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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 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.
Operation Phoenix (South Africa), South African response to mass SWAPO infiltration of South-West Africa 2008 Colombian raid into Ecuador , codenamed Operación Fénix (Operation Phoenix) Operation Phoenix (1966) , Vietnam War military operation , February 1966 in Biên Hòa Province
The chief aspect of the Phoenix Program was the collection of intelligence information. VC members would then be captured, converted, or killed. Emphasis for the enforcement of the operation was placed on local government militia and police forces, rather than the military, as the main operational arm of the program. [27]
Operation Felix (German: Unternehmen Felix) was the codename for a proposed German Wehrmacht campaign to cross into Spain and to seize Gibraltar early in the Second World War. The planned operation presupposed the co-operation of the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco ; it did not occur chiefly because of Franco's reluctance to enter the war ...
The Honor Bound series is a World War II thriller book series by W. E. B. Griffin, whose latest three volumes were co-authored with his son, William E. Butterworth IV.It takes place mostly in Argentina, but also deals with internal struggles in the Nazi Party as the war escalates.
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 ( D-Day ) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune).
Icelandic helmer Óskar Thór Axelsson’s “Operation Napoleon,” an adaptation … Few cinematic traditions are more enduring than thinking up new and inventive ways to beat up Nazis. From ...
Operation Phoenix logo. Operation Phoenix was a post-World War II rehabilitation program carried out by the Victorian Railways (VR) in Australia. The program commenced in 1950 and was originally planned to take 10 years and cost £80 million pounds. [1] Operation Phoenix was named after the bird from Egyptian mythology.