List of military operations

Operations:

This list is sorted by the operation's code name.

• Anaconda -- US effort to capture al Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan.
• 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.
• Barbarossa -- German invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941.
• Birke -- German plan to withdraw from Northern Finland prior to the Lapland War.
• Bodyguard -- the Allied strategic deception plan for the Normandy landings
• Compass -- the British counter-offensive in Egypt/Libya, December 1940
• Coronet -- Second of two prongs of the planned invasion of Japan, Downfall
• Epsom' -- British assault west of Caen, Normandy, 1944.
• (Fall) Blau [1] ("Case Blue") -- Planned German air attack on England, 1939.
• (Fall) Blau [2] ("Case Blue") -- German offensive in the southern USSR, 1942.
• Cobra -- American breakout from Normandy, 1944.
• Crusader -- British attempt to relieve Tobruk (Libya), 1941.
• Deadlight -- postwar scuttling of U-boats, 1945-1946.
• Desert Shield -- buildup prior to Gulf War, 1990.
• Desert Storm -- Gulf War, 1991.
• Downfall -- planned Allied invasion of Japan.
  • [Operation Olympic|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 -- Allied landing in southern France, 1944.
• Drumbeat -- German U-boat attack on east coast shipping of US, 1942.
• El Dorado Canyon -- US strikes against Libya, 1986.
• Enduring Freedom, US and UK invasion of Afghanistan, 2001-2002.
• Entebbe - Israeli Entebbe operation 1976
• Evening Light -- US attempt to rescue embassy hostages in Tehran, Iran, 1980.
• Felix -- Planned German invasion of Gibraltar via Spain, 1940-1941.
• Fortitude -- Allied deception of Germany, 1944.
• (Fall) Gelb ("Case Yellow") -- German offensive against western Europe, 1940.
• Golden Pheasant -- US deployment in Honduras, 1988.
• Goodwood -- British breakout attempt in Normandy (France), 1944.
• Herbstnebel ("Autumn Fog") -- German counteroffensive in the Ardennes (Luxembourg and France), 1944.
• Husky -- Allied invasion of Sicily, 1943.
• Infinite Justice, original name for Enduring Freedom.
• Iraqi Freedom -- coalition name for 2003 Iraq War.
• Jonathan -- rescue of hostages at Entebbe, Uganda in 1976.
• Just Cause -- US invasion of Panama, 1989.
• Lightfoot -- first attack by British at El Alamein, 1942.
• Marita -- German invasion of Greece, 1941.
• Market Garden -- Allied airborne attempt to gain a Rhine crossing in the Netherlands, 1944.
• Merkur ("Mercury") -- German invasion of Crete, 1941.
• Neptune -- airborne part of Overlord, 1944.
• 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.
• "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.
  • Tonga, British airdrop in Normandy.
  • Neptune, Overall Allied naval operations for the invasion.
  • Maple, Allied naval minesweeping operations.
  • Gambit, British midget submarine operations.

• Northern Watch -- northern No-Fly Zone over Iraq, 1990s.
• Northwoods - plan to incite war between United States and Cuba in 1960s
• Peter Pan - transfer of Cubans to United States in 1960-1962
• Platinfuchs -- German attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo as part of Operation Barbarossa.
• Polarfuchs -- German attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland as part of Operation Barbarossa.
• Power Pack -- US deployment in Santo Domingo, 1965.
• Operation Provide Comfort - provide security and humanitarian aid to Kurds in northern Iraq in 1991
• Renntier -- German occupation of Finnish Petsamo in 1941.
• Roundup -- Planned Allied landings in France, 1942.
• Seelöwe ("Sea Lion") -- Planned German invasion of Great Britain, 1940.
• Sharp Edge -- evacuation of Americans from Liberia, 1990-1991.
• Sledgehammer -- Planned Allied landings in France, 1942.
• Southern Watch -- southern No-Fly Zone over Iraq, 1990s.
• Supercharge -- second attack by British at El Alamein, 1942.
• Suzannah - Israel plan to bomb American interests in Egypt in 1954
• Torch -- American landings in North Africa, 1942.
• Totalize -- Allied effort to trap German armor in Normandy, 1944.
• Urgent Fury -- US invasion of Grenada, 1983.
• Vittles -- Berlin Airlift in 1948
• Watchtower -- US counterinvasion of Guadalcanal, 1942.
• Weser - German invasions of Denmark and Norway, 1940.
• Zitadelle ("Citadel") -- German counteroffensive at Kursk (Russia), 1943.

Projects:

• Manhattan Project
• RAND
• Vanguard

non-military operations

• Operation Clambake -- anti-Scientology