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Operation Quicksilver

Operation Quicksilver can refer to at least 3 military operations:


In World War II, Operation Quicksilver (Allies, 1944) was a sub-plan of Operation Fortitude, the 1944 deception plan. Quicksilver created a fictional "First United States Army Group" commanded by General Patton that supposedly would invade France at the Pas-de-Calais. American troops used false signals and decoy installations and phony equipment to deceive German observation aircraft and radio intercept operators. See Operation Bodyguard.


Operation Quicksilver (United States, 1978 - 1979) was a nuclear test series of eighteen blasts conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1978 and 1979. This preceded Tinderbox, and followed Crescent[?]. The individual tests were:

NameDateSize
Emmenthal2 November 1978<20 kilotons
Quargel18 November20-150 kilotons
(Unknown)1 December (Unknown)
Farm16 December20-150 kilotons
Baccarat24 January 1979<20 kilotons
Quinella8 February20-150 kilotons
Kloster15 February20-150 kilotons
Memory14 March<20 kilotons
(Unknown)11 May(Unknown)
Pepato11 June20-150 kilotons
Chess20 June<20 kilotons
Fajy28 June20-150 kilotons
Burzet3 August20-150 kilotons
Offshore8 August20-150 kilotons
Nessel29 August20-150 kilotons
Hearts6 September20-150 kilotons
Pera8 September<20 kilotons
Sheepshead26 September20-150 kilotons


3. Operation Quicksilver (United States, 1990s) was a plan to reduce the size of the United States Army in the early 1990s as a result of the end of the Cold War. A number of incentives such as early retirement were used to reduce the number of soldiers on active duty by a third.



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