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Contents 1 World War I 2 World War II 3 Cold War Era 3.1 Asia 3.2 Europe 3.3 Central America and the Caribbean 3.4 Southern Africa 3.5 Chadian Civil War (1965–1993) 3.6 Falklands War (1982) 3.7 Other 4 Korean War 5 Vietnam War 6 Post-Cold War 6.1 Asia 6.2 Rwanda 6.3 Other Africa 6.4 East Timor 6.5 Croatian War of Independence 1991-1995 6.6 War in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995 6.7 Kosovo War 1999 6.8 Macedonia 6.9 Haiti 6.10 Persian Gulf War 6.11 Iraq (post-Gulf War) 7 Arab/Israeli Conflict 7.1 Pre-1948 7.2 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli War 7.3 1956 Suez Crisis 7.4 1967 Six Day War 7.5 1968-1970 War of Attrition 7.6 1973 Yom Kippur War 7.7 1978 Israel/Lebanon conflict 7.8 Sinai Peninsula 1982 - 1986 and 1993 - ongoing 7.9 1982-2000 Israel/Lebanon conflict 7.10 Gaza Strip 7.11 2006 Israel/Lebanon conflict 7.12 Other Israeli Operations 7.13 See also 8 Global War on Terror and other associated activity 8.1 Afghanistan 8.2 Current Iraq War 8.3 Other military counter-terrorist operations 8.4 Terrorist operations 8.5 Counter-terrorism drills 8.6 Preventive counter-terrorist operations 8.7 Reactive counter-terrorist operations 8.8 Other/Unknown 9 Law Enforcement 9.1 US Drug Enforcement Administration Operations 9.2 Other anti-narcotic operations 9.3 Anti-child pornography operations 9.4 Operations against intellectual property theft 9.5 Other operations 10 Humanitarian Operations 11 Other 12 Non-military operations 13 External links

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This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed independently.

World War I

See also List of military engagements of World War I

• Albion (1917) — German capture of Oesel, Dagö and Moon Islands (now Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu)
• Hush planned Allied amphibious landing on the Belgian coast.
• Kaiserschlacht ('Kaiser's battle') (1918) — German Spring offensive using armies released from the Eastern Front.
  • Blücher-Yorck (1918) —
    • Gneisenau (1918) —
  • Georgette (1918) —
  • Michael (1918) —
• Strafexpedition (Punitive Expedition) (1916) — operation by the Austro-Hungarian Army against Italy (Italian northern front): the largest mountain battle ever fought.

World War II

See List of World War II military operations

Cold War Era

Asia

• Ajax (1953) — Anglo-American plan for Iranian coup d'état that deposed Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Atilla (1974) — Turkish invasion of Cyprus, leading to subsequent occupation of northern Cyprus
• Operation Cactus (1988) — Indian armed forces oust Tamil nationalist mercenaries of PLOTE who instigated a coup in Malé in the Maldives.
• Operation Chengiz Khan (1971) Pakistan Air Force launches a preemptive attacks on Indian air bases.
• Claret (1964) — British SAS and Australian SASR patrols into Indonesia
  • Jock Scott (1952) — British rounding up of suspected insurgents at the beginning of the Mau Mau Uprising
  • Anvil (1954) — British counter-insurgency operation in Nairobi during the Mau Mau Uprising
• Eagle Claw (1980) — Attempted rescue of American hostages held in Tehran.
• Earnest Will (1987-88) — American protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War
  • Eager Glacier (1987-88) — U.S. spy planes gather intelligence about Iran.
  • Nimble Archer (1987) — U.S. retaliates for Iranian missile attack on reflagged Kuwaiti tanker.
  • Praying Mantis (1988) — U.S. retaliates against Iran for mining frigate.
  • Prime Chance (1987-88) — Special operations to protect Kuwaiti tankers, run largely from barges in the northern Persian Gulf.
• Evening Light (1980) — failed U.S. attempt to rescue embassy hostages in Tehran
• Operation Gibraltar (1965) — Pakistan's attempt to infiltrate and instigate a massive rebellion in Jammu and Kashmir, India
• Grand Slam (1965) — Pakistan's second attempt to cut off Kashmir from India.
• Lucky Alphonse (1956) — British sweep of Troodos area on Cyprus for EOKA
• Operation Meghdoot (1984) — Indian military's capture of the majority of Siachen Glacier.
• Nimrod (1980) — rescue of hostages in the Iranian embassy, London
• Paul Bunyan (1976) — UN forces remove a tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone
• Sparrowhawk I, II and III (1956) — British operations against EOKA on Cyprus.
• Team Spirit (1976-1993) — Annual joint exercise with South Korean forces.
• Dwarka(1965)— Pakistan Navy's attack on the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965. This was the first use of a Navy in the Indo-Pakistan Wars.
• Operation Trident (1971) — Indian Navy's bombing and blockade of Karachi Port, Pakistan.

Europe

• Berlin Airlift of 1948:
  • Vittles — US part of the Berlin Airlift
  • Planefare — British part of the Berlin Airlift.
• Gladio (?) — Stockpiles of weapons in Switzerland, Austria and other countries for resistance to Soviet occupiers.
• Gold (1954) — covert American tunnel under the Berlin Wall
• Neptune (1964) — Soviet-led counterintelligence operation.
• Reforger — Annual American exercise to "return forces to Germany".
• Silver (1949) — covert British communications tap in Austria
• Banner (1969) Deployment of British troops to Northern Ireland.

Central America and the Caribbean

• Anadyr — Soviet plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Kama — Soviet plan to forward-base seven Soviet ballistic missile submarines in Mariel, Cuba (part of Anadyr)
• Fortune (1951) — 1951 CIA plan for a coup in Guatemala. Executed as Success
• Golden Pheasant (1988) — US deployment in Honduras
• Just Cause (1989) — US invasion of Panama
  • Acid Gambit — Rescue of Kurt Muse.
  • Bushmaster — Security operations near US facilities.
  • Sand Flea — rehearsal for Just Cause.
• Mongoose (1962) — plan for information gathering, sabotage, civil insurrection and the overthrown of the Cuban government.
• Northwoods (1960s) — plan to incite war between the United States and Cuba.
• Waverider (1972) — *Peter Pan (1960s) — transfer of Cubans to the US
• Phibriglex (1962) — US plan and mock invasion by its armed forces of a Caribbean island. The exercise took place on Vieques and the purpose of the mock invasion was to overthrow a fictitious leader called "Ortsac", whose name was, in fact, Castro spelled backwards. It occurred in August, shortly before the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is also known by the names Operation Ortsac, Operation Swift Strike II and Exercise Phibriglex-62.
• Power Pack (1965) — US deployment in the Dominican Republic
• Success (1954) — 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala.
• Urgent Fury (1983) — US invasion of Grenada

Southern Africa

• Hurricane (1972-1980) / — Operations by Rhodesian security forces against ZIPRA and ZANU guerillas in Mashonaland.
• Operation Overload (1974) — Rhodesian security forces operation to establish protected villages.
• Savannah (1975-76) — South African intervention in Angola in support of the FNLA.
• Carlota (1977) — Cuban Deployment to counter South African attacks to Angola.
• Dingo (1977) — Rhodesian attack on camps in Mozambique.
• Tangent (1977-1980) / — Operations by Rhodesian security forces against insurgents in Matabeleland.
• Favour (1978-1980) / — Training of former insurgents to serve as security force auxiliaries in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.
• Reindeer (1978) — South African airborne attack on SWAPO base at Cassinga, Angola.
• Rekstok (1979) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.
• Safraan (1979) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Zambia.
• Klipklop (1980) — South African disruption of SWAPO logistics in Angola.
• Sceptic (1980) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.
• Protea (1981) — South African attack on SWAPO bases near Ongiva and Xangongo, Angola.
• Carnation (1981) — South African skirmishes with SWAPO forces along the Angolan border.
• Meebos (1982) — South African destruction of SWAPO's "East Front" HQ at Mupa, Angola.
• Askari (1983) — South African attack on SWAPO and FAPLA forces in Angola.
• Phoenix (1983) — South African response to mass SWAPO infiltration of South-West Africa
• Alpha Centauri (1986) — South African operation in support of UNITA in Angola.
• Modular (1987) — South African operation to reverse the FAPLA advance on Mavinga and Jamba.
• Hooper (1988) — South African operation followup to Modular in pursuit of retreating FAPLA forces.
• Packer (1988) — South African operation to push FAPLA and Cuban forces north of the Cuito river following Hooper.

Chadian Civil War (1965–1993)

• Bison (1969–72) (French intervention to counter FROLINAT insurgency)
• Tacaud (1978–80) (Operation to avoid FROLINAT rebels from taking Chad's capital)
• Manta (1983–84) (Intervention in the Chadian-Libyan conflict)
• Épervier (1986–) (ongoing mission, originated to counter Libyan expansion in Chad)

Falklands War (1982)

• Rosario — Argentine joint operation
  • Algeciras — Planned Argentine sabotage raid.
  • Azul — Argentine invasion
• Corporate — British liberation
  • Paraquet — British recapture of South Georgia.
  • 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

Other

• Argus (1959) — test of nuclear bombs in the upper atmosphere.
• Blowdown (1963) — Australia/US/UK simulated nuclear explosion in a rain forest.
• El Dorado Canyon (1986) — US strikes against Libya
• Morning Light (1978) — Joint Canadian-US effort to recover Cosmos 954, a nuclear powered Soviet RORSAT.
• Operation Alpha Tango Walrus (1979) Effort by Canadian military efforts to retrieve the covert 'walrus' codes.
• Operation Morris Dance (1987) — Australian response to the first of the 1987 Fijian coups d'état.
• Mount Hope III (1988) — covert recovery of a crashed Soviet-made helicopter from Africa.
• Nuclear testing List of all known named nuclear tests.
• Orion (1960) — DARPA project to design a nuclear pulse propulsion system.

Korean War

• Blue Hearts (1950) — UN amphibious landings at Pohang.
• Courageous (1951) — Movement of UN infantry units up the Imjin River.
  • Tomahawk (1951) — Deployment of airmobile forces in the Battle of the Imjin River.
• Commando (1952) — British attack to the Jamestown Line.
• Chromite (1950) — UN invasion at Inchon.
• Little Switch (1953) — Exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war between United Nations and North Korean/Chinese forces.
  • Big Switch (1953)
• Ripper (1951) — UN movements towards the 38th parallel to recapture Seoul.

Vietnam War

• Arc Light (1965) — US B-52 bombing campaign in Vietnam
• Attleboro (1967) — U.S. and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) air mobile operations in Tay Ninh.
• Babylift (1975) — mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from South Vietnam to the U.S. and other countries
• Barrel Roll (1964-73) Template:Country data Laos (1952-1975) — the bombing of Laos by U.S. forces, to support the Royal Laotian Army and CIA-trained Hmong.
  • Steel Tiger (1965-68)
  • Tiger Hound (1965-68)
  • Commando Hunt (1968-72) — U.S. bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Bolo (1967) — Decoy mission to disguise the electronic signature of combat aircraft.
• Castor (1953) — French resupply attempts by paradrop at Dien Bien Phu
• Chopper (1962) — Major air mobile offensive near Saigon.
• Cedar Falls (1967) — Attack on National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NVA or Viet Cong) positions in Ben Cat (the Iron Triangle)
• Condor (1954) — French relief of Dien Bien Phu
• Dewey Canyon (1971) — Offensive against NVA communication lines in Laos.
• Enhance Plus (1972) — Resupply of military equipment and consumables to the government of South Vietnam.
• Flaming Dart (1965) — Reprisal bombing attacks by the U.S. Air Force against NVA units.
• Frequent Wind (1975) — Helicopter evacuation of U.S. citizens before the fall of Saigon.
• Game Warden (1965) — first major U.S. riverine patrol operation. Later Swift Boat operations included:
  • Ballistic Charge
  • Beacon Star
  • Beacon Torch
  • Bear Bite
  • Bear Claw
  • Beau Charger
  • Beau Diddley
  • Beaver Cage
  • Bold Mariner
  • Boone
  • Canyon
  • Daring Rebel
  • Deckhouse Five (1967)
  • DeSoto
  • Dragon Fire
  • Fortress Ridge
  • Seahawk
  • Sea Tiger
  • Market Time (1965)
• Hastings (1966) — U.S. and ARVN counter-offensive operations in Quang Tri
• Homecoming (1973) — repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war from Vietnam
• Lea (1947) — Unsuccessful French attempt to capture the leaders of the Viet Minh
• Leap Frog (1968) — Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by U.S. military intelligence on likely NLF actions.
• Menu (1969) — U.S. bombing of Cambodia
• Malheur (1967) — Twin phased Search and destroy operations in Quang Ngai
• Pegasus (1968) — Resupply and relief operations to U.S. Marines besieged at Khe Sanh
• Phoenix (1968) — CIA-organized assassination campaign against influential NLF operatives in South Vietnam
• Rich (1968) — Combined arms assault near the Ben Hai River in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
• Linebacker (1972) — Strategic bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, and mining of Haiphong harbour.
• Ranch Hand (1961-71) — Spraying of herbicides (including Agent Orange) by aircraft and ground forces.
  • Trail Dust
• Rolling Thunder (1967-68) — Bombing of North Vietnam
• Sealords (1968) — Mekong River delta and inland waterways campaign by the U.S. Navy in Vietnam
• Starlight (1965) — United States Marine Corps actions near Chu Lai.
• Sunrise (1962) — Relocation of Vietnamese peasantry around Saigon to "strategic hamlets."
• Tailwind (1970) — Alleged use of nerve gas against U.S. defectors in Laos.
• Toan Thang 42 (1970) — ARVN incursion into Cambodia
• Union I and II (1967) — American Marines in the Que Son Valley.
• Vulture (1954) — or Operation Vautour, proposed American-French air operations against the Viet Minh around Dien Bien Phu

Post-Cold War

Asia

• Safed Sager (1999) — Indian Air Force operations in the Kargil War.

Rwanda

• Amphibian (2001) — South African deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda of observers to verify implementation of the Pretoria Agreement.
• Clean Corridor (1994) — escort of Tutsi military forces to Kigali by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR).
• Ippocampo (1994) — Italian codename for evacuation of Italian civilians from Rwanda
• Silver Back (1994) — International codename for civilian evacuation in Rwanda
• Tamar (1994) — Australian contribution to peacekeeping in Rwanda.
• Turquoise (1994) — French led intervention in Rwanda to protect displaced persons.

Other Africa

• Addition (2000) — Canada's contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
• Albatros (1993-94) — Italian contribution to UN peace keeping mission in Mozambique (UNOMOZ)
• Azure (2005) — Australian name for UN peace keeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS) [1]
• Barras (2000) — British SAS destruction of a rebel group in Sierra Leone.
• Boleas (1998) — South African and Botswanan military intervention in Lesotho
• Caravan (2003) — Canadian contribution to the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Cordite (2004) — South African observer mission to the African Union mission in Darfur
• Deliverance (1993) — Canadian mission to Somalia
• Eastern Exit (1991) — US evacuation of its embassy in Somalia
• Espresso (2002) — South African contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
• Fibre (2003) — South African mission to Burundi
• Liberation (2002)