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Term	Definition
Q-Ships	Armed Allied decoy ships used to lure Axis submarines to the surface, where they could be attacked by gunfire
Quadrant	Code name for the first Quebec conference (Churchill & Roosevelt)- August 1943
Quicksilver	Code name for deception operations involving General Patton's fictitious FUSAG

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