List of military operations

Operations

World War II

• Adler ("Eagle") – German air offensive against Britain, as a prelude to Seelöwe, 1940.
• Ambassador – 1940 British commando raid on Guernsey.
• Amherst 1945 British airborne raid in The Netherlands.
• Anvil - Invasion of Southern France. Name later changed to Operation Dragoon.
• Archery 1941 British commando raid on Maloy, Norway.
• Artur ("Arthur") – German plan to support I.R.A. activities in Northern Ireland and Ireland, 1941.
• Attila– German seizure and occupation of Vichy France, 1940.
• Avalanche-- Allied invasion of Sicily.
  • Boardman Deception operation for Avalanche.
• Barbarossa 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union.
• Basalt 1942 British raid on Sark.
• Begonia 1943 British POW rescue in Italy.
• Birke ("Birch") 1944 German plan to withdraw from Northern Finland prior to the Lapland War.
• Birkhahn ("Black Cock") 1945 German withdrawal from Norway.
• Blau (Case Blue) 1942 German offensive in the southern USSR.
• Blücher 1942 German campaign in the Caucasus.
• Bodenplatte ("Baseplate") 1945 German aerial attack on 27 Allied airbases in Europe.
• Bodyguard 1944 the Allied strategic deception plan for the Normandy landings
• Chariot – the British raid on St Nazaire, March 1942
• Compass – the British counter-offensive in Egypt/Libya, December 1940
• Cooney – French commando raid.
• Coronet – Second of two prongs of the planned invasion of Japan, Downfall
• Dragoon--Allied invasion of Southern France.
  • Dove--Gliderborne component of Dragoon.
  • Span--Deception operation in support of Dragoon.
• Epsom – British assault west of Caen, Normandy, 1944.
• Cerberus – Escape of German capital ships from Brest, France to home ports in Germany, February 12, 1942
• Cobra – American breakout from Normandy, 1944.
• Crusader – British attempt to relieve Tobruk (Libya), 1941.
• Deadlight – postwar scuttling of U-boats, 1945-1946.
• Downfall – planned Allied invasion of Japan.
  • Olympic – First of two prongs of the invasion of Japan.
  • Coronet – Second of two prongs of the invasion of Japan.
• Donnerschlag ("Thunderclap") – Planned breakout of the German 6th Army from Stalingrad, December 1942.
• Downwood – attack on German dams in World War II.
• Dragoon – Allied landing in southern France, 1944.
• Drumbeat – German U-boat attack on east coast shipping of US, 1942.
• Dynamo – The Evacuation from Dunkirk
• Edelweiss – Proposed capture of the oil fields of Baku in the Caucasus by Axis forces, July 1942.
• Eisenhammer – Luftwaffe code name for a plan to destroy Soviet generating plants in the Moscow and Gorky areas in 1943. (Not the same as Operation Iron Hammer.)
• Fall Blau (Case Blue)-- German offensive in the southern USSR, 1942.
• Fall Gelb ("Case Yellow") – German offensive against western Europe, 1940.
• Fall Gruen (Case Green) the German invasion of Czechoslovakia.
• Fall Weiss ("Case White") – German invasion of Poland, 1939.
• Felix – Planned German invasion of Gibraltar via Spain, 1940-1941.
• Feuerzauber ("Fire Magic") – Planned German capture of Leningrad, 1942.
• Fischereiher ("Heron") – German offensive to capture Stalingrad, 1942.
• Fortitude – Allied deception of Germany, 1944.
• Frühlingserwachen ("Spring Awakening") – Last German counterattack against Russian forces in Hungary, March 1945.
• Goodwood – British breakout attempt in Normandy (France), 1944.
• Greif--("Grab") German troops disguised as Allied soldiers capture bridges across the River Meuse in the Ardennes (Luxembourg and France), 1944.
• Grün [1] ("Green") – The Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia.
• Grün [2] ("Green") – Decoy invasion of Ireland in conjunction with Seelöwe, 1940.
• Herbstreise ("Autumn Journey") – Decoy invasion of Scotland in conjunction with Seelöwe, 1940.
• Herkules – Planned Axis airborne invasion of Malta, 1942.
• Wacht am Rhein ("Watch on the Rhine") – German counteroffensive in the Ardennes (Luxembourg and France), 1944.
• Husky – Allied invasion of Sicily, 1943.
• Icarus – Planned German invasion of Iceland, 1940.
• Lightfoot – first attack by British at El Alamein, 1942.
• Marita – German invasion of Greece, 1941.
• Lost – British commando raid in Brittany, June, 1944.
• Margarethe – German operation to keep Hungary from falling to Russia and defecting to the Allies, in March 1944.
• Manhattan Engineer District
• Market Garden – Allied airborne attempt to gain a Rhine crossing in the Netherlands, 1944.
• Merkur ("Mercury") – German invasion of Crete, 1941.
• Mondscheinsonate ("Moonlight Sonata") – German aerial raid on Coventry, November 1940.
• Morgenrote ("Dawn") – German counterattack against Anzio landings, January 1944.
• Narcissus – British commando raid.
• Nordlicht [1] ("Northern Lights") – Planned German assault on Lenningrad, 1942.
• Nordlicht [2] ("Northern Lights") – German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula and Finland into Norway in 1944.
• Nordwind ("North Wind") – German offensive in the Alsace region, January 1945.
• Olympic – First of two prongs of the invasion of Japan part of Downfall.
• Overlord – Allied landings in Normandy (France), 1944.
  • Bodyguard, Overall deception plan.
  • Detroit, American airdrop in Normany.
  • Chicago, American airdrop in Normandy.
  • Dingson Free French Commando raid.
  • Tonga, British airdrop in Normandy.
  • Neptune, Overall Allied naval operations for the invasion.
  • Maple, Allied naval minesweeping operations.
  • Gambit, British midget submarine operations.
• Paperclip - a part-military, part-scientific operation to gain information out of Nazi scientists after the Second World War.
• Platinfuchs ("Platinum Fox") – German attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo as part of Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
• Plunder 1945 British crossing of the Rhine.
  • Archway Commando operation to support Plunder.
• Polarfuchs ("Polar Fox") – German attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland as part of Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
• Renntier ("Reindeer") – German occupation of Finnish Petsamo in 1941.
• Rheinübung ("Exercise Rhine") – German attacks on Allied shipping conducted by the ships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, 1941.
• Rösselsprung [1] ("Knights Move") – German naval campaign to sink Allied Arctic convoys between Britain and Russia, 1942.
• Rösselsprung [2] ("Knights Move") – German attempt to capture partisan leader Tito at his Bosnian HQ, May 1944.
• Roundup – Planned Allied landings in France, 1942.
• Seelöwe ("Sea Lion") – Planned German invasion of Great Britain, 1940.
  • Adler ("Eagle") – German air offensive
  • Grün [2] ("Green") – Decoy invasion of Ireland in conjunction with Seelöwe, 1940.
  • Herbstreise ("Autumn Journey") – Decoy invasion of Scotland in conjunction with Seelöwe.
• Shingle 1944 Allied invasion of Sicily.
  • Baobab Commando raid in support of Shingle.
  • Chettyford Deception plan to support Shingle.
• Sledgehammer – Planned Allied landings in France, 1942.
• Sonneblume The movement of German troops to north Africa as a result of the British Operation Compass attack.
• Sonnenwende ("Winter Solstice") – German offensive to relieve Pomerania from Russian forces and halt advance on Berlin, February 1945.
• Supercharge – second attack by British at El Alamein, 1942.
• Tanne Ost – Failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland in 1944.
• Tanne West – Planned German attempt to capture Åland from Finland in 1944.
• Theseus – German offensive to drive Allies out of Cyrenaica and Egypt, 1942.
• Torch – American landings in North Africa, 1942.
• Totalize – Allied effort to trap German armor in Normandy, 1944.
• Typhoon – German autumn offensive to capture Moscow, October 1941.
• Weiss-- German invasion of Poland.
• Watchtower – US counterinvasion of Guadalcanal, 1942.
• Weserübung ("Weser Exercise") – German invasions of Denmark and Norway, April 1940.
• Wintergewitter ("Winter Storm") – German attempt to relief encircled 6th Army in Stalingrad (Russia), 1942.
• Zitadelle ("Citadel") – German counteroffensive at Kursk (Russia), 1943.

Cold War Era

• Agatha – 1946 British attack on Hagana and Irgun in Palestine
• Ajax--Anglo-British plan for the 1953 coup in Iran.
• Anadyr – USSR plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Argus – detonation of nuclear bombs in the upper atmosphere, 1959.
• Attila – Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus, 1974.
• El Dorado Canyon – US strikes against Libya, 1986.
• Entebbe - Israeli Entebbe operation 1976
• Evening Light – US attempt to rescue embassy hostages in Tehran, Iran, 1980.
• Gold – Covert Amrican tunnel under the Berlin Wall.
• Golden Pheasant – US deployment in Honduras, 1988.
• Jonathan – rescue of hostages at Entebbe, Uganda in 1976.
• Just Cause – US invasion of Panama, 1989.
• Mongoose – plan for information gathering, sabotage, civil insurrection and the overthrown of Cuba dictator Fidel Castro. 1962
• Northwoods - plan to incite war between United States and Cuba in 1960s
• Peter Pan - transfer of Cubans to United States in 1960-1962
• Power Pack – US deployment in Santo Domingo, 1965.
• Silver – Covert British tunnel in Austria.
• Suzannah - Israel plan to bomb American interests in Egypt in 1954
• Urgent Fury – US invasion of Grenada, 1983.
• Vittles – Berlin Airlift in 1948

Post-Cold War

• Addition – Canada's contribution to United Nations mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
• Anaconda – US effort to capture al Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan.
• Apollo – Canadian Navy's operation in support of the United States forces in Afghanistan.
• Assistance – Canada's assistance in the province of Manitoba after major flooding in the spring of 1997
• Bljesak ("Flash") – Croatian offensive against western Slavonian parts of Krajina, 1995
• Bramble Bush Israeli plan to kill Saddam Hussein in 1992.
• Caravan – Canadian Forces contribution to the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Central – Canada's assistance in Central America after devastation of Hurricane Mitch in 1998
• Chaperon – Canada's contribution to the United Nations of one military observer (UNMO)
• Constable – July 1997, Canada's contribution to United Nations mission in Haiti, to help build their national police
• Desert Shield – buildup prior to Gulf War, 1990.
  • Granby – British codename for operations during Gulf War in 1991.
• Desert Storm – Gulf War, 1991.
• Determination – Canada's forces deployed to Arabian Gulf to force Iraq to comply with United Nations inspection agreements, in early 1998
• Enduring Freedom, US and UK invasion of Afghanistan, 2001-2002.
  • Anaconda – US effort to capture al Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan.
  • Apollo – Canadian Navy's operation in support of the United States forces in Afghanistan.
  • Avalanche – a [[December 2003 U.S.-led offensive in Afghanistan.
  • Haven Denial – U.S. and Italian forces against Taliban remnants and Al Qaeda fighters in southeast Afghanistan, July, 2003.
  • Mountain Viper - U.S. and Afghan forces attacked suspected Taliban forces in Zabul province, Afghanistan, late August, 2003.
  • Slipper The Royal Australian Navy's contribution to the invasion of Afghanistan.
  • Warrior Sweep – the first major military operation of the Afghan National Army, July 23, 2003
• Essential Harvest – a month-long NATO mission of disarming ethnic Albanians in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in 2001.

Falklands War:

• Rosario Argentine invasion.
• Corporate British liberation
  • Black Buck British long-range bombing raid.
  • Canbelow British Antiaircraft Naval Ambush
  • Keyhole British Commando Raid.
  • Purple Warrior British training exercise incorporating lessons from the Falklands War.
    • Sutton British Amphibious Landings.
• Forage – Canadian contribution to NATO Operation Essential Harvest
• Granby – British codename for operations during Gulf War in 1991.
• Harmony – Canada's contribution to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), which was created in February 1992 to ensure the protection and demilitarization of three "UN Protected Areas" in Croatia
• Haven Denial – U.S. and Italian forces against Taliban remnants and Al Qaeda fighters in southeast Afghanistan, July, 2003.
• Infinite Justice, original name for Enduring Freedom.
• Iraqi Freedom – coalition name for 2003 Iraq War.
  • Bulldog Mammoth--American search of an apartment complex.
  • Iron Hammer – U.S. forces in Iraq "ferreting out" the opposition. (Not the same as Operation Eisenhammer.)
  • Ivy Blizzard A counter insurgency sweep by U.S. Forces.
  • Ivy Cyclone II American operation near Tikrit.
  • Operation Red Dawn American capture of Saddam Hussein in December 2003.
  • Rifles Blitz Border security operations in Iraq.
• Kinetic – Canada's contribution to NATO mission KFOR to secure Kosovo and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to provide humanitarian needs to displaced persons
• Megaphone – Canada's Department of National Defense work to return equipment used in Kosovo Operation Kinetic to Canada
• Mountain Viper - U.S. and Afghan forces attacked suspected Taliban forces in Zabul province, Afghanistan, late August, 2003.
• Oluja ("Storm") – Croatian offensive against Krajina, 1995
• Northern Watch – northern No-Fly Zone over Iraq, 1990s.
• Peace for Galilee - Israeli invasion of Lebanon
• Peregrine - British Columbia, Canada forest fire fighting assitance by soldiers
• Persistence – Canada's mission in Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia to recover bodies after crash of SwissAir Flight 111, on September 2, 1998
• Potkova ("Horseshoe") – Yugoslav army offensive against the KLA with the aim to drive out the Kosovar Albanians from Kosovo 1999
• Provide Comfort - provide security and humanitarian aid to Kurds in northern Iraq in 1991
• Quadrant – Canada's mission in Kosovo
• Record – Canada's mission to secure Iraq-Kuwait border after the 1991 Gulf War
• Recuperation – Canada's assistance after major snowstorm hits eastern Canada, January 4, 1998
• Sharp Edge – evacuation of Americans from Liberia, 1990-1991.
• Shining Express--evacuation of Americans from Liberia, 2003
• Southern Watch – southern No-Fly Zone over Iraq, 1990s.
• Slipper The Royal Australian Navy's contribution to the invasion of Afghanistan.
• Support – Canadian Forces operations of September 11, 2001 to September 14, 2001
• Telic – British codename for operations against Iraq in 2003.
• Torrent – Canada's assistance after devastating earthquake in Turkey, August 17, 1999
• Toucan – Canada's contribution to United Nations Internatonal Force in East Timor (INTERFET) and United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
• Warrior Sweep – the first major military operation of the Afghan National Army, July 23, 2003
• Exercise Unified Spirite 2000 – A large NATO exercise held every two years to train the armed forces of member nations in joint and combined operations.

Other/Unknown

• Artisan – Canadian Forces contribution to the Rinas Airfield Rehabilitation Project in Tirana, Albania
• Echo – Canada sends air forces to Aviano, Italy to enforce a no-fly zone over Balkan region (UNSFOR) and (UNKFOR)
• Eclipse – Deployment of Canadian soldiers to east Africa in support of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
• Fusion – Canada's combined contribution of Oprtation Allied Harmony and Operation Concordia
• Prudence – Canada's participation in the Mission des Nations Unies dans la République Centrafricaine (MINURCA)

Projects

• Avalanche American anti-Pedophilia effort.
• List of Nuclear Tests
• Operation Ore American led anti-Pedophilia effort.
• Operation Pin British-led anti-Pedophilia effort.
• Jennifer
• RAND
• Vanguard

Non-military operations

• Bojinka – terrorist plot by al-Qaida members Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheik Mohammed, foiled in 1995
• Clambake – anti-Scientology

External links

• Canadian Department of National Defence - Past Operations