Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a list of military missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed indepedently. Table of contents 1 Operations 1.1 World War II 1.2 Cold War Era 1.3 Post-Cold War 1.4 Other/Unknown 2 Law Enforcement 3 Other 4 Non-military operations 5 External links Operations World War II Ambassador 1940 British commando raid on Guernsey. Amherst 1945 British airborne raid in The Netherlands. Anvil 1944 Invasion of Southern France. Name later changed to Operation Dragoon. Archery 1941 British commando raid on Maloy, Norway. Artur ("Arthur") 1941 German plan to support I.R.A. activities. Attila 1940 German seizure and occupation of Vichy France. Avalanche Allied invasion of Sicily. Boardman Deception operation for Avalanche. Barbarossa 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Platinfuchs ("Platinum Fox") 1941 German attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo. Polarfuchs ("Polar Fox") 1941 German attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland. 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. Biting 1942 Commando raid on radar site in France. 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. Candytuft 1943 British raid on the Italian east coast. Canuck 1945 SAS operation near Turin. Cerberus 1942 Escape of German capital ships from Brest to home ports in Germany. Chariot 1942 British raid on St. Nazaire. Clawhammer 1942 Planned commando raid on a radar site in France. Claymore 1941 British raid on Norwegian islands. Cobra 1944 American breakout from Normandy. Dunhill 1944 SAS operations in Normandy to support Cobra Cold Comfort 1945 British raid on rail lines in Italy. Colossus 1941 airborne raid against rail targets in Italy. Compass 1940 British counteroffensive in north Africa. Cooney French]] commando raid. Crusader 1941 British attempt to relieve Tobruk. Deadlight 1945 Postwar scuttling of U-boats. ''Defoe 1944 SAS patrols in Normandy. Donnerschlag ("Thunderclap") 1942 planned breakout of the German 6th Army from Stalingrad. Downfall 1945 Planned invasion of Japan. Olympic First of two prongs of the invasion of Japan. Coronet Second of two prongs of the invasion of Japan. Downwood Attack on German dams in World War II. Dragoon 1944 Allied landing in southern France. Dove Gliderborne component of Dragoon. Span - Deception operation in support of Dragoon. Driftwood 1944 failed raid on rail targets north of Rome. Drumbeat 1942 German U-boat attack on east coast shipping of US. Dynamo 1940 British evacuation from Dunkirk. Edelweiss 1942 Proposed German capture of the oil fields of Baku. Eisenhammer 1943 plan to destroy Soviet generating plants in Moscow & Gorky. (Not the same as Operation Iron Hammer.) Epsom 1944 British assault west of Caen, Normandy. Fall Blau (Case Blue) 1942 German offensive in the southern USSR. Fall Gelb ("Case Yellow") 1940 German offensive against western Europe. Fall Gruen (Case Green) - the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. Fall Weiss ("Case White") 1939 German invasion of Poland. Felix 1940-41 planned German invasion of Gibraltar. Feuerzauber ("Fire Magic") 1942 planned German capture of Leningrad. Fischereiher ("Heron") 1942 German offensive to capture Stalingrad. Fortitude 1944 Allied deception in Europe. Frankton 1942 Commando raid on shipping port in France. Frühlingserwachen ("Spring Awakening") 1945 German counterattack against Russian forces in Hungary. Gaff 1944 attempt to kill Rommel. Gauntlet 1941 raid on Spitzbergen. Goodwood 1944 British breakout attempt from Normandy. Greif ("Grab") 1944 German troops disguised as Allied soldiers during Battle of the Bulge. Grün [1] ("Green") The Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia. Grün [2] ("Green") 1940 Decoy invasion of Ireland in conjunction with Seelöwe. Gunnerside 1943 raid on a Norwegian heavy water plant. Herbstreise ("Autumn Journey") 1940 Decoy invasion of Scotland. Herkules 1942 Planned Axis airborne invasion of Malta . Wacht am Rhein ("Watch on the Rhine") 1944 German counteroffensive in the Ardennes (Luxembourg and France; the Battle of the Bulge. Husky 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Icarus 1940 Planned German invasion of Iceland. Lightfoot 1942 First attack by British at El Alamein. Marita 1941 German invasion of Greece. Lost 1944 British raid on Brittany. Margarethe 1944 German operation to keep Hungary from defecting. Loyton 1944 large SAS patrol in French mountains. Manhattan Engineer District The American program to build the Atomic Bomb. Market Garden 1944 Allied airborne attempt to cross the lower Rhine. Merkur ("Mercury") 1941 German invasion of Crete. Mondscheinsonate ("Moonlight Sonata") 1940 German aerial raid on Coventry. Morgenrote ("Dawn") 1944 German counterattack against Anzio landings. Narcissus - British commando raid. Nelson 1944 cancelled SAS patrol in France. Newton 1944 SAS raid in France. Nordlicht [1] ("Northern Lights") 1942 Planned German assault on Leningrad. Nordlicht [2] ("Northern Lights") 1944 German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway. Nordwind ("North Wind") 1945 German offensive in the Alsace. Overlord 1944 Allied landings in Normandy. 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 WWII. Plunder 1945 British crossing of the Rhine. Archway - Commando operation to support Plunder. Renntier ("Reindeer") 1941 German occupation of Finnish Petsamo. Rheinübung ("Exercise Rhine") - German attacks on Allied shipping conducted by the ships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, 1941. Rösselsprung [1] ("Knights Move") 1942 German naval campaign to sink Arctic convoys. Rösselsprung [2] ("Knights Move") 1944 German attempt to capture Tito. Roundup 1942 Planned Allied landings in France. 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") 1945 German offensive to relieve Pomerania from Russian forces and halt advance on Berlin. Supercharge 1942 Second attack by British at El Alamein. Tanne Ost 1944 Failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland. Tanne West 1944 Planned German attempt to capture Åland from Finland. Theseus 1942 German offensive to drive Allies out of Cyrenaica & Egypt. Operation Tombola 1945 SAS raid in Italy. Torch 1942 Allied landings in North Africa. Totalize 1944 Allied effort to trap German armor in Normandy. Typhoon 1941 German autumn offensive to capture Moscow. Watchtower 1942 US invasion of Guadalcanal. Weiss 1939 German invasion of Poland. Weserübung ("Weser Exercise") 1940 German invasion of Denmark & Norway. Wintergewitter ("Winter Storm") 1942 German attempt to relief encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad. Zitadelle ("Citadel") 1943 German counteroffensive at Kursk. Cold War Era Agatha 1946 British attack on Hagana and Irgun in Palestine. Ajax 1953 Anglo-British plan for coup in Iran. Anadyr USSR plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba]; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis Argus 1959 test of nuclear bombs in the upper atmosphere. Attila 1974 Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus. Claret 1964 British patrols into Indonesia. El Dorado Canyon 1986 US strikes against Libya. Entebbe 1976 Israeli Entebbe operation. Later renamed Operation Jonathan. Evening Light 1980 US attempt to rescue embassy hostages in Tehran. Gold - Covert American tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Golden Pheasant 1988 US deployment in Honduras. Jonathan 1976 rescue of hostages at Entebbe, Uganda. Jennifer CIA lifting of a sunken Soviet submarine. Just Cause 1989 US invasion of Panama. Mongoose 1962 plan for information gathering, sabotage, civil insurrection and the overthrown of Cuba dictator Fidel Castro. Nimrod 1980 rescue of hostages in the Iranian embassy, London. Northwoods 1960s plan to incite war between United States and Cuba. Peter Pan 1960s transfer of Cubans to the US. Power Pack 1965 US deployment in Santo Domingo. Silver - Covert British tunnel in Austria. Suzannah 1954 Israel plan to bomb American interests in Egypt. Urgent Fury 1983 US invasion of Grenada. Vittles 1948 Berlin Airlift. Operation Planefare British part of the Berlin Airlift. 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 - The 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. Headstrong 2003 British special forces secretly trained Afghan commandos to seek out and destroy drug labs. 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 2001 a month-long NATO mission of disarming ethnic Albanians in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 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. ''Flavius 1988 SAS action against the IRA in Gibraltar. Forage - Canadian contribution to NATO Operation Essential Harvest Granby 1991 British codename for operations during Gulf War. 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) Veritas - British codename for operations in Afghanistan commencing October 2001 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) Law Enforcement Avalanche 1999 American anti-pedophilia effort. Operation Falcon 2004 anti-pedophilia raid against companies handling credit card payments Operation Ore 2003 American led anti-pedophilia effort. Operation Pin 2003 British-led anti-pedophilia effort. Other List of Nuclear Tests RAND Vanguard Non-military operations Bojinka - Terrorist plot by al-Qaida members Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, foiled in 1995 Clambake - Anti-Scientology External links Canadian Department of National Defence - Past Operations This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.