A fun little quiz. How much do you know about operation names?

Some easy ones:

1) Operation Overlord

2) Operation Torch

3) Operation Barbarossa

4) Operation Market-Garden

5) Operation Cobra

6) Operation Uranus

7) Operation Bagration


Some more difficult:

1) Operation Blau (Blue)

2) Operation Wintergeiwitter (Winter Storm)

3) Operation Wacht am Rhein (Watch on the Rhine)

4) Operation WatchTower

5) Operation Fall Gelb (Yellow)

6) Operation Varsity


Even more difficult:

1) Operation Weserubung

2) Operation Merkur

3) Operation Mars

I'll add more later. :)

/bruce

1 Invasion of Normandy by British, American, and Canadian troops

2 Invasion of French North Africa by British and American troops

3 Invasion of Soviet Union by Germany

4 Airborne mission to capture bridges on the way to the Rhine. Americans, British, and some Poles. (A Bridge Too Far)

5 Breakout form Normandy bocage by Americans under Bradley and Patton.

Not sure on the rest.

Here's some more for you:

A. Sealion

B. Jupiter

C. Anvil

D. Husky

E. Coronet & Olympic

A. Sealion

The German Invasion of Britain

B. Jupiter

An Allied plan for the invasion of Norway

C. Anvil

The landings at Anzio

D. Husky

The invasion of Sicily

E. Coronet & Olympic

Cornet: The American plans for the invasion of the southenmost Japanes home Island
Olympic: The American plans for the invasion of the main Japanese home island (sorry, I can't remember their names :o)

Weserubung - German invasion of Norway?

Merkur - German Invasion of Crete

Uranus and Mars - Russian Counterattacks after Stalingrad

OK, what about Operation Longcloth?

Originally posted by smokeyjoe
Weserubung - German invasion of Norway?

Merkur - German Invasion of Crete

Uranus and Mars - Russian Counterattacks after Stalingrad

OK, what about Operation Longcloth?

All correct, but you got me on the Longcloth op. :)

/bruce

Case, you are right except for Anvil.

Now I consider it in bad form to look these up, so I'm not going to answer any of the others, so don't look this one up if you want a real chalange:

Operation Rankin

Blau - German '42 offensive aimed at Ukrainian Oilfields (Stalingrad).

Varsity - Allied crossing of the Rhine using 82nd and 7th Airborne Divisions.

Wacht am Rhein - German codename for the '44 Ardennes Offensive.

Bagration - Soviet July '44 offensive that destroyed Army Group Center (100+ divisions) at the same time the Allies were struggling to break out of Normandy.

Are you a ww2 freak? :D

Originally posted by Gruntboy
Blau - German '42 offensive aimed at Ukrainian Oilfields (Stalingrad).

Varsity - Allied crossing of the Rhine using 82nd and 7th Airborne Divisions.

Wacht am Rhein - German codename for the '44 Ardennes Offensive.

Bagration - Soviet July '44 offensive that destroyed Army Group Center (100+ divisions) at the same time the Allies were struggling to break out of Normandy.

Are you a ww2 freak? :D

All correct.

Interestingly enough, Wacht am Rhein (Watch on the Rhine) was deliberately picked as the operational name to convey the impression of a defensive effort. At the time, the Germans had clear evidence that the Allies were getting intelligence relating to their planning. They were, via Ultra intercepts.

What was that about being a WW2 freak? :)

/bruce

Rankin

Secret Allied plans to invade Europe or German before Overlord if the German surrended or collapse become evident.

Rankin A -- was to land on the Cotentin Penisula and the port of Cherbourg if Germany appeared to be collapsing in the West..

Rankin B -- would provide for seizing Norway and France if the Germans appeared to pull out of France and Norway.

Rankin C -- In the event of a complete German collapse, FDR was prepared to parachute American troops into the heart of Berlin to block the Red Army.

I was co incedentally reading Roosevelt's Secret War by Joseph E Persico when I looked up Plan Rankin on Google and found this site.

That's impressive!

Welcome to CFC.

Operation Watchtower - American codename for the Southeastern Pacific operations. Boasting about 7% of the American war effort, it was soon dubbed "Operation Shoestring."

Was'nt Anvil the invaison of south France?

Why do some newbies have a habit of presumably spending hours into the archives of forums? ;)

Wow! 4 years old thread, this has got to be the record. :wow: But still no bumping of old threads i say. :thumbdown

Why do some newbies have a habit of presumably spending hours into the archives of forums? ;)

He said he found it on a google search. BTW, he didn't "bump" an old thread because he contributed to it. Bumping a thread would just be writing "bump" and that's it.

Anvil was the Operation for the French Riveria that occured a month or so after D-Day

I am sorry for offending by posting to an old thread. I only wanted to contribute something I just discovered when I found this site on a Google search. BTW, I joined in 2002. Does that make me a Newbie. To prevent accidently breaking of you rules, I shall refrain from posting. Goodbye.

What the hell?

i think you offended him lol

Here's a site with a small basic overview of operations!

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/70-7_25.htm

Here's a site with a small basic overview of operations!

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/70-7_25.htm

Thanks Huzza! :goodjob: Very handy stuff, many have been asked already
as questions too. :D

Google works wonders! :)

Google works wonders! :)

:lol: Memorize and you will not need the 'wonder' :mischief: .

A fun little quiz. How much do you know about operation names?

Some easy ones:

1) Operation Overlord

Invasion of Normandy by Allies

2) Operation Torch

Invasion of North Africa by Allies

3) Operation Barbarossa

Invasion of Russia by Germany

4) Operation Market-Garden

Paradrop operation designed to gain bridges for a spearhead into the Neatherlands. Failed.

5) Operation Cobra

Breakout from Normandy

6) Operation Uranus

??

7) Operation Bagration

??

Some more difficult:

1) Operation Blau (Blue)

2) Operation Wintergeiwitter (Winter Storm)

3) Operation Wacht am Rhein (Watch on the Rhine)

4) Operation WatchTower

5) Operation Fall Gelb (Yellow)

6) Operation Varsity


Even more difficult:

1) Operation Weserubung

2) Operation Merkur

3) Operation Mars

Some ar most likely German Operation they're all unknown to me.

Here's some more for you:

A. Sealion

B. Jupiter

C. Anvil

D. Husky

E. Coronet & Olympic

A. german planned invasion of England

B. British planned invasion of Norway

C. Invasion of southern France by allies

D. Unknown

E. Unknown

Olympic was the US invasion plan for Japan. ;)