U.S. Navy Code Words of World War II

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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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