Dare and
Endure:
World War II
CODE NAMES
Here are some of the 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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