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This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 [update] this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states.
Ritchie Boy Secrets: How a Force of Immigrants and Refugees Helped Win World War II. Guilford, Connecticut: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0811769969. OCLC 1227916710. Henderson, Bruce (2017). Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler. New York: William Morrow.
A group of 104 rocket scientists at Fort Bliss, Texas. Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959.
American war correspondents of World War II (120 P) Pages in category "American people of World War II" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
American airborne landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II.
It is also known by the names Operation Ortsac, Operation Swift Strike II and Exercise Phibriglex-62. Anadyr (1962) — Cuban-Soviet plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kama (1962) — Soviet plan to forward-base seven Soviet ballistic missile submarines in Mariel, Cuba (part of Anadyr)
The Tuskegee Airmen / t ʌ s ˈ k iː ɡ iː / [1] were a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II.They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
Pages in category "Battles and operations of World War II involving the United States" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .