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FORTITUDE
Cover and deception plan for OVERLORD, 1944
G-l
Personnel section of divisional or higher staff
G-2
Intelligence section
G-3
Operations and training section
G-4
Logistics section
G-5
Civil affairs section
GIANT II
Plan to drop 82d Airborne Division near Rome, 1943
GOODWOOD
Offensive across the Orne River south of Caen, by 21st Army Group, 1944
GRENADE
Ninth Army supporting attack for VERITABLE, 1945
GYMNAST
Proposed invasion of French North Africa, 1942
HUSKY
Invasion of Sicily, 1943
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
KINGPIN
Code name for Henri Giraud
LCA
Landing craft, assault
LCI
Landing craft, infantry
LCI (L)
Landing craft, infantry (large)
LCT
Landing craft, tank
LSD
Landing ship, dock
LSI
Landing ship, infantry
LST
Landing ship, tank
LUMBERJACK
Offensive to close the Rhine north of the Moselle, 1945
MARKET-GARDEN
Airborne operation in Nijmegen-Arnhem area, with a ground operation to open a corridor from Eindhoven northward
MTO
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
MULBERRY
Artificial harbor off Normandy
NATO
North African Theater of Operations
NEI
Netherlands East Indies
OPD
Operations Division, War Department General Staff
OVERLORD
Invasion of France at Normandy, 1944
PLUNDER
21st Army Group crossing of the Rhine, 1945
POINTBLANK
Combined strategic bombing assault on Germany
QUADRANT
CCS meeting, Quebec, 1943
ROUNDUP
Proposed 1943 invasion of France
SCAEF
Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force
SGS
Secretary General Staff
SHAEF
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
SHINGLE
Invasion of Italy at Anzio, 1944
SITREPS
Situation reports
SLEDGEHAMMER
Proposed suicide invasion of France, 1942
SOS
Services of Supply
TIDALWAVE
Air attack at oil refineries at Ploesti, Rumania, 1943
TRIDENT
CCS meeting, Washington, 1943
TORCH
Invasion of North Africa, 1942
UNDERTONE
6th Army Group offensive to breach West Wall and cross the Rhine, 1945
V-l
Flying bombs; pilotless aircraft
V-2
Supersonic rocket
VERITABLE
Canadian First Army attack between the Maas and the Rhine, 1945
WPD
War Plans Division, War Department General Staff
ALSO BY S TEPHEN E. A MBROSE
CRAZY HORSE AND CUSTER
The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 U.S. Army soldiers rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting to battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both had become leaders in their societies at very early ages; both had been stripped of power, and in disgrace had worked to earn back the respect of their people. And to both of them, the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge. Their parallel lives would pave the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie.
American Studies/History
ALSO AVAILABLE
Ike’s Spies
, Biography/History
ANCHOR BOOKS
Available wherever books are sold.
www.randomhouse.com
FORTITUDE
Cover and deception plan for OVERLORD, 1944
G-l
Personnel section of divisional or higher staff
G-2
Intelligence section
G-3
Operations and training section
G-4
Logistics section
G-5
Civil affairs section
GIANT II
Plan to drop 82d Airborne Division near Rome, 1943
GOODWOOD
Offensive across the Orne River south of Caen, by 21st Army Group, 1944
GRENADE
Ninth Army supporting attack for VERITABLE, 1945
GYMNAST
Proposed invasion of French North Africa, 1942
HUSKY
Invasion of Sicily, 1943
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
KINGPIN
Code name for Henri Giraud
LCA
Landing craft, assault
LCI
Landing craft, infantry
LCI (L)
Landing craft, infantry (large)
LCT
Landing craft, tank
LSD
Landing ship, dock
LSI
Landing ship, infantry
LST
Landing ship, tank
LUMBERJACK
Offensive to close the Rhine north of the Moselle, 1945
MARKET-GARDEN
Airborne operation in Nijmegen-Arnhem area, with a ground operation to open a corridor from Eindhoven northward
MTO
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
MULBERRY
Artificial harbor off Normandy
NATO
North African Theater of Operations
NEI
Netherlands East Indies
OPD
Operations Division, War Department General Staff
OVERLORD
Invasion of France at Normandy, 1944
PLUNDER
21st Army Group crossing of the Rhine, 1945
POINTBLANK
Combined strategic bombing assault on Germany
QUADRANT
CCS meeting, Quebec, 1943
ROUNDUP
Proposed 1943 invasion of France
SCAEF
Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force
SGS
Secretary General Staff
SHAEF
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
SHINGLE
Invasion of Italy at Anzio, 1944
SITREPS
Situation reports
SLEDGEHAMMER
Proposed suicide invasion of France, 1942
SOS
Services of Supply
TIDALWAVE
Air attack at oil refineries at Ploesti, Rumania, 1943
TRIDENT
CCS meeting, Washington, 1943
TORCH
Invasion of North Africa, 1942
UNDERTONE
6th Army Group offensive to breach West Wall and cross the Rhine, 1945
V-l
Flying bombs; pilotless aircraft
V-2
Supersonic rocket
VERITABLE
Canadian First Army attack between the Maas and the Rhine, 1945
WPD
War Plans Division, War Department General Staff
ALSO BY S TEPHEN E. A MBROSE
CRAZY HORSE AND CUSTER
The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 U.S. Army soldiers rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting to battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both had become leaders in their societies at very early ages; both had been stripped of power, and in disgrace had worked to earn back the respect of their people. And to both of them, the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge. Their parallel lives would pave the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie.
American Studies/History
ALSO AVAILABLE
Ike’s Spies
, Biography/History
ANCHOR BOOKS
Available wherever books are sold.
www.randomhouse.com
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