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Term

Explanation

CapitalOperational code name for the recapture of northern Burma in 1944.
Case GreenOperational code name for the intended German military invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Case RedOperational code name for counterstrike against France in the event of an attack on Germany from the West.
Case WhiteOperational code name for the German invasion of Poland.
Case YellowOperational code name for the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
CatapultOperational code name for the destruction of the French Fleet by the British in North Africa, July 1940.
CatchpoleOperational code name for the US assault on the Marshall Islands, 1944.
CCSCombined Chiefs of Staff (Allies).
Chain HomeBritish air-defence radar.
ChinditsLong-range penetration troops (British and Gurkha) who worked behind the Japanese lines in Burma.
CIGSChief of the Imperial General Staff (British)
CitadelOperational code name for the German attack on the Soviet forces near Kursk, July 1943.
CobraOperational code name for the American breakout from Normandy in July 1944.
CockadeOperational code name for Allied deception operations intended to draw attention away from Normandy prior to D-Day.
CominternCommunist International organisation created to promote the spread of communism from the Soviet Union - disbanded in 1943.
Commando SupremoItalian supreme command.
CompassOperational code name for British operations in Egypt against the Italians in December 1940.
CrossbowOperational code name for Allied attacks on V-1 launch sites.
CrusaderOperational code name for British attempts to relieve Torbruk beginning in November 1942.


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