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WWII Allied Amphibious Operations
Code Words and Code Names for Major Allied Amphibious Operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa
DUKW landing in Southern France... note three tone camouflage of tan, black and olive drab... 
Amphibious Operations described
'Dragoon' landings in southern France 
The following is a partial list of code words and code names for major Allied amphibious operations in the Mediterranean North Africa. Operation Daffodil: Allied attacks on Tobruk in North Africa on September 13, 1942. (Part of Operation Agreement.) Operation Torch: Allied invasion of North Africa with landings in Morocco and Algeria starting November 8, 1942. Operation Avalanche: Allied landings by Fifth Army in Italy near Salerno beginning September 9, 1943. See also Operation Baytown and Operation Slapstick. Operation Baytown: Allied invasion of Italy in region of Calabria by British and Canadian troop crossing the Straits of Messina on September 3, 1943. See also Operation Avalanche and Operation Slapstick. Operation Corkscrew: Allied invasion of the Italian island of Pantelleria in June 1943 as part of the preparation for Operation Husky. Operation Husky: Allied invasion of Sicily beginning July 9-10, 1943. Operation Slapstick: British landings at Taranto, Italy on September 9, 1943. See also Operation Avalanche and Operation Baytown. Operation Dragoon: Allied invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944. Operation Shingle: Allied landings near Anzio, Italy in January 1944
Off-Loading 'Priest' at Oran, Morocco 
Tripoli 
Sousse in June and July 1943  
Landing in Sicily 
Scuttling of the French Naval Fleet at Toulon in the south of France 
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