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CANNED GOODS; GERMANY; 31 AUG 1939
  The bodies of convicted criminals used by Germany to fake an
attack of Germany (HIMMLER) by Poland used as justification for
German invasion 1 Sep 1939, beginning WWII.

CAP BADGE; UNITED KINGDOM; 5 MAY 1964
  Code name for a British operation in the Radfan region of
Yemen against Radfan tribesmen during the Aden crisis. 

CAPITAL; WESTERN ALLIED; 15 OCT 1944
  Offensive across the Chidwin river, Burma, to clear N. Burma
and reopen the supply route to China during WWII.  EXTENDED
CAPITAL also included Meiktila.

CARBONADO; WESTERN ALLIED; C SUMMER 1945
  Revision of BETA offensive towards Canton and Hong Kong
during WWII.

CARPETBAGGER; WESTERN ALLIED; 4 JANSEP 1944
  Code name for air drops in support of partisan operations in
occupied Europe in WWII.

CARTWHEEL; UNITED STATES; 1 NOV 19436 MAR 44
  Code name for the amphibious attack on Bougainville,
Solomons Is, by I Marine Amphibious Corps.  Part of offensive   '        0*((@@  operations against Rabaul, New Britain during WWII to break the
"Bismarck Barrier" of Japaneseheld islands east of New Guinea.

CASTOR; FRANCE; 20 NOV 1953
  Code name for an airground operation in northwestern
Vietnam for interdicting supply and infiltration routes from
Laos, leading to the building of the camp at Dien Bien Phu during
the French Indochina War.

CATAPULT; UNITED KINGDOM; 3 JUL 1940
  Code name for the operation destroying the French Fleet at
Mers ElKebir, Algeria and other N African ports by the British
Royal Navy during WWII to prevent its use by Germany.

CATCHPOLE; UNITED STATES; 17 FEB 1944
  Code name for the amphibious invasion of the Eniwetok and
Ujelang atolls, Marshall Is. C. Pacific by US forces during WWII,
after the FLINTLOCK landings on Kwajalein.

CEDAR FALLS; UNITED STATES; 826 JAN 1967
  Code name for a ground operation in the Iron Triangle area
north of Saigon, S Vietnam during the Vietnam War.  This
operation resulted in much of the PAVN's support activity and
logistic storage being moved to Cambodia.

CEREBERUS; GERMANY; 1113 FEB 1942   '         0*((@@  Ԍ  Code name for the transfer of the German battlecruisers
Scharnhorst and Gneisnenau and the light cruiser Prinz Eugen from
St Nazaire, France to Wilhelmshaven, Germany through the English
Channel during WWII.  Also sometimes called the "Channel Dash". 

CHAMPION; WESTERN ALLIED; 7 NOV 1943  NOV 44
  Code name for Allied offensive operations in Burma during
WWII.

CHARNWOOD; UNITED KINGDOM; 818 JUL 1944
  Code name for a ground offensive towards Caen, France,
securing the city west of the Orne river.  Preceded by the EPSOM
movement and followed by the GOODWOOD offensive, this was in
preparation for the COBRA offensive during WWII. 

CHASTISE; UNITED KINGDOM; 16 MAY 1943
  Code name for a RAF attack on the German Moehne, Eder and
Scorp dams during WWII using special UPKEEP bombs.

CHATTANOOGA CHOOCHOO; WESTERN ALLIED; C 194445
  Code name for airstrikes on rail and railrelated targets in
France and Germany in WWII.

CHERRYBLOSSOM; UNITED STATES; 1 NOV 1943
  Code name for the amphibious invasion by the US 3rd Marine
Div of the island of Bougainville in the Solomons Is group during   '        0*((@@  WWII.

CHIEU HOI; S VIETNAM; 196373
  Literally "open arms", Vietnamese.  Program providing
clemency and financial aid to surrendering Viet Cong guerrillas
during the Vietnam War.  Though large numbers of "returnees" were
attracted, its real effectiveness is open to question.

CHOWRINGHEE; WESTERN ALLIED; C MAY 1944
  Code name for a British forward base in Burma during WWII.

CHROMITE; UNITED STATES; 15 SEP 1950
  Code name for the amphibious landing of two US divisions at
the S Korean port of In'chon during the Korean War.  This
invasion, the last largescale amphibious invasion, changed the
entire course of the Korean War.

CHURCHMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; 28 JUN26 JUL 1952
  Code name for ground operations against communist terrorists
in the Kuala Lugat Forest during the Malay Emergency.

CIGAR; WESTERN ALLIED; C 194045
  Code name for Allied jamming of German communications
traffic during WWII.

CIGARETTE; WESTERN ALLIED; C 194045   '         0*((@@  Ԍ  Code name for Allied jamming of German bomber communications
during WWII.

CIRCUS; UNITED KINGDOM; JUNSEP 1941
  Code name for RAF fighter sweeps intended to draw German
aircraft into action with superior numbers of Spitfires during
WWII.  Though intended to atritt the Luftwaffe and pin them down
to the Pas de Calais area, it was generally unsuccessful.

CITADEL; GERMANY; JUL 1943
  See ZITADELE  

CLARET; UNITED KINGDOM; C 1964
  Code name for a series of long range reconnaissance raids
into the Kalimantan region of Borneo during the Malay Emergency.

CLARION; WESTERN ALLIED; 2223 FEB 1945
  Code name for Allied air attacks on communications and
transportation targets in C. Germany during WWII.

CLAYMORE; UNITED KINGDOM; C MAR 1941
  Code name for a commando raid on the Lofoten Is off the
northern Norwegian coast during WWII.

CLEANSLATE; UNITED STATES; 21 FEB 1943
  Code name for the amphibious invasion of Russell I. in the   '         0*((@@  Solomons Is group by US Marines during WWII. 

CLIPPER; UNITED STATES; 18 NOV 1944
  Code name for a ground offensive aimed at Gelenkirchen,
Germany during WWII.

COBRA; UNITED STATES; 2531 JUL 1944
  Code name for the US Third Army ground offensive breakout
from the Normandy beachhead through Avaranches, France, after the
OVERLORD landings during WWII, after the CHARNWOOD offensive.

COCKADE; WESTERN ALLIED; C 1943
  Code name for a part of the JAEL operations, intended to
deceive Germans into believing an invasion of France would take
place in 1943.

COLLAR; WESTERN ALLIED; C NOV 1940
  Code name for a resupply and reinforcement convoy from
Gibraltar to Malta and Alexandria, Egypt during WWII.

COMBAT SKY SPOT; UNITED STATES 
  Code name for a radarcontrolled air attack program used
extensively during the Vietnam War and probably again during the
DESERT STORM offensive in the Persian Gulf.

COMPASS; UNITED KINGDOM; DEC 1940   '         0*((@@  Ԍ  Code name for a ground counteroffensive in Egypt against
Italian forces during WWII.

CORKSCREW; UNITED STATES; 611 JUN 1943
  Code name for the amphibious invasion of the islands of
Pantellria and Lampedusa in the central Mediterranean during
WWII.  The islands were occupied without resistance after a heavy
bombardment.

CORONET; UNITED STATES; C SEP 1944
  Code name for the plans for the invasion of the Japanese
home island of Honshu, scheduled for JanMar 1946, after the
OLYMPIC landings in WWII.  Like OLYMPIC, these plans were
preempted by the Japanese surrender in August 1945.

CORPORATE; UNITED KINGDOM; 5 APR15 JUN 1982
  Code name for the air, land and naval operations to
recapture the Falkland Is in the S Atlantic from Argentina, who
occupied the group 3 Apr 1982.  The operation was a resounding,
though expensive, success.

COTTAGE; WESTERN ALLIED; 15 AUG 1943
  Code name for the US/Canadian amphibious invasion of the
Japaneseheld island of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands during
WWII.
   '         0*((@@  ԌCOTTBUS; GERMANY; 325 JUN 1943
  Code name for a counterpartisan offensive operation in the
PolotskBorisovLepel region, Belorussia, USSR during WWII.

CROMWELL; UNITED KINGDOM; 7 SEP 1940
  Codeword to be given in the event of the execution of the
German SEELOWE invasion of Britain in WWII.

CROSSBOW; WESTERN ALLIED; 5 DEC 1943SPRING 44
  Code name for Air raids on German Vweapons sites in N.
Europe during WWII.  The DIVER air offensive and protective
measures were a subset of this offensive.

CRUSADER; UNITED KINGDOM; 18 NOV 19416 JAN 1942
  Code name for a ground offensive against German and Italian
forces in Western Desert to relieve the garrison at Tobruk during
WWII.

CUDGEL; WESTERN ALLIED; 7 JAN 1944
  Code name for a canceled plan for the invasion of Burma
during WWII.

CULVERIN; WESTERN ALLIED; 23 APR 1944
  Code name for canceled plans for the invasion of Sumatra
during WWII.
