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WW II Code Words

Code Words Used in Allied Correspondence

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Used to mean "top secret" on classified documents; used on Overlord docs. BIGOT
Deception plan which led the enemy to believe the D-Day invasion would be at Pas de Calais. BODYGUARD
June 6, 1944. The date of the assault on Normandy beaches. D-DAY
The machine used by the Nazis in WW II for encoding messages to be transmitted by radio. ENIGMA
A deception plan intended to deceive the enemy as to the target date and the area of assault in Operation Overlord. FORTITUDE
The line of contact between two opposing forces FRONT
Top secret research project begun by US in 1942; the goal was to create an atomic bomb MANHATTAN PROJECT
Code name for the invasion portion of Overlord (the channel crossing, the siege of the beachhead, and the breakout from the beachhead). NEPTUNE
Code name for the portion of Normandy beach assaulted by the US Fifth Corps. OMAHA BEACH
Code name for the invasion of Northwest Europe in the spring of 1944 by the allies. OVERLORD
Where General Eisenhower set up his personal headquarters in London. TELEGRAPH HOUSE
Intelligence derived by the British from decoding and reading German radio communications enciphered in high-level German cipher systems. ULTRA
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