Army in World War II вЂ“ Washington Command Post: The Operations Division

Reference: Glossary of Names from U.S.

Joseph Stalin, whose last name means 'man of steel', was given the name 'GLYPTIC', meaning 'an image carved out of stone'. Those for the major conference meetings had a partial naming sequence referring to devices or instruments which had an ordinal number as part of their meaning, e.g., the third meeting was 'TRIDENT'. Judicious selection from the available allocation could result in clever meanings and result in an aptronym or backronym, although policy was to select words that had no obviously deducible connection with what they were supposed to be concealing.

Words became available for re-use after six months and unused allocations could be reassigned at discretion and according to need. Random lists of names were issued to users in alphabetical blocks of ten words and were selected as required. This procedure was coordinated with the United States when America entered the war. In the British case names were administered and controlled by the Inter Services Security Board (ISSB) staffed by the War Office. 1.4 Military operations since ChurchillДuring World War I, names common to the Allies referring to nations, cities, geographical features, military units, military operations, diplomatic meetings, places, and individual persons were agreed upon, adapting pre-war naming procedures in use by the governments concerned.1.3 Aircraft recognition reporting names.

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