High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Crossbow was the code name of the World War II campaign of Anglo-American "operations against all phases of the German long-range weapons programme—operations against research and development of the weapons, their manufacture, transportation and their launching sites, and against missiles in flight".:7 The original 1943:149code name Bodyline was replaced with Crossbow on November 15, 1943.:4Post-war, Crossbow operations became known as Operation Crossbow as early as 1962, particularly following the 1965 film of the same name.