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Term

Explanation

GalvanicOperational code name for the US occupation of the Gilbert Islands - November 1943.
GC&CSGovernment Code and Cipher School - based at Bletchley Park, England
GestapoGeheime Staatspolizei - the German Secret State Police.
GKO/GOKOSoviet State Defence Committee.
GoldCode name for one of the landing beaches in Normandy (in the British/Canadian sector).
GomorrahOperational code name for the RAF bombing of Hamburg in July/August 1943.
GoodwoodOperational code name for the Allied breakout from Normandy via Caen in July 1944.
Gothic LineGerman defence line in Italy - north of Florence.
GranitOperational code name for the US operations in the Central Pacific - March 1944.
GreifOperational code name for the dropping of English-speaking German Troops wearing American uniforms behind the Allied lines in the Ardennes, prior to Hitler's last offensive in the west.
GrenadeOperational code name for the US offensive in the Rhineland - February 1945.
Gustav LineGerman defence line in Italy - centred on Monte Cassino.


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