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    In what fairly topical context is an English D a French J - and how does a type of brandy get involved?

    Question #121784. Asked by Baloo55th. (Jun 07 11 5:07 PM)


    Watchkeeper

    		Operation Overlord, the invasion of northern Europe by the Allied Powers, began on 6th June 1944. This day was known as "D-Day" in English but "Jour de J" in French.

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_French_name_for_D-day

    The 5 beaches on which the troops landed (Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha and Utah) are located in Normandy. Normandy is the region famous for its apple brandy Calvados, beloved of Inspector Maigret. The drink was adopted by certain troops passing through the area:

    "Calvados is the regimental drink of The Royal Canadian Hussars and Le Régiment de Maisonneuve, having been taken up as the units passed through Normandy following the D-Day invasion. Known as Le Trou Normand, it is normally taken as a palate cleanser between courses at a regimental dinner."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvados_%28brandy%29

    Famously, many of the code-words used on D-Day appeared in Daily Telegraph crosswords, much to the alarm of MI5.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1460892/D-Day-crosswords-are-still-a-few-clues-short-of-a-solution.html

    Jun 08 11, 5:05 AM
    Watchkeeper

    		Nice question, by the way!

    Jun 08 11, 5:07 AM
    Baloo55th

    		Nice one! To be precise, the beaches are all in the Département of Calvados which is a part of Normandy and the home of the brandy.

    Jun 08 11, 7:51 AM
    Watchkeeper

    		"To be precise, the beaches are all in the Département of Calvados ..."

    Well, I never. You learn something every day here on Fun Trivia ...

    Thanks for that, B55th. You have a 10/10 customer satisfaction rating.

    I now find the day is also known simply as "Jour J" (but you probably knew that).

    http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jour_J

    Jun 08 11, 1:05 PM

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