ABERDEEN
| Chindit stronghold near Manhton, Burma. |
ALAMO
| Code for U.S. Sixth Army while operating as a special ground task force
headquarters directly under GHQ SWPA. |
ALPHA
| Plan to defend Kunming and Chungking. |
ALPHA
| U.S. 3d Division force for southern France operation. |
ANAKIM
| Plan for recapture of Burma. |
ANVIL
| Early plan for invasion of southern France. |
ARCADIA
| U.S.-British conference held in Washington, December 1941-January
1942. |
ARGONAUT
| International conference held at Malta and Yalta, January-February 1945. |
ARGUMENT
| USSTAF air operations against German aircraft factories, February 1944. |
AVALANCHE
| Invasion of Italy at Salerno. |
AXIOM
| Mission sent by SEAC to Washington and London in February 1944 to
urge CULVERIN. |
BACKHANDER
| Task force for operations on Cape Gloucester, New Britain. |
BARBAROSSA
| German offensive against USSR, 1941. |
BAYTOWN
| British invasion of Italy on Calabrian coast. |
BETA
| Plan to open port on coast of China. |
BLACKCOCK
| British 12 Corps operation to clear enemy salient between the Meuse and
Roer-Wurm Rivers from Roermond southward. |
BLACKPOOL
| Chindit roadblock on railroad near Namkwin, Burma. |
BLOCKBUSTER
| Canadian 2 Corps offensive in Calcar-Udem-Xanten area. |
BOLERO
| Build-up of U.S. forces and supplies in United Kingdom for cross-Channel
attack. |
BRASSARD
| Operations against the island of Elba. |
BREWER
| Operations in the Admiralties. |
BRIMSTONE
| Plan for capture of Sardinia. Canceled. |
BROADWAY
| Drop site for Chindits, about fifty miles northwest of Indaw, Burma. |
BUCCANEER
| Plan for amphibious operation in Andaman Islands. Canceled. |
BUFFALO
| Operations to break out of Anzio (Italy) beachhead. |
BUTTRESS
| British operation against toe of Italy. |
CAMEL
| U.S. 36th Division force for southern France. |
CAPITAL
| Attack across the Chindwin River to Mandalay. |
CARBONADO
| Revised BETA. |
CARPETBAGGER
| Air operation from United Kingdom to drop supplies to patriot forces in
Western Europe. |
CARTWHEEL
| Converging drives on Rabaul by South Pacific and SWPA forces. |
CASANOVA
| U.S. 95th Division diversionary action during operations against Metz. |
CATCHPOLE
| Operations against Eniwetok and Ujelang Atolls, Marshall Islands. |
CHAMPION
| Late 1943 plan for general offensive in Burma. |
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO
| AEAF operations against enemy train movements in France and Germany. |
CLEANSLATE
| Invasion of Russell Islands. |
CLIPPER
| British 30 Corps offensive to reduce Geilenkirchen salient. |
COBRA
| U.S. First Army operation designed to penetrate the German defenses
west of St Lô and secure Coutances, France. |
CORKSCREW
| Conquest of Pantelleria. |
COTTAGE
| Invasion of Kiska, 1943. |
CRICKET
| Malta portion of ARGONAUT Conference. |
CROSSBOW
| RAF operations against German V-weapons experimental bases. |
CUDGEL
| Planned small-scale operation on Arakan coast, Burma. Canceled. |
CULVERIN
| Plan for assault on Sumatra. |
CYCLONE
| Task force for Noemfoor. |
DELTA
| U.S. 45th Division force for southern France. |
DEXTERITY
| Operations against Cape Gloucester, New Britain. |
DIRECTOR
| Task force for invasion of Arawe, New Britain. |
DIXIE
| Mission of U.S. observers to Chinese communists. |
DRACULA
| Plan for attack on Rangoon, 1944. |
DRAGOON
| Final code for invasion of southern France. |
ELKTON
| Plan for seizure of New Britain, New Guinea, and New Ireland area. |
END RUN
| Task force of GALAHAD survivors used in drive on Myitkyina, Burma. |
EUREKA
| International conference at Tehran, November 1943. |
FIREBRAND
| Invasion of Corsica, 1943. |
FLAX
| Air operation to disrupt flow of German air transports from Italy to Sicily
and Tunisia. |
FLINTLOCK
| Operations in the Marshall Islands. |
FORAGER
| Operations in the Marianas. |
FRANTIC
| AAF shuttle bombing of Axis-controlled Europe from bases in United
Kingdom, Italy, and USSR. |
FRY
| Occupation of four islands in Lake Comacchio, Italy. |
GALAHAD
| American long range penetration groups (Burma). |
GALVANIC
| Operations in Gilbert Islands. |
GOBLET
| Invasion of Italy at Cotrone. Canceled. |
GOLD
| Normandy beach assaulted by troops of British 30 Corps, 6 June 1944. |
GOLDFLAKE
| Movement of Canadian 1 Corps from Italy to ETO. |
GRANITE
| Plan for operations in POA in 1944. |
GRENADE
| 21 Army Group large-scale offensive from the Roer to the Rhine. |
GYMNAST
| Early plan for Allied invasion of northwest Africa. |
HERCULES
| German plan to invade Malta. Canceled. |
HURRICANE
| Assault force for Biak, New Guinea. |
HUSKY
| Allied invasion of Sicily, July 1943. |
ICEBERG
| Invasion of the Ryukyu Islands. |
ICHIGO
| Japanese operation to take U.S. air bases in east China. |
INDEPENDENCE
| French offensive toward Belfort, France. |
INTERLUDE
| Rehearsal for Morotai operation. |
JUNO
| Normandy beach assaulted by troops of Canadian 3d Division, 6 June
1944. |
LEVER
| Operation to clear area between Reno and southwest shore of Lake
Comacchio Italy. |
LONDON
| XVIII Corps (A/B) phase line near Wesel, Germany. |
MAGNET
| Movement of first U.S. forces to Northern Ireland. |
MAGNETO
| Yalta portion of ARGONAUT Conference. |
MAILFIST
| Capture of Singapore, 1945. |
MALLORY MAJOR
| Air offensive against Po River bridges, Italy. |
MANNA
| British occupation of southern Greece. |
MARKET-GARDEN
| Operation to secure bridgehead over Rhine River. |
MARS
| U.S. task force (5332d Brigade (Provisional)), CBI. |
MICHAELMAS
| Task force for seizure of Saidor, New Guinea. |
MUSKET
| Projected landing on heel of Italy near Taranto, 1943. |
NEPTUNE
| Actual 1944 operations within OVERLORD. Used for security reasons after
September 1943 on all OVERLORD planning papers that referred to target
area and date. |
NEW GALAHAD
| American long range penetration groups (Burma). |
NEW YORK
| XVIII Corps (A/B) phase line in Ringenberg-Krudenberg area,
Germany. |
NORDWIND
| German offensive against U.S. Seventh Army, January 1945. |
OCTAGON
| U.S.-British conference at Quebec, September 1944. |
OLIVE
| Attack on Gothic Line, Italy. |
OLYMPIC
| Plan for March 1946 invasion of Kyushu, Japan. |
OMAHA
| Normandy beach assaulted by troops of U.S. V Corps, 6 June 1944. |
OVERLORD
| Allied cross-Channel invasion of northwest Europe, June 1944. |
PANTHER
| British 10 Corps drive across the Garigliano, Italy. |
PARIS
| XVIII Corps (A/B) phase line west of Erie, Germany. |
PERSECUTION
| Assault force for Aitape operations, New Guinea. |
PICCADILLY
| Drop site for Chindits, Burma. |
PIGSTICK
| Limited operation on south Mayu Peninsula. Canceled. |
PLUNDER
| 21 Army Group assault across the Rhine north of the Ruhr. |
POINTBLANK
| Combined bomber offensive against Germany. |
PROVIDENCE
| Occupation of Buna area, New Guinea, 1942. Canceled. |
PUGILIST
| Attack on Mareth Line, Tunisia, 1943. |
QUADRANT
| U.S.-British conference at Quebec, August 1943. |
QUEEN
| 12th Army Group operation on Roer Plain between Wurm and Roer
Rivers. |
RAINCOAT
| Assault on Camino hill mass, Italy. |
RASHNESS
| Revised CARBONADO plan. |
RAVENOUS
| 4 Corps plan for recapture of northern Burma. |
RECKLESS
| Assault force for Hollandia operation. |
RENO
| SWPA plans for operations in the Bismarck Archipelago, along northern
coast of New Guinea and thence to Mindanao, P.I. |
RO
| Japanese air operation to augment Rabaul air forces and delay Allied
offensives. |
ROAST
| Operation to clear Comacchio Spit, Italy. |
ROGER
| Capture of Phuket Island, off Kra Isthmus, Burma. |
ROMEO
| French commando force that lands at Cap Nigre, Mediterranean. |
ROMULUS
| Arakan part of CAPITAL plan. |
ROOSTER
| Operation to fly Chinese 22d Division to Chihchiang. |
ROSE
| Ruhr pocket, April 1945. |
ROSIE
| French naval force that lands southwest of Cannes. |
ROUNDUP
| Plan for major U.S.-British cross-Channel operation in 1943. |
RUGBY
| Airborne force that drops to rear of southern France assault beaches. |
SATIN
| Plan for U.S. II Corps operation against Sfax, Tunisia. Canceled. |
SAUCY
| Limited offensive to reopen land route from Burma to China. |
SEA LION
| Planned German invasion of United Kingdom. Canceled. |
SEXTANT
| International conference at Cairo, November and December 1943. |
SHINGLE
| Amphibious operation at Anzio, Italy. |
SHO
| Japanese plan to counterattack U.S. forces in Western Pacific. |
SITKA
| Force that takes islands of Levant and Port Cros, Mediterranean. |
SLAPSTICK
| Airborne drop at Taranto, Italy. |
SLEDGEHAMMER
| Plan for limited cross-Channel attack in 1942. |
STALEMATE
| Invasion of the Palaus. |
STRANGLE
| Air operation to interdict movement of enemy supplies in Italy. |
SUPERCHARGE
| British 30 Corps breakout, Egypt, 1942. |
SUPERCHARGE
| Revised plan of assault on Mereth Line, March 1943. |
SWORD
| Normandy beach assaulted by troops of British 3d Division, 6 June 1944. |
TALON
| Akyab part of CAPITAL plan. |
TARZAN
| India-based portion of general offensive in Burma. |
TED
| Task force in Aitape area, New Guinea. |
TERMINAL
| International conference, Potsdam, Germany, 16 July-2 August 1945. |
THUNDERBOLT
| Offensive in Metz area. |
TIDALWAVE
| Low-level heavy bomber attack on Ploesti, Rumania, 1943. |
TIGER
| One of the rehearsal exercises for OVERLORD. |
TOGO
| Second phase of ICHIGO operation. |
TORCH
| Allied invasion of northwest Africa. |
TOREADOR
| Airborne assault on Mandalay. |
TORNADO
| Assault force for Wakde-Sarmi area, New Guinea. |
TRADEWIND
| Force for Morotai. |
TRANSFIGURE
| Plan to drop troops west of Seine River to block enemy escape routes.
Canceled. |
TRIDENT
| U.S.-British conference held at Washington, May 1943. |
TULSA
| GHQ SWPA's first outline plan for operations directed at the capture of
Rabaul. |
TWILIGHT
| Plan to base B-29's in CBI. |
TYPHOON
| Task force for Sansapor-Mar operation, New Guinea. |
UNDERTONE
| U.S. Third and Seventh Army offensive to break through West Wall and
clear the Saar-Palatinate triangle, within the confines of the Rhine,
Moselle, and Lauter-Sarre. |
UTAH
| Normandy beach assaulted by troops of U.S. VII Corps, 6 June 1944. |
VARSITY
| Airborne drop east of the Rhine. |
VERITABLE
| Canadian First Army operation to clear area between Maas and Rhine
Rivers. |
VICTOR I
| Panay and Negros Occidental operation. |
VICTOR II
| Cebu, Bohol, and Negros Oriental operation. |
VICTOR III
| U.S. Eighth Army operations against Palawan. |
VICTOR IV
| U.S. Eighth Army operations against Sulu Archipelago and Zamboanga
area of Mindanao. |
VICTOR V
| U.S. Eighth Army operations against western Mindanao. |
VULCAN
| Final ground offensive to clear Tunisia, 1943. |
WEBFOOT
| Rehearsal for SHINGLE. |
YOKE
| All U.S. organizations working with Y-Force, CBI. |
ZEBRA
| U.S.-sponsored Chinese division in east China. |
ZIPPER
| Plan for assault on Malaya, 1945. |