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H-hour

[eych-ouuhr, -ou-er] / ˈeɪtʃˌaʊər, -ˌaʊ ər /
NOUN
target date
Synonyms
WEAK
A-day D-day deadline target day term terminal date time allotment time frame zero hour
NOUN
zero hour
Synonyms
WEAK
A-day D-day appointed hour climax contingency countdown crisis crisis point crossroad crossroads crunch time deadline emergency exigency jumping-off point juncture moment of truth pinch pivotal moment start time strait target target day the time turning point vital moment

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Stormed Utah Beach at H-hour on D-Day as part of the 4th Infantry Division.

From Washington Post

So complete was Big Three solidarity that a General Motors public relations man was overheard phoning his Chrysler counterpart to tell him that H-hour for the release of the statements had come.

From Time Magazine Archive

It begins at H-hour, chronicles the fighting until the First Army turned and drove for Cherbourg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Followed by a few hardy Hollywood extras, he went smashing ashore even before H-hour had struck, and broke the first hole in Hitler's Atlantic wall.

From Time Magazine Archive

We breathed the standard helium-oxygen mix at normal pressure until about four hours before H-hour.

From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John