Code Names used during the War




     


    Code

    Description

    Admiral Q

    President Roosevelt during travel to the Casablanca Conference (1943)

    Alamo

    US Sixth Army

    Argument

    Operation USAAF attack on German fighter plane factories (Jan 11 - Mar 1, 1944)

    Avalanche

    Operation US Fifth Army attack on Salerno, Italy (Sep 9, 1943)

    Barney

    Operation US Navy submarine attack into the Sea of Japan (Jun 1945)

    Brassard

    Operation Allied attack to capture Elba (Jun 17, 1944)

    Brewer

    Operation US attack on the Admiralty Islands (Feb 19, 1944)

    Brimstone

    Operation Allied attack on Sardinia (Sep 18, 1944)

    Catchpole

    Operation US attack on Eniwetok Island (Feb 17, 1944)

    Clarion

    Operation Allied air attack on Germany (Feb 22, 1945)

    Cobra

    Operation US First Army movement from Normandy to St Lo (Jul 25, 1944)

    Conquer

    US Ninth Army

    Corkscrew

    Operation Allied attack on Pantelleria Island (May 18, 1943)

    Crossbow

    Operation Allied air attack on German rocket sites (Aug 17, 1943)

    Desecrate

    Operation US attack of Palau Islands (Mar 31, 1943)

    Detachment

    Operation US attack on Iwo Jima (Feb - Mar, 1945)

    Dragoon

    Operation Allied attack on French Riviera (Aug 15, 1944)

    Eagle

    US Twelfth Army Group

    Flintlock

    Operation US attack on Marshall Islands (1944)

    Gold

    Normandy beach section attacked by British (Jun 6, 1944)

    Grenade

    Operation US Ninth Army movement toward Rhine River (Feb 23, 1945)

    Hailstone

    Operation US carrier attack on Truk Island (Feb 16 - 17, 1944)

    Husky

    Operation Allied attack on Sicily (Jul 10, 1943)

    Iceberg

    Operation US attack on Okinawa (Apr 1, 1945)

    Jubilee

    Operation Allied attack on Dieppe (Aug 11, 1942)

    Juno

    Normandy beach section attacked by Canadians (Jun 6, 1944)

    Longsuit

    Operation USMC 2nd Division attack on Tarawa (Nov 20, 1943)

    Lucky

    US Third Army

    Market-Garden

    Operation Allied attack in the Netherlands (Sep 1944)

    Master

    US First Army

    Meeting House

    Operation USAAF fire bomb attack on Tokyo (Mar 9, 1945)

    Mike I

    Operation US amphibious attack on Luzon (Jan 9, 1945)

    Moonshine

    Equipment used to produce false radar echoes.

    Omaha

    Normandy beach section attacked by US V Corps (Jun 6, 1944)

    Overlord

    Operation Allied invasion of Normandy (Jun 6, 1944)

    Plunder

    Operation Allied movement across the Rhine River (Mar 23, 1945)

    Quicksilver

    Operation Allied deception plan to convince Germans that D-Day landings would occur on Calais.

    Reckless

    Operation US attack on Hollandia (Apr 22, 1944)

    Road's End

    Operation Allied destruction of Japanese ships that survived the war (Feb 1946)

    Shellburst

    SHAEF Headquarters

    Shingle

    Operation Allied amphibious attack on Anzio (Jan 22, 1944)

    Speedy

    US II Corps

    Sword

    Normandy beach section attacked by British (Jun 6, 1944)

    Tidal Wave

    Operation Ninth USAAF attack on oilfields in Ploesti (Aug 1, 1943)

    Titanic

    Operation Allied dummy parachute drops in Normandy (Jun 6, 1944)

    Torch

    Operation Allied invasion of North Africa (Nov 8, 1942)

    Utah

    Normandy beach section attacked by US First Army (Jun 6, 1944)

    Varsity

    Operation Allied airborne drop across the Rhine River (17th Airborne Div)

    Watchtower

    Operation US attack on Guadalcanal and Tulagi (Aug 7, 1942)

    X

    Tripoli beach section

    Yorker

    Tripoli beach section

    Zebra

    Tripoli beach section


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