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  2. List of World War II military operations - Wikipedia

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    Bishop (1945) – covering operation for Dracula. Diplomat (1944) – Allied exercise in preparation for joint operations against the Japanese. Dukedom (1945) – British search and destroy operation for Japanese cruiser Haguro. Exporter (1941) – British and Commonwealth invasion of Vichy French -held Syria.

  3. List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre

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    Operation Theseus 1942 - Axis offensive in Cyrenaica, Libya and Egypt. Operation Tintenfisch 1942 - German seizure of Swiss exports. Operation Trappenjagd 1942 - German offensive on the Kerch Peninsula, Ukraine. Operation Travnik 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia.

  4. Code name - Wikipedia

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    Presently, British forces tend to use one-word names, presumably in keeping with their post-World War II policy of reserving single words for operations and two-word names for exercises. British operation code names are usually randomly generated by a computer and rarely reveal its components or any political implications unlike the American ...

  5. List of U.S. Department of Defense and partner code names

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    Baker Mint – Conducted by the US Army and Malaysia in 1997. Baker Mint 99-1 – Conducted by the US Army and Malaysia in 1999. Trained on military intelligence and photo-surveillance. Baker Mint Lens 99 – Conducted by the US Army and Malaysia in 1999. Baker Mondial V – Conducted by the US Army and Mongolia in 1997.

  6. List of military operations - Wikipedia

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    Blow to the Head (2010) — operation against the militants in the insurgent Yemeni town of Sa'dah in the Saada Governorate. Scorched Earth (2009) — was the code-name of a Yemeni military offensive in the northern Saada Governorate . Baliste (2006) — French codename for evacuation of EU civilians during Lebanon War.

  7. Magic (cryptography) - Wikipedia

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    Magic (cryptography) Magic was an Allied cryptanalysis project during World War II. It involved the United States Army 's Signals Intelligence Service (SIS) and the United States Navy 's Communication Special Unit.

  8. Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

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    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). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault ...

  9. List of military operations in the West European Theater ...

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    1942. Aflame (1942) — commando raid on Berck in France. Aquatint (1942) — commando raid on Normandy in France. Barricade (1942) — commando raid on Pointe de Saire south of Barfleur in France. Basalt (1942) — commando raid on Sark in the Channel Islands. Batman (1942) — commando raid near Cherbourg in France.