WORLD WAR II CODE NAMES
Here are some of the code names used during the war.
| Code | Description |
| Admiral Q | President Roosevelt during travel to the Casablanca Conference (1943) |
| Alamo | US Sixth Army |
| Argument, Operation | USAAF attack on German fighter plane factories (Jan 11 - Mar 1, 1944) |
| Avalanche, Operation | US Fifth Army attack on Salerno, Italy (Sep 9, 1943) |
| Barney, Operation | US Navy submarine attack into the Sea of Japan (Jun 1945) |
| Brassard, Operation | Allied attack to capture Elba (Jun 17, 1944) |
| Brewer, Operation | US attack on the Admiralty Islands (Feb 19, 1944) |
| Brimstone, Operation | Allied attack on Sardinia (Sep 18, 1944) |
| Catchpole, Operation | US attack on Eniwetok Island (Feb 17, 1944) |
| Clarion, Operation | Allied air attack on Germany (Feb 22, 1945) |
| Cobra, Operation | US First Army movement from Normandy to St Lo (Jul 25, 1944) |
| Conquer | US Ninth Army |
| Corkscrew, Operation | Allied attack on Pantelleria Island (May 18, 1943) |
| Crossbow, Operation | Allied air attack on German rocket sites (Aug 17, 1943) |
| Desecrate, Operation | US attack of Palau Islands (Mar 31, 1943) |
| Detachment, Operation | US attack on Iwo Jima (Feb - Mar, 1945) |
| Dragoon, Operation | Allied attack on French Riviera (Aug 15, 1944) |
| Eagle | US Twelfth Army Group |
| Flintlock, Operation | US attack on Marshall Islands (1944) |
| Gold | Normandy beach section attacked by British (Jun 6, 1944) |
| Grenade, Operation | US Ninth Army movement toward Rhine River (Feb 23, 1945) |
| Hailstone, Operation | US carrier attack on Truk Island (Feb 16 - 17, 1944) |
| Husky, Operation | Allied attack on Sicily (Jul 10, 1943) |
| Iceberg, Operation | US attack on Okinawa (Apr 1, 1945) |
| Jubilee, Operation | Allied attack on Dieppe (Aug 11, 1942) |
| Juno | Normandy beach section attacked by Canadians (Jun 6, 1944) |
| Longsuit, Operation | USMC 2nd Division attack on Tarawa (Nov 20, 1943) |
| Lucky | US Third Army |
| Market-Garden, Operation | Allied attack in the Netherlands (Sep 1944) |
| Master | US First Army |
| Meeting House, Operation | USAAF fire bomb attack on Tokyo (Mar 9, 1945) |
| Mike I, Operation | US amphibious attack on Luzon (Jan 9, 1945) |
| Moonshine | Equipment used to produce false radar echoes. |
| Omaha | Normandy beach section attacked by US V Corps (Jun 6, 1944) |
| Overlord, Operation | Allied invasion of Normandy (Jun 6, 1944) |
| Plunder, Operation | Allied movement across the Rhine River (Mar 23, 1945) |
| Quicksilver, Operation | Allied deception plan to convince Germans that D-Day landings would occur on Calais. |
| Reckless, Operation | US attack on Hollandia (Apr 22, 1944) |
| Road's End, Operation | Allied destruction of Japanese ships that survived the war (Feb 1946) |
| Shellburst | SHAEF Headquarters |
| Shingle, Operation | Allied amphibious attack on Anzio (Jan 22, 1944) |
| Speedy | US II Corps |
| Sword | Normandy beach section attacked by British (Jun 6, 1944) |
| Tidal Wave, Operation | Ninth USAAF attack on oilfields in Ploesti (Aug 1, 1943) |
| Titanic, Operation | Allied dummy parachute drops in Normandy (Jun 6, 1944) |
| Torch, Operation | Allied invasion of North Africa (Nov 8, 1942) |
| Utah | Normandy beach section attacked by US First Army (Jun 6, 1944) |
| Varsity, Operation | Allied airborne drop across the Rhine River (17th Airborne Div) |
| Watchtower, Operation | US attack on Guadalcanal and Tulagi (Aug 7, 1942) |
| X | Tripoli beach section |
| Yorker | Tripoli beach section |
| Zebra | Tripoli beach section |
