WW 2 GERMAN CODE NAMES
| German Translation | English Translation | Code description | |
| ANGRIFFSTAG | A-DAY (ATTACK DAY) | Offensive in the West, 1940 | |
| ACHSE | AXIS | Plan for disarming of Italians on Allied invasion of Italy, September 1943. Also known as ALARICH | |
| ADLERHORST | EAGLE'S NEST | Hitler's headquarters in the winter of 1944 | |
| ADLERTAG | EAGLE DAY | Goering's code or cover name for air action, which became Battle of Britain, Summer 1940 | |
| AIDA | AIDA | Advance into Egypt in late January 1942 | |
| ALARICH | ALARIC | Another version of ACHSE | |
| ALPENVEILCHEN | ALPINE VIOLET | Planneed intervention in Albania, 1941 | |
| ANTON | ANTON | Plan for the occupation of the unoccupied zone of France, November 11, 1942. Known earlier as ATTILA | |
| ATTILA | ATTILA | Original plan for the occupation of the unoccupied zone of France | |
| AUGSBURG | AUGSBURG | Delay in western offensive in late 1939 | |
| BARBAROSSA | BARBAROSSA | Invasion of Soviet Union, June 22, 1941 | |
| BIRKE | BIRCH TREE | Evacuation of Finland, Summer 1944 | |
| BIRKHAHN | BLACK COCK | Evacuation of Norway,1945 | |
| BLAU | BLUE | Offensive at Voronezh, June 1942. Also code name for air operations against Britain, 1939, code named FALL BLAU (CASE BLUE) | |
| BLUCHER | BLUCHER | Attack on the Caucasus to begin in April 1942 | |
| BLUME | FLOWER | Alert for the Allied invasion of the Continent from either the English Channel or the Mediterranean coast | |
| BODENPLATTE | BASE PLATE | Air assault on Allied airfields in Holland and Belgium, January 1945 | |
| BRAUNSCHWEIG | BRUNSWICK | Attack on the Caucasus, July 1942 | |
| BUFFELBEWEGUNG | BUFFALO STAMPEDE | Plans for operations on the central front of Soviet Union, 1943 | |
| CERBERUS | CERBERUS | Breakthrough of German capital ships from Brest, February 12, 1942 | |
| DANZIG | DANZIG | Order to proceed with offensive in late 1939. See AUGSBURG | |
| DONNERSCHLAG | THUNDERBOLT | Proposed breakout of the 6th Army from Stalingrad, December 1942 | |
| EDELWEISS | EDELWEISS | Proposed attack of the oil fields of Baku in the Caucasus, July 1942 | |
| ELBE | ELBE | Earlier version of AUGSBURG, delay offensive in west, late 1939 | |
| ENDLOSUNG | FINAL SOLUTION | Plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe | |
| FELIX | FELIX | Plan for an attack on Gibraltar, 1940 | |
| FELSENNEST | EYRIE | Hitler's field headquarters (Fuehrerhauptquartier) on the western front from May 10 to June 6, 1940 | |
| FEUERZAUBER | (FIRE MAGIC) | Earlier version of NORDLICHT, plan for the capture of Leningrad, 1942 | |
| FISCHEREIHER | HERON | Plan for attack on Stalingrad, 1942 | |
| FRITZ | FRITZ | Early code name for the proposed invasion of thr Soviet Union, 1941 | |
| GELB | YELLOW | Projected attack on the West in 1939 | |
| GERTRUD | GERTRUDE | Plan to invade Turkey if it joined Allies | |
| GISELA | GISELA | Plan for the occupation Spain and Portugal, 1942 | |
| GREIF | GRIFFIN | Plan to employ troops dressed in American uniforms to captured bridges at the Meuce Raven during the Ardennes campaign, winter 1944 | |
| GRUN | GREEN | Plan to conquer Czechoslovakia, 1938 | |
| HAIFISCH | SHARK | Deception tactics to hide the invasion of the Soviet Union, June 1941 | |
| HERBSTNEBEL | AUTUMN FOG | Early code name for massive counteroffensive in the Ardennes, December 1944. Also used to describe evacuation of the Po plain in Italy, 1944 | |
| HERBSTREISE | AUTUMN JOURNEY | Projected dummy fleet for the diversion off Scotish coast in connectio with SEELOWE, the invasion of England, Summer 1940 | |
| HERKULES | HERCULES | Plan for operation against Malta, 1940-1942 | |
| HEU AKTION | HAY ACTION | Order issued by Alfred Reosenberg for quota of foreign workers to be sent from the East to Germany, June 12 | |
| ICARUS | ICARUS | Proposed invasion of Iceland in conjunction with SEELOWE. Plan was scrapped. | |
| ILONA | ILONA | Projected attack on Spain, 1942 | |
| ISABELLA | ISABELLA | Earlier version of ILONA | |
| KAMEILE | KAMEILE | Projected invasion of Corsica | |
| KATHLEEN | KATHLEEN | Projected invasion of Ireland, 1940 | |
| LACHSFANG | SALMON TRAP | Proposed seizure of the Murmansk railway, 1943 | |
| LUTTICH | LUTTICH | Plan for counteroffenseive in August 1944 to throw back Allied invaders of the Continent | |
| MARGARETHE I | MARGARET I | Projected occupation of Hungary, March 1944 | |
| MARGARETHE II | MARGARET II | Projected invasion of Rumania, March 1941 | |
| MARITA | MARITA | Plan for the occupation of Greece, Spring 1941 | |
| MAUS | MOUSE | Offensive in the Caucasus, Summer 1942 | |
| MERKUR | MERCURY | Invasion of Crete, May 1941 | |
| MITTELMEER | MEDITERRANEAN | Luftwaffe operations in the Mediterranean, 1940-1941 | |
| MORGENROTE | DAWN | Counteroffensive against Anzio beachhead, January 1944 | |
| NORD | NORTH | Original plan for the invasion of Norway, April 9, 1940 | |
| NORDLICHT | NORTHERN LIGHTS | Intended capture of Leningrad, July 1942 | |
| OLDERBOURG | OLDERBOURG | Plan for economic exploitation of conquered Soviet territory | |
| PASTORIUS | PASTORIUS | Plan for espionage operations in the United States, 1942 | |
| REGENBOGEN | RAINBOW | Attack by battleships on northern Allied convoy, December 31, 1942 | |
| RHEIN | RHINE | Earlier version of DANZIG to procced with offensive in West, 1940 | |
| RHEINUBUNG | RHINE EXERCISE | Plan for prosecution of antimerchant ship campaign, May 1941 | |
| ROSSELSPRUNG | KNIGHT'S MOVE | Plan for attack on Allied convoy on northern route, July 1942 | |
| ROT | RED | Plan for the latter part of the Battle of France, June 1940 | |
| SCHAMIL | SCHAMIL | Projected parachute drop on Maikop oil field in the Caucasus, 1942 | |
| SCHWARZ | BLACK | Plan for military takeover of Italy, 1943 | |
| SEELOWE | SEA LION | Hitler's proposed invasion of England and the British Isles, 1940 | |
| SIEGFRIED | SIEGFRIED | Offensive on the central front Kharkov to Stalingrad, July 1942 | |
| SILBERFUCHS | SILVER FOX | Invasion of Soviet Russia from Finland, June 1941 | |
| SONNENBLUME | SUNFLOWER | Plan for rescue operation in North Africa, early 1941 | |
| STRAFE | PUNISHMENT | Hitler's plan to "punish" Bulgaria, 1941 | |
| TAIFUN | TYPHOON | Projected attack on Moscow, October 1941 | |
| TANNENBERG | TANNENBERG | Hitler's field headquarters in the Black Forest, 1940 | |
| TROJANISCHES PFERD | TROJNA HORSE | Plan for the occupation of Budapest, March 1944 | |
| VALKYRIE | VALKYRIE | Plan for use of Home Army in event of rebellion by foreign workers. Also used to describe conspirators' plan to kill Hitler, July 20, 1944 | |
| WACHT AM RHEIN | GUARD OF THE RHINE | Operation designed to pierce Allied lines in Ardennes Forest, December 1944 | |
| WEISS | WHITE | Plan for attack on Poland, September 1939 | |
| WERWOLF | WERWOLF | Hitler's headquarters at Vinnitsa, Ukraine, Winter 1942-1943 | |
| WESERUBUNG | WESER EXERCISE | Plan for invasion of Denmark and Norway, April 1940 | |
| WIESENGRUND | MEADOW LAND | Plan for the seizure of Fisherman's Peninsula in Arctic Ocean, 1941 | |
| WINTERGEWITTER | WINTER STORM | Projected relief of the 6th Army at Stalingrad. Also see DONNERSCHLAG | |
| WOLFSSCHLUCHT | WOLVES' GLEN | Hitler's field headquarters in Rastenburg, East Prussia, Summer 1944 | |
| Z-PLAN | Z-PLAN | Plan to match Britain's naval power, 1939 | |
| ZITADELLE | CITADEL | Planfor attack on the Russian bulge at Kursk, July 4, 1943 |
Source: Louis L. Snyder
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