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Arranged Alphabetically with Month
(see also "World War
2 Codenames") |
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A |
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74 |
Northern
Barrage, Denmark Straits reinforcement |
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A8 |
SW
Approaches 1/45 |
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AA |
Heligoland minelay 9/39 |
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ABERCROMBIE |
Reconnaissance raid on Hardelot, France 4/42 |
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ABSTENTION |
Attack on
Castelorizo 2/41 |
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ACCOLADE |
Planned
allied occupation of Dodecanese Islands 5/43 |
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ACCUMULATOR |
Diversion
near Cherbourg Peninsular 6/44 |
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ACID |
British
HUSKY Task Force 7/43 |
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ACID DROP |
Commando
raids Hardelot and Merlimont 8/41 |
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ACQUAINT |
Interception of radio transmissions from MTB off Belgium 1944 |
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ACQUISITION |
Occupation of Abadan oil installations 6/41 |
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ACUMEN |
Passage
of JW62 11/44 |
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AD |
East
Coast Barrier 10/39 |
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ADIEU |
Surrender
of U-Boats to allied warships after VE Day 5/45 |
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ADOPTION |
Eastern
Fleet Destroyer interception patrols off Burma 6/45 |
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AERIAL |
Evacuation from Bay of Biscay Ports 6/40 |
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AGREEMENT |
Tobruk
Raid 9/42 |
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AJAX |
Planned
operations in Norway – later cancelled 1941 |
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ALABASTER |
Iceland
Main Occupation 5/40 |
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ALBUMEN |
SBS raid
on Crete 6/43 |
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ALPHABET |
Norway
Evacuation 5/40 |
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ALUITE |
SBS
Survey of Syrian coast 6/40 |
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AMATHEA |
Off-Shore
pipe system for PLUTO off Normandy 6/44 |
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AMBASSADOR |
Commando
raid - Channel Islands 6/40 |
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ANAKIM |
Planned
invasion of Lower Burma 6/43 |
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ANGLO |
SBS raid
on Rhodes from Greek submarine 9/42 |
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ANIMALS |
Planned
diversion to suggest landings in Greece 5/43 |
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ANKLET |
British
landing on Lofoten Islands 12/41 |
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ANNOYANCE |
Bombardments of west coast of Italy before AVALANCHE 8/43 |
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ANSTEY |
Landing
of Agents near Genoa 3/44 |
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ANT |
SBS
operation at Scmut, Sarawak 3/45 |
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ANTIDOTE |
Mine
clearance between western and eastern Mediterranean 5/43 |
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ANVIL |
Planned
landings in South of France with NEPTUNE 11/43 |
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APOSTLE I |
Planned
allied landings in Norway after
NEPTUNE 8/44 |
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APOSTLE II |
Planned
Norway landings if Germany capitulated 1/45 |
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APPERANCE |
Landings
in Somaliland 3/41 |
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AQUATINT |
Commando
raid at St Heroine 9/42 |
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ARABIAN |
Planned
landings in Brittany – replaced by LETHAL 1942 |
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ARCHERY |
Commando
raid on Lofotens 12/41 |
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ARCTIC |
Landing
of Free French agents in SW Elba 4/44 |
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ARGONAUT |
Summit
Meetings in Malta and at Yalta 1/45 |
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ARTIZAN |
Channel
Anti-submarine minelay 4/45 |
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ASCENDANT |
Return
convoy from Malta to Gibraltar 8/42 |
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ASTRAKAN |
Commando
raid at Houlgate, France 11/41 |
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ATHLETIC |
FAA
attacks on Norwegian coats shipping 10/44 |
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AVALANCHE |
Allied
landings at Salerno, Italy 9/43 |
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AVONMOUTH |
Planned
allied landings in Norway in event of invasion 3/40 |
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AW |
East
Coast Barrier 7/40 |
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B |
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BABOON |
COPP
reconnaissance at Phuket Island 3/45 |
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BALDHEAD |
Series of
landings SOE party by Dutch submarines 6/43 |
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BALKIS |
Commando
raid at Pianoso 3/44 |
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BALSAM |
FAA P-R
(photo reconnaissance) of Malaya and Sumatra air strikes 6/45. |
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BAMBI |
Lay of
PLUTO from UK to Normandy 6/44 |
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BANQUET |
FAA
attacks on Padang, Sumatra 8/44 |
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BANTAM |
Planned
Commando support for HUSKY 7/43 |
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BARBARISM |
Support
of military advance in Burma 12/44 |
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BARITOME |
Malta
aircraft delivery 8/42 |
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BARK |
British
Task Force for HUSKY 7/43 |
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BARLEY |
Landing
of agents south of Leghorn 3/44 |
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BARRACUDA |
Planned
Landing at Naples when Italy capitulated. 7/43 |
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BARRICADE |
Commando
raid south of Barfleur, France 8/42 |
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BARRISTER |
Element
of TORCH |
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BASALT |
Commando
raid on Sark 10/42 |
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BATMAN |
Commando
landings near Cherbourg 11/43 |
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BAYLEAF |
FAA
attack on Norwegian coast shipping 2/44 |
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BAYTOWN |
Naval
gunfire support for landings on the Italian mainland 9/43 |
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BEECHAM |
Re-occupation of Padang, Sumatra 8/45 |
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BEGONIA |
Home
Fleet mine-lay and shipping attacks off Norway 9/44 |
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BELLOWS |
Malta
aircraft delivery 8/42 |
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BELLPUSH |
Investigation of French beaches in Channel 12/43 |
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BELLRINGER |
Interception of Atlantic Vichy French convoy 9/41 |
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BENEDICT |
Convoy
taking aircraft to North Russia 8/41 |
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BENELLO |
Landing
of agents near Portofino 2/44 |
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BERSERK |
Multi-carrier exercise in preparation for PEDESTAL |
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BERSERK |
Exercise
in Atlantic for aircraft carriers in PEDESTAL 6/42 |
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BETA SEARCH |
Anti-submarine tactical measure after sighting 2/43 |
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BETTY |
Landing
of SOE sabotage party at Tongah 1/42 |
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BIG BANG |
Destruction of German fortifications at Heligoland 7/45 |
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BIG DRUM |
Diversionary operation for NEPTUNE landings 6/44 |
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BIG GAME |
Landing
of stores on Gorgona Is, south of Leghorn 6/44 |
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BIGAMY |
Planned
attack on Benghazi 9/42 |
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BIGOT |
Restriction of access to NEPTUNE documentation 6/44 |
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BIJOU |
Deception
Plan for passage of INDOMITABLE to Middle East |
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BILLOW |
Failed
landing of SOE party in Siam 4/44 |
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BISHOP |
Eastern
Fleet cover for capture of Rangoon, Burma 5/45 |
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BLACK |
Initial
plan for attack on Dakar (Later MENACE) 7/40 |
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BLACKCOCK |
Commando
operation to clear Roermond Triangle, north of Aachen 1/45 |
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BLANKET |
Exercise
in preparation for FRANKTON 11/42 |
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BLOCK |
Blockade
of Burma coast inlets 2/45 |
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BLUE PENCIL |
Planned
negotiation surrender of garrison at Uljan, 10/44 |
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BLUEBOTTLE |
Rescue of
escaped PoW from Perpignan 9/42 |
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BOARDMAN |
Deception
Plan for attack on Sardinia & Corsica 9/43 |
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BODEGA |
Deception
Plan for OVERLORD 6/44 |
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BOLERO |
Build-up
of US troops in Europe 1/43 |
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BOOMERANG |
Eastern
Fleet Air-Sea Rescue in Indian Ocean 8/44 |
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BOOTHBY |
Deception
Plan for BAYTOWN 9/43 |
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BOTTLE |
Clandestine minelaying by fishing vessels 4/41 |
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BOWERY |
Malta
aircraft delivery 5/42 |
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BRANDY |
Commando
raid at Floro, Norway 3/44 |
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BRASSARD |
Free
French landings on Elba 6/44 |
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BRAWN |
FAA
attacks on TTRPITZ 5/44 |
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BRAZIER |
English
Channel minelays, Convoy focal points around buoys 1/45 |
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BRAZIER |
English
Channel minelays, Convoy focal points around buoys 2/45 OUT## |
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BREACH |
Attack on
Mogadicio, Somaliland. 2/41 |
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BRIDGFORD |
Passage
of stores from Sweden 10/43 |
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BRIMSTONE |
Planned
US landings at Taranto replaced by AVALANCHE 7/43 |
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BRISK |
Plan to
occupy Azores if Spain entered war 12/40 |
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BRM |
East
Coast Barrier, Bass Rock minelay 9/39 |
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BROOM |
Eastern
Fleet mincsweeping off Rangoon 5/45 |
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BS 87 |
Off
Humber Estuary |
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BS48 to 67 |
East
Coast Barrier reinforcement and adjustments minelay 1/41 |
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BS48 to 67 |
East
Coast Barrier continued reinforcement and adjustments minelay 2/41 |
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BS48 to 67 |
East
Coast Barrier continued reinforcement and adjustments minelay 3/41 |
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BS48 to 67 |
East
Coast Barrier continued reinforcement and adjustments minelay 4/41 |
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BS48 to 67 |
East
Coast Barrier continued reinforcement and adjustments minelay 5/41 |
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BS68 to 86 |
East
Coast Barrier minelays, Southern Section continued 10/42 |
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BS68 to 86 |
East
Coast Barrier minelays, Southern Section continued 9/42 |
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BS68 to 86 |
East
Coast Barrier minelays, Southern Section continued 8/42 |
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BS68 to 86 |
East
Coast Barrier minelays, Southern Section continued 6/42 |
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BS68 to 86 |
East
Coast Barrier minelays, Southern Section continued 7/42 |
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BS68 to 86 |
East
Coast Barrier minelays, Southern Section continued 4/42 |
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BS68 to 86 |
East
Coast Barrier minelays, Southern Section continued 5/42 |
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BS68 to 86 |
East
Coast Barrier minelays, Southern Section 1/42 |
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BUCCANEER |
Planned
recapture of Andaman Islands 2/44 |
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BULLDOZER |
Planned
recapture of Akyab, Burma 2/.44 |
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BUNDLE |
SOE
attack on ship in Oslo Harbour 2/44 |
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BUNKUM |
Landing
of SOE party in Andamans 3/44 |
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BUTTERCUP |
Anti-submarine tactical procedure 3/43 |
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BUTTERMILK |
Deep A/S
Fields minelay in Portsmouth area 2/45 |
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BUTTRESS |
Planned
landings in Gulf of Gioia, Italy 9/43 |
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C |
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CABAL |
Delivery
of surrendered U-Boats to Soviet Navy 11/45 |
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CABARET |
Passage
of supplies from Sweden 2/43 |
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CABARET (2) |
Landing
of agents in S France 1944 |
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CABLEGRAM |
Aegean
operations by Escort Carriers 9/44 |
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CACTUS |
Relief of
Army units during Cheduba assault, near Ramree 1/45 |
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CAESAR |
Original
name for execution of anti-invasion plan 4/40 |
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CALENDAR |
Malta
aircraft delivery 4./42 |
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CALENDAR 2 |
Clearance
of Scheldt Estuary 11//45 |
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CALIPH |
Planned
landings at Bordeaux 6/44 |
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CALLBOY |
Malta
aircraft delivery 10/41 |
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CAMERA |
Home
Fleet operation off Norway 7/43 |
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CANNED |
Joint
air/sea anti-submarine search in Indian Ocean 2/44 |
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CANTER |
Planned
raid on French coast (Cancelled) 10/42 |
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CARHAMPTON |
Plan to
Capture shipping off Norway (Cancelled) 11/42 |
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CARPENTER |
SBS
reconnaissance of Malayan coast 5/45 |
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CARTOON |
Commando
raid near Lillebo, Norway 1/43 |
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CAT |
Canadian
anti-submarine counter-measures 6/44 |
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CATAPULT |
Attack on
French Fleet at Oran 7/40 |
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CATOR |
Commando
raid on pipeline to support Army advance 12/40 |
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CAUSEWAY |
Interception of Vichy French convoy in Indian Ocean 9/40 |
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CAVENDISH |
Planned
Combined Operations exercise (Cancelled) 10/42 |
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CBX 5 |
Heligoland Bight continued 8/40 |
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CBX1 to 3 |
Heligoland Bight minelay 5/40 |
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CBX4 |
Heligoland Bight continued 8/40 |
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CBX5 |
Heligoland Bight minelay 5/40 |
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CD Series |
SW
Approaches Deep A/S Traps 10/44 |
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CD Series |
SW
Approaches minefield Deep A/S Traps 11/44 |
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CELLAR |
Commando
Raid near Boulogne 6/40 |
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CG Series |
NW
Approaches - Deep A/S Fields 11/44 |
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CH |
SW
Approaches minelay 1/45 |
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CH |
SW
Approaches minelay continued 2/45 |
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CH |
SW
Approaches minelay 3/45 |
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CHAIR |
SOE
landing in Crete 6/43 |
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CHALLENGE |
Plan to
occupy Atlantic islands 12/40 |
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CHARIOT |
St
Nazaire Raid 3/42 |
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CHEATER |
Development of towed anti-submarine outfit, not completed 1/45 |
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CHECKMATE |
Commando
attack at Hagesund, Norway 3/43 |
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CHESS |
Commando
raid at Boulogne 6/41 |
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CHETTYFORD |
Deception
Plan cover for SHINGLE 1/44 |
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CHIEFTAIN (GM3) |
Diversionary convoy in western Med. 11/41 |
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CHOPPER |
Commando
raid at St Aubin, France 9/41 |
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CHRONOMETER |
Landings
at Assab, Eritrea 6/41 |
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CI |
SW
Approaches, Trial Lay MkXXVII Mine 3/45 |
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CINDERALLA |
Planned
Commando raid north of Porto Garibaldi, Adriatic 4/45 |
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CLAYMORE |
Commando
raid on Lofotens 3/41 |
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CLEAVER |
Occupation of Copenhagen 5/45 |
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COASTGUARD |
Diversionary operation during Tobruk Raid 9/42 |
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COAT |
Reinforcement of Fleet at Alexandria 11/40 |
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COCKADE |
Planned
allied attack on France 3/43 |
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COLLAR |
Reinforcement of Fleet at Alexandria 11/40 |
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COLLIE |
Indian
Ocean mine clearance 7/45 |
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COMPOSITION |
FAA
attack on Massawa, Red Sea. 2/41 |
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CONCEPT |
Demonstration off Greek coast during MANNA 10/44 |
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CONCERT |
SBS
reconnaissance, Burma coast 11/44 |
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CYGNUS |
Rescue of
agents from Norway 5/44 |
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CONFIDENCE |
Malayan
coast reconnaissance near Port Dickson 6/45 |
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COPYRIGHT |
Reconnaissance of Phuket Island 3/45 |
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CORDITE |
SBS
reconnaissance at Rhodes 3/41 |
