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der Tag X  D-Day (fig.), deadline day, day of reckoning; possible future day of catastrophe

Naht der Tag X für Tausende LKW ab Mitte Februar?
Is D-Day is coming for thousands of trucks in mid-February?
Im Stillen bereiten in Deutschland hunderte Schutzexperten auf den Tag X vor.
Quietly hundreds of security experts in Germany are preparing for a future day of disaster.
DER TAG X (Roman von Philip Kerr, deutscher Titel)
THE SHOT (novel by Philip Kerr, original English title)

RELATED: die X-Beine pl. knock-knees

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