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(Top) 1 European Coastal Atlantic convoys 2 North Atlantic convoys 3 North American coastal and Caribbean convoys 4 Mediterranean and North African coastal convoys 5 South Atlantic convoys 6 Indian Ocean convoys 7 Pacific convoys 8 Normandy invasion convoys 9 References

List of Allied convoys during World War II by region

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Aerial photo of a November 1942 UG convoy

This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region.

European Coastal Atlantic convoys[edit]

Code prefix	Route	First sailing	Last sailing	Number of convoys	Notes
BB	BelfastorRiver ClydetoBristol Channel	1940 from Belfast - 1945 from Clyde	1943 from Belfast - 1945 from Clyde
BC	Bristol ChanneltoBay of Biscay				outward and return convoys used same number
BD	White SeatoDikson Island	September 1943
BK	White SeatoKola Inlet	Summer 1941
BTC	Bristol ChanneltoRiver Thames	1944	1945
CE	St. Helens Roads to Southend-on-Sea
CW	Southend-on-Sea to St. Helens Roads
DB	Dikson IslandtoWhite Sea	1942
DF	River ClydetoFaroe Islands				military ferry service
DS	River ClydetoReykjavík				military ferry service
EC	Southend-on-SeatoOban via Firth of Forth	1941	1941		temporary substitution for EN convoys
EN	Methil, FifetoOban via Loch Ewe				temporarily replaced by EC convoys during 1941
FD	Faroe IslandstoRiver Clyde				military ferry
FN	River ThamestoFirth of Forth
FP^[1]	Brest via British Isles to Norway	April 1940	May 1940		French and Polish troop convoys
FS	Firth of ForthtoRiver Thames	1939	1945
FS^[2]	Brest via British Isles to Norway	April 1940	May 1940		French supply convoys
GREYBACK	Dieppe, Seine-MaritimetoNewhaven, East Sussex				ferry service
GS	GrimsbytoSouthend-on-Sea	1940	1940
HM	HolyheadtoMilford Haven
HN	BergentoMethil, Fife	1939	1940
HXA	Western ApproachestoEnglish Channel	1939	1945		English channel section of same numbered HX convoys – no sailings from 1940 to 1944
KB	Kola InlettoWhite Sea
KP	Kola InlettoPechengsky District
MH	Milford HaventoHolyhead
MT	Methil, FifetoRiver Tyne
NP	British Isles to Norway	April 1940	May 1940		troop convoys
OA	River Thames (orMethil, Fife after July 1940) to Liverpool	7 September 1939	24 October 1940	234	merged with OB convoy in the southwest approaches
OB	Liverpool to the Atlantic Ocean	7 September 1939	21 July 1941	345	merged with OA convoy in the southwest approaches - ON and OS convoys replaced OB convoys
ON	Methil, FifetoBergen	1939	1940
PW	PortsmouthtoWales
SD	IcelandtoRiver Clyde				military ferry service
SG	Southend-on-SeatoGrimsby	1940	1940
SILVERTIP	Newhaven, East SussextoDieppe, Seine-Maritime				ferry service
TBC	River ThamestoBristol Channel	1944	1945
TM	British Isles to Norway	April 1940	May 1940		troop convoys
TP	Norway to British Isles	May 1940	May 1940		troop convoys
UR	Loch Ewe (later Belfast) to Reykjavík
WN	River Clyde, Oban and Loch EwetoFirth of Forth
WP	WalestoPortsmouth

North Atlantic convoys[edit]

Code prefix	Route	First sailing	Last sailing	Number of convoys	Notes
AT	United States to British Isles	March 1942	1945		troopships
BHX	BermudatoLiverpool	May 1940	March 1941	97 (# 41-137)	sailed from Bermuda and merged with same number HX convoy at sea
CK	Charleston, South Carolina to British Isles	1944	1944		rarely used
CT	British Isles to Canada	1941	1941		troopships
CU	Caribbean (later New York City) to Liverpool	20 March 1943	30 May 1945	73	14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships
GUF	Mediterranean to Chesapeake Bay	29 November 1942	16 April 1945	22	faster ships
GUS	Mediterranean to Chesapeake Bay	21 December 1942	27 May 1945	92	slower ships
HG	GibraltartoLiverpool	26 September 1939	19 September 1942	89	replaced by MKS convoys after Operation Torch
HX	Halifax Harbour (later New York City) to Liverpool	16 Sept 1939	23 May 1945	377	9-knot convoys for ships of sustained speeds less than 15 knots
HXF	Halifax HarbourtoLiverpool	29 Sept 1939	12 February 1940	17	fast sections of HX convoys
JW	IcelandtoWhite Sea	25 December 1942	12 May 1945	17 (# 51-67)	replaced PQ convoys
KJ	Kingston, Jamaica to United Kingdom
KMF	Firth of Clyde to Mediterranean	26 October 1942	23 May 1945	45	faster ships to the Mediterranean
KMS	Liverpool to Mediterranean	22 October 1942	27 April 1945	98	slower ships to the Mediterranean - 1st 12 sailed independently, remainder sailed with OS convoys and detached west of Gibraltar
MKF	Mediterranean to Firth of ClydeorLiverpool	12 November 1942	4 June 1945	45	faster ships from the Mediterranean
MKS	Mediterranean to Liverpool	12 November 1942	25 May 1945	103	slower ships from the Mediterranean- 1st 11 sailed independently, remainder merged with SL convoys west of Gibraltar
NA	Canada to British Isles				troopships
OG	LiverpooltoGibraltar	2 October 1939	17 October 1943	95	early sailings every 5th merged OA/OB convoy became an OG convoy at sea - later OG convoys sailed from Liverpool
ON	LiverpooltoHalifax Harbour	26 July 1941	27 May 1945	307	replaced OB convoys for North American destinations - alternate convoys included slower ships until the ONS convoys started
ONS	LiverpooltoHalifax Harbour	15 March 1943	21 May 1945	51	slower ships westbound on the ON convoy route
OS	LiverpooltoSierra Leone	24 July 1941	27 May 1945	131	replaced OB convoys for non-North American destinations - included KMS convoys detached west of Gibraltar
PQ	IcelandtoWhite Sea	29 September 1941	2 September 1942	18	replaced by JW convoys
QP	White SeatoIceland	28 September 1941	17 November 1942	15	replaced by RA convoys
RA	White SeatoScotland	30 December 1942	23 May 1945	17 (# 51-67)	replaced QP convoys
RB	United States to British Isles	September 1942	September 1942	1	small passenger steamers
SC	Sydney, Nova Scotia (orHalifax Harbour or New York City) to Liverpool	15 August 1940	26 May 1945	177	7-knot convoys of eastbound ships too slow for the 9-knot HX convoys
SL	Sierra LeonetoLiverpool	14 September 1939	25 November 1944	178	merged with MKS convoys west of Gibraltar
TA	British Isles to United States				large troopships
TC	Canada to British Isles	1939	1941		troopships carrying Canadian troops
TCU	Caribbean (later New York City) to Liverpool				14-knot CU convoys of tankers and fast cargo ships with troopships
TU	British Isles to United States	1943	1944		troopships
TUC	Liverpool to Caribbean (later New York City)				14-knot UC convoys of tankers and fast cargo ships with some troopships
UC	Liverpool to Caribbean (later New York City)	15 February 1943	3 June 1945	71	14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships
UGF	Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean	24 October 1942	8 April 1945	22	faster ships - (UGF-1) was the invasion force for Operation Torch
UGS	Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean	13 November 1942	28 May 1945	95	slower ships
UT	United States to British Isles	1943	1944		troopships

North American coastal and Caribbean convoys[edit]

Code prefix	Route	First sailing	Last sailing	Notes
AH	ArubatoHalifax Harbour	July 1942	September 1942	a brief tanker series
ARG	BostontoArgentia, Newfoundland			USN convoys
AW	ArubatoCuraçao			local tanker traffic
BS	Corner Brook, NewfoundlandtoSydney, Nova Scotia			a brief series
BW	Sydney, Nova ScotiatoSt. John's, Newfoundland	1942
BX	BostontoHalifax Harbour	21 March 1942	22 May 1945
CK	Havana, CubatoKey West, Florida
CL	St. John's, NewfoundlandtoSydney, Nova Scotia
CP	CuraçaotoPanama Canal	1942	1942
CW	Panama CanaltoKey West, Florida
CZ	CuraçaotoPanama Canal
FH	Saint John, New BrunswicktoHalifax Harbour	late 1942
G	Guantanamo Bay Naval BasetoPuerto Rico
GAT	Guantanamo Bay Naval BasetoTrinidad via Aruba
GJ	Guantanamo Bay Naval BasetoKingston, Jamaica
GK	Guantanamo Bay Naval BasetoKey West, Florida
GM	Galveston, TexastoMississippi River
GN	Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to New York City
GP	Guantanamo Bay Naval BasetoPanama Canal
GS	GreenlandtoSydney, Nova Scotia, or St. John's, Newfoundland			USN escorted convoys
GZ	Guantanamo Bay Naval BasetoPanama Canal	1942
HA	Halifax HarbourtoCuraçao	1942	September 1942	replaced HT convoys
HF	Halifax HarbourtoSaint John, New Brunswick
HHX	Halifax Harbour to meet HX convoys originating in New York City at the Halifax Ocean Meeting Point (HOMP)
HJ	Halifax HarbourtoSt. John's, Newfoundland
HK	Houston, TexastoKey West, Florida
HON	Halifax HarbourtoON convoys at the Halifax Ocean Meeting Point (HOMP)
HS	Halifax HarbourtoSydney, Nova Scotia
HT	Halifax HarbourtoTrinidad	May 1942	1942	replaced by HA convoys
JG	Kingston, JamaicatoGuantanamo Bay Naval Base
JH	St. John's, NewfoundlandtoHalifax Harbour
JN	St. John's, NewfoundlandtoLabrador
KG	Key West, FloridatoGuantanamo Bay Naval Base
KH	Key West, FloridatoHouston, Texas
KN	Key West, Florida to New York City
KP	Key West, FloridatoMississippi River
KS	New York City to Key West, Florida
KW	Key West, FloridatoHavana, Cuba
LC	Sydney, Nova ScotiatoSt. John's, Newfoundland
LN	St. Lawrence RivertoLabrador
MG	Mississippi RivertoGalveston, Texas
NG	New York City to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
NJ	Newfoundland (island) coast to St. John's, Newfoundland
NK	New York City to Key West, Florida
NL	LabradortoSt. Lawrence River
PG	Panama CanaltoGuantanamo Bay Naval Base	1942	1942
PK	Pilottown, LouisianatoKey West, Florida
QS	QuebectoSydney, Nova Scotia
SB	Sydney, Nova ScotiatoCorner Brook, Newfoundland	1942
SG	Sydney, Nova Scotia (later St. John's, Newfoundland) to Greenland	1942	1942	USN escorted convoys
SH	Sydney, Nova ScotiatoHalifax Harbour
SHX	Sydney, Nova ScotiatoHX convoys
SJ	San Juan, Puerto RicotoGuantanamo Bay Naval Base
SQ	Sydney, Nova ScotiatoQuebec
TAG	TrinidadtoGuantanamo Bay Naval Base via Aruba	1942
TAW	TrinidadtoKey West via Curaçao	1942	1942
TG	TrinidadtoGuantanamo Bay Naval Base
TH	TrinidadtoHalifax Harbour	1942	1942
TO	TrinidadtoCuraçao
WA	CuraçaotoAruba
WAT	Key WesttoTrinidad via Curaçao
WS	Wabana, Newfoundland and LabradortoSydney, Nova Scotia
XB	Halifax HarbourtoBoston	18 March 1942
ZC	Panama CanaltoCuraçao
ZG	Panama CanaltoGuantanamo Bay Naval Base

Mediterranean and North African coastal convoys[edit]

Code prefix	Route	First sailing	Last sailing	Notes
AC	AlexandriatoTobruk	1941	1941
AG	Alexandria to Greece	1941	1941
AH	Augusta, Sicily to heel of Italy	September 1943
AN	AlexandriatoPiraeus	1940	1941
AP	British Isles to Egypt	summer 1940	summer 1940	troopships
ARM	local Mediterranean			little used
AS	PiraeustoAlexandria	1940	1941
AT	AlexandriatoTobruk	late 1941
Blue	Port SaidtoGibraltar	1939	1939
BS	Brest, FrancetoCasablanca	September 1939	June 1940	French convoys
CG	CasablancatoGibraltar
CNF	convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily			special designation
CRD	CasablancatoDakar
CT	CorsicatoBizerte via Sardinia	1944	1944
CV	TobruktoMalta	1944	1944	rarely used
D	DakartoCasablanca
DR	DakartoGibraltar	1944	1944
DRC	DakartoCasablanca
ET	North Africa to Gibraltar	November 1942	early 1943
GC	GibraltartoCasablanca
GM	GibraltartoMalta
Green	GibraltartoPort Said	late 1939	late 1939
GTX	GibraltartoAlexandria via Tripoli	1943	1943
GUF	OranorNaplestoChesapeake Bay			faster ships
GUS	Port SaidtoChesapeake Bay			slower ships
HA	heel of Italy to Augusta, Sicily	1943
HP	heel of Italy to Piraeus
IXF	Taranto and NaplestoAlexandria and Port Said
K	CasablancatoBrest, France			French convoys - sometimes prefixed F or S
KS	CasablancatoBrest, France			French convoys
LE	Port SaidtoHaifa
LW	HaifatoPort Said
ME	MaltatoAlexandria and Port Said
MO	Marseilles to North Africa
Ms	MarseillestoNaples	1944	1945
MW	AlexandriatoMalta
NCF	fast convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily	1943	1943
NCS	slow convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily	1943	1943
NP	Turkey to Port Said
NSF	North Africa to Naples			troopships
NV	NaplestoAugusta, Sicily
OM	OrantoMarseilles	1944	1944
PH	Piraeus to heel of Italy
PN	Port Said to Turkey
PR	PiraeustoDardanelles	1945	1945
Red	Gibraltar to far east	1939	1940
PR	DardanellestoPiraeus	1945	1945
SBF	assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily	1943	1943
SBM	assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily	1943	1943
SM	NaplestoMarseilles
SNF	Naples to North Africa			fast troopships
SR	FreetowntoGibraltar	1943	1944
TA	TobruktoAlexandria
TC	TunisiatoCorsica	1943	1944
TE	Gibraltar to North Africa	1943	1943
TJF	assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily	1943	1943
TJM	assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily	1943	1943
TJS	assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily	1943	1943
TSF	assault convoys for Naples landings
TSM	assault convoys for Naples landings
TSS	assault convoys for Naples landings
TV	TripolitoMalta
TX	TripolitoAlexandria
UGF	Chesapeake BaytoGibraltar (later Naples)	November 1942	May 1945	faster ships (UGF 1 was the Operation Torch invasion convoy)
UGS	Chesapeake BaytoGibraltar (later Port Said)	November 1942	May 1945	slower ships
VC	MaltatoTobruk
VN	Augusta, SicilyorMaltatoNaples (OR) NaplestoLivorno
VT	MaltatoTripoli
WX	western desert ports to Alexandria
XIF	Alexandria and Port SaidtoTaranto and Naples
XT	AlexandriatoTripoli
XTG	AlexandriatoGibraltar via Tripoli	1943	1943
XW	Alexandria to western desert ports

South Atlantic convoys[edit]

Code prefix	South Atlantic routes	First sailing	Last sailing	Notes
AS	United States to Suez Canal	1942	1942	via Freetown
BF	BahiatoFreetown	1943		USN escorts
BRN	BahiatoRecife northward	late 1942
BT	BahiatoTrinidad	November 1942	July 1943
CF	Cape Town to British Isles via west Africa			little used
CN	Cape Town northward to dispersal
DBF	DakartoFreetown via Bathurst (Banjul) Gambia	1943	1943
DSF	DakartoFreetown
DSL	DakartoFreetown and Lagos
DSP	DakartoFreetown and Pointe-Noire
DST	DakartoFreetown and Sekondi-Takoradi
E	Trinidad to dispersal southward
FB	FreetowntoBahia
FFT	FreetowntoTrinidad	1942	1943
FJ	FlorianópolistoRio de Janeiro
FSD	FreetowntoDakar	1944	1944	small craft
JF	Rio de JaneirotoFlorianópolis
JR	Rio de JaneirotoRecife
JT	Rio de JaneirotoTrinidad	1943	1945
LGE	Lagos eastbound			local west African traffic
LGW	Lagos westbound			local west African traffic
LM	LagostoMatadi
LS	LagostoFreetown
LSD	LagostoDakar via Freetown
LTS	LagostoFreetown via Sekondi-Takoradi
NC	Walvis BaytoCape Town
OSS	Freetown southward			southward extension of the corresponding OS convoy
OT	Trinidad to North Africa
PGE	Pointe-Noire southward			local traffic
PAD	Pointe-NoiretoDakar via Freetown
PT	ParamaribotoTrinidad
PTS	Pointe-NoiretoFreetown via Sekondi-Takoradi
RJ	RecifetoRio de Janeiro
RT	Cape TowntoFreetown (OR) RecifetoTrinidad	1941 (African) 1943 (South American)	1941
SJ	Santos, São PaulotoRio de Janeiro
ST	FreetowntoSekondi-Takoradi
STC	FreetowntoCape Town via Sekondi-Takoradi
STL	FreetowntoLagos via Sekondi-Takoradi
STP	FreetowntoPointe-Noire via Sekondi-Takoradi
STW	FreetowntoWalvis Bay via Sekondi-Takoradi
TB	TrinidadtoBahia
TF	TrinidadtoFreetown
TGE	Sekondi-Takoradi and Lagos eastward to dispersal
TJ	TrinidadtoRio de Janeiro
TLDM	Sekondi-TakoraditoMatadi via Lagos and Douala
TO	North Africa to Caribbean
TP	TrinidadtoParamaribo
TR	TrinidadtoRecife
TRINIDAD	Trinidad to dispersal southeast
TS	Sekondi-TakoraditoFreetown
TSD	Sekondi-TakoraditoDakar via Freetown
TV	Trinidad eastward to dispersal
WTS	Walvis BaytoFreetown via Sekondi-Takoradi

Indian Ocean convoys[edit]

Code Prefix	Indian Ocean routes	First sailing	Last sailing	Number of convoys	Notes
AB	AdentoMumbai	November 1942
ABF	AdentoMumbai				fast troopship convoys
AJ	AdentoColombo
AK	AdentoKilindini Harbour
AKD	AdentoDurban via Kilindini Harbour	September 1943
AM	ChittagongtoChennai
AP	AdentoPersian Gulf	Late 1942
AS	United States to Suez Canal	March 1942			via Freetown
BA	MumbaitoAden	May 1941	November 1942
BAF	MumbaitoAden				fast troopships
BC	Beira, MozambiquetoDurban (OR) MumbaitoColombo	July 1942 from Beira - September 1943 from Mumbai	September 1942 from Beira
BK	MumbaitoKarachi	1943	1943		little used
BM	MumbaitoSingapore (orColombo after January 1942)
BN	MumbaitoSuez Canal	1940	1941
BP	MumbaitoPersian Gulf
BS	Suez CanaltoAden	1940	1941
C	Colombo to dispersal	1942	1942
CA	Cape Town southward to dispersal
CB	DurbantoBeira, Mozambique
CD	Cape TowntoDurban
CF	ColombotoFremantle, Western Australia				occasional use
CH	ChittagongtoKolkata
CJ	KolkatatoColombo
CM	Cape TowntoAden				military convoys via Kilindini Harbour
CX	ColombotoAddu Atoll				{return Addu Atoll to Colombo convoys used same CX designation}
DC	DurbantoCape Town
DK	DurbantoKilindini Harbour
DKA	DurbantoAden via Kilindini Harbour
DLM	DurbantoMaputo
DM	DurbantoMalaya	1941	1942	3
DN	Durban northwards to dispersal
HB	Australia to India	1945	1945		troopships
HC	KolkatatoChittagong
JA	ColombotoAden
JC	ColombotoKolkata
JM	India to Madagascar via Kilindini Harbour	1943	1943
JMG	assault convoy to Malaya	September 1945		1
JS	ColombotoSingapore	November 1941	February 1942
KA	Kilindini HarbourtoAden
KB	KarachitoMumbai
KD	Kilindini HarbourtoDurban
KM	Kilindini HarbourtoMadagascar
KP	KarachitoPersian Gulf
KR	Kolkata and Rakhine State ports to Yangon	1945	1945
LMD	MaputotoDurban
MA	Kilindini HarbourtoAden
MC	AdentoCape Town via Kilindini Harbour and Durban
MD	MadagascartoDurban			1
MK	MadagascartoKilindini Harbour
MN	MauritiustoSeychelles
MR	ChennaitoYangon
OW	Australia to India
PA	Persian GulftoAden
PB	Persian GulftoMumbai
RK	ColombotoKilindini Harbour (OR) YangontoKolkata via Rakhine State	1944 from Colombo, 1945 from Rangoon	1944 from Colombo, 1945 from Rangoon
RM	YangontoColombo via Chennai
SD	SeychellestoMadagascar
SJ	SingaporetoColombo	November 1941	February 1942
SM	JakartatoFremantle, Western Australia
SR	KolkatatoYangon	1941	1942
SU	Suez Canal to Australia	1940	1941
SW	Suez CanaltoKilindini HarbourorDurban	1940	1941
US	Australia to Suez Canal
WO	India to Australia				troopships
WS	British Isles to Suez Canal and Mumbai				troopships; WS convoys on at least one occasion [WS30, 1943] routed via Freetown and Durban

Pacific convoys[edit]

Code prefix	Pacific routes	First sailing	Last sailing	Notes
AN	Admiralty IslandstoNew Guinea
BG	Milne BaytoNew Guinea (OR) BrisbanetoGladstone, Queensland
BN	New BritaintoNew Guinea
BT	Sydney to United States (OR) BrisbanetoTownsville, Queensland	1943 (Sydney to US)	1944 (Sydney to US)	Sydney to US were troop convoys
BV	BrisbanetoTownsville, Queensland
CO	Newcastle, New South WalestoMelbourne and Adelaide	1942	1942
DG	Thursday Island, QueenslandtoMerauke
DT	Darwin, Northern TerritorytoThursday Island, Queensland
FM	Milne BaytoPort Moresby
GB	New GuineatoMilne Bay
GD	MerauketoThursday Island, Queensland
GF	AdelaidetoFremantle, Western Australia
GI	New GuineatoPhilippines
GP	SydneytoTownsville, Queensland and Brisbane
GT	Gladstone, QueenslandtoTownsville, Queensland
IG	PhilippinestoNew Guinea
LQ	Great Barrier ReeftoBrisbane
MB	Port Moresby to `Fall River` Milne Bay
MF	Port MoresbytoMilne Bay `Fall River`
MS	MelbournetoSingapore	November 1941	February 1942
MT	Port MoresbytoTownsville, Queensland	1942	1942
MV	Milne BaytoTownsville, Queensland
NA	Langemak BaytoAdmiralty Islands
NB	New GuineatoNew Britain
NE	New Zealand to Panama Canal
NLY	Lingayen Gulf – Jayapura – Leyte
NS	New CaledoniatoSydney
NT	New GuineatoTownsville, Queensland
OC	MelbournetoNewcastle, New South Wales
PG	BrisbanetoSydney
PQ	Townsville, QueenslandtoPort Moresby	1942	1942
PT	Pearl HarbortoTarawa
PV	MelbournetoTownsville, Queensland
QL	BrisbanetoTownsville, Queensland
SN	SydneytoNew Caledonia
ST	SydneytoTownsville, Queensland
SV	SydneytoTownsville, Queensland
T	HollandiatoManila
TD	Thursday Island, QueenslandtoDarwin, Northern Territory
TD	New Zealand to northern Australia
TN	Townsville, QueenslandtoNew Guinea
TP	TarawatoPearl Harbor
TS	Townsville, QueenslandtoSydney and Brisbane
VB	Townsville, QueenslandtoBrisbane
VK	SydneytoWellington
VS	Townsville, QueenslandtoSydney
ZT	New Zealand to Sydney

Normandy invasion convoys[edit]

Code prefix	Normandy invasion convoys	First sailing	Last sailing	Number of convoys	Notes
ATM	AntwerptoRiver Thames	late 1944	1945
BEC	Bristol Channel to France	June 1944	October 1944
COC	PlymouthtoBrittany	late 1944	early 1945
EBC	Bristol Channel to France	June 1944	October 1944
EBM	Bristol Channel to France	June 1944	June 1944	1	motor transport convoy
ECM	Falmouth, Cornwall to France	June 1944	early July 1944
ECP	Portland Harbour and SolenttoBaie de la Seine	June 1944	October 1944		personnel convoys
EMM	Belfast to France	June 1944	July 1944	2
EMP	Belfast to France	July 1944	July 1944	2
EPM	Portland Harbour to France via Solent	July 1944	September 1944		motor transport convoys
EPP	Portland Harbour to France via Solent	July 1944	September 1944		personnel convoys
ETC	River Thames to France	June 1944	October 1944
ETM	River Thames to France	June 1944	October 1944		motor transport convoys
EWC	SpitheadtoNormandy	June 1944	June 1944
EWL	Isle of Wight to France	June 1944	June 1944		mainly landings ships and landing craft
EWM	Isle of Wight to France	September 1944	October 1944		motor transport convoys
EWP	Isle of Wight to France				personnel convoys
EXP		June 1944	October 1944		invasion convoys
FBC	Baie de la SeinetoBristol Channel	June 1944	October 1944
FC	France to western England	June 1944	July 1944
FCP	France to western England	June 1944	July 1944		personnel convoys
FPM	France to Portland Harbour				motor transport convoys
FPP	France to Portland Harbour	July 1944	August 1944		personnel convoys
FTC	France to River Thames	1944	1944
FTM	France to River Thames	1944	1944		motor transport convoys
FWC	France to Isle of Wight	June 1944
FWL	France to Isle of Wight	1944	1944		landing craft convoys
FWM	France to Isle of Wight	June 1944	July 1944		motor transport convoys
FWP	France to Isle of Wight	June 1944	September 1944		personnel convoys
FXP	France to British Isles	June 1944	October 1944
LU	HumbertoElbe	May 1945	May 1945
MTC	Baie de la SeinetoSouthend-on-Sea				replaced FTC
MTM	Baie de la SeinetoSouthend-on-Sea				replaced FTM
NAP	Dover to France	December 1944	December 1944
NR	Norway to Methil, Fife	1945	1945
RN	Methil, Fife to Norway	May 1945	May 1945
TAC	River ThamestoOstend	1945	1945
TACA	River ThamestoAntwerp				replaced by TAM
TAM	River ThamestoAntwerp				replaced TACA
TAP	River Thames to France	1945	1945
TMC	River Thames to France	June 1944	October 1944
TMM	River Thames to France	June 1944	October 1944		motor transport convoys
UL	ElbetoHumber	May 1945	May 1945
WAP		June 1944	October 1944		invasion convoys
WDC		September 1944	December 1944		invasion convoys
WEC	Isle of Wight to France	December 1944	May 1945
WEL	Isle of Wight to France	1944	1945		landing craft
WEP	Isle of WighttoCherbourg-Octeville	December 1944	December 1944
WFM		October 1944	November 1944		invasion convoys
WMP	Isle of WighttoArromanches-les-Bains	November 1944	December 1944
WNC	Isle of WighttoLe Havre	December 1944	May 1945
WNL	Isle of Wight to France	April 1945	May 1945
WVP	Isle of Wight to France	December 1944	May 1945

References[edit]

^ "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940".

^ "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940".

Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-019-3.

World War II

General

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Theaters	Asia and Pacific China South-East Asia Pacific North and Central Pacific South-West Pacific Indian Ocean Europe Western Front Eastern Front Mediterranean and Middle East North Africa East Africa Italy West Africa Atlantic timeline Americas
Aftermath	Chinese Civil War Cold War Decolonization Division of Korea First Indochina War Expulsion of Germans Greek Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Keelhaul Marshall Plan Occupation of Germany Occupation of Japan Osoaviakhim Paperclip Soviet occupations Baltic Hungary Poland Romania Territorial changes of Germany Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany United Nations
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Participants

Allies	Algeria Australia Belgium Brazil Bulgaria (from September 1944) Canada China Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Ethiopia Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Finland (from September 1944) France Free France Greece India Italy (from September 1943) Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands Newfoundland New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Romania (from August 1944) Sierra Leone South Africa Southern Rhodesia Soviet Union Tuva United Kingdom British Empire United States Puerto Rico Yugoslavia
Axis	Albania protectorate Bulgaria (until September 1944) Wang Jingwei regime Independent State of Croatia Finland (until September 1944) German Reich Hungary Azad Hind French Indochina Iraq Italy (until September 1943) Italian Social Republic Empire of Japan Manchukuo Philippines Romania (until August 1944) Slovak Republic Thailand Vichy France
Neutral	Afghanistan Andorra Bhutan Ireland Liechtenstein Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Tibet Vatican City
Resistance	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech lands Denmark Dutch East Indies Estonia Ethiopia France Germany Greece Hong Kong Italy Japan Jews Korea Korean Liberation Army Korean Volunteer Army Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaya Netherlands Northeast China Norway Philippines Poland Romania Thailand Soviet Union Slovakia Western Ukraine Vietnam Quốc dân Đảng Viet Minh Yugoslavia
POWs	Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union German prisoners Soviet Union Azerbaijan United States United Kingdom Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union Japanese prisoners Soviet Union Soviet prisoners Finland atrocities by Germans Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union

Timeline

Prelude	Africa Second Italo-Ethiopian War Asia Second Sino-Japanese War Battles of Khalkhin Gol Europe Anschluss Munich Agreement Occupation of Czechoslovakia Operation Himmler Italian invasion of Albania
1939	Invasion of Poland Battle of the Atlantic Phoney War First Battle of Changsha Battle of South Guangxi Winter War 1939–1940 Winter Offensive
1940	Norwegian campaign German invasion of Denmark Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang German invasion of Luxembourg German invasion of the Netherlands German invasion of Belgium Battle of France Dunkirk evacuation Battle of Britain Battle of the Mediterranean North Africa West Africa British Somaliland Hundred Regiments Offensive Baltic states Eastern Romania Japanese invasion of French Indochina Italian invasion of Greece Compass
1941	Battle of South Henan Battle of Shanggao Invasion of Yugoslavia German invasion of Greece Battle of Crete Anglo-Iraqi War Battle of South Shanxi Syria–Lebanon campaign East African campaign Invasion of the Soviet Union Summer War Finland (Silver Fox) Lithuania Battle of Kiev Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran Second Battle of Changsha Siege of Leningrad Battle of Moscow Bombing of Gorky Siege of Sevastopol Attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese invasion of Thailand Fall of Hong Kong Fall of the Philippines Battle of Guam Battle of Wake Island Malayan campaign Battle of Borneo Japanese invasion of Burma Third Battle of Changsha Greek famine of 1941–1944
1942	Fall of Singapore Battle of the Java Sea St Nazaire Raid Battle of Christmas Island Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Madagascar Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign Battle of Gazala Battle of Dutch Harbor Battle of Midway Aleutian Islands campaign Kiska Attu Blue First Battle of El Alamein Battle of Stalingrad Rzhev Jubilee Second Battle of El Alamein Guadalcanal campaign Torch Chinese famine of 1942–1943
1943	Tunisian campaign Battle of West Hubei Battle of Attu Bombing of Gorky Battle of Kursk Allied invasion of Sicily Smolensk Solomon Islands campaign Cottage Battle of the Dnieper Allied invasion of Italy Armistice of Cassibile Burma Northern Burma and Western Yunnan Changde Second Battle of Kiev Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Tarawa Makin Bengal famine of 1943
1944	Tempest Monte Cassino / Anzio Korsun–Cherkassy Narva Ichi-Go Overlord Neptune Mariana and Palau Bagration Western Ukraine Second Battle of Guam Tannenberg Line Warsaw Uprising Eastern Romania Liberation of Paris Dragoon Gothic Line Belgrade offensive Lapland Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 Philippines (1944–1945) Leyte Syrmian Front Hungary Budapest Burma (1944–1945) Ardennes Bodenplatte Dutch famine of 1944–1945
1945	Vistula–Oder Battle of Manila Battle of Iwo Jima Indochina Vienna offensive Project Hula Western invasion of Germany Bratislava–Brno offensive Battle of Okinawa Second Guangxi campaign West Hunan Italy (Spring 1945) Battle of Berlin Prague offensive Surrender of Germany document Borneo Taipei Naval bombardment of Japan Manchuria Atomic bombings Debate South Sakhalin Kuril Islands Shumshu Surrender of Japan Potsdam Declaration document End of World War II in Asia