What name was given to the Allied plan to invade France?
1 Answer
The main Allied plan for the landing in France was named Operation Overlord; but there were Operations with similar objectives.
Explanation:
Military operations often involve code-words as an elementary attempt to provide security as to the nature or objective of a planned activity.
The main Allied invasion of France, to begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany, had the name OVERLORD. There were other names involved.
Ideally, a codeword should not betray anything about the nature of the operation, and the name should not be a re-used one from another operation in the same conflict. Also (as above) the usual format is to capitalize the name of the operation.
ANVIL - The Allied plan for an invasion of Southern France in August 1944, later changed to DRAGOON.
FORTITUDE (NORTH) and FORTITUDE (SOUTH) Fake operations to deceive the Germans about Allied invasion intentions in 1944.
GOLD, JUNO, OMAHA, SWORD, UTAH: Code names for the beaches used on D-Day. NEPTUNE was for other planning details.
ROUND UP, ROUNDHAMMER, SLEDGEHAMMER -- earlier code names for earlier invasion plans in 1942 and 1943.
