package Acme::MetaSyntactic::invasions;
use strict;
use Acme::MetaSyntactic::List;
our @ISA = qw( Acme::MetaSyntactic::List );
our $VERSION = '1.001';
=head1 NAME
Acme::MetaSyntactic::invasions - The naval and airborne invasions theme
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This list gives some codenames for naval invasions, paradrops and
operations with both a naval invasion component and an airborne
component during World War II. The list includes some operations which
were planned but not executed.
Sources, among others:
=over 4
=item *
the I<Codeword Dictionnary>,
Paul Adkins, Motorbooks International
(ISBN 0-7603-00368-1)
=item *
I<Strategy & Tactics> #160, May 1993
=back
=cut
{
my %seen;
__PACKAGE__->init(
{ names => join ' ',
grep { !$seen{$_}++ }
map { s/_+/_/g; $_ }
map { Acme::MetaSyntactic::RemoteList::tr_nonword($_) }
map { Acme::MetaSyntactic::RemoteList::tr_accent($_) }
map { /^=item\s+(.*?)\s*$/ ? $1 : () }
split /\n/ => <<'=cut'} );
=pod
=over 4
=item Al
Diversionary invasion of the Aleutians, in support of the invasion of Midway. Executed on 7th June 1942.
=item Anvil
Invasion of the South of France, near Toulon and Marseille. Executed as "Dragoon" on 15th August 1944.
=item Avalanche
Invasion on Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943.
=item Barracuda
Invasion of the Naples region, also known as Gangway or Mustang. Planned but never executed.
=item Baytown
Diversionary invasion of Calabria near Reggio Calabria, executed on 3rd September 1943,
in support of Avalanche and Slapstick.
=item Brimstone
Invasion of Sardinia. Planned but never executed.
=item Buttress
Invasion of Calabria near Cetrano, Almantea and Pizzo. Planned but never executed.
=item Coronet
Invasion of Honshu, in the Tokyo Plain. Planned for December 1945 or March 1946, but
the war ended before.
=item Detachment
Invasion of Iwo Jima. Executed on 19th February 1945.
=item Dragoon
Invasion of the South of France, near Toulon. Executed on 15th August 1944. Also known
as "Anvil".
=item Eclipse
Paradrop on Berlin. Planned but never executed.
=item Firebrand
Invasion of Corsica. Planned but never executed.
=item Flintlock
Invasion of Kwajalein. Executed on 31st January 1944.
=item Gangway
Invasion of the Naples region, also known as Barracuda or Mustang. Planned but never executed.
=item Giant_I
Paradrop on Caserta, Capua and the Volturno river, in support of Avalanche. Planned but
never executed.
=item Giant_II
Paradrop on Rome. Planned but never executed.
=item Goblet
Invasion of Calabria near Crotone. Planned but never executed.
=item Gruener_Pfeil
German invasion of Jersey and Guernsey. Executed on 1st July 1940. The islands were
occupied until 8th May 1945.
=item Herkules
German airborne invasion of Malta. Planned but never executed.
=item Husky
Invasion of Sicily, executed on 10th July 1943.
=item Iceberg
Invasion of Okinawa. Executed on 1st April 1945.
=item Ikarus
German invasion of Iceland. Planned but never executed.
=item Jubilee
Probing invasion of Dieppe. Executed on 19th August 1942.
=item Leopard
German invasion of the Greek island Leros. Executed on 12th November 1943.
=item Market_Garden
Joint airborne + armored invasion of the Netherlands. Executed on 7th September 1944.
=item Menace
Invasion of Dakar by British and Free French troops. Attempted on 23rd September 1940.
=item Merkur
German paradrop on Crete. Executed on 20th May 1941.
=item Mi
Japanese invasion of Midway. Attempted on 3rd June 1942.
=item Mo
Japanese plan including operation Al and operation Mi.
=item Musket
Invasion of Southern Italy. Planned but never executed.
=item Mustang
Invasion of the Naples region, also known as Barracuda or Gangway. Planned but never executed.
=item Oboe
A series of landings by American and Australian troops on Borneo and neighbour
islands. Executed between May 1945 and July 1945.
=item Olympic
Invasion of Kyushu. Planned for 1st November 1945, but the war ended before this date.
=item Overlord
Invasion of Normandy. Executed on 6th June 1944.
=item Roundhammer
Invasion of Northern France. The plan was proposed but never adopted.
=item Roundup
Invasion of Northern France in 1943. Planned but never executed.
=item Seeloewe
German invasion of Great Britain. Planned for September 1940, but never executed.
=item Shingle
Invasion on Anzio, executed on 22nd January 1944.
=item Shoestring
Invasion of Guadalcanal. Executed on 7th August 1942. Its official name is "Watchtower".
=item Slapstick
Invasion on the Gulf of Taranto, executed on 9th September 1943.
=item Sledgehammer
Invasion of Western Europe. Considered in 1942 but never planned.
=item Torch
Invasion of North Africa. Executed on 8th November 1942.
=item Varsity
Paradrop across the Rhine. Executed on 23rd March 1945.
=item Victor
Series of amphibious landings on the Philippine Islands. Executed in 1945.
=item Watchtower
Invasion of Guadalcanal. Executed on 7th August 1942. Nicknamed as "Shoestring".
=back
=cut
}
# Ending a module with 0 is wrong. Ending it with 1 is correct, but boring.
# So why not ending it with a few verses from Paul Verlaine?
q{
Les sanglots longs
des violons
de l'automne
Blessent mon coeur
D'une langeur
Monotone
};
__END__
=head1 CONTRIBUTOR
Jean Forget
=head1 CHANGES
=over 4
=item *
2015-02-02 - v1.001
Include names from I<Strategy & Tactics> #160.
Use the "POD inside here-doc" trick to give some historical tidbits about the various names.
Published in Acme-MetaSyntactic-Themes v1.045.
=item *
2012-05-07 - v1.000
Received its own version number in Acme-MetaSyntactic-Themes version 1.000.
=item *
2006-09-18
Introduced in Acme-MetaSyntactic version 0.92,
on the 62nd anniversary of Market-Garden.
=item *
2006-06-14
Submitted by Jean Forget.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<Acme::MetaSyntactic>, L<Acme::MetaSyntactic::List>.
=cut