Comments on: 8 Places In London With Links To D-Day https://livinglondonhistory.com/8-places-in-london-with-links-to-d-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8-places-in-london-with-links-to-d-day A blog sharing London's curiosities, hidden gems and historical walks Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Ten Hidden Details At The Churchill War Rooms - Living London History https://livinglondonhistory.com/8-places-in-london-with-links-to-d-day/#comment-1690 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:44:20 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=244015#comment-1690 […] This was the nerve centre, where all information and updates on the war would come in. Churchill therefore spent the whole of D-Day in this room. I have written previously about other places in London related to D-Day here. […]

]]> By: Paul Gorford https://livinglondonhistory.com/8-places-in-london-with-links-to-d-day/#comment-1632 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 22:07:25 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=244015#comment-1632 I think you can work out why “D” Day was used for the start of the operation Overlord. “A” Day wouldn’t work as confused with any day, “B” Day easily reduced to school boy humour (bidet), “C” Day, easily confused with Sea Days or a short trip on a warship. D Day it had to be.

]]> By: Bernard Majer https://livinglondonhistory.com/8-places-in-london-with-links-to-d-day/#comment-1631 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:54:43 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=244015#comment-1631 Excellent, many thanks

]]> By: Dave Strong https://livinglondonhistory.com/8-places-in-london-with-links-to-d-day/#comment-1630 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:51:14 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=244015#comment-1630 Great Post Jack.
Yes, the British Army always attacks at H-Hour on D-Day. That’s why on operational maps you’ll see enemy proposed targets and latest troop positions labelled as H+1, H+2 and D+1, D+2 etc.
Consequently there have been many ‘D-Day’s’ across the wars but it is always (incorrectly) attributed to just Operation Overlord.

]]> By: Peter Ridley https://livinglondonhistory.com/8-places-in-london-with-links-to-d-day/#comment-1629 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:31:28 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=244015#comment-1629 I often wondered what the Eisenhower building was …
Interesting post.

Thought provoking, given the current state of affairs worldwide. It is noticeable how allegiances have shifted over time…Russia and Japan sit in quite different chairs since D Day.

We haven’t learned much, it seems.

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