Code Names and Military Operations

Abraham: code name for Quebec City

Anakim: operation name, Allies’ proposed invasion of Burma

Arcadia: code name, Allies’ first conference, Washington

Avalanche: operation name, Allies’ invasion at Salerno, near Naples, Italy

Bolero: operation name, U.S. buildup in UK

Cockade: operation name, series of 1943 Allied deceptions

D-Day: designated day for Normandy landings, the first phase of Overlord

Enigma: Germany’s text encryption machine

Eureka: code name, Allies’ sixth conference, Tehran

Gold: Normandy beach, British landing point

Gymnast: operation name, Allies’ North Africa landings; became Torch

Husky: operation name, Allies’ invasion of Sicily

Jubilee: operation name, raid on Dieppe, France

Juno: Normandy beach, Canadian landing point

Jupiter: operation name, Allies’ invasion of Norway; not conducted

Manhattan Project: secret U.S. project to develop and produce atomic bomb

Neptune: operation name, Allies’ amphibious and airborne landings, Normandy

Omaha: Normandy beach, U.S. landing point

Overlord: operation name, liberation of northwestern Europe

Pointblank: operation code name for the Allies’ Combined Bomber Offensive

Quadrant: code name, Allies’ fourth conference,Quebec City

Rankin: operation name, Allies’ contingency for a German collapse

Roundhammer: plan name, cross-Channel attack

Roundup: plan name, U.S. cross-Channel attack

Rudge: early COSSAC planning exercise

Sextant: code name, Allies’ fifth conference, Cairo

Sickle: code name, AAF buildup and supply in UK

Sigaba: U.S. text encryption machine

Sigsaly: U.S. voice encryption machine

Sledgehammer: operation name, Allies’ contingency cross-Channel attack

Sword: Normandy beach, British landing point

Symbol: code name, Allies’ second conference, Casablanca

Terminal: Allies’ conference following VE-Day, Potsdam

Tindall: operation name, Allies’ deception related to Norway

Torch: operation name, Allies’ landing in North Africa

Trident: code name, Allies’ third conference, Washington

Trinity: code name for first atomic bomb test

Tube Alloy: code name for British atomic bomb project

Utah: Normandy beach, U.S. landing point