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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.