I. Major World War II Conferences and Operations with Code Names

Major Strategic Conferences

Atlantic Charter Conference; August 1941; Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (Riviera)

First Washington Conference; December 1941; Washington, D.C. (Arcadia)

Second Washington Conference; June 1942; Washington, D.C. (Argonaut)

Casablanca Conference; January 1943; Casablanca, Morocco (Symbol)

Third Washington Conference; May 1943; Washington, D.C. (Trident)

First Quebec Conference; August 1943; Quebec, Canada (Quadrant)

Cairo Conference; November 1943; Cairo, Egypt (Sextant)

Teheran Conference; November 1943; Teheran, Iran (Eureka)

Second Quebec Conference; September 1944; Quebec, Canada (Octagon)

Yalta Conference; February 1945; Yalta, Soviet Union (Argonaut)

Potsdam Conference; July 1945; Potsdam, Germany (Terminal)

Major Military Operations

Bolero, preinvasion buildup of American troops in British Isles, 1942

Cartwheel, convergent South Pacific operations against Rabaul, 1943

Coronet, initial plans for invasion of Honshu and Tokyo Plain, 1946

Dragoon, invasion of southern France, August 1944

Flintlock, invasion of Marshall Islands, February 1944

Forager, invasion of Mariana Islands, June 1944

Galvanic, invasion of Gilbert Islands, November 1943

Gymnast, initial plans for invasion of North Africa, 1942

Husky, invasion of Sicily, July 1943

Iceberg, invasion of Okinawa, April 1945

King Two, invasion of Leyte, Philippines, October 1944

Olympic, plans for invasion of Kyushu, 1945

Overlord, invasion of France, June 1944

Roundup, initial plans for invasion of France, 1943

Sledgehammer, initial plans for small-scale attack on France, 1942

Torch, invasion of North Africa, November 1942

Watchtower, invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi, August 1942