U.S. Navy Code Words of World War II
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[1]Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words
NAVEXOS P-474
(Revised March 1948)
Second Edition
Prepared by
Office of Naval History
Navy Department
Washington, D.C.
United States
Government Printing Office
Washington : 1948
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Foreword
TORCH, BACKBITER, OVERLORD, CROSSROADS soon will have dropped their capitals and again become just ordinary words in the English language. But to the men of the present generation, these and many other words connote far more than their definitions by Webster. To them, TORCH will always be vast numbers of ships and men converging on the West and North African shores; BACKBITER will be a tiny point in the Pacific; OVERLORD will be an armada ploughing through the choppy Channel waters on a June night in 1944; CROSSROADS will be the greatest scientific experiment of all time.
The recollections stirred by the sight or sound of these words belong to the men who were actually there, but the operations and geographical locations are a part of history. As such the historian must be able to translate these terms, so, for that reason, this glossary of operational and geographical code words has been compiled. Without it, no one, not even a cryptographer, can read the primary sources of World War II intelligibly. There was no reason why DUCKPIN identified General Eisenhower, nor why ZOOTSUIT referred to Auk, New Britain, nor why OPIUM was the transfer of a Marine regiment to Samoa. Someone picked these words out of a dictionary and someone in a higher echelon applied them to a particular person, place, or action.
The following list is not complete. No doubt there are many other code words which the Navy used but which could not be found; others could not be included because they are still classified. The list is primarily Navy; Army and British code words have been added insofar as they are of interest to the Navy.
Like the previously published Glossary of U.S. Naval Abbreviations, this glossary was prepared in the Office of Naval History by Lt. Comdr. Dorothy E. Richard, W, USNR, under the supervision of the Historian for Naval Administration.
Abbreviations
B.W.I. -- British West Indies
BB -- Battleship
C.A. -- Canal Zone
CBI -- China-Burma-India
CV -- Aircraft Carrier
G.B. -- Great Britain
HMS -- His Majesty's Ship (G.B.)
LCI -- Landing Craft Infantry
LF -- Landing Force
N.E.I. -- Netherlands East Indies
N.W.I. -- Netherlands West Indies
OSS -- Office of Strategic Services
P.I. -- Philippine Islands
RAF -- Royal Air Force (G.B.)
SOE -- Secret Operations Executive (G.B.)
T.H. -- Territory of Hawaii
TF -- Task Force
U.S. -- United States
U.S.S.R. -- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USA -- United States Army
USCG -- United States Coast Guard
USN -- United States Navy
-- A --
AARON -- Bulawatan, New Britain
ABACUS -- Kepler Point, Bawean Island, N.E.I.
ABATTOIR -- Dutch New Guinea
ABBEY and SLOANE -- United States and British policy in event of Japanese occupation of Kra Isthmus, Thailand
ABBOTT -- Airagalpua, Bismarck Archipelago
ABDOMEN -- Salmaga Island, Aleutian Islands
ABERCROMBIE -- Raid on French coast between Boulogne and Etaples (21-22 April 1942) (G.B.)
ABERCROMBIE -- U.S. Sixth Military District
ABERRATION -- Alexishaven, New Guinea
ABIGAIL -- Mandock Island, Bismarck Archipelago
ABLAZE -- Maradi, New Guinea
ABLUTION -- Nimrod Sound, China
ABNER -- Kaskas Island, Bismarck Archipelago
ABNORMAL -- Advance to Yeu (Yey), Burma
ABNORMAL -- Maie River, New Britain
ABOLITION -- Amoy, China
ABOVEBOARD -- Fort Randall, Alaska
ABRADE -- Langani, New Guinea
ABROGATE -- Lupin, New Britain
ABSALOM -- Getmata, New Britain
ABSCONDER -- Cape Merkus (Mulus), New Britain
ABSENCE -- Nakagusukuwan, Okinawa Jima, Nansei Shoto Islands, Japan
ABSENTEE -- Cape Beechey, New Britain
ABSORPTION -- Atka Island, Aleutian Islands
ABSTRACT -- Hansa Bay, New Guinea
ABSURD -- Shinko (Sin-Kang), Formosa
ABUSE -- Miyako Shima, Japan
ABUSIVE -- All remote-controlled expendable pilotless aircraft used as guided missiles
ACACIA -- Sydney, Australia
ACCENT -- Balabac Island, P.I.
ACCENTUATE -- Adak Island, Aleutian Islands
ACCENTUATE -- Canalasan Cove, Mindanao, P.I.
ACCLAIM -- Fort Greely, Alaska
ACCOLADE -- Kru, New Britain
ACCOLADE -- Operations in the Aegean Sea (canceled)
ACCOMMODATION -- Kagi, Formosa
ACCOMPANY -- Sasebo, Japan
ACCORDIAN -- Malala, Marianas Islands
ACCOUTREMENT -- Sulu Sea, P.I.
ACCUMULATION -- Leyte Island, P.I.
ACCUSE -- Palembang, Sumatra, N.E.I.
ACEPIECE -- Ngesebus Island, Palau Islands
ACETATE -- Andru River, New Britain
ACETYLENE -- Potangeras Island, Ulithi Atoll, Yap Islands
ACIDITY -- Gavutu Island, Solomon Islands
ACIDORE -- Mamgak, New Guinea
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- Nanshi, Formosa
ACQUAINT -- Okino Erabu Jima, Nansei Shoto Islands, Japan
ACQUISITION -- Occupation by British of the Anglo-Persian Oil Companies areas in Southern Persia (23 July 1941) (G.B.)
ACROBAT -- Bonivat, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
ACUMEN -- Wilwilan, New Guinea
ADDITION -- Evacuation of British troops from Bardia, Libya (19-20 April, 1941) (G.B.)
ADELPHI -- Sandakan, British North Borneo
ADEQUATE -- Little Quemoy Island, Formosa Strait
ADHERENT -- Dublon Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
ADIPOSE -- Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands
ADJECTIVE -- Ryuku-Sho, Lambai Island, Formosa Area
ADJOURN -- Tokuno Jima, Nansei Shoto Islands, Japan
ADJUTANT -- Miyako Jima, Nansei Shoto Islands, Japan
ADMEASURE -- Yawata, Japan
ADOBE -- Brisbane, Australia
ADONIC -- Yawi River, Madang, New Guinea
ADULATE -- Yungo River, New Guinea
ADULIN ADM -- U.S.S.R. Navy
ADZUKI -- Selib Creek, New Guinea
AFFABLE -- Sungum, New Guinea
AFFECTATION -- Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands
AFFECTATION -- Kabacan, Mindanao, P.I.
AFFIRMATIVE -- Taihoku, Formosa
AFTERMATH -- Unmak, Alaska
AGADIR -- French Morocco, Africa
AGATE -- Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean (canceled)
AGATE -- Pulo Cecir De Mir, French Indo China
AGGRAVATE -- Fassarai Island, Ulithi Atoll, Yap Islands
AGGREGATE -- Celebes, N.E.I.
AGOUTI -- Bizerte, Tunisia
AGRICULTURE -- Myitkyina, Burma
AGRIPPA -- Geographical area in connection with ARGONAUT
AGROUND -- Koto Sho (Antau Su), Formosa Area
AIREDALE -- Kanigia Island, Solomon Islands
ALABASTER -- Troop convoy from Greenock to Iceland (17 May 1940) (G.B.)
ALACRITY and OATMEAL -- Allied occupation of the Azores (October 1943)
ALADDIN -- German troops withdrawing from North Norway, the war continuing in South Norway and in Europe (3-31 May 1945) (G.B.)
ALAMO -- New Britain force
ALARM -- Kasho To (Hoisho To) Formosa Area
ALBUMOSE -- Hankow, China
ALCATRAZ -- Airfield at Sand Island, Midway
ALDER -- Townsville, Queensland, Australia
ALDERPOINT -- Cape Rizzuto, Italy
ALFALFA -- Ottana, Sicily
ALFALFA -- Purvis Bay, Florida-Tulagi Group, Solomon Islands
ALIBARA -- Russians
ALICE -- Tufi, New Guinea
ALKALI -- Goose Bay, Lake Melville, Labrador, Canada
ALLERGY -- Kiau Point, Soembawa, N.E.I.
ALLIGATOR -- Cape Muya, New Britain
ALLIGATOR I -- Little Makin Island, Gilbert Islands
ALMANAC -- Lakuk River, New Britain
ALMOND -- Tanambogo Island, Solomon Islands
ALPHA -- Aruba, N.W.I.
ALPHA -- Plan for the defense of Kunming, China
ALPHABET -- Evacuation of British troops from Narvik, Norway (5 June 1940) (G.B.)
ALPHABET -- Operation against flying-bomb carriers and E/Boats (3 December 1944) (G.B.)
ALPHONSE -- Northeast Passage, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
ALSAB -- Kano, Africa
ALUMNUS -- Ballale, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands
AMATEUR -- Cotabato, Mindanao, P.I.
AMATEUR -- Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands
AMATORY -- Brisbane, Australia
AMAZEMENT -- Mangejang Island, Ulithi Atoll, Yap Islands
AMBIDEXTER -- Port Elizabeth, Union of South Africa
AMBIGUITY -- Astrolabe Bay, New Guinea
AMBROSE -- Hein Island, Bismarck Archipelago
AMELIORATE -- Falalop Island, Ulithi Atoll, Yap Islands
AMITY -- Goropio, New Britain
AMMUNITION -- Hozan (Hozan-Gai), Formosa
AMNESIA -- Attu Island, Aleutian Islands
AMOEBA -- Goodenough Island, New Guinea
AMOROUS -- Madassar Straits, N.E.I.
AMOUNT -- Kyushito, Formosa
AMOUR -- Murien, New Britain
AMPERSAND -- Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides Islands
AMPUTATION -- Bone, North Africa
AMULET -- Tanaga Island, Aleutian Islands
ANACONDA -- Truk Island, Caroline Islands
ANAKIM -- Capture of Burma (November 1943-May 1944)
ANATHEMA -- Moen Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
ANDIRON -- Balangori Bay, New Britain
ANEMONE -- Navy Landing Beach Three, Torokina, Solomon Islands
ANGEL -- Olutanga Island, P.I.
ANGELIC -- Nanking-Pukow, China
ANGLEFISH -- Adriatic Sea
ANGLO -- Bastia, Corsica
ANILINE -- Libia, Africa
ANISEED -- Planned amphibious raid by unit of special boat service on Lussin Piccolo, Adriatic Sea
ANKLET -- Combined Allied raid on the Lofoten Islands, Norway (26 December 1941)
ANNIVERSARY -- Shoko, Formosa
ANNUITY -- New Guinea operation subsequent to HOTPLATE
ANSWER -- Dairimpo, Formosa
ANTELOPE -- Vingora Islet, Bismarck Archipelago
ANTHONY -- Cerisy Peak, Long Island, Bismarck Archipelago
ANTHRACITE -- Newfoundland
ANTICS -- Tawai Point, Trobriand Island
ANTIPATHY -- Senorbi, Sicily
ANTIQUE -- West Africa
ANTITOXIN -- Milazzo, Sicily
ANVIL -- Allied operations in the Mediterranean against southern France in 1944
APARTMENT -- Medinilla Island, Marianas Islands
APERIENT -- New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands
APHORISM -- Nauru Island, Gilbert Islands
APOSTASY -- Manonuito Island, Caroline Islands
APOSTLE I -- Operation undertaken for the return to Norway following the unconditional surrender of Germany and the cessation of all organized resistance in Europe (May 1945)
APOSTLE II -- Operation undertaken for the return to Norway following the unconditional surrender of all German forces in Norway and the cessation of all organized armed resistance in that country while German resistance continues elsewhere
APOSTROPHE -- Nice, France
APOTHECARY -- Samoa
APPAREL -- Massawa, Eritrea
APPARITION -- Nadzab, New Guinea
APPEARANCE -- Landings east and west of Berbora, British Somaliland (16 March 1941) (G.B.)
APPEASE -- Talasea, New Britain
APPELLATION -- Churchill, Canada
APPENDAGE -- Minto Reef, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
APPIAN -- Arrangements for transfer of naval amphibious forces
APPLE -- Avuavu, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
APPLE -- Ponum, New Britain
APPRAISE -- Duvuluk, New Britain
APPREHEND -- Dagupan, Luzon, P.I.
APPROPRIATE -- Boryo (Horyo), Formosa
APRICOT -- Ndeni Island, Santa Cruz Islands
AQUILA -- Air project for India (canceled)
ARABELLA -- Dodecanese Islands, Mediterranean Sea
ARABIC -- New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago
ARBALEST -- Bukama, Belgian Congo, Africa
ARCADIA -- Roosevelt-Churchill Conference, Washington, December 1941-January 1942
ARCHBISHOP -- Jaluit Island, Marshall Islands
ARCHDALE -- Kolom, New Guinea
ARCHERY -- Combined British raid on the Vaagao Area of the Norwegian coast to destroy enemy shipping and shore batteries (27 December 1941) (G.B.)
ARCHIBALD -- South Greece
ARCHIVE -- Moses Point, Alaska
ARCLIGHT -- Yumyello, New Britain
ARENA -- Proposed airborne operation in the Kassel-Fritzlau-Hofgeisar area, Germany
ARGENT -- Ghinda, Eritrea
ARGONAUT -- Malta and Yalta Conferences, January-February 1945; Malta (Roosevelt-Churchill), Yalta (Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin)
ARGUS -- Night fighter development project
ARGUS -- Babo, New Guinea
ARIEL -- Evacuation of British Expeditionary Force from northwest French ports (16-18, 20, June 1940) (G.B.)
ARITHMETIC -- Agattu Island, Aleutian Islands
ARLINGTON -- Tacloban, P.I.
ARMAGEDDON -- Dutch Harbor, Alaska
ARMAMENT -- Tsugado-Iwa (Gadd Rock), Formosa Area
ARMCHAIR -- Wickham Anchorage, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands
ARMLOCK -- Agattu Island, Aleutian Islands
ARROGANT -- Guasopa Plantation, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
ARROGANT -- Whittier, Alaska
ARROWROOT -- Termini, Sicily
ARSENIC -- Marien Harbor, New Britain
ARSON -- Balabac Strait, P.I.
ARTERIAL -- Western Caroline Islands (Palau, Yap, Ulithi)
ARTERY -- Yoloplo, New Britain
ARTHRITIS -- Solomon Islands
ARTICHOKE -- Barakoma A, Vella Lavella Island, Solomon Islands
ARTIST -- Ponape Island, Caroline Islands
ARTISTIC -- London, England
ASCOT -- Guimere Lagoon, New Britain
ASH -- Vella Lavella Island, Solomon Islands
ASHPLANT -- The Hump, CBI Theater
ASPBITE -- Bugi Island, New Guinea
ASPEN -- Cape Honslow, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
ASPERITY -- Asiatic Theater
ASPHYXIA -- Chinha Point, Amoy, China
ASPIRIN -- Dumaguete, P.I.
ASSEMBLE -- Laikang Bay, Celebes Island, N.E.I.
ASSESSOR -- Nassau Bay, New Guinea
ASSISTANCE -- Garan-Bi (Goaram), Formosa
ASTER -- Bau Island (Naval Base), Rendova Island, Solomon Islands
ASTER -- Port Darwin, Australia
ASTEROID -- Asmara, Eritrea
ASTORIA -- Toulon, France
ASTRONOMY -- Schouten Islands, New Guinea
ATLAS -- Pinip Island, Solomon Sea
ATLAS -- Shipping Control Officer, Forward Area, Central Pacific
ATMOSPHERE -- Capture by British of Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea (8 April 1941) (G.B.)
ATOM -- Wallis Island, Samoan Islands
ATROCITY -- Pilelo Island, Solomon Sea
ATROPHY -- Magier River, New Britain
ATTENDANCE -- Ghisonaccia, Corsica
ATTENTION -- Yoron Shima Island, Japan
ATTLEBOROUGH -- Dunkirk, France
AUBURN -- Gurinati, New Britain
AUCTION -- Tagbilaran, P.I.
AUGMENTATION -- Okayama, Japan
AUSTIN -- Hefele Point, New Britain
AUSTIN -- Tulagi, Solomon Islands
AUTHENTIC -- Karenko (Hoirenkau) (Karendo-Gai), Formosa
AUTOCAR -- Casablanda, Corsica
AUTOMAT -- Aomo River, New Britain
AUTOMOBILE -- Nadzab, New Guinea
AUTONOMOUS -- Gander Bay, Newfoundland
AUTONYM -- Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, Africa
AVALANCHE -- Amphibious assault against Naples (Salerno landings) (September 1943)
AVARICE -- Sitka, Alaska
AVOCADO -- Lyons Point, Florida-Tulagi Group, Solomon Islands
AVONMORE -- Calais, France
AWKWARD -- Cape Masas, New Britain
AZALEA -- Cape Torokina, Torokina [Bougainville], Solomon Islands
AZTEC -- Norfolk Island, Pacific Ocean
--B--
BABACOOTE -- Eniwetok Island, Marshall Islands
BABYDOLL -- Dagi River, New Britain
BACCHUS -- Crown Island, New Guinea
BACHELOR -- Mt. Reamur, Bismarck Archipelago
BACKBITER -- Midway Island
BACKFALL -- Konn, New Guinea
BACKGROUND -- Amur River, U.S.S.R.
BACKHANDER -- Cape Gloucester, New Britain
BACKSHEESH -- Kerama Retto, Nansei Shoto Islands, Japan
BADMINTON -- Kassia, New Britain
BAGASSE -- Garua Harbor, New Britain
BAGGY -- Ceram, N.E.I.
BAGWORN -- Masibang, New Guinea
BAIZE -- Wiwai, New Guinea
BAKER ROGER -- Plan for interception and sinking of 3 enemy blockade runners by American Task Groups in conjunction with air patrols from Natal and Ascension Island (January 1944)
BALANCE -- Almirante, Paname
BALCONY -- Turbo, Columbia [Colombia]
BALDHEAD -- Masibang, New Guinea
BADLNESS -- Gura, Eritrea
BALDPLATE -- Grand Cayman Island, B.W.I.
BALEFUL -- Cartagena, Columbia [Colombia]
BALIWICK -- Kogil River, New Britain
BALLCOCK -- Yaimas, New Guinea
BALLINTOY -- Siracusa, Sicily
BALLIOL -- Sub-port of embarkation, Excursion Inlet, Alaska
BALMY -- Old Providence Island, Caribbean Sea
BALSA -- Midway Island
BALSAM -- LCT landing inside Onorisi Pass, New Georgia-Munda Area, Solomon Islands
BALTIMORE -- Ilia River, New Guinea
BALUSTRADE -- Sililaling, New Guinea
BALUT -- Cape San Jacques, French Indo China
BAMBI -- Negros Island, P.I.
BAMBOO -- Operations against Hastings Harbor, Victoria Point Area, Burma
BAMBOOZLE -- Sibog, New Guinea
BANANA -- Doke Doke, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
BANDAGE -- Negros Island, P.I.
BANDBOX -- Casablanca, French Morocco
BANDYCOOT -- Sindama, New Guinea
BANJO -- Gozo Island, Mediterranean Sea
BANKNIGHT -- Arimegi Plantation, New Britain
BANKNOTE -- The Rhine River crossing (24 March 1945)
BANKRATE -- Marshall Islands Campaign
BANNERET -- St. Croix, Virgin Islands
BANNISTER -- Eten Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
BANQUET -- Macclesfield Bank, South China Sea
BANTAM -- Arawe Harbor, New Britain
BANYAN -- Leru Island, Florida Group, Solomon Islands
BANZAI -- Cebu, P.I.
BAPTISM -- Air reconnaissance from North Russia apparently for German BB Tirpitz (May-June 1944)
BARBERRY -- Nasubata Channel, Palawan Island, P.I.
BARFLY -- Moljo, India
BARGAIN -- Kabib, New Britain
BARLEY -- Lua Point, Treasury Island
BARLEYCORN -- Capetown, Union of South Africa
BARNEY -- Groups of U.S. submarines to penetrate the minefields in the Tsushima Strait, Japan Sea, and carry out a 3 weeks offensive patrol against the enemy shipping (27 May-30 June 1945)
BARNYARD -- Rooke Island, Bismarck Archipelago
BARRACUDA -- Undaga Island, Bismarck Archipelago
BARRAGE -- Combined sea and air operation to intercept Japanese submarines carrying important officials from Germany to Singapore (11-13 November 1943) (G.B.)
BARRISTER -- Operation for capture of Dakar, Africa
BASE "1" -- U.S. Naval Base, Londonderry, Ireland
BASE "2" -- U.S. Naval Base, Gore Loch, Scotland
BASE "A" -- U.S. Naval Base, Laugh Erne, Ireland
BASE "B" -- U.S. Naval Base, Loch Ryan, Scotland
BASALT -- Malangas, Mindanao, P.I.
BASEBALL or BB -- England to Russia air shuttle
BASHFUL -- Moscow, U.S.S.R.
BASTILLE -- Wu Hsii Island, Formosa Strait
BASTION -- Mt. Kabat, Solomon Sea
BATCH -- Foochow, China
BATHTUB -- First U.S. Naval Training Base, British Isles
BATTERUP -- Seward, Alaska
BATTERY -- Jitsugetsutan, Formosa
BATTING -- Port Sudan, Sudan
BAWBEE -- Yakutsk, Sibera
BAYTOWN -- First assault on mainland of Italy by 8th Army, ferried from West Sicilian ports to landing beaches north of Reggio (3 September 1943) (G.B.)
BEADLE -- Thule, Greenland
BEADSMAN -- Samarai, New Guinea
BEARCAT -- Flores Strait, N.E.I.
BEARSKIN -- Release of certain information to Tito to coordinate peak of Partisan activity
BEAST -- Dungun, Malaya
BECKY -- Awio, New Britain
BEDFORD -- Kembul, New Britain
BEDMAKER -- U.S.S.R.
BEDPOST -- Pulap Island, Caroline Islands
BEDROCK -- Nusam Island, Solomon Sea
BEDSACK -- Koma Creek, New Guinea
BEDSIDE -- La Perouse Strait, Santa Cruz Islands
BEECHNUT -- U.S. First Military District
BEEFSTEAK -- Emirau Island, Admiralty Islands
BEEMAN -- Makari, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
BEERHOUSE -- Jenkins Bay, Sideia Island
BEESWING -- Keflavik, Iceland
BEETHOVEN -- Richtofen Bay, New Britain
BEFRIEND -- Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands
BEGONIA -- Siota, Florida-Tulagi Group, Solomon Islaznds
BEGRUDGE -- Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands
BEGUILE -- Operations against Hokkaido, Japan
BEHEAD -- Seydisfjorjur, Iceland
BELABOR -- Cape Croisilles, New Guinea
BELLOWS -- Babuyan Channel, P.I.
BELLTENT -- Ladd Field, Alaska
BELMONT -- 1st Marine Raiders
BELSHAZZER -- Sumatra, N.E.I.
BENEFICE -- Anatahan Island, Marianas Islands
BENEFIT -- Man Le, Burma
BENEVOLENT -- Milne Bay, New Guinea
BEQUEST -- Yap Island, Caroline Islands
BERLIN -- Awab Point, New Britain
BERRY -- Wake Island (canceled)
BESTRIDE -- Faisi, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
BETA -- South Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands
BETHESDA -- Luxor, Egypt
BETTY -- Porlock Harbor, New Guinea
BEULAH -- Mairi Creek, New Guinea
BEVY -- Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands
BEWILDER -- Annenberg, New Guinea
BEWITCH -- Hollandia, New Guinea
BIAS -- Nteni, New Britain
BIBLICAL -- Kolomi, New Britain
BICARBONATE -- Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, Bismarck Archipelago
BICYCLE -- Pambukan Sur, Samar, P.I.
BIDDIE -- Bongomol, New Britain
BIGCLUB -- Khartoum, Sudan
BIGELOW -- Igashik, Alaska
BIGHEART -- Pointe Noire, French Africa
BIGHUSKY -- American Mission, Fortaleza, Brazil
BIGTOP -- Accra, Gold Coast, Africa
BIGWIG -- Luya, New Guinea
BILGE -- Mission Pier, Trobriand Island, New Guinea
BILIOUS -- Central Pacific
BILLFISH -- Mave (Rahe) River, New Guinea
BILLSTICKING -- Huon Peninsula, New Guinea
BILLYCAN -- Alexandria, Egypt
BINDWEED -- Boeroe Island, N.E.I.
BINGHAM -- Sorrento, Italy
BINGO -- Nome, Alaska
BINOCULAR -- Lae, New Guinea (canceled)
BIOCELATE -- Yakot, New Guinea
BIPED -- Ivigtut, Greenland
BIPED -- The British
BIRCH -- Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean
BIRCH -- Doma Cove, Solomon Islands
BIRTHDAY -- Trobriand Island, New Guinea
BISHOP -- Covering operation for DRACULA (27 April-6 May 1945) (G.B.)
BISHOP -- Mappi River, New Guinea
BISON -- Kumbum Village, New Guinea
BITING -- Combined operation for capture of prisoners and equipment from the enemy Radio Direction Finder Station at Bruneval, France (27-28 February 1942) (G.B.)
BIVALVE -- Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, Africa
BLACKBERRY -- Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
BLACKBOY -- Segi Village, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands
BLACKLIST -- Operations of Commander-in-Chief, Air Forces, Pacific, to occupy Japanese held territory after the surrender
BLACKSMITH -- Wewak Airdrome, New Guinea
BLACKSTONE -- Safi, French Morocco, Africa
BLANCMANGE -- Safi, French Morocco, Africa
BLAZEUP -- Davao, P.I.
BLEACHER -- Tongatabu, Tonga Islands
BLENNY -- Yembokau, New Guinea
BLISSFUL -- Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands
BLONDIE -- Sand Island, New Guinea
BLOODSUCKER -- Roumania [Romania]
BLOSSOM -- Madu Island, Flores Sea, N.E.I.
BLUEBEARD -- Lama, Ceram, N.E.I.
BLUEBELL -- Kaylan Point, Florida - Tulagi Group, Solomon Islands
BLUEBERRY -- Daly Rock, Treasury Island
BLUEGRASS -- Hate Tabako Airdrome, Halmahera Island, N.E.I.
BLUFF -- Iran
BLUIE -- Greenland (canceled)
BLUNDERBUSS -- Japan Sea
BOARSHEAD -- Sourabaya, Java, N.E.I.
BOBCAT -- Bora Bora Island, Society Islands
BODKIN -- Sondrestromfjord, Greenland
BOGGY -- Port Sufaga, Egypt
BOILINGPOINT -- Vitiaz Strait, New Guinea
BOISTEROUS -- Operations for the capture of Malaya
BOLERO -- Operation of transferring American armed forces from the United States to the United Kingdom
BOMBARDON -- Cruciform steel silos (part of MULBERRY)
BONUS -- Tui Island, Bismarck Archipelago
BOODLE -- Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands
BOODLE -- Seuri, New Guinea
BOOKIE -- Fort Chimo, Province of Quebec, Canada
BOOKWORM -- Dilli, Timor, N.E.I.
BORAX -- Military Attach?, Haiti, West Indies
BOREALIS -- Alaskan-Siberian Air Ferry Project
BOTANICAL -- Kawasaki, Kaga' Hara
BOTANY -- Rome, Italy
BOTTLE -- Yulinkan, French Indo China
BOULDER -- Saidia, Algeria
BOURGEOIS -- Reykjavik, Iceland
BOWERY -- Aircraft for Malta from U.S.S. Wasp and H.M.S. Eagle (8-15 May 1942)
BOWLER -- Dar Es Salaam, Tanganykia, Africa
BOWSTRING -- Petropavlovsk, U.S.S.R.
BOXCAR -- Belem, Brazil
BOXCAR -- Moemi Airdrome, New Guinea
BOXCLOTH -- Apamama, Gilbert Islands
BOXER -- Tawi Tawi Bay, P.I.
BOXWOOD -- Norupena Point, Torokina Island, Solomon Islands
BOYLE -- Capua, Italy
BRACKER -- Fotuna Point, Treasury Island
BRANCHPIPE -- Menado, Celebes, N.E.I.
BRANGLE -- Singor, New Guinea
BRASENOSE -- Haiti, West Indies
BRASS -- Alesani, Corsica
BRASSARD -- Amphibious operation launched from Corsica with the object of capturing Elbe in Mediterranean (17 June 1944)
BRASSHAT -- Amphibious Training Group, Southwest Pacific
BRASSIERE -- Ulamaingi, New Britain
BRAVES -- Perth, Australia
BRAWN -- Operation to deliver a second heavy air strike on the German BB Tirpitz in Altenfiord and incapacitate her for the rest of the war (19 May 1944) (G.B.)
BRAWNY -- Port Say, Algeria
BREACH -- Denial to enemy of Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland, and reception base; destruction of shipping and harbor facilities and minelaying of approaches (2 February 1941) (G.B.)
BREAKDOWN -- Markham River Valley, New Guinea
BREAKFAST -- Arafura Sea, Australia
BRED -- Missana Island, Celebes, N.E.I.
BRETHREN -- Trinidad, B.W.I.
BREWER -- Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
BRICABRAC -- Ndeni Island, Santa Cruz Islands
BRICKLAYER -- Removal of General Kreipe and party from Crete (14 May 1944)
BRIDE -- Western Entrance to Gulf Bone, Celebes, N.E.I.
BRIDESMAID -- Greece
BRIAR -- Laiana Beach, New Georgia-Munda Area, Solomon Islands
BRIGANTINE -- Borneo, N.E.I.
BRIMSTONE -- Operations for capture of Sardinia
BRINDLE -- Kra Peninsula, Thailand
BROADBEAN -- Dry Sand Cove, Florida-Tulagi Group, Solomon Islands
BROADJUMP -- Africa
BROADSWORD -- Operations for the liberation of Malaya and to open the Straits of Malacca
BROCADE -- Puluwat Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
BROCCOLI -- Olson's Landing, New Georgia-Munda Area, Solomon Islands
BROCKTON -- Aghione, Corsica
BRONCHITIS -- Kahili Airfield, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
BRONX -- Sindangan, P.I.
BRONZE -- Alaska
BROOKFIELD -- Gizarum, New Britain
BROOM -- Subsidiary HUSKY
BROOMSTICK -- Nankina River, New Guinea
BROOMSTICK -- Operation to counter an enemy breakout, either through the English Channel or through the Northern Passage, with the object of attacks on shipping (March 1945)
BROTHER -- Naha, Okinawa Jima, Nansei Shoto Islands, Japan
BROWN -- British Guiana, South America
BRUSH -- Palmyra Island, Line Islands
BRUSHWOOD -- Fedala, French Morocco
BUCCANEER -- Operation against Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal (21 June-15 November 1943)
BUCHAN -- Geographical location in connection with ARGONAUT
BUDDY -- Mt. Lambe, Solomon Islands
BUFFALO -- Attack by 6th Corps to establish base north of Cisterina, west coast of Italy (23 May-4 June 1944) (G.B.)
BUFFALO -- Wough Bay, Tetipari, Solomon Islands
BUICK -- Ablingi, New Britain
BUICK -- Nura Island, Solomon Islands
BULKHEAD -- Hai K'au (Kaiko), Formosa
BULLFROG -- Amphibious operations for capture of Akyab, Burma (21 June-15 November 1943)
BULLION -- Ile Rousse, Sardinia
BULLY -- Marshall Islands
BULRUSH -- Amoy Island, Amoy, China
BUMBLEPUPPY -- Map Island, Yap, Caroline Islands
BUMBOAT -- Kajartalik, Greenland
BUMPER -- Pre D-day Exercise
BUMPKIN -- Apamama, Gilbert Islands
BUNCHBERRY -- Omura, Japan
BUNDLE -- Na-Pi River, Formosa
BUNGALOW -- Projected Navy capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, Caribbean Sea
BUNKER -- Establishment of allied officers at German Naval Headquarters at Trento and Trieste, Italy, on surrender (30 April-1 June 1945)
BUNKHOUSE -- Ryukyu Islands, Japan
BUNKUM -- Reconnaissance on the beaches of Sumatra by a naval party (23-24 April 1944) (G.B.)
BURLESQUE -- Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
BURNISHED -- Dilli, Timor, N.E.I.
BURNSALL -- Special force operation mounted by Headquarters, Allied Armies in Italy
BUSTLE -- Djilolo Passage, Halmahera Island, N.E.I.
BUSYBODY -- Winguru, New Britain
BUTCHER -- Oued Bou Reg, French Morocco
BUTTERBALLS -- "Attack at night expected"
BUTTERCUP -- Woleai, Caroline Islands
BUTTERFLY -- South China Sea
BUTTON -- Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides Islands
BUTTRESS -- Operations against Reggio-Sangiovanni Area, Italy
BUZZARD -- Arot, New Britain
BUZZER -- Operations for the capture of Wake Island
BYPRODUCT -- Trobriand Island (Kiriwina)
BYRON -- Unea Island, Bismarck Archipelago
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CABARET -- Saui Point, New Guinea
CABBAGE -- Pagadian, Mindanao, P.I.
CABOOSE -- Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
CABRANK -- Abadan, Iran
CACAPON -- Aisalmpiua, New Britain
CACTUS -- Guadalcanal-Tulagi, Solomon Islands
CADAVEROUS -- Middle East
CADDIE -- Milli Atoll, Marshall Islands
CADILLAC -- Malai, Island, Solomon Sea
CAFTAN -- Helmholtz Point, New Guinea
CAIRN -- Raprap Creek, New Guinea
CALEFACTION -- Fefan Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
CALENDER -- Aircraft for Malta from U.S.S. Wasp (20 April 1942)
CALLOUS -- Townsville, Australia
CALLOWAY -- Cape Ngogo, New Britain
CALUMET -- Vambu Island, Bismarck Archipelago
CAMEL -- Mankode Island, New Guinea
CAMEL -- Naso Point, Panay Island, P.I.
CAMELIA -- Tellosson Cove, Florida-Tulagi Group, Solomon Islands
CAMEO -- Good Passage, New Britain-Solomon Islands
CAMORRA -- Abadan, Iran
CAMOUFLAGE -- Namur Island, Gilbert Islands
CAMROSE -- Serragio, Corsica
CANARY -- Port Lamon, Mindanao, P.I.
CANCAN -- Moewe Harbor, New Britain
CANCER -- Kieta, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
CANINE -- Torgilsbu, Greenland
CANITE -- Commodore Bay, New Britain
CANTALOUPE -- Accra, Gold Coast, Africa
CANTLE -- Wab, New Guinea
CANTONMENT -- Kulanghsu Island, Amoy, China
CANVAS -- Occupation of ports of Kismayu and Matadishu, Italian Somaliland (25 February 1941) (G.B.)
CAPACIOUS -- Bangkok, Thailand
CAPILLARY -- Ocean Island
CAPITAL -- Plan outlined for operations in North Burma
CAPON -- Cape Calavite, Mindoro, P.I.
CAPSTAN -- Guasopa Plantation, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
CAPUCHIN -- Argentina
CARAMEL -- Port Moresby, New Guinea
CARAWAY -- Tentative ope
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