| ALPHA |
Beach in DRAGOON Operation; landings in the vicinity of Toulon and Marseille |
| ANVIL |
Plan for the Allied invasion of southern France, finally executed as Operation DRAGOON in August
1944 |
| BOLERO |
The build-up of U.S. troops and supplies in the United Kingdom in preparation for the cross-Channel
invasion |
| CAMEL |
Beach in DRAGOON Operation; landings in the vicinity of Toulon and Marseille |
| DELTA |
Beach in DRAGOON Operation; landings in the vicinity of Toulon and Marseille |
| DRAGOON |
See ANVIL |
| GRENADE |
Ninth Army supporting attack for Operation VERITABLE |
| MARKET-GARDEN |
Airborne operation intended to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands, September
1944. Operation MARKET involved seizure of bridges in the Nijmegen-Arnhem area, and Operation GARDEN was to open a
corridor from Eindhoven northward toward Germany. |
| MULBERRIES |
The artificial harbors constructed off the Normandy beaches |
| NEPTUNE |
Code word for the cross-Channel operation, naming the specific assault area and target date, and for
which a special security procedure known as BIGOT was developed |
| OVERLORD |
Code word which came to be applied to the general concept of a cross-Channel invasion in 1944 |
| PHOENIXES |
Concrete caissons towed across the English Channel and sunk to form the main breakwaters for the
artificial harbors |
| RHUMBA |
Plan for reversing BOLERO and transferring U.S. forces, supplies, and logistic structure from the
United Kingdom to the Continent |
| TOMBOLA |
A flexible 6-inch underwater pipeline designed to discharge POL tankers anchored offshore at Ste.
Honorine-des-Pertes |
| UNDERTONE |
Seventh Army operation to breach West Wall and establish bridgehead over Rhine in Worms area,
March-April 1945 |
| VERITABLE |
21 Army Group plan for a Canadian attack between the Maas and the Rhine, January-February 1945 |
| WHALE |
Flexible steel roadway, made of bridge spans and resting on pontons, forming the piers for the
artificial harbors |