WWII Military Operations and Secret Missions Flashcards
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The Allied evacuation of Narvik, Norway, in June 1940.
Cleanslate
The U.S. occupation of the Russell Islands in February 1943.
Dracula
An airborne and amphibious assault to capture Rangoon, Burma, in 1945.
Gunnerside
A famous Norwegian commando raid to sabotage a heavy water plant.
Iceberg
The massive invasion of Okinawa in April 1945.
Olympic
The planned (but never executed) invasion of the Japanese home island of Kyushu.
Overlord
The massive Allied invasion of Normandy, beginning with D-Day.
Pluto
"Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean," a project to pump fuel from Britain to France.
Sunrise
Secret negotiations between Allied and German officials to end the war in Italy.
Vengeance
The 1943 American mission to intercept and shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
Vulcan
The final Allied ground offensive to trap and defeat Axis forces in Tunisia.
Flintlock
The U.S. invasion of the Marshall Islands in early 1944.
Hawkeye
A planned but canceled 1944 airborne operation in Southeast Asia.
Jericho
A precise low-level British bombing raid on Amiens Prison to free French resistance.
Lightfoot
The first phase of the Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt.
Slapstick
The British airborne landing at the Italian port of Taranto in 1943.
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The Allied evacuation of Narvik, Norway, in June 1940.
Cobra
The American breakout from the Normandy hedgerows in July 1944.
Devon
A British commando raid on Termoli, Italy, in October 1943.
Gunnerside
A famous Norwegian commando raid to sabotage a heavy water plant.
Hydra
A heavy British air raid on the German V-weapon research center at Peenemünde.
Roundup
An early 1942/1943 plan for the invasion of Europe, later superseded by Overlord.
Sunrise
Secret negotiations between Allied and German officials to end the war in Italy.
Vengeance
The 1943 American mission to intercept and shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
Cleanslate
The U.S. occupation of the Russell Islands in February 1943.
Dracula
An airborne and amphibious assault to capture Rangoon, Burma, in 1945.
Flintlock
The U.S. invasion of the Marshall Islands in early 1944.
Hawkeye
A planned but canceled 1944 airborne operation in Southeast Asia.
Iceberg
the massive invasion of Okinawa in April 1945.
Jericho
A precise low-level British bombing raid on Amiens Prison to free French resistance.
Lightfoot
The first phase of the Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt.
Olympic
The planned (but never executed) invasion of the Japanese home island of Kyushu.
Overlord
The massive Allied invasion of Normandy, beginning with D-Day.
Pluto
"Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean," a project to pump fuel from Britain to France.
Slapstick
The British airborne landing at the Italian port of Taranto in 1943.
Vulcan
The final Allied ground offensive to trap and defeat Axis forces in Tunisia.
dwight eisenhower
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany
douglas macarthur
American general, who commanded allied troops in the Pacific during World War II.
navajo code talkers
Native Americans from the Navajo tribe used their own language to make a code for the U.S. military that the Japanese could not desipher
manhattan project
A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
use of propaganda in wwii
Propaganda during WWII was used by all major powers to mobilize public support for the war effort, demonize enemies, and promote nationalism and morale.