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or D-day
: a day set for launching an operation
specifically
: June 6, 1944, on which Allied forces began the invasion of France in World War II
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Drafted by the Army a few years after reaching Detroit, Howard landed on Normandy’s Omaha Beach one day after D-Day.
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Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The dial displays a historical map of Omaha Beach, a codename given to one of the five landing areas — alongside Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches — used by Allied troops on D-Day.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Invading Taiwan would be the most complex military operation in modern history, dwarfing even the D-Day landing of World War II, and must be coordinated by generals who have not waged a major war in over seven decades.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Within two weeks of D-Day, more than one million Allied troops were ashore in France.
—Maximilian K. Bremer, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2025
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Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The dial displays a historical map of Omaha Beach, a codename given to one of the five landing areas — alongside Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches — used by Allied troops on D-Day.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Invading Taiwan would be the most complex military operation in modern history, dwarfing even the D-Day landing of World War II, and must be coordinated by generals who have not waged a major war in over seven decades.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Within two weeks of D-Day, more than one million Allied troops were ashore in France.
—Maximilian K. Bremer, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2025
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“D-Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/D-Day. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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