Why is D-Day so important to everyone today?
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WHY WAS IT CALLED D-DAY?\n\n“D” is derived from the word "Day". D-day is the unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or is to commence. (US Dept of Defence, Defence Technical Information Center)\n\nWHY IS D-DAY SO IMPORTANT?\n\nD Day was a fork in the road of history, a role of the dice which could have led the world down one of two paths - if it had failed Germany could have regrouped and secured its territory gains. Some claim Hitler, whose scientists were already demonstrating their achievements in rocketry, could have developed of the atom bomb. \n\nBesides the incredible courage, and brilliant strategy it was arguably only as a result of a combination of coincidences and mistakes that the Germans didn't succeed in resisting the landings. Never had world history had such a pivotal day (arguably the Cuban missile crisis deadline is comparable).\n\n- Rommel, the German commander, returned from his headquarters in Normandy to Germany for his wife's birthday on June 6th, removing the immediacy of a local army commander. He believed the weather conditions to be unsuitable for an invasion\n\n- Hitler, who succeeded early in the war by giving generals initiative, micro mangaged later in the war with-holding key tank forces that could have prevented the beach-head\n\n- Eisenhower needed very specific weather for the invasion - a late rising moon and a low tide. Meteorologistsof the day told Eisenhower these weather conditions would exist on June 5th, 6th, and 7th. Originally, Eisenhower chose June 5th as the invasion day, but due to an unexpected storm, he postponed it for 24 hours. Meteorologists then reported a new weather front that would cause some temporary clearing over the English Channel. The clearer weather conditions would last only until the morning of the 6th and then the weather would get worse. Rather than postpone the invasion, Eisenhower and his commanders decided to go through with the invasion on June 6th.\n\n- a double agent codenamed Garbo told his German coordinators at 3am on the night of June 6th that an invasion was occurring in Normandy, revealing the true invasion intentions. He knew they would be starting to receive reports corroborating this giving his intelligence great creditbility. Then after telling the truth he sold the German intelligence the really big lie - that the Allies were communicating to their forces that there was to be utter secrecy about 'other landings' (leading German intelligence to believe what they wanted to hear - that the Normandy invasion was a bluff and the real attack was in the pas de Calais) a bluff which succesfuly led to Hitler holding back his forces in the believe that the real landings were in Calias.\n\nThe outcome of D-Day was an early end to the war in both Europe and Japan. Had D-Day failed the allies would have needed to wait until 45 or 46 to reattempt the landings. \n\nThere is great debate as to whether if D-Day had failed Hitler could have used the extra time to develop the atom bomb. Some sides say he disputed this Jewish physics pioneered by Einstein, however he did develop heavy water facilities in Normandy. If D-Day had failed with the bomb he might have brokerered a peace securing his territory gains.\n\nIt must be pointed out that even if D-Day had failed the Russians would still have been likely to have succeeded and potentially secured a much larger amount of territory in Europe when peace was secured. Without D-Day the western allies would not have had control of France, Spain and England which might have fallen to communism and the Cold War would have been a very different story.\n\nImagine a world where Europe had been run by a brutal totalitarian state through the 40s and 50s. America would have become isolated. One can only speculate on the outcome but it would be hard not to imagine millions more dying and the implications affecting more than just those countries directly involved in the conflict.\n\nMa
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Well my father was in world war two, under general patton, went on d-day to the end, and then you have these people that don't appreciate their service to the their country. I'm just glad he didn't die over there for some of these jerk heads today. It makes me sick to think of  all the sacrifices our forefathers made(dying in the prime of life) for this country,and the liberals will take over and ruin this country without firing a shot. America is a terrible thing to waste, help stamp out liberals in our life time.\nAll our enemies don't have to worry about causing us to suffer, this country is slowly dying every day, can you imigine this world without America, it's spooky, isn't it.
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No it is not.\n\nToday is a Federal Holiday to celebrate our brave heros.
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Dude, turn on the TV.  His people are hard at work promoting his agenda AND his birthday.  Nobody even noticed today is the anniversary of D-day for goodness sakes!
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Ask your parents. Better yet, ask your grandparents who their parents were. Look the ones who died in the US up on the SSDI (below).\n\nMake up some reasonable occupations for them - NOT jet pilot or computer programmer for people who died in 1942. Make the rest up out of your imagination - keep them dull - and cite your grandparents as sources.\n\nIf one of your (male) ancestors was born 1910 - 1922, he was probably a soldier in WWII. Throw that in, but don't claim he landed in Normandy on D-day.\n\nIf your parents have a cousin whose hobby is Genealogy, call him/her. You will be amazed. I gave my nephew a 67 page report. (The data behind the report was the result of my spending 7 years with the hobby.)\n\nI don't normally suggest making up facts. If the teacher gave you less than 30 days to do this, he/she is wildly mistaken as to how long a decent ancestor search will take.
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Because it connects the entire world together at very small cost. We can access so much information so easily and communicate with so many people in the world.
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Give me a good reason and maybe I will.\n\nGL\nSomeday is not a day of the week.  ~Author Unknown\n\nProcrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.  ~Don Marquis
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Well it depends on the category you are talking about.... But D-Day was June 6th, 1944.... that was the day Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord.... the invasion into France during WWII.  It consisted of both sea and air assaults onto the northern coast of France and airborne and glider assaults behind the German front lines.
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June 6 should always be remembered for our FREEDOM! 6-6-1944 D-Day  the Normandy Invasion! Never forget.
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Its a day when u show ur significant other how much u love and appreciate them although u should be showing them everday but for the people who dont...why not take one day out of the year to just appreciate and love ur mate.
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veterans day honers the living who fought in wars / Conflicts\nMemorial day is memory of those who died.
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No.  It is a faux holiday designed to sell jewelry and greeting cards.  If we treat each other right every day we don't need a special day set aside to remind us to appreciate each other.
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enhanced communication and many media choices where we are not limited by the old communications media but able to spread it via many means.\n\nIt is a great day to be alive!!\n\nGood luck and God Bless!!
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You're generalizing - everyone doesn't want to destroy everything.  There's a great deal of destroyers out there though & it's sad.  Those few cause lots of trouble for the rest of us.
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the chance to have a special day to tell your love ones how much they mean to you...\nmost people dont tell their love ones how important they are and how their presence makes a difference in their life...and vday is just the perfect occasssion to do that...
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Good question, I'm German and really enjoyed my day off.  I think it has to do with the government trying to cover and forget the ugly history of this infamous event back in 1886
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(whoever answered Gettysburg missed the boat by about eighty years)\n\nIt's a toss-up.  The battle of Trenton, when Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas Eve 1776 to capture the Hessian camp, could be considered the most important because almost all of the entire Continental Army was about to go home (their enlistment period expired at the end of the year), and the win breathed new life into our army, which had been on the run for over three months.\n\nThe other choice is the battle of Saratoga, in October 1777.  We forced the surrender of a major British army (c. 8000 men, under "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne) and when the news of this reached Europe, France agreed to a formal alliance--which took a lot of pressure off the colonies as the British considered the French their primary enemy from mid-1778 on.\n\nGiven the two, I'd pick Trenton.  The army might have disappeared if not for George Washington's victories there and at Princeton (3 Jan 1777).