List of military and non-military operations and projects

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