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BABY LIFT; UNITED STATES; Apr 1975
  Code name for the US evacuation of infants from Saigon, S
Vietnam after the Vietnam War.

BABYLON; ISRAEL; 21 Jun 1981
  Code name for the Israeli air attack on the Iraqi nuclear
reactor at Baghdad, destroying the nuclear weapons fuel producing
facility beneath it.

BADR; SYRIA; Oct 1973
  Syrian offensive in Golan Heights area during the Yom Kippur
War of 1973.

BAGRATION, USSR; 2 Jul29 Aug 1944
  Named after 19th Cent. Russian general; offensive against
German Army Group Center during WWII.

BARRACUDA; FRANCE; c 1979
  Airdrop into Central African Empire after the collapse of
the government of Bokassa I.

BARBAROSSA; GERMANY; 22 Jun 19412 Feb 1943
  Literally "Read Beard", German.  German invasion of Soviet
Union during WWII.  Generally ascribed as having ended with the
Surrender of the German troops trapped at Stalingrad.   '        0*((@@  ԌBARREL ROLL; UNITED STATES; c Dec 1963
  Air support for Royal Laotian Army during the Vietnam War.

BATTLEAXE; UNITED KINGDOM; 1 Nov 41
  Offensive operations against German and Italian forces in
Libya during WWII.

BATTLEAXE; UNITED KINGDOM; 1517 Jun 41
  Offensive against German and Italian forces to relieve the
garrison at Tobruk in Libya during WWII.

BAYARD; FRANCE; 3 Oct 1950
  Withdrawal of French forces from the Cao Bang ridge area of
northeast Vietnam during the French Indochina War.

BAYTOWN; UNITED KINGDOM; 3 Sep 1943
  Code name for the amphibious invasion of Calibria, Italy
during WWII, in concert with the AVALANCHE landings at Salerno.

BERNHARD; GERMANY; c 194245
  Code name for a German clandestine operation counterfeiting
Bank of England 5 Pound notes during WWII.  This unusual attempt
at economic warfare was foiled by distribution problems.

BETA; WESTERN ALLIED; C APR 1945
  Early name for RASHNESS and CARBONATO.   '         0*((@@  ԌBETA; WESTERN ALLIED; C 1945
  Plans for opening the nearlydestroyed English Channel ports
in France and the Low Countries during WWII.

BIBENDUM; FRANCE; 6 JUN 1944
  Operations blocking German armored units from moving into
Normandy area during the Allied OVERLORD invasion.

BIRD SONG; GERMANY; 5 JUN 1942
  See VOGELSANG.

BIRKE; GERMANY; C AUG 1944
  Literally "Birch", German.  Plan to evacuate the German
Twentieth Army from Finland and North Russia into Lapland during
WWII.

BIRKHAN; GERMANY; C 1945
  Literally "Black Cock", German.  Evacuation of German troops
from Norway during WWII.

BLACK BUCK I; UNITED KINGDOM; 1 MAY 1982
  Air attack on Argentineoccupied Stanley airfield in the
Falkland Is, during the Falkland Is War, in concert with
CORPORATE.  This remarkable attack was one of the longestranging
in history. 
   '         0*((@@  ԌBLACKCOCK; UNITED KINGDOM; 14 NOV 1944
  Code name for a ground offensive in RoermondVelno area,
Germany during WWII.

BLAU; GERMANY; C 193839
  Literally "blue", German.  Luftwaffe operations against
England before and in the early stages of WWII.

BLAU; GERMANY; SPRING 1941
  Literally "blue", German.  Plans for invasion of Caucasus
region before the BARBAROSSA invasion, never implemented.

BLAU; GERMANY; JUN 1942
  Literally "blue", German.  Offensive of northern wing of
German Army Group South towards Vorozneh, USSR during WWII,
coordinated with the MAUS and SIEGFREID offensives.

BLAUFUCHS; GERMANY; JUNE 1941
  Literally "blue fox", German.  Two operations or stages,
transferring the German XXXVI Infantry Corps to Norway and
Finland from Germany, in preparation for the BARBAROSSA invasion.

BLEU; FRANCE; 6 JUN 1944
  Literally "blue", French.  French resistance operations to
cut off hydroelectric power in the Normandy area in support of
the OVERLORD landings.   '        0*((@@  ԌBLISSFUL; UNITED STATES; 28 OCT  3 NOV 1943
  Amphibious invasion and capture of the island of Choiseul in
the Solomons Is group in WWII.

BLOCKBUSTER; CANADA; 8 FEB10 MAR 1945
  Offensive in Rhineland, Germany during WWII, in concert with
the US GRENADE offensive.

BLUCHER; GERMANY; MAY 1918
  German ground offensive along the Chemin Des Dames Ridge,
France during WWI.  Part of the general German MICHAEL offensive.
BLUME; GERMANY; C 194344
  Literally "flower", German.  Alert technique for imminent
invasion of France during WWII.  Depending on context, the alert
could be for a crossChannel attack or for a Mediterranean
attack.

BLUEBOOK; UNITED STATES; C 19591970
  Code name for a US Air Force program investigating and
correlating sightings of unidentified flying objects.  The
project functioned largely under the aegis of the Office of Air
Intelligence.

BODENPLATTE; GERMANY; 1 JAN 1945
  Literally "base plate", German.  Air attacks on Allied air   '         0*((@@  bases in Belgium and the Netherlands during WWII.

BODYGUARD; WESTERN ALLIED; C 194344
  Deceptive measures to disguise the timing and location of
the OVERLORD landings during WWII.

BOLERO; WESTERN ALLIED; C 194244
  Buildup of troops and material in preparation for the
OVERLORD landings during WWII.

BONDED ITEM; NATO; C 1976 
  US support exercise held in Europe.

BOOMER; AUST; C SEP 1967MAY 1971 
  Precision COMBAT SKY SPOTsupported missions air attacks on
NVA and VC positions in S Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

BRASSARD; WESTERN ALLIED; 17 JUN 1944
  Amphibious invasion of the island of Elba, N Mediterranean
during WWII.

BRAUNSCHWEIG; GERMANY; JUL 1942
  Literally "Brunswick", German.  German Army Group South
offensive towards Stalingrad and the Caucasus, USSR during WWII.

BREVITY; UNITED KINGDOM; 1517 MAY 1941   '         0*((@@  Ԍ  Offensive operations in the Western Desert, Libya to relieve
the fortress garrison at Tobruk during WWII.

BREWER; UNITED STATES; 29 FEB 1944
  Operations on Los Negros I, Admiralties group during WWII.

BRIGHTLIGHT; UNITED STATES; C 196573
  Pilot rescue operations during the Vietnam War and possibly
during DESERT STORM.

BRIGHTSTAR, UNITED STATES 
  Biannual US Central Command field training exercise in SW
Asia.

BRIMFROST; UNITED STATES
  Field training exercise held biannually in Alaska.

BRIMSTONE; WESTERN ALLIED; C 1943
  Canceled plans for invasion of the island of Sardinia during
WWII.

BUCCANEER; WESTERN ALLIED; 5 DEC 1944
  Canceled plans for the invasion of the Adaman Islands during
WWII.

BUFFALO; WESTERN ALLIED; 23 MAY 1944   '         0*((@@  Ԍ  Code name for the Allied breakout from the Anzio, Italy
beachhead during WWII after the SHINGLE landings.

BUFFELBEWEGUNG; GERMANY; C 1943
  Literally "buffalo stampede", German.  Ground operations of
Army Group Center during WWII.

BULLFROG; WESTERN ALLIED; C JAN 1945
  Code name for a projected attack on Akyab, Burma during
WWII.

BUSY BREWER; UNITED STATES; 
  Code name for a program supplying SAC conventional weapons
support to NATO exercises.

BUTTRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; C SEP 1943
  Canceled plans for an amphibious assault in the Gioa
Tauro/Reggio area, Italy during WWII.
