming Banana Apocalypse https://youtu.be/pCpmtI6oDLM?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: You might at first be inclined to think the abbreviation is similar to V-Day (Victory Day). Indeed, one commonly touted explanation given for the meaning of the “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