Glossary of Code Names
ACHSE
German plan for the defense of northern Italy.
ALACRITY
Plan for the entry of a British force into the Azores on 8 October 1943.
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.
AVALANCHE
Invasion of Italy at Salerno.
Axiom
Mission sent by SEAC to Washington and London in February 1944 to urge CULVERIN.
BAYTOWN
British invasion of Italy on Calabrian coast.
BIGOT
Special security procedure for future operations.
BOLERO
Build-up of U.S. forces and supplies in United Kingdom for cross-Channel attack.
BRAID
Cover name for General Marshall during Casablanca Conference.
BRIMSTONE
Plan for capture of Sardinia.
BUCCANEER
Plans for amphibious operation in Andaman Islands.
BULLFROG
Plan for an operation against Arakan (Burma) coast.
BUTTRESS
British operation against toe of Italy.
CANNIBAL
Unsuccessful British offensive against Akyab (Burma) in early 1943
CAPITAL
Attack across the Chindwin River to Mandalay.
CARTWHEEL
Converging drives on Rabaul by South Pacific and SWPA forces.
CAUSEWAY
Operations against Formosa.
CHAMPION
Late 1943 plan for general offensive in Burma.
COTTAGE
Invasion of Kiska, 1943.
CULVERIN
Plan for assault on Sumatra.
DIADEM
Full-scale ground offensive launched by the Allied Command in Italy, 12 May 1944.
DRACULA
Plan for attack on Rangoon, 1944.
DRAGOON
Final code name for invasion of southern France.
ELKTON
Plan for seizure of New Britain, New Guinea, and New Ireland area.
EUREKA
International conference at Tehran, November 1943.
FOREARM
Kavieng.
FORTUNE
Planning group located in Algiers (12 July 1942).
FRANTIC
AAF shuttle bombing of Axis-controlled Europe from bases in United Kingdom, Italy, and USSR.
FRANTIC JOE
First Mediterranean-to-Russia air shuttle bombing mission.
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GALAHAD
American long-range penetration groups (Burma).
GALVANIC
Operations in Gilbert Islands.
GOBLET
Invasion of Italy at Cotrone.
GRANITE
Plan for operations in POA in 1944.
GYMNAST
Early plan for Allied invasion of northwest Africa.
HABAKKUKS
Artificial landing field made of reinforced ice.
HARDIHOOD II
Aid to Turkey, Phase II.
HUSKY
Allied invasion of Sicily, July 1943.
JUPITER
Plan for operations in northern Norway.
MATTERHORN
Plan for operating B-29's from Cheng-tu against Japan.
MERCANTILE
Manus Island.
MILEPOST
Project to build up stocks in the Far East in preparation for the entry of the USSR into the war against Japan.
MODICUM
Party sent to London to present Marshall Memorandum, April 1942.
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.
OCTAGON
U.S.-British conference at Quebec, September 1944.
OVERLORD
Allied cross-Channel invasion of northwest Europe, June 1944.
PLOUGH Force
Project for training U.S. and Canadian volunteers for snow operations in northern Norway.
POINTBLANK
Combined bomber offensive against Germany.
PRICELESS
Post HUSKY Mediterranean operations.
QUADRANT
U.S.-British conference at Quebec, August 1943.
RAINBOW
Various plans prepared between 1939 and 1941 to meet Axis aggression involving more than one enemy.
RANKIN
Plans for return to the Continent in the event of deterioration
 
of the German position.
RAVENOUS
4 Corps plan for recapture of northern Burma.
RECKLESS
Assault force for Hollandia operation.
RENO II
SWPA operations along northern coast of New Guinea and thence to Mindanao, P. I.
ROUNDHAMMER
A cross-Channel operation intermediate in size between SLEDGEHAMMER and ROUNDUP.
ROUNDUP
Plan for major U.S.-British cross-Channel operation in 1943.
SATURN
Establishment of British forces in Turkey prior to Turkey's entry into the war.
SAUCY
Limited offensive to reopen land route from Burma to China.
SEXTANT
International conference at Cairo November and December 1943
SHINGLE
Amphibious operation at Anzio, Italy.
SICKLE
Build-up for a bomber offensive against Germany.
SLEDGEHAMMER
Plan for limited cross-Channel attack in 1942.
SOAPSUDS
Early code for TIDALWAVE.
STATESMAN
Early code for TIDALWAVE.
SYMBOL
Casablanca Conference, 14-23 January 1943-
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TARZAN India-based portion of general offensive in Burma.
TIDALWAVE Low-level heavy bomber attack on Ploesti, Rumania, 1943.
TORCH Allied invasion of northwest Africa.
TRIDENT U.S.-British conference held at Washington, May 1943.
TWILIGHT
Plan to base B-29.S in CBI.
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