[Ads-l] more on "D-Day"

[James Landau]

Hugh Sebag-Montefiore _Enigma: The Battle for the Code_  New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000 ISBN 0-471-40738-0 page 108
A decode of an Italian encrypted message read "With reference to the message 53148 dated 24.  Today 25 March is day X-3"
"X" therefore was 28 March 28, 1941, the day the Italian navy sailed into and was badly defeated at the Battle of Cape Matapan.
It would seem that "X" would be Italian naval jargon for what in English would be "D-Day".
The footnote on page 287 for this quote reads "Alberto Santoni's _Il Vero Traditore_  pp. 308-9, Milan, 1981
James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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