Months before D-Day took place, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel said to his aide that "Believe me, Lang, the first twenty-four hours of the invasion will be decisive... the fate of Germany depends on the outcome... for the Allies, as well as Germany, it will be the longest day." D-Day took place on June 6, 1944. It was originally supposed to take place on the 5th, but was postponed because of bad weather. The D in D-Day basically stands for the word day, though many thought that it stood for a different word like doom, disaster, or death. The term D-Day was used because when military operations had to be changed, an enemy could not predict the exact date and time the operation was moved to. For instance if the operation had to be moved a day after it was originally supposed to take place it would be called D+1. If...