Think you know your World War II code names? Test your knowledge with this quiz and see if you can decipher the secret meanings behind these covert operations.
1. What was the code name SPITFIRE used for during World War II?
A landing strip on the Vaucluse Plateau
A German spy mission
A type of aircraft
A secret naval operation
2. What did ULTRA refer to in the context of World War II?
German messages deciphered at Bletchley Park
A secret British submarine
A top-level German encryption technique
An Allied invasion plan
3. What was ME/65's significance in World War II operations?
Cover name for Milton Hall, JEDBURGH training school
A secret military base in Africa
An encrypted communication channel
Codename for an espionage operation in Asia
4. Who used the code name VAUDEL during World War II?
LTC Felix, French DMR
A British intelligence officer
An American general
A Soviet spy
5. What operation was designated by the code name LASH?
A JEDBURGH exercise to attack enemy rail communications
A covert assassination mission against a Nazi official
The liberation of a concentration camp
A naval blockade in the Mediterranean
6. What was SPOC, and where was it located?
Special Project Operations Center, in Algiers
A secret headquarters in London
An aircraft carrier in the Pacific
A disguised arms depot in France
7. Who was the code name SOMME associated with?
LT G. Levalois, French member of JEDBURGH team HORACE
A British spy
An American general
A German double agent
8. Which of these best describes the missions related to the code name SAMWEST?
SAS base operations
Naval invasions
High-level government espionage
Army tank battalion movements
9. What role did VIOLETTE play during World War II?
Code name for a French agent
Operation to capture an enemy fortress
An underground resistance movement
A code name for a special radar technology
10. Which of these accurately describes the purpose of WASH 19115?
