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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.
46th Infantry Division (United States)-"Ironfist" 49th Infantry Division (United States)-"49'ers", "Argonauts" 47th Infantry Division – "Viking" – a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard. 51st Infantry Division (United States)-"Rattlesnake" 63rd Infantry Division – "Blood and fire"; This is today's 63rd Regional Support Command.
Operation Ivory Coast – On 21 November 1970, a joint United States Air Force/United States Army force commanded by Air Force Brigadier General LeRoy J. Manor and Army Colonel Arthur D. "Bull" Simons landed 56 U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers [161] by helicopter at the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp located only 23 miles (37 km) west of Hanoi ...
The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a codename, predominantly from the Wehrmacht commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or their allies in the European Theatre during the Second World War. Although named operations, the ...
This is a list of convoy codes used by the Allies during World War II There were over 300 ... UK to United States: Jan 1942 to Jul 1945: Military troopship convoys ...
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
Major General Henry H. Arnold.. Operation Bolero was the commonly used reference for the code name of the United States military troop buildup in the United Kingdom during World War II in preparation for the initial cross-channel invasion plan known as Operation Roundup, to be implemented in mid-1943, or for its lesser contingency alternative, Operation Sledgehammer, to be executed in the fall ...
Code Names: Deciphering US Military Plans, Programs, and Operations in the 9/11 World. South Royalton, Vermont: Steerforth Press. ISBN 978-1-58642-083-3. Gehrs-Pahl, Andreas; Parsch, Andreas (4 October 2006). "Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations". www.designation-systems.net