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World War I

See also List of military engagements of World War I
  • Albion
    Operation Albion
    Operation Albion was the German land and naval operation in September-October 1917 to invade and occupy the Estonian islands of Saaremaa , Hiiumaa and Muhu , then part of the Russian Republic...

    (1917)   — German capture of Oesel, Dagö and Moon Islands (now Saaremaa
    Saaremaa
    Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring 2,673 km². The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago...

    , Hiiumaa
    Hiiumaa
    Hiiumaa is the second largest island belonging to Estonia. It is located in the Baltic Sea, north of the island of Saaremaa, a part of the West Estonian archipelago. Its largest town is Kärdla.-Name:...

     and Muhu
    Muhu
    Muhu , is an island in the Baltic Sea. With an area of 198 km² it is the third largest island belonging to Estonia, after Saaremaa and Hiiumaa....

    )
  • Hush
    Operation Hush
    Operation Hush was a plan to make amphibious landings on the Belgian coast during World War I, supported by a breakout attack from Nieuwpoort and the Yser bridgehead. The operation would begin when the main offensive at Ypres advanced to Roulers-Thourout, linked by advances by the French and...

        planned Allied amphibious landing on the Belgian coast.
  • Kaiserschlacht
    Spring Offensive
    The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht , also known as the Ludendorff Offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during World War I, beginning on 21 March 1918, which marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914...

    ('Kaiser's battle') (1918)   — German Spring offensive using armies released from the Eastern Front.
    • Blücher-Yorck (1918)  
      • Gneisenau (1918)  
    • Georgette (1918)  
    • Michael (1918)  
  • Strafexpedition
    Battle of Asiago
    The Battle of Asiago ' or the Trentino Offensive , nicknamed Strafexpedition by the Austrians, was a counteroffensive launched by the Austro-Hungarians on the Italian Front on 15 May 1916, during World War I...

    (Punitive Expedition
    Punitive expedition
    A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a state or any group of persons outside the borders of the punishing state. It is usually undertaken in response to perceived disobedient or morally wrong behavior, but may be also be a covered revenge...

    ) (1916) — operation by the Austro-Hungarian Army
    Austro-Hungarian Army
    The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy from 1867 to 1918. It was composed of three parts: the joint army , the Austrian Landwehr , and the Hungarian Honvédség .In the wake of fighting between the...

     against Italy (Italian northern front): the largest mountain battle ever fought.
  • Z-O
    Zeebrugge Raid
    The Zeebrugge Raid, which took place on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the British Royal Navy to neutralize the key Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge...

    (1918)   — British raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend

Asia

  • Ajax (1953)     — Anglo-American plan for Iranian coup d'état that deposed Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
    Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

  • Atilla
    Operation Atilla
    Attila Operations refers to the two operations performed by the Turkish Armed Forces during the invasion of Cyprus.Atilla I was the first stage of the operation. The invasion began in the early hours of 20 July 1974 in response to a Greek-inspired coup d'etat that sought to overthrow the...

    (1974)  Turkish invasion of Cyprus
    Turkish invasion of Cyprus
    The Turkish invasion of Cyprus, launched on 20 July 1974, was a Turkish military invasion in response to a Greek military junta backed coup in Cyprus...

    , leading to subsequent occupation
    Military occupation
    Military occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory passes to a hostile army. The territory then becomes occupied territory.-Military occupation and the laws of war:...

     of northern Cyprus
  • Operation Cactus
    Operation Cactus
    The 1988 Maldives coup d'état, whose rescue efforts were code-named Operation Sandhya by the Indian armed forces, was the attempt by a group of Maldivians led by Abdullah Luthufi and assisted by about 80 armed mercenaries of a Tamil secessionist organisation from Sri Lanka, the People's Liberation...

    (1988)   — Indian armed forces oust Tamil nationalist
    Tamil nationalism
    Tamil nationalism in India is an aspiration by some Tamils to establish, at minimum, self determination or at maximum secession from India to establish an Independent Tamil State of which would consist of today's Tamil nadu, Puducherry and Tamil Eelam of Sri Lanka...

     mercenaries
    Mercenary
    A mercenary, is a person who takes part in an armed conflict based on the promise of material compensation rather than having a direct interest in, or a legal obligation to, the conflict itself. A non-conscript professional member of a regular army is not considered to be a mercenary although he...

     of PLOTE
    People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam
    The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:...

     who instigated a coup in Malé
    Malé
    Malé , is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Malé Atoll . It is also one of the Administrative divisions of the Maldives. Traditionally it was the King's Island, from where the ancient Maldive Royal dynasties ruled and where...

     in the Maldives
    Maldives
    The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...

    .
  • Operation Chengiz Khan
    Operation Chengiz Khan
    Operation Chengiz Khan was the code name assigned to the pre-emptive strikes carried out by the Pakistani Air Force on the forward airbases and radar installations of the Indian Air Force on the evening of 3 December 1971, and marked the formal initiation of hostilities of the Indo-Pakistani war...

    (1971)  Pakistan Air Force
    Pakistan Air Force
    The Pakistan Air Force is the leading air arm of the Pakistan Armed Forces and is primarily tasked with the aerial defence of Pakistan with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Navy. The PAF also has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport...

     launches a preemptive attacks on Indian air bases.
  • Claret
    Operation Claret
    Claret was the code name given to operations conducted from about July 1964 until July 1966 from East Malaysia across the border in Indonesian Kalimantan during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation. They were instigated by the Director of Borneo Operations Major General Walter Walker with the...

    (1964)     — British SAS
    Special Air Service
    Special Air Service or SAS is a corps of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950. They are part of the United Kingdom Special Forces and have served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all over the world...

     and Australian SASR
    Australian Special Air Service Regiment
    The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR but commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army...

     patrols into Indonesia
    Indonesia
    Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

    • Jock Scott (1952)   — British rounding up of suspected insurgents at the beginning of the Mau Mau Uprising
    • Anvil (1954)   — British counter-insurgency
      Counter-insurgency
      A counter-insurgency or counterinsurgency involves actions taken by the recognized government of a nation to contain or quell an insurgency taken up against it...

       operation in Nairobi during the Mau Mau Uprising
  • Eagle Claw
    Operation Eagle Claw
    Operation Eagle Claw was an American military operation ordered by President Jimmy Carter to attempt to put an end to the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 Americans held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran on 24 April 1980...

    (1980)   — Attempted rescue of American hostages
    Iran hostage crisis
    The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran in support of the Iranian...

     held in Tehran
    Tehran
    Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

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  • Earnest Will
    Operation Earnest Will
    Operation Earnest Will was the U.S. military protection of Kuwaiti owned tankers from Iranian attacks in 1987 and 1988, three years into the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War. It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II.The U.S. Navy warships that escorted the tankers, part of...

    (1987–88)   — American protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf
    Persian Gulf
    The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...

     during the Iran–Iraq War
    • Eager Glacier
      Operation Eager Glacier
      Operation Eager Glacier was a secret U.S. effort to spy on Iran with aircraft in 1987 and 1988. The information gathered became part of an intelligence exchange between U.S. military intelligence services and Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War....

      (1987–88)   — U.S. spy planes gather intelligence about Iran.
    • Nimble Archer
      Operation Nimble Archer
      Operation Nimble Archer was the October 19, 1987, attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf by United States Navy forces. The attack was a response to Iran's missile attack three days earlier on the MV Sea Isle City, a reflagged Kuwaiti oil tanker at anchor off Kuwait...

      (1987)   — U.S. retaliates for Iranian missile attack on reflagged Kuwaiti tanker.
    • Praying Mantis
      Operation Praying Mantis
      Operation Praying Mantis was an attack on April 18, 1988, by U.S. naval forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran Iraq war and the subsequent damage to an American warship....

      (1988)   — U.S. retaliates against Iran for mining frigate
      USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)
      USS Samuel B. Roberts is one of the final ships in the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile frigates . The ship was severely damaged by an Iranian mine in 1988, leading U.S. forces to respond with Operation Praying Mantis.-Commissioning and namesake:The frigate was...

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    • Prime Chance
      Operation Prime Chance
      Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will , the largely Navy effort to escort the tankers...

      (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
    Tehran
    Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

  • Operation Gibraltar
    Operation Gibraltar
    Operation Gibraltar was the codename given to the strategy of Pakistan to infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India, and start a rebellion against Indian rule...

    (1965)  Pakistan
    Pakistan
    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

    's attempt to infiltrate and instigate a massive rebellion in Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

    , India
  • Grand Slam
    Operation Grand Slam
    Operation Grand Slam is virtually synonymous with the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War. It refers to an audacious plan drawn up by the Pakistan Army, in May 1965, to attack the vital Akhnoor Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, which was not only the lifeline of an entire infantry division in Jammu and Kashmir but...

    (1965)  Pakistan
    Pakistan
    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

    's second attempt to cut off Kashmir from India.
  • Lucky Alphonse
    Operation Lucky Alphonse
    Operation Lucky Alphonse was a British Armed Forces operation that occurred during the EOKA insurgency in Cyprus. The British Army lost 25 men mostly as a result of road accidents and a forest fire that killed 13 men of the Gordon Highlanders, 5 Norfolks and two from the Parachute...

    (1956)   — British sweep of Troodos area on Cyprus for EOKA
    EOKA
    EOKA was an anticolonial, antiimperialist nationalist organisation with the ultimate goal of "The liberation of Cyprus from the British yoke". Although not stated in its initial declaration of existence which was printed and distributed on the 1st of April 1955, EOKA also had a target of achieving...

  • Operation Meghdoot
    Operation Meghdoot
    Operation Meghdoot was the name given to the attack launched by the Indian Military to capture the Siachen Glacier in the disputed Kashmir region, precipitating the Siachen Conflict. Launched on 13 April 1984, this military operation was unique as the first assault launched in the world's highest...

    (1984)   — Indian military's capture of the majority of Siachen Glacier
    Siachen Glacier
    The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains at about , just east of the Line of Control between India-Pakistan. India controls all of the Siachen Glacier itself, including all tributary glaciers. At long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and...

    .
  • Nimrod (1980)   — rescue of hostages in the Iranian embassy, London
  • Paul Bunyan (1976)   — UN forces remove a tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone
    Korean Demilitarized Zone
    The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half, crossing the 38th parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and...

  • Sparrowhawk I, II and III (1956)   — British operations against EOKA
    EOKA
    EOKA was an anticolonial, antiimperialist nationalist organisation with the ultimate goal of "The liberation of Cyprus from the British yoke". Although not stated in its initial declaration of existence which was printed and distributed on the 1st of April 1955, EOKA also had a target of achieving...

     on Cyprus
    Cyprus
    Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

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  • Team Spirit
    Team Spirit
    Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled in each year as part of diplomacy to encourage the Government of North Korea to disable the North...

    (1976–1993)   — Annual joint exercise with South Korean forces.
  • Dwarka
    Operation Dwarka
    Operation Dwarka, also known as "Operation Somnath", was a naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy to attack the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965. This was the first use of Pakistan Navy in any of the Indo-Pakistan Wars...

    (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
    Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War)
    Operation Trident and its follow-up Operation Python were naval offensive operations launched on Pakistan's port city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Operation Trident resulted in the first use of anti-ship missiles in the region, as well as the first sinking of...

    (1971)  Indian Navy
    Indian Navy
    The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...

    's bombing and blockade of Karachi Port, Pakistan.
  • Operation Storm 333
    Operation Storm-333
    Operation Storm-333 was the codename of the Soviet special forces operation on December 27, 1979 in which Soviet special forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan and killed President Hafizullah Amin and his 200 personal guards...

    (1979)   — Storming Afghan Political and military headquarters

Europe

  • Berlin Airlift of 1948:
    • Vittles  — US part of the Berlin Airlift
    • Planefare  — British part of the Berlin Airlift.
  • Gladio
    Operation Gladio
    Operation Gladio is the codename for a clandestine NATO "stay-behind" operation in Italy after World War II. Its purpose was to continue anti-communist actions in the event of a shift to a Communist party led government...

    (?) — Stockpiles of weapons in Switzerland, Austria and other countries for resistance to Soviet occupiers.
  • Gold
    Operation Gold
    Operation Gold was a joint operation conducted by the American CIA and the British Secret Intelligence Service in the 1950s to tap into landline communication of the Soviet Army headquarters in Berlin using a tunnel into the Soviet-occupied zone...

    (1954)   — covert American tunnel under the Berlin Wall
    Berlin Wall
    The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...

  • Neptune
    Operation Neptune (Espionage)
    In 1964, as part of Operation Neptune, the Czech intelligence apparatus publicly claimed to have discovered Nazi-era intelligence files hidden beneath the surface of Černé jezero lake. The claim was false. It was a Soviet deception operation....

    (1964)   — Soviet-led counterintelligence operation.
  • Reforger
    Exercise REFORGER
    Exercise Reforger was an annual exercise conducted, during the Cold War, by NATO. The exercise was intended to ensure that NATO had the ability to quickly deploy forces to West Germany in the event of a conflict with the Warsaw Pact.The Reforger exercise itself was first conceived in 1967...

      — Annual American exercise to "return forces to Germany".
  • Retail
    Corfu Channel Incident
    The Corfu Channel Incident refers to three separate events involving Royal Navy ships in the Channel of Corfu which took place in 1946, and it is considered an early episode of the Cold War. During the first incident, Royal Navy ships came under fire from Albanian fortifications...

    (1946)   — British clearance of naval mines laid in Albanian waters.
  • Silver
    Operation Silver
    Operation Silver may refer to:*Operation Silver , wire-tapping into the landline communications of the Soviet Army headquarters in Vienna*Operation Silver , a British led operation against Taliban forces in Helmand province in Afghanistan in 2007...

    (1949)   — covert British communications tap in Austria
  • Banner
    Operation Banner
    Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from August 1969 to July 2007. It was initially deployed at the request of the Unionist government of Northern Ireland to support the Royal Ulster Constabulary . After the 1998 Belfast Agreement,...

    (1969–2007) Deployment of British troops to Northern Ireland. To prevent sectarian killings and support the Police (RUC). Op Banner resulted in over 700 British Armed Forces deaths and 303 Police deaths at the hands of the Irish Republicans
  • Operation Danube
    Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
    On the night of 20–21 August 1968, the Soviet Union and her main satellite states in the Warsaw Pact – Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic , Hungary and Poland – invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in order to halt Alexander Dubček's Prague Spring political liberalization...

     (1968)   — Warsaw Pact invasion to halt Czechoslovakia's "Prague Spring" reforms

South America

  • Operation Brother Sam (1964)   — A US government contingency plan to support the military coup that overthrew the Brazilian constitutional president João Goulart
    João Goulart
    João Belchior Marques Goulart was a Brazilian politician and the 24th President of Brazil until a military coup d'état deposed him on April 1, 1964. He is considered to have been the last left-wing President of the country until Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2003.-Name:João Goulart is...

    , if the coup had faced armed resistance
  • The track down operation (1967)     — that capture and executed Che Guevara
  • Operation Condor
    Operation Condor
    Operation Condor , was a campaign of political repression involving assassination and intelligence operations officially implemented in 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America...

    (1970's) —               — A campaign run by then South American Military Dictatorships' intelligence services with United States' support, which goal was extrajudicial and secretly, find, capture and eliminate political dissidents who, had succeeded to escape political repression in their homelands but could be found in any of these other countries.

Central America and the Caribbean

  • Fortune
    Operation PBFORTUNE
    Operation PBFORTUNE was the name of a contingency plan drafted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1951 that outlined a method of ousting Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz if he was deemed a Communist threat in the hemisphere...

    (1950s)   — 1951 CIA
    Central Intelligence Agency
    The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...

     plan for a coup in Guatemala. Executed as Success
    Operation PBSUCCESS
    The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état was a covert operation organized by the United States Central Intelligence Agency to overthrow Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, the democratically-elected President of Guatemala....

    .
  • Success
    Operation PBSUCCESS
    The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état was a covert operation organized by the United States Central Intelligence Agency to overthrow Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, the democratically-elected President of Guatemala....

    (1954)   — 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala.
  • Northwoods
    Operation Northwoods
    Operation Northwoods was a series of false-flag proposals that originated within the United States government in 1962. The proposals called for the Central Intelligence Agency , or other operatives, to commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities and elsewhere...

    (1960s)   — plan to incite war between the United States and Cuba.
  • Peter Pan
    Operation Peter Pan
    Operation Peter Pan , was an operation coordinated by the United States government , the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, and certain Cubans. Between 1960 and 1962, over 14,000 children were sent from Cuba to Miami by their parents...

    (1960s) — transfer of Cubans to the US
  • Operation Pluto
    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support and encouragement from the US government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. The invasion was launched in April 1961, less than three months...

    (1961)   — plan to invade Cuba and overthrow its' government using an CIA-trained force of Cuban exile
    Cuban exile
    The term "Cuban exile" refers to the many Cubans who have sought alternative political or economic conditions outside the island, dating back to the Ten Years' War and the struggle for Cuban independence during the 19th century...

    s.
  • Mongoose (1962)   — plan for information gathering, sabotage, civil insurrection and the overthrown of the Cuban government.
  • Phibriglex
    Operation Ortsac
    Operation Ortsac was the project name of a possible invasion of Cuba planned by the United States military in 1962. The codename was derived from former Cuban President Fidel Castro by spelling his surname backward....

    (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
    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War...

    . It is also known by the names Operation Ortsac, Operation Swift Strike II and Exercise Phibriglex-62.
  • Anadyr
    Operation Anadyr
    Operation Anadyr was the code name used by the Soviet Union for their Cold War secret operation of deploying ballistic missiles, medium-range bombers, and a division of mechanized infantry in Cuba to create the army group that would be able to prevent an invasion of the island by U.S. forces...

      — Cuban-Soviet plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba
    Cuba
    The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

    ; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis
    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War...

    • Kama
      Operation Anadyr
      Operation Anadyr was the code name used by the Soviet Union for their Cold War secret operation of deploying ballistic missiles, medium-range bombers, and a division of mechanized infantry in Cuba to create the army group that would be able to prevent an invasion of the island by U.S. forces...

      — Soviet plan to forward-base seven Soviet ballistic missile submarines in Mariel, Cuba (part of Anadyr)
  • Power Pack
    Operation Power Pack
    The second United States occupation of the Dominican Republic began when the United States Marines Corps entered Santo Domingo on April 28, 1965. They were later joined by most of the United States Army's 82nd Airborne Division and its parent XVIIIth Airborne Corps...

    (1965)     — US deployment with OEA military support
    Inter-American Peace Force
    The Inter-American Peace Force was established, by the Organization of American States, on 23 May 1965, after United States's intervention in the Dominican Republic...

     in the Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic
    The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

  • Waverider
    Operation Waverider
    Operation Waverider was an operation of the United States Navy involving the tracking and locating of a previously unidentified moving radio transmitter.-History:...

    (1972)  
    • Acid Gambit
      Operation Acid Gambit
      Operation Acid Gambit was a plan to retrieve Kurt Muse, an American civilian living in Panama and widely reported to be a CIA operative from the Carcel Modelo, a notorious prison in Panama City...

       — Rescue of Kurt Muse.
    • Bushmaster
      Operation Bushmaster
      Operation Bushmaster was the use of infantry units to supplement Military Police patrols of areas surrounding the Panama Canal and other American installations in Panama during the period of tension that culminated in the US Invasion of Panama. These patrols began in December 1987 as a response to...

       — Security operations near US facilities.
    • Sand Flea
      Operation Sand Flea
      Operation Sand Flea was a series of training exercises for the December 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States. These troop movements and practice assaults were disguised as training to defend the Panama Canal...

         — rehearsal for Just Cause.
  • Cubana Flight 455
    Cubana Flight 455
    Cubana Flight 455 was a Cuban flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down by a terrorist attack on October 6, 1976. All 78 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed in what was then the deadliest terrorist airline attack in the Western hemisphere...

     (1976)     — a Cuban civilian flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down by a terrorist attack did by CIA anti-Castro Cuban exiles and members of the Venezuelan secret police.
  • Urgent Fury
    Invasion of Grenada
    The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was a 1983 United States-led invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation with a population of about 100,000 located north of Venezuela. Triggered by a military coup which had ousted a four-year revolutionary government, the invasion...

    (1983)   — US invasion of Grenada
    Grenada
    Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

  • Contras covert operation (1980s)   — The illegal arrangements of Ronald Reagan's administration to keep the financial, military, logistic and supply support for the Contras
    Contras
    The contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle's dictatorship...

  • Golden Pheasant
    Operation Golden Pheasant
    Operation Golden Pheasant was an emergency deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras in 1988, as a result of threatening actions by the forces of the Nicaraguans.-History:...

    (1988)   — US deployment in Honduras
  • Just Cause
    United States invasion of Panama
    The United States Invasion of Panama, code-named Operation Just Cause, was the invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989. It occurred during the administration of U.S. President George H. W...

     (1989)   — US invasion of Panama
    Panama
    Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...


Southern Africa

  • Hurricane (1972–1980)  /  — Operations by Rhodesian security forces against ZIPRA and ZANU guerillas in Mashonaland.
  • Operation Overload
    Operation Overload
    Operation Overload was a military operation by the Rhodesian Army that took place over six weeks starting on 27 July 1974. The operation resulted in the movement of 49,960 people into twenty-one protected villages in the Chiweshe Tribal Trust Land. The movement resulted in the deaths of a few of...

     (1974)   — Rhodesian security forces operation to establish protected villages.
  • Savannah
    Operation Savannah (Angola)
    Operation Savannah was the name given to the South African Defence Force's 1975–1976 covert intervention in the Angolan Civil War.-Background:...

    (1975–76)   — South African intervention in Angola in support of the FNLA.
  • Carlota (1977)   — Cuban Deployment to counter South African attacks to Angola.
  • Dingo
    Operation Dingo
    Operation Dingo, also known as the Chimoio massacre was a major raid conducted by the Rhodesian Security Forces against the ZANLA headquarters of Robert Mugabe at Chimoio and a smaller camp at Tembue in Mozambique from November 23–25, 1977...

     (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
    Operation Reindeer
    Operation Reindeer, which took place on 4 May 1978, was South Africa's second major military operation in Angola, the first being Operation Savannah....

    (1978)   — South African airborne attack on SWAPO base at Cassinga, Angola.
  • Rekstok
    Operation Rekstok
    Operation Rekstok was a series of South African raids into southern Angola in March 1979 during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War. Operating from Ovamboland, SADF forces entered Angola and attacked SWAPO bases at Mongua, Oncocua, Henhombe and Heque...

    (1979)   — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.
  • Safraan
    Operation Safraan
    Operation Safraan was a series of South African Defence Force raids from the Caprivi Strip area during the South African Border War. South African forces entered south-western Zambia attacking PLAN bases. These bases were found to have been vacated but the facilities were destroyed disrupting...

    (1979)   — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Zambia
    Zambia
    Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

    .
  • Klipklop
    Operation Klipklop
    Operation Klipklop occurred during the Bush War between the Republic of South Africa and SWAPO.The operation began at first light on the 30th July 1980 when South African forces attack enemy facilities in Angola...

    (1980)   — South African disruption of SWAPO logistics in Angola.
  • Sceptic
    Operation Sceptic
    Operation Sceptic was the largest anti-SWAPO sweep during the South African Border War up to that point. This operation followed Operation Safraan and preceded Operation Klipklop.-External links:*...

    (1980)   — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.
  • Protea
    Operation Protea
    Operation Protea was a military operation during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War in which South African Defence Forces destroyed a number SWAPO bases in Angola. During the operation, which took place from August 23 to September 4, 1981, up to 5,000 SADF soldiers occupied Cunene...

    (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
    Operation Askari
    Operation Askari was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War....

    (1983)   — South African attack on SWAPO and FAPLA forces in Angola
    Angola
    Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

    .
  • Phoenix (1983)   — South African response to mass SWAPO infiltration of South-West Africa
  • Alpha Centauri
    Operation Alpha Centauri
    Operation Alpha Centauri was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War....

     (1986)   — South African operation in support of UNITA
    UNITA
    The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in the Angolan War for Independence and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war .The war was one...

     in Angola
    Angola
    Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

    .
  • Modular
    Operation Modular
    Operation Modular was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War. It formed part of what has come to be called the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale....

     (1987)   — South African operation to reverse the FAPLA advance on Mavinga and Jamba.
  • Hooper
    Operation Hooper
    Operation Hooper was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War. This operation forms part of what has come to be called the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale....

     (1988)   — South African operation followup to Modular in pursuit of retreating FAPLA forces.
  • Packer
    Operation Packer
    Operation Packer was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War. This operation forms part of what became known as the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale....

     (1988)   — South African operation to push FAPLA and Cuban forces north of the Cuito river following
    Hooper.

Chad Civil War (1965–1993)

  • Bison
    Opération Bison
    Opération Bison is the name given to the French military operation in Chad in the years 1969–1972.Chad was a former French colony that had become independent in 1960. In 1965 erupted the Chadian Civil War, and a year later the FROLINAT, an insurgent group, was formed to overthrow the Chadian...

    (1969–72)   (French intervention to counter FROLINAT
    FROLINAT
    -Origins:The organization was born as the result of a political union between the leftist Chadian National Union , led by Ibrahim Abatcha, and the General Union of the Children of Chad which was led by Ahmed Hassan Musa. Musa was close to the Muslim Brotherhood and was an Islamist...

     insurgency)
  • Tacaud
    Opération Tacaud
    Opération Tacaud was a French military operation in Chad, that took place between 20 February 1978 and May 1980. Its aim was to support the Chadian army in protecting N'Djamena from the FROLINAT.- History :...

    (1978–80)   (Operation to avoid FROLINAT rebels taking Chad's capital)
  • Manta
    Operation Manta
    Operation Manta is the code name for the French military intervention in Chad between 1983 and 1984, during the Chadian-Libyan conflict. The operation was prompted by the invasion of Chad by a joint force of Libyan units and Chadian Transitional Government of National Unity rebels in June 1983...

    (1983–84)   (Intervention in the Chad-Libyan conflict)
  • Épervier (1986–)   (ongoing mission, originated to counter Libyan expansion in Chad)

Falklands War (1982)

  • Rosario   — Argentine joint operation
    • Algeciras
      Operation Algeciras
      Operation Algeciras was an ill-fated Argentine plan to sabotage a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar during the Falklands War. The premise being that if the British military felt vulnerable in Europe, they would decide to keep some vessels in Europe rather than send them to the Falklands.A commando...

        — Planned Argentine sabotage raid.
    • Azul   — Argentine invasion
  • Corporate
    Operation Corporate
    Operation Corporate was the codename given to the 1982 British military involvement in the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. The commander of task force operations was Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse. Operations lasted from 1 April 1982 to 20 June 1982....

      — British liberation
    • Paraquet
      Operation Paraquet
      Operation Paraquet was the code name for the British military operation to recapture the Island of South Georgia from Argentine military control in April 1982 at the start of the Falklands War...

        — British recapture of South Georgia.
    • Black Buck
      Operation Black Buck
      During the Falklands War, Operations Black Buck 1 to Black Buck 7 were a series of seven extremely long-range ground attack missions by Royal Air Force Vulcan bombers planned against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands...

        — British long-range bombing raid
    • Keyhole
      Operation Keyhole
      During Operation Corporate in the 1982 Falklands War, Operation Keyhole was a British special operation on Thule Island on the South Sandwich Islands. The Operation took place from 19-20 June 1982. 10 prisoners were evacuated to the tanker OLMEDA, accompanied by HMS YARMOUTH. They departed for...

        — British commando raid
    • Purple Warrior
      Operation Purple Warrior
      Exercise Purple Warrior was a British military exercise conducted in south west Scotland in November, 1987.This exercise was designed to test lessons learned during the Falklands War....

      — British training exercise incorporating lessons from the Falklands War
    • Sutton
      Operation Sutton
      During the 1982 Falklands War, Operation Sutton was the British landings on the shores of San Carlos Water, at Ajax Bay and Port San Carlos, near the San Carlos on East Falkland. During the night 3 Commando Brigade along with attached units of the Parachute Regiment were landed from the liner SS...

        — British amphibious landings

Other

  • Argus
    Operation Argus
    Operation Argus was a series of nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted during August and September 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean by the United States's Defense Nuclear Agency, in conjunction with the Explorer 4 space mission. Operation Argus was conducted between the...

    (1959)   — test of nuclear bombs in the upper atmosphere.
  • Blowdown
    Operation Blowdown
    Operation Blowdown was a military operation that took place on 18 July 1963. Conducted in northern Queensland, Australia by a joint Australian-American-British team, it was designed to simulate the effects of a nuclear weapon on tropical rainforest, using 50 tons of conventional explosive .A device...

     (1963)       — Australia/US/UK simulated nuclear explosion in a rain forest.
  • El Dorado Canyon
    Operation El Dorado Canyon
    The 1986 United States bombing of Libya, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, comprised the joint United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air-strikes against Libya on April 15, 1986. The attack was carried out in response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing.-Origins:Shortly after his...

    (1986)   — US strikes against Libya
    Libya
    Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

  • Morning Light (1978)     — Joint Canadian-US effort to recover Cosmos 954
    Cosmos 954
    Kosmos 954 was a Soviet Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite with an onboard nuclear reactor. The satellite was launched on September 18, 1977 and was designed to track nuclear submarines...

    , a nuclear powered Soviet RORSAT
    RORSAT
    Radar Ocean Reconnaissance SATellite or RORSAT is the western name given to the Soviet Upravlyaemyj Sputnik Aktivnyj satellites. These satellites were launched between 1967 and 1988 to monitor NATO and merchant vessels using active radar...

    .
  • Operation Morris Dance
    Operation Morris Dance
    Operation Morris Dance was an Australian military operation conducted in May 1987 in response to the first of the 1987 Fijian coups d'état.On the morning of 14 May 1987 the Military of Fiji took control of the country in a bloodless coup d'état. In response to the coup the Australian Defence Force ...

    (1987)   — Australian response to the first of the 1987 Fijian coups d'état.
  • Mount Hope III
    Operation Mount Hope III
    Operation Mount Hope III was a secret American operation to capture a crashed Soviet-made Mi-24 “Hind” attack helicopter. The aircraft had crashed and been abandoned in the conflict between Libya and Chad. In 1988 two U.S...

    (1988)   — covert recovery of a crashed Soviet-made helicopter from Africa.
  • Nuclear testing
    Nuclear testing
    Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the twentieth century, most nations that have developed nuclear weapons have tested them...

    List of all known named nuclear tests.
  • Orion
    Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)
    Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft...

    (1960)   — DARPA project to design a nuclear pulse propulsion
    Nuclear pulse propulsion
    Nuclear pulse propulsion is a proposed method of spacecraft propulsion that uses nuclear explosions for thrust. It was first developed as Project Orion by DARPA, after a suggestion by Stanislaw Ulam in 1947...

     system.

Vietnam (pre-Vietnam War)

  • Castor
    Operation Castor
    Opération Castor was a French airborne operation in the First Indochina War. The operation established a fortified airhead in Dien Bien Province, in the north-west corner of Vietnam. Commanded by Brigadier General Jean Gilles, Castor was the largest airborne operation since World War II...

    (1953)     — French resupply attempts by paradrop at Dien Bien Phu
    Dien Bien Phu
    Điện Biên Phủ is a city in northwestern Vietnam. It is the capital of Dien Bien province, and is known for the events there during the First Indochina War, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, during which the region was a breadbasket for the Việt Minh.-Population:...

  • Condor
    Operation Condor (1954)
    Operation Condor a.k.a. Operation D was the name of the French intelligence agency SDECE's special service GCMA secret operation against the Viet Minh supply column...

    (1954)   — French relief of Dien Bien Phu
    Dien Bien Phu
    Điện Biên Phủ is a city in northwestern Vietnam. It is the capital of Dien Bien province, and is known for the events there during the First Indochina War, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, during which the region was a breadbasket for the Việt Minh.-Population:...

  • Lea
    Operation Lea
    Operation Léa was French Union military operation between 7 October and 22 December 1947 during the First Indochina War. It was an attempt by the French General Valluy to crush the Viet Minh...

    (1947)   — Unsuccessful French attempt to capture the leaders of the Viet Minh
    Viet Minh
    Việt Minh was a national independence coalition formed at Pac Bo on May 19, 1941. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from the French Empire. When the Japanese occupation began, the Việt Minh opposed Japan with support from the United States and the Republic of China...

  • Vulture
    Operation Vulture
    Operation Vulture was the name of the proposed American operation that would rescue French forces at battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 via B-29 raids based in the Philippines. The French garrison had been surrounded by the communist Viet Minh during the First Indochina War...

    (1954) — or Operation Vautour, proposed American-French air operations against the Viet Minh
    Viet Minh
    Việt Minh was a national independence coalition formed at Pac Bo on May 19, 1941. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from the French Empire. When the Japanese occupation began, the Việt Minh opposed Japan with support from the United States and the Republic of China...

     around Dien Bien Phu
    Dien Bien Phu
    Điện Biên Phủ is a city in northwestern Vietnam. It is the capital of Dien Bien province, and is known for the events there during the First Indochina War, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, during which the region was a breadbasket for the Việt Minh.-Population:...


Korean War

  • Blue Hearts
    Operation Blue Hearts
    During the Korean War, Operation Bluehearts was the American amphibious landing conducted at Pohang on 18 July 1950 by the First Cavalry Division. The town was still in friendly hands, but was in the path of the rapid North Korean advance...

    (1950)   — UN amphibious landings at Pohang.
  • Courageous
    Operation Courageous
    Operation Courageous was a military operation performed by the United States Army during the Korean War designed to trap large numbers of Chinese and North Korean troops between the Han and Imjin Rivers north of Seoul, opposite the South Korean I Corps. The intent of Operation Courageous was for I...

    (1951)   — Movement of UN infantry units up the Imjin River
    Imjin River
    The Imjin River is a river of North and South Korea. It flows from North to South, crossing the Demilitarized Zone and joining the Han River downstream of Seoul, very near the Yellow Sea.- History :...

    .
    • Tomahawk
      Operation Tomahawk
      Operation Tomahawk was an airborne military operation by the 187th Regimental Combat Team on 23 March 1951 at Munsan-ni as part of Operation Courageous in the Korean War. Operation Courageous was designed to trap large numbers of Chinese and North Korean troops between the Han and Imjin Rivers...

      (1951)   — Deployment of airmobile forces in the Battle of the Imjin River
      Battle of the Imjin River
      The Battle of the Imjin River, also known as the Battle of Kumgul-san, P'ap'yong-san and Solma-ri or the Battle of Xuemali , took place 22–25 April 1951 during the Korean War. Forces from People’s Republic of China attacked UN positions on the lower Imjin River in an attempt to achieve a...

      .
  • Commando
    Operation Commando (1951)
    Operation Commando was an offensive undertaken by UN forces during the Korean War between 2–5 October 1951. The U.S. I Corps seized the Jamestown Line, destroying elements of the 42nd, 47th, 64th and 65th Chinese Armies. This prevented the Communist forces from interdicting the U.N...

    (1951)   — 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
    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

     and North Korean/Chinese
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

     forces.
    • Big Switch
      Operation Big Switch
      Operation Big Switch was the repatriation of all remaining prisoners of the Korean War. Ceasefire talks had been going on between Communist and UN forces since 1951, with one of the main stumbling blocks being the Communist insistence that all prisoners be returned home, with the UN insisting that...

      (1953)
  • Ripper
    Operation Ripper
    Operation Ripper was a United Nations military operation conceived by the commander US Eighth Army, General Matthew B. Ridgway, during the Korean War. The operation was intended to destroy as much as possible of the Chinese communist People's Volunteer Army and North Korean military around Seoul...

    (1951)   — UN movements towards the 38th parallel to recapture Seoul
    Seoul
    Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

    .
  • Operation Moolah
    Operation Moolah
    Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force effort during the Korean War to obtain through defection a fully capable Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter. The MiG-15 was introduced by Communist forces on November 1, 1950 over the skies of Korea...

    (1953)   — psychological operation against Communist MiG-15 pilots to defect
    Defect
    - Geometry and physical sciences :* Defect , a characteristic of a polyhedron* Topological defect* Isoperimetric defect* Crystallographic defect, a structural imperfection in a crystal- Pop music :* The Defects, Northern-Irish punk rock band...

    .

Vietnam War

  • Arc Light
    Operation Arc Light
    Operation Arc Light was the 1965 deployment of B-52D Stratofortresses as conventional bombers from bases in the US to Guam to support ground combat operations in Vietnam...

    (1965)   — US B-52 bombing campaign in Vietnam
  • Attleboro
    Operation Attleboro
    Operation Attleboro was a search and destroy operation by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. The operation was named after Attleboro, Massachusetts, where the brigade had been formed...

    (1967)     — U.S. and Army of the Republic of Vietnam
    Army of the Republic of Vietnam
    The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam , sometimes parsimoniously referred to as the South Vietnamese Army , was the land-based military forces of the Republic of Vietnam , which existed from October 26, 1955 until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975...

     (ARVN) air mobile operations in Tay Ninh
    Tay Ninh
    Tây Ninh is a town in southwestern Vietnam. It is the capital of Tay Ninh province, which encompasses the town and much of the surrounding farmland....

    .
  • Babylift
    Operation Babylift
    Operation Babylift was the name given to the mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam to the United States and other countries at the end of the Vietnam War , from April 3–26, 1975...

    (1975)   — mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from South Vietnam
    South Vietnam
    South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...

     to the U.S. and other countries
  • Barrel Roll (1964–73)     — the bombing of Laos
    Laos
    Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

     by U.S. forces, to support the Royal Laotian Army and CIA-trained Hmong
    Hmong people
    The Hmong , are an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity in southern China...

    .
    • Steel Tiger
      Operation Steel Tiger
      Operation Steel Tiger was a covert U.S. 2nd Air Division, later Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction effort targeted against the infiltration of People's Army of Vietnam men and material moving south from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam through southeastern Laos to...

      (1965–68)  
    • Tiger Hound
      Operation Tiger Hound
      Operation Tiger Hound was a covert U.S. 2nd Air Division, later Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted in southeastern Laos from 5 December 1965 till 11 November 1968, during the Vietnam War...

      (1965–68)    
    • Commando Hunt
      Operation Commando Hunt
      Operation Commando Hunt was a covert U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign that took place during the Vietnam War. The operation began on 11 November 1968 and ended on 29 March 1972...

      (1968–72)     — U.S. bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
      Ho Chi Minh trail
      The Ho Chi Minh trail was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam through the neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia...

  • Bolo
    Operation Bolo
    Operation Bolo was a deception programme during the Vietnam War, to lure Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam - Vietnam People's Air Force fighters into battle where the odds were stacked against the defenders; devised to reverse alarming loss rates among United States Air Force fighter bombers flying...

    (1967)   — Decoy mission to disguise the electronic signature
    Electronic signature
    An electronic signature, or e-signature, is any electronic means that indicates either that a person adopts the contents of an electronic message, or more broadly that the person who claims to have written a message is the one who wrote it . By comparison, a signature is a stylized script...

     of combat aircraft.
  • Chopper (1962)     — Major air mobile offensive near Saigon.
  • Cedar Falls
    Operation Cedar Falls
    Operation Cedar Falls was a military operation of the Vietnam War conducted primarily by US forces. The aim of this massive search and destroy operation was to eradicate the so-called "Iron Triangle", an area located in close proximity to Saigon which had become a major stronghold of the communist...

    (1967)     — Attack on National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
    National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
    The Vietcong , or National Liberation Front , was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War . It had both guerrilla and regular army units, as well as a network of cadres who organized...

     (NVA or Viet Cong) positions in Ben Cat
    Ben Cat
    Ben Cat , is a district of Binh Duong Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.As of 2003 the district had a population of 119,138. The district covers an area of 588 km². The district capital lies at My Phuoc.-References:...

     (the
    Iron Triangle
    Iron Triangle
    -Geographical:* Iron Triangle , the name U.S. forces in the Vietnam War gave to the Communist stronghold region northwest of Saigon* Iron Triangle , used during the Korean War to describe an area in Korea bounded by Ch'orwon, Kumhwa, and Pyonggang...

    )
  • Dewey Canyon
    Operation Dewey Canyon
    Operation Dewey Canyon was the last major offensive by the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. It took place from January 22 through March 18, 1969 and involved a sweep of the North Vietnamese Army -dominated A Shau Valley by the 9th Marine Regiment reinforced by elements of the 3rd...

    (1971)   — Offensive against NVA communication lines in Laos
    Laos
    Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

    .
  • Enhance Plus
    Operation Enhance Plus
    During the Vietnam War, Operation Enhance and Enhance Plus was the emergency transfer of American military supplies and bases to the South Vietnamese government in advance of the cease fire that ended American involvement in the war. Conducted in an intense month-and-half period at the end of 1972....

    (1972)   — Resupply of military equipment and consumables to the government of South Vietnam
    South Vietnam
    South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...

    .
  • Flaming Dart
    Operation Flaming Dart
    Operation Flaming Dart was a U.S. and Vietnam Air Force military operation, conducted in two parts, during the Vietnam War. During the bombing raid Premier Alexei Kosygin headed a Soviet delegation to North Vietnam....

    (1965)   — Reprisal bombing attacks by the U.S. Air Force
    United States Air Force
    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

     against NVA units.
  • Frequent Wind
    Operation Frequent Wind
    Operation Frequent Wind was the evacuation by helicopter of American civilians and 'at-risk' Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, on 29–30 April 1975 during the last days of the Vietnam War...

    (1975)  Helicopter
    Helicopter
    A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

     evacuation of U.S. citizens before the fall of Saigon
    Fall of Saigon
    The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975...

    .
  • Game Warden
    Operation Game Warden
    Operation Game Warden, Task force 116, was an operation to deny Viet Cong access to the resources in the Mekong Delta which was conceived of in December 1965. U.S. naval forces, backed by Marine artillery on the ground, launching a rapid surprise attack on the dozens of small Viet Cong ports which...

    (1965)   — first major U.S. riverine patrol operation. Later Swift Boat
    Swift Boat
    Swift Boat may refer to:*a Patrol Craft Fast*Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, originally named Swift Boat Veterans For Truth*Swiftboating, political jargon for a particular form of character assassination as a smear tactic...

     operations included:
    • Ballistic Charge
    • Beacon Star
    • Beacon Torch
    • Bear Bite
    • Bear Claw
    • Beau Charger
    • Beau Diddley
    • Beaver Cage
      Operation Beaver Cage
      Operation Beaver Cage was a U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy Joint Operation in North Vietnam along the coastline of the Ben Hai River in the Quang Nam province. The Operation took place 23 August, 1966, through 5 September, 1966.-Intent:...

    • Bold Mariner
    • Boone
    • Canyon
    • Daring Rebel
    • Deckhouse Five
      Operation Deckhouse Five
      Operation Deckhouse Five occurred January 6–15, 1967. The operation was conducted by the United States Marine Corps and South Vietnamese Marine Corps forces along the Mekong River Delta, as part of the Vietnam War. The operation was notable in that it was a sizable, combined U.S...

      (1967)    
    • DeSoto
    • Dragon Fire
      Operation Dragon Fire
      *For the 1967 Vietnam War operation list of allied military operations of the Vietnam War*For the 2007 Iraq War operation list of coalition military operations of the Iraq War...

    • Fortress Ridge
    • Seahawk
    • Sea Tiger
    • Market Time
      Operation Market Time
      Operation Market Time was the United States Navy’s effort to stop troops and supplies from flowing by sea from North Vietnam to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War...

      (1965)  
  • Hastings
    Operation Hastings
    Operation Hastings was an American military operation in the Vietnam War. The operation was a qualified success in that it pushed the North Vietnamese Army forces back across the Demilitarized Zone . As the NVA clearly did not feel constrained by the "demilitarized" nature of the DMZ, US military...

    (1966)     — U.S. and ARVN counter-offensive operations in Quang Tri
    Quang Tri
    Quảng Trị is a town district of Quang Tri province in the North Central Coastal region of Vietnam. Significantly, it was the only South Vietnamese provincial capital to be captured by the North Vietnamese forces for a limited period in the 1972 offensive....

  • Homecoming
    Operation Homecoming
    Operation Homecoming was a series of diplomatic negotiations that in January 1973 made possible the return of 591 American prisoners of war held by North Vietnam. On Feb. 12, 1973, three C-141 transports flew to Hanoi, North Vietnam, and one C-9A aircraft was sent to Saigon, South Vietnam to pick...

    (1973)   — repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war from Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

  • Leap Frog (1968)   — Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by U.S. military intelligence on likely NLF actions.
  • Menu
    Operation Menu
    Operation Menu was the codename of a covert United States Strategic Air Command bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia and Laos from 18 March 1969 until 26 May 1970, during the Vietnam War...

    (1969)   — U.S. bombing of Cambodia
    Cambodia
    Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

  • Malheur
    Operations Malheur I and Malheur II
    Operation Malheur I and Operation Malheur II were a series of search and destroy operations conducted by the 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division operating as part of Task Force Oregon in Quang Ngai Province....

    (1967)     — Twin phased Search and destroy operations in Quang Ngai
  • Pegasus (1968)     — Resupply and relief operations to U.S. Marines besieged at Khe Sanh
    Battle of Khe Sanh
    The Battle of Khe Sanh was conducted in northwestern Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam , between 21 January and 9 July 1968 during the Vietnam War...

  • Phoenix
    Phoenix Program
    The Phoenix Program |phoenix]]) was a controversial counterinsurgency program designed, coordinated, and executed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency , United States special operations forces, and the Republic of Vietnam's security apparatus during the Vietnam War that operated...

    (1968)    CIA
    Central Intelligence Agency
    The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...

    -organized assassination campaign against influential NLF operatives in South Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

  • Rich (1968) — Combined arms assault near the Ben Hai River
    Ben Hai River
    The Ben Hai River is a river in central Vietnam which became an important landmark in the partition of the country into a northern and a southern zone along the 17th parallel by the Geneva Accords of 1954...

     in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
    Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
    The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was established as a dividing line between North and South Vietnam as a result of the First Indochina War.During the Second Indochina War , it became important as the battleground demarcation separating North Vietnamese territory from South Vietnamese territory.-...

  • Linebacker
    Operation Linebacker
    Operation Linebacker was the title of a U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War....

    (1972)     — Strategic bombing of Hanoi
    Hanoi
    Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

     and Haiphong
    Haiphong
    , also Haiphong, is the third most populous city in Vietnam. The name means, "coastal defence".-History:Hai Phong was originally founded by Lê Chân, the female general of a Vietnamese revolution against the Chinese led by the Trưng Sisters in the year 43 C.E.The area which is now known as Duong...

    , and mining of Haiphong
    Haiphong
    , also Haiphong, is the third most populous city in Vietnam. The name means, "coastal defence".-History:Hai Phong was originally founded by Lê Chân, the female general of a Vietnamese revolution against the Chinese led by the Trưng Sisters in the year 43 C.E.The area which is now known as Duong...

     harbour.
  • Ranch Hand
    Operation Ranch Hand
    Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. Military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. It was part of the overall herbicidal warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust"...

    (1961–71)   — Spraying of herbicide
    Herbicide
    Herbicides, also commonly known as weedkillers, are pesticides used to kill unwanted plants. Selective herbicides kill specific targets while leaving the desired crop relatively unharmed. Some of these act by interfering with the growth of the weed and are often synthetic "imitations" of plant...

    s (including Agent Orange
    Agent Orange
    Agent Orange is the code name for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. Vietnam estimates 400,000 people were killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth...

    ) by aircraft and ground forces.
    • Trail Dust
  • Rolling Thunder
    Operation Rolling Thunder
    Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained US 2nd Air Division , US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force aerial bombardment campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 2 March 1965 until 1 November 1968, during the Vietnam War.The four objectives...

    (1967–68)     — Bombing of North Vietnam
    North Vietnam
    The Democratic Republic of Vietnam , was a communist state that ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1954 until 1976 following the Geneva Conference and laid claim to all of Vietnam from 1945 to 1954 during the First Indochina War, during which they controlled pockets of territory throughout...

  • Sealords
    Operation Sealords
    Operation Sealords was a military operation that took place during the Vietnam War. Conceived by Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., it was a joint operation between United States and South Vietnamese forces...

    (1968)     — Mekong River delta and inland waterways campaign by the U.S. Navy in Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

  • Starlight (1965)  United States Marine Corps
    United States Marine Corps
    The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

     actions near Chu Lai.
  • Sunrise
    Operation Sunrise
    Operation Sunrise may refer to:*Operation Sunrise , a 1962 test of the Strategic Hamlet Program*Operation Crossword or Operation Sunrise, a series of secret negotiations conducted in March 1945 in Switzerland...

    (1962)   — Relocation of Vietnamese peasantry around Saigon to "strategic hamlets."
  • Tailwind
    Operation Tailwind
    Operation Tailwind was a covert incursion into southeastern Laos during the Vietnam War, conducted between 11 September and 13 September 1970. The purpose of the operation was to create a diversion for a Royal Lao Army offensive and to exert pressure on the occupation forces of the People's Army...

    (1970)   — Alleged use of nerve gas against U.S. defectors in Laos
    Laos
    Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

    .
  • Toan Thang 42 (1970)   — ARVN incursion into Cambodia
    Cambodia
    Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

  • Union I
    Operation Union
    Operation Union was a military operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. It was a search and destroy mission in the Que Son Valley carried out by the 1st Marine Regiment. The object of the operation was the 2nd Division of the People’s Army of Vietnam...

     and II
    Operation Union II
    Operation Union II was a military operation that took place in the Vietnam War. It was a search and destroy mission in the Que Son Valley carried out by the 5th Marine Regiment. Launched on May 26, 1967 the operation ended June 5. The North Vietnamese Army lost 701 killed and 23 captured, while U.S...

    (1967)   — American Marines in the Que Son Valley
    Que Son Valley
    is a district in Quang Nam province, Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, it was the site of heavy fighting, including Operation Union I & II. From 1962 to 1967, the southern side of the valley was Quang Tin province....

    .

Asia

  • Safed Sager
    Operation Safed Sagar
    Operation Safed Sagar was the codename assigned to the Indian Air Force's strike to support the Ground troops during Operation Vijay that was aimed to flush out Regular and Irregular troops of the Pakistani Army from vacated Indian Positions in the Kargil sector along the Line of Control...

     (1999)  Indian Air Force
    Indian Air Force
    The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...

     operations in the Kargil War
    Kargil War
    The Kargil War ,, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control...

    .

Rwanda

  • Amphibian (2001)   — South African deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

     and Rwanda
    Rwanda
    Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

     of observers to verify implementation of the Pretoria Agreement.
  • Clean Corridor (1994)   — escort of Tutsi
    Tutsi
    The Tutsi , or Abatutsi, are an ethnic group in Central Africa. Historically they were often referred to as the Watussi or Watusi. They are the second largest caste in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and the Twa ....

     military forces to Kigali
    Kigali
    Kigali, population 965,398 , is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is situated near the geographic centre of the nation, and has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda since it became capital at independence in 1962. The main residence and offices of the President of...

     by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
    United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
    The United Nations Assistance Mission In Rwanda was a mission instituted by the United Nations to aid the implementation of the Arusha Accords, signed August 4, 1993, which were meant to end the Rwandan Civil War. The mission lasted from October 1993 to March 1996...

     (UNAMIR).
  • Ippocampo (1994)   — Italian codename for evacuation of Italian civilians from Rwanda
    Rwanda
    Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

  • Silver Back (1994) — International codename for civilian evacuation in Rwanda
    Rwanda
    Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

  • Tamar (1994)     — Australian contribution to peacekeeping in Rwanda
    Rwanda
    Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

    .
  • Turquoise
    Opération Turquoise
    Opération Turquoise was a French-led military operation in Rwanda in 1994 under the mandate of the United Nations.- Background :On 6 April 1994 Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira were assassinated, sparking the 1994 Rwandan Genocide...

    (1994)   — French led intervention in Rwanda
    Rwanda
    Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

     to protect displaced persons.

Other Africa

  • Addition
    Operation Addition
    Operation Addition was the name given to the Canadian contribution to United Nations peacekeeping forces in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It began in late 2000 with Operation Eclipse....

    (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
    Operation Azure
    Operation Azure is the name given to the Australian Defence Force's contribution to the United Nations Mission in Sudan .The United Nations Mission in the Sudan was established by the United Nations under UN Security Council Resolution 1590 of the UN Security Council on 24 March 2005, in response...

    (2005)     — Australian name for UN peace keeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS) http://www.defence.gov.au/globalops.cfm#azure
  • Barras
    Operation Barras
    Operation Barras was the name given to a hostage rescue operation by the British Special Air Service, Special Boat Service, and Parachute Regiment in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000...

    (2000)   — British SAS destruction of a rebel group in Sierra Leone.
  • Boleas
    South African intervention in Lesotho
    The 1998 military intervention in Lesotho, codenamed Operation Boleas, was a military invasion launched in the name of the Southern African Development Community , and led by South Africa through its South African National Defence Force . Troops from Botsawana were supposed to join SANDF forces...

    (1998)     — South African and Botswanan military intervention in Lesotho
    Lesotho
    Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

  • Caravan
    Operation Caravan
    Operation Caravan was a subsidiary of Operation Agreement under which four simultaneous raids were carried out against important Axis Lines of Communication positions....

    (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
    African Union
    The African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...

     mission in Darfur
    Darfur
    Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...

  • Deliverance
    Operation Deliverance
    Operation Deliverance was a Canadian Forces peace keeping military operation in Somalia and formed part of the United Nations peacekeeping deployment to that country...

    (1993)     — Canadian mission to Somalia
    Somalia
    Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

  • Eastern Exit
    Operation Eastern Exit
    Operation Eastern Exit was the codename given to the military evacuation of the United States embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. On 1 January 1991, after increasing violence in Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War, James Keough Bishop, the then US ambassador to Somalia, requested military assistance...

    (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
    Burundi
    Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

  • Liberation (2002)   — Seizure of Asian-owned assets in Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

    .
  • Licorne
    Operation Licorne
    Operation Unicorn is the name of the French Armed Forces's peacekeeping operation in support of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. The French forces have been stationed in the country since shortly after the outbreak of the Ivorian Civil War...

    (2002)   — The French contribution to the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
    United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
    The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire is a peacekeeping mission whose objective is "to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003"...

    .
  • Mistral (2003)     — South African contribution to the Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
  • Montego (2003)     — South African contribution to United Nations Mission in Liberia
    United Nations Mission in Liberia
    The United Nations Mission in Liberia is a peace-keeping force established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia following the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the conclusion of the Second Liberian Civil War....

     (UNMIL)
  • Murambatsvina
    Operation Murambatsvina
    Operation Murambatsvina , also officially known as Operation Restore Order, is a large-scale Zimbabwean government campaign to forcibly clear slum areas across the country...

    (2005)   — Zimbabwe government's attack on residential district loyal to opposition groups.
  • Nilo (2005)     — Italian name for UN peace keeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
  • Phillis
    Operation Phillis
    Operation Phillis was the British service-assisted evacuation operation for British citizens in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2004. It was put into effect on 11 November of that year in response to the Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire...

    (2004)   — evacuation of British citizens from Côte d'Ivoire
    Côte d'Ivoire
    The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

  • Restore Hope (1992)     — American name for UNITAF
    UNITAF
    Unified Task Force was a United States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia between 5 December 1992 – 4 May 1993...

    , humanitarian intervention in Somalia
    Somalia
    Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

  • Sharp Edge
    Operation Sharp Edge
    Operation Sharp Edge was a non-combatant evacuation operation carried out by the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit of the United States Marine Corps in Liberia in 1990 and 1991.-Background:The First Liberian Civil War broke out in December 1989...

    (1990–91)   — evacuation of Americans from Liberia
    Liberia
    Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...

  • Shining Express
    Operation Shining Express
    Operation Shining Express was the July, 2003 deployment of a U.S. Naval task force based around the amphibious ship USS Kearsarge to rescue embassy personnel and American citizens from Liberia's civil war. The deployment was announced on 13 June 2003....

    (2003)   — evacuation of Americans from Liberia
  • Solace
    Operation Solace
    Operation Solace was the Australian Defence Force's main contribution to the Unified Task Force which was a United States led, United Nations sanctioned, multinational force which operated in the Republic of Somalia from 9 December 1992 to 4 May 1993...

    (1992)     — Australian deployment in Somalia
    Somalia
    Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

  • Tanker Two (2002)  South African Navy
    South African Navy
    The South African Navy is the navy of the Republic of South Africa.-Formation:The South African Navy can trace its official origins back to the SA Naval Service, which was established on 1 April 1922....

     mission to shadow Greenpeace
    Greenpeace
    Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...

    's MV Esperanza and prevent interception of the Pacific Teal, a plutonium
    Plutonium
    Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation...

     transport.
  • Teutonic (2005)   — SANDF assistance to DRC
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

     transitional government.

East Timor

  • Astute
    Operation Astute
    Operation Astute is an Australian-led military deployment to East Timor to quell unrest and return stability in the 2006 East Timor crisis. It is currently headed by Brigadier Bill Sowry, and commenced on 25 May 2006 under the command of Brigadier Michael Slater...

    (2006)   — Deployment of Australian military forces to East Timor
    East Timor
    The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

     following the May 2006 civil unrest.
  • Citadel     — Australia's contribution to the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET). Later ongoing peacekeeping actions were known as Operation Tanager.
  • Chiron   — Training of East Timorese military forces by the Australian Defence Force
    Australian Defence Force
    The Australian Defence Force is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy , Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and a number of 'tri-service' units...

    .
  • East Timor — Deployment of New Zealand military forces to East Timor
    East Timor
    The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

    .
  • Faber   — Deployment of United Nations
    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

     military observers to East Timor
    East Timor
    The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

     in support of the UNAMET-monitored popular consultation.
  • Poinciana (1975)   — Or Operasi Flamboyan (a name of a tropical tree); seaborne capture of Dili
    Dili
    Dili, spelled Díli in Portuguese, is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor.-Geography and Administration:Dili lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands....

     in 1975.
  • Seroja (1975)   — Indonesian invasion of East Timor
    East Timor
    The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

     in 1975.
  • Stabilise   — Also spelled as Operation Stabilize; Australian Defence Force's involvement in the multinational force United Nations International Force in East Timor
    INTERFET
    The International Force for East Timor was a multinational peacekeeping taskforce, mandated by the United Nations to address the humanitarian and security crisis which took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of United Nations peacekeepers...

     (INTERFET) in East Timor
  • Scorched Earth
    Operation Scorched Earth
    Operation Scorched Earth was the code-name of a Yemeni military offensive in the northern Sa'dah Governorate that began in August 2009, marking the fifth wave of violence in an ongoing insurgency pitting the Shi'a, Zaidi Houthis against the government...

    — Or Operasi Sapu Bersih in Indonesian
    Indonesian language
    Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....

    , also known as
    Operation Clean Sweep; campaign of violence and arson allegedly committed by the TNI
    TNI
    TNI stands for:* Satna Airport, IATA code TNI* Tahitian Noni International, Inc.* Taqramiut Nipingat Inc., an Inuit broadcasting organization in Quebec, Canada* Telephone Network Interface; see Network Interface Device...

    -supervised pro-integration militias following the 1999 United Nations
    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

     supervised plebiscite.
  • Spitfire   — Evacuation of foreign nationals from East Timor
    East Timor
    The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

     by Australian defence assets, as a result of post-referendum violence.
  • Toucan
    Operation TOUCAN
    Operation TOUCAN was a Canadian military operation in East Timor. In 1999, the Canadian military deployed approximately 600 personnel as part of INTERFET, the International Force in East Timor....

         — Canada's contribution to the United Nations' International Force in East Timor
    INTERFET
    The International Force for East Timor was a multinational peacekeeping taskforce, mandated by the United Nations to address the humanitarian and security crisis which took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of United Nations peacekeepers...

     (INTERFET) and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
    United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
    The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor, from its establishment on October 25, 1999 until its independence on May 20, 2002 following the outcome of the East Timor Special...

     (UNTAET)
  • Warden   — Military operation involving all contributing forces conducted under the multinational peacekeeping mission known as United Nations' International Force in East Timor
    INTERFET
    The International Force for East Timor was a multinational peacekeeping taskforce, mandated by the United Nations to address the humanitarian and security crisis which took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of United Nations peacekeepers...

     (INTERFET)

Croatian War of Independence 1991-1995

  • Operation Otkos 10
    Operation Otkos 10
    Operation Otkos 10 was a military offensive undertaken by the Croatian army against the Yugoslav People's Army in SAO Western Slavonia...

    (end Oct-Nov 1991) — Croatian actions against rebel Serbs and regular Serbian forces on area from Mount Bilogora to Mount Papuk (on west of Slavonia)
  • Operation Orkan 91
    Operation Orkan 91
    Operation Orkan 91 was a military operation during the Croatian War of Independence. After successful completion of Operation Otkos 10, the first offensive operation of such scale by Croatian army in the homeland war, Croatian troops were in position to retake further territory and neutralize a...

    (1991) — Follow-up offensive after Otkos 10.
  • Harmony
    Operation Harmony
    Operation HARMONY was the name given to the Canadian participation in the United Nations Protection Force in Croatia and Bosnia in 1992....

    — Canada's contribution to the United Nations Protection Force
    United Nations Protection Force
    The United Nations Protection Force ', was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars. It existed between the beginning of UN involvement in February 1992, and its restructuring into other forces in March 1995...

     (UNPROFOR), which was created in February 1992 to ensure the protection and demilitarization of three UN Protected Areas in Croatia
  • Operation Tigar (July 1992) — Croatian military actions in occupied Dubrovnik hinterland, held by Serbomontenegrin regulars.
  • Medački džep
    Operation Medak Pocket
    Operation Medak Pocket: Mid-September 1993 United Nations Protection Force and the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry advanced into the Medak Pocket, named after the village of Medak, in Southern Croatia, with orders to implement a ceasefire between the Croatian Army Troops...

    (September 1993) Croatian offensive against rebel Serbs with aim of relieving the city of Gospić from Serb shelling attacks.
  • Bljesak
    Operation Flash
    The Serbs in western Slavonia took part in the organized rebellion against the government of the Republic of Croatia that had just proclaimed independence in June 1991, by proclaiming the Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Western Slavonia in August 1991...

    ("Flash") (March 1995) — Croatian offensive against rebel Serbs, with aim of liberating occupied western Slavonia
  • Oluja
    Operation Storm
    Operation Storm is the code name given to a large-scale military operation carried out by Croatian Armed Forces, in conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to gain back control of parts of Croatia which had been claimed by separatist ethnic Serbs, since early...

    ("Storm") (August 1995) — Croatian major offensive against most areas under control of rebel Serbs.

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995

  • Maritime Monitor
    Operation Maritime Monitor
    Operation Maritime Monitor was a NATO operation during the Bosnian War to monitor compliance with sanctions imposed against the former Yugoslavia under United Nations Security Council resolutions 713 and 757 . The operation began on July 16, 1992 and ran until November 22, 1992...

    (July 1992 - November 1992) — in support of UN resolutions 713
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 713
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 713, adopted unanimously on September 25, 1991, after receiving representations from a number of Member States and commending the efforts of the European Community in the region, the Council decided to impose, under Chapter VII, an arms embargo on the...

     and 757
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 757
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 757, adopted on May 30, 1992, after reaffirming resolutions 713 , 721 , 724 , 727 , 740 743 , 749 and 752 , the Council condemned the failure of the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to implement Resolution 752.After demanding the...

    , operation which subsequently became:
    • Maritime Monitor
      Operation Maritime Monitor
      Operation Maritime Monitor was a NATO operation during the Bosnian War to monitor compliance with sanctions imposed against the former Yugoslavia under United Nations Security Council resolutions 713 and 757 . The operation began on July 16, 1992 and ran until November 22, 1992...

      (November 1992) — in support of UN Resolution 787
      United Nations Security Council Resolution 787
      United Nations Security Council Resolution 787, adopted on November 16, 1992, after reaffirming Resolution 713 and all subsequent resolutions on the topic, the Council called upon the parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina to consider the draft outline constitution as a basis for negotiating a...

  • Sky Monitor
    Operation Sky Monitor
    Operation Sky Monitor was a NATO mission to monitor unauthorized flights in the airspace of Bosnia-Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. The operation began in response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 781, which established a ban on the use of military aircraft in Bosnian airspace, and...

    (October 1992 -) — NAEW orbit over the Adriatic. On 31 October an additional NAEW orbit was commenced over Hungary
  • Deny Flight
    Operation Deny Flight
    Operation Deny Flight was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization operation that began on April 12, 1993 as the enforcement of a United Nations no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina...

    (April 1993 - December 1995) — to prevent the violation of the Bosnia-Herzegovina airspace, declared "No-Fly Zone"
  • Neretva '93
    Operation Neretva '93
    Operation Neretva '93 was a Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina operation against the Croatian Defence Council and Croatian Army in September 1993 and was launched in order to end the siege of the Bosniak part of Mostar surrounded by Croat forces and severely destroyed, and to...

    (1993)   — offensive of Bosnian Muslim forces against Bosnian Croats in northern and eastern Herzegovina
    Herzegovina
    Herzegovina is the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While there is no official border distinguishing it from the Bosnian region, it is generally accepted that the borders of the region are Croatia to the west, Montenegro to the south, the canton boundaries of the Herzegovina-Neretva...

  • Bøllebank
    Operation Bøllebank
    During the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Operation Bøllebank was the largest combat operation by Danish forces since 1864...

    ("Hooligan-bashing" in Danish) (April 1994)   — UN-forces' use of tanks against Bosnian Serbian forces.
  • Amanda
    Operation Amanda
    Operation Amanda was an UNPROFOR mission led by Danish peacekeeping troops, with the aim of recovering an observation post near Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 25, 1994.-The engagement:...

    (1994)   — Danish UN-forces' second engagement against Bosnian Serb forces.
  • Summer '95
    Operation Summer '95
    Operation Summer '95 was a joint military offensive of Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council forces launched in Western Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995 during the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War...

    (July 1995)   — Croatian offensive in west Bosnia
  • Sword '95 (1995) — Bosnian-Serb offensive against Bosnian-Moslem forces in west Bosnia
  • Koridor '92 (1995) — One of the most successful Bosnian-Serb operations against Moslem and Croatian military forces
  • Deliberate Force (August - September 1995) — NATO air campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

  • Tiger
    Operation Tiger
    Operation Tiger, a 1994 military operation in the War in Bosnia and HerzegovinaOperation Tiger may also refer to:* Operation Tiger , the successful German assault on the French Fortified Sector of the Sarre during the Battle of France in 1940...

    (1995)   — offensive of pro-government Bosnian Muslim forces against forces of Fikret Abdić
    Fikret Abdic
    Fikret Abdić is a politician and businessman from Bosnia and Herzegovina, convicted of war crimes against Bosniaks in the region of Velika Kladuša....

  • Maestral (September 1995)   — Major Croatia offensive in western Bosnia
  • Južni Potez (October 1995)   — Croatia offensive in area around Mrkonjić Grad
  • Sana
    Operation Sana
    Operation Sana was the last military operation undertaken by the Bosnian Army during the Bosnian War. It was undertaken in October 1995, in the series of general counteroffensives by Bosnian and Croatian forces following Operation Storm...

    (1995)   — Bosnian offensive in northwest Bosnia
  • Pauk (1995)   — Bosnian-Serb and rebel Croatian Serb offensive in northwest Bosnia
  • Una (1995)   — Failed Croatian operation against Bosnian-Serb Army. Bosnian-Serb victory
  • Joint Endeavor (December 1995) — NATO peace-keeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

     which established IFOR
  • Joint Guard (December 1996 - 1998) — NATO peace-keeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

     which established SFOR
    SFOR
    The Stabilisation Force was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina which was tasked with upholding the Dayton Agreement. It replaced the previous force IFOR...

  • Joint Forge (1998) — NATO peace-keeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

     following
    Operation Joint Guard

Kosovo War 1999

  • Allied Force
    Operation Allied Force
    The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was NATO's military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The strikes lasted from March 24, 1999 to June 10, 1999...

    (1999) — NATO's air campaign in Yugoslavia
  • Megaphone
    Operation Megaphone
    Operation Megaphone was the Canadian naval operation to board an American merchant ship in the Atlantic, in order to recover $223 million worth of military materiel being transported back to Canada at the conclusion of operations in Kosovo.-Background:...

      — Canada's return of equipment used in Kosovo
  • Potkova ("Horseshoe") (1999) — Yugoslav army offensive against the KLA
    Kosovo Liberation Army
    The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA was a Kosovar Albanian paramilitary organization which sought the separation of Kosovo from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s....

  • Quadrant   — Canada's mission in Kosovo
  • Joint Guardian - which established KFOR

Macedonia

  • Able Sentry (1993–94)   — Berlin Brigade deployed as part of Multi-National United Nations Protection Forces (UNPROFOR) to the Republic of Macedonia
    Republic of Macedonia
    Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

     to establish Camp Able Sentry and monitor sanctions imposed by NATO against Serbia/Kosovo. *This mission was later taken over by the (then) Germany-based, 3rd Infantry Div (Mech)
  • Essential Harvest
    Operation Essential Harvest
    Operation Essential Harvest was a deployment mission in the Republic of Macedonia by NATO, officially launched on August 22, 2001 and effectively started on August 27...

    (2001) — month-long NATO mission of disarming ethnic Albanians in Macedonia
    • Forage   — Canadian contribution to NATO's Essential Harvest
  • Kinetic
    Operation Kinetic
    Operation Kinetic was the name given to the deployment of 1,400 Canadian soldiers to Kosovo as part of the overall NATO effort in 1999 to stabilize the region....

      — Canada's contribution to NATO's mission KFOR to secure Kosovo
    Kosovo
    Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

     and Macedonia and to provide humanitarian needs to displaced persons
  • Echo
    Operation Echo
    Operation Echo was the codename given by the Canadian military for its activities in Bosnia in support of the NATO operation Joint Forge in 1998.Canada sent air forces to Aviano, Italy to enforce a no-fly zone over the Balkans ....

      — Canada sending air forces to Aviano
    Aviano
    Aviano is a town and comune of province of Pordenone at the foot of the Dolomites mountain range in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy.-History:...

    , Italy to enforce a no-fly zone
    No-fly zone
    A no-fly zone is a territory or an area over which aircraft are not permitted to fly. Such zones are usually set up in a military context, somewhat like a demilitarized zone in the sky, and usually prohibit military aircraft of a belligerent nation from operating in the region.-Iraq,...

     over Balkan region (UNSFOR and UNKFOR)
  • Mountain Storm   — Macedonian special police operation against Albanian extremists (2007).

Haiti

  • Constable (1997)   — Canada's contribution to the United Nations Mission in Haiti
    United Nations Mission in Haiti
    For the current UN mission to Haiti, see the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.The United Nations Mission in Haiti — a peacekeeping operation carried out by the United Nations between September 1993 and June 1996. The Mission was reestablished in April 2004, after a rebellion took...

  • Uphold Democracy
    Operation Uphold Democracy
    Operation Uphold Democracy was an intervention designed to remove the military regime installed by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état that overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide...

    (1994–1995) — U.S. led multinational force, replaced by United Nations Mission in Haiti or UNMIH
  • New Horizon
    Operation Uphold Democracy
    Operation Uphold Democracy was an intervention designed to remove the military regime installed by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état that overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide...

    (1995–1996)     — U.S. mission in support (and under the command) of United Nations Mission in Haiti
  • Secure Tomorrow
    Operation Secure Tomorrow
    Operation Secure Tomorrow is an operation that took place from February-July 2004 in which a multi-national force led by 3rd Battalion 8th Marines was sent by US President George W. Bush to Haiti to protect US interests there...

    (2004) — U.S. led multinational force, authorized by the UN as the Multinational Interim Force (MIF) which was replaced by the United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti or MINUSTAH

Persian Gulf War

  • Desert Shield (1990–91)   — American buildup prior to Gulf War
    Gulf War
    The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...

  • Desert Storm (1991) — Gulf War
    • Granby
      Operation Granby
      Operation Granby was the name given to the British military operations during the Gulf War. 53,462 troops were deployed during the conflict. The total cost of operations was £2.434 billion of which at least £2.049 billion was paid for by other nations such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia; £200...

        — British codename for operations during the Gulf War
    • Daguet
      Opération Daguet
      Opération Daguet was the codename for French operations during the 1991 Gulf War...

      ("Brocket deer
      Brocket Deer
      Brocket deer are the species of deer in the genus Mazama. They are medium to small in size, and are found in the Yucatán Peninsula, Central and South America, and the island of Trinidad. Most species are primarily found in forests. They are superficially similar to the African duikers and the Asian...

      ")   — French codename for operations during the Gulf War
    • Damask  Royal Australian Navy
      Royal Australian Navy
      The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...

       deployment to the Persian Gulf
      Persian Gulf
      The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...

      .
    • Operazione Locusta ("locust
      Locust
      Locusts are the swarming phase of short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae. These are species that can breed rapidly under suitable conditions and subsequently become gregarious and migratory...

      ")   — Italian codename for operations during the Gulf War.
    • Desert Sabre — The ground campaign which began on 24 February 1991.
    • Determination (early 1998)   — Canadian deployment in the Persian Gulf
      Persian Gulf
      The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...

       to force Iraq
      Iraq
      Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

       to comply with United Nations inspection agreements.
  • Ace Guard (1991) — The (NATO) Allied Command Europe Mobile Force for Turkey South Border Reinforcement (based at Diyarbakir AFB)
  • Record (1991)   — Canadian mission to secure Iraqi-Kuwaiti border

Iraq (post-Gulf War)

  • Provide Comfort
    Operation Provide Comfort
    Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations by the United States and some of its Gulf War allies, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurds fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War and deliver humanitarian aid to them.-Operation...

     (1991–96)         — security and humanitarian aid to Kurds in northern Iraq and No-Fly Zone
    Iraqi no-fly zones
    The Iraqi no-fly zones were a set of two separate no-fly zones , and were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect the Kurdish people in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones...

     North of 36°N over Iraq.
    • Airone (1991)   — Italian codename for Operation Provide Comfort.
  • Southern Watch
    Operation Southern Watch
    Operation Southern Watch was an operation conducted by Joint Task Force Southwest Asia with the mission of monitoring and controlling airspace south of the 32nd Parallel in Iraq, following the 1991 Gulf War until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.-Summary:Operation Southern Watch began on 27 August 1992...

     (1991–2003)           — No-Fly Zone South of 33°N over Iraq.
  • Desert Strike
    Operation Desert Strike
    The 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq occurred in September 1996 during the Kurdish Civil War. On August 31, 1996, the Iraqi military launched its biggest offensive since 1991 against the city of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. This attack stoked American fears that Saddam intended to launch a...

    (1996)   — retaliation attacks on Iraq.
  • Northern Watch
    Operation Northern Watch
    Operation Northern Watch, the successor to Operation Provide Comfort, was a US European Command Combined Task Force charged with enforcing its own no-fly zone above the 36th parallel in Iraq...

     (1997–2003)        No-Fly Zone
    Iraqi no-fly zones
    The Iraqi no-fly zones were a set of two separate no-fly zones , and were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect the Kurdish people in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones...

     North of 36°N over Iraq
  • Desert Fox
    Operation Desert Fox
    The December 1998 bombing of Iraq was a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraqi targets from December 16–19, 1998 by the United States and United Kingdom...

    (1998)     — bombing campaign on Iraqi targets

Georgia

  • Operation Clear Field
    Battle of Tskhinvali
    The Battle of Tskhinvali was a fight for the city of Tskhinvali, capital of South Ossetia. It was the only major battle in the 2008 South Ossetia War. Georgian ground troops entered the city on early 8 August 2008, after an extensive artillery barrage. Their advance was stopped by South Ossetian...

    (2008) — Failed Attempt to Capture Tskhinvali
  • Operation Forcing Georgia To peace
    2008 South Ossetia war
    The 2008 South Ossetia War or Russo-Georgian War was an armed conflict in August 2008 between Georgia on one side, and Russia and separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other....

    (2008) — military operation repelling Georgian attack on South Ossetia

Afghanistan War

Operation Fingal 2001
Operation Herrick

Iraq War


Op Telic 2003

Other military counter-terrorist operations

  • Eagle Assist
    Operation Eagle Assist
    Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Operation Eagle Assist began on October 9, 2001 after the North Atlantic Council's October 4 decision to operationalize Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, and ended on May 16, 2002...

    (2001) — Surveillance and protection of US skies by NATO military aircraft.
  • Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa
    Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa
    Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa is a joint task force of United States Africa Command . It originated under Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa as part of the United States response to the September 11, 2001 attacks...

    (2002) US military operations and civic assistance based in Djibouti
    Djibouti
    Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

    .
  • Enduring Freedom - Philippines
    Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines
    Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines or Operation Freedom Eagle is part of Operation Enduring Freedom and the U.S. Global War on Terrorism. About 600 U.S. military personnel are advising and assisting the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the Southern Philippines...

    (2002) US military operations in the Philippines
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

     against Abu Sayyaf
    Abu Sayyaf
    Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country...

     insurgents.
  • Noble Eagle
    Operation Noble Eagle
    Operation Noble Eagle is the name given to military operations related to homelandsecurity and support to federal, state, and local agencies...

    (2001) — US military operations to prevent terrorism in the United States.

Terrorist operations

  • Bojinka (1995) — aborted Al-Qaeda
    Al-Qaeda
    Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...

     plot to bomb eleven aircraft over Asia, and/or assassinate Pope John Paul II
    Pope John Paul II
    Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...

     in the Philippines
    Philippines
    The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

    .
  • Jibril (2001) — aborted Jemaah Islamiah plan to bomb US, Australian, Israeli and British targets in Singapore
    Singapore
    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

    . Also known as Operation C
    Operation C
    Operation C, released as in Japan and as Probotector in the PAL region, is a 1991 run and gun game by Konami released for the Game Boy...

    .
  • Death Trains (2004) — unverified name given by Al-Qaeda
    Al-Qaeda
    Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...

     for the Madrid train bombings.
  • Wagon (2003) — unverified name given by Al-Qaeda
    Al-Qaeda
    Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...

     for an aborted plan to bomb the London Underground
    London Underground
    The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

     and attack Heathrow Airport.

Counter-terrorism drills

  • Fast Forward
    Operation Fast Forward
    Operation Fast Forward was a major test of emergency plans to evacuate large numbers of people from the downtown area of Washington, DC. It was conducted in conjunction with the end of the annual fireworks display on the National Mall on 4 July 2005....

    (2005) Mock evacuation of downtown Washington.
  • Firework Fanfare (2005) Mock evacuation of towns in Oklahoma
    Oklahoma
    Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

    .
  • Highline (2005) Counter-terrorist exercise in Collingwood
    Collingwood, Victoria
    Collingwood is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...

    , Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

    .
  • Operation Red Dragon
    Operation Red Dragon (civil defense exercise)
    Operation Red Dragon was a civil defense readiness exercise conducted in Wisconsin in June, 2009. Army Reserve and National Guard units based at Fort McCoy along with police and rescue units in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin simulated the response to a chemical attack against a large number of...

    (2009) Training of military and civil medical and other units in response to a mock chemical attack on a sporting event.
  • TriPOD (2004) Plan to mass inoculate New York City citizens in the event of a biological attack.

Preventive counter-terrorist operations

  • Active Endeavour
    Operation Active Endeavour
    Operation Active Endeavour is a maritime operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It operates in the Mediterranean Sea and is designed to prevent the movement of terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. It has also collateral benefits in enhanced security of shipping in general...

    NATO naval forces in the Mediterranean.
  • Asparagus Investigation and arrest into suspected Islamist terrorists in Belgium by Belgian police.
  • Atlas
    Operation Atlas
    Operation Atlas was a terrorist-attack drill/mockup that took place on 4 June, 2008,at the Logan airport in Boston, Massachusetts. The massive operation involved realairplanes and assault teams, as in an authentic case...

    (2003) — counter-terrorism initiatives implemented by the New York Police Department.
  • Crevice
    Operation Crevice
    Operation Crevice was a raid launched by Metropolitan and local police in England on the morning of 30 March 2004. It was in response to a report indicating cells of terrorists of Pakistani origin were operating in the Thames Valley, Sussex, Surrey and Bedfordshire areas, the source of which was...

    (2004) — British counterterrorism action.
  • Green Quest
    Operation Green Quest
    Operation Green Quest was a United States Customs Service-sponsored interagency investigative unit formed in October 2001 after the September 11 attacks, and concerned with the surveillance and interdiction of terrorist financing sources...

    (2001) — US Customs anti-money laundering
    Money laundering
    Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...

     operations targeting Al-Barakat
    Al-Barakat
    al-Barakat or al-Barakaat , which means "Blessings" in Arabic, is a group of companies established in Somalia in 1986. Al-Barakat has involved itself in the modern form of hawala, an informal value transfer system, and the remittance trade. By 2001, it was operating in 40 countries and was the...

    transactions.
  • Kratos
    Operation Kratos
    Operation Kratos referred to tactics developed by London's Metropolitan Police Service for dealing with suspected suicide bombers, most notably firing shots to the head without warning....

    (2002) — Development and implementation of "shoot-to-kill" anti-terrorist policies by the London Metropolitan Police.
  • Laverda (2003) — London Metropolitan Police surveillance operations against Islamist demonstrations.
  • Liberty Shield (2003) — Department of Homeland Security operations to enhance security at US installations, and to detain selected foreign nationals.
  • NYShield (2003) — New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

     state plan to secure transport centres and nodes.
  • Safe Commerce (2004) — Implementation of new measures and technology to improve maritime cargo
    Cargo
    Cargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.-Marine:...

     screening.
  • Sirius (2005) — Canadian military participation in Operation Active Endeavour
    Operation Active Endeavour
    Operation Active Endeavour is a maritime operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It operates in the Mediterranean Sea and is designed to prevent the movement of terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. It has also collateral benefits in enhanced security of shipping in general...

    .
  • Vigilance (2001) — Counter-terrorist operations conducted by the state of Arizona
    Arizona
    Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

    .

Reactive counter-terrorist operations

  • Alliance (2002) — Australian and Indonsian joint investigations into the 2002 Bali bombings.
  • Bali Assist (2002) — Australian evacuation of killed and injured foreign nationals from Indonesia
    Indonesia
    Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

     after the 2002 Bali bombings.
  • Seal (2004) — Arrest of suspected Islamist militants in Spain following the Madrid train bombings.
  • Support
    Operation SUPPORT
    Operation SUPPORT is the name given to Canadian Forces activities directly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The CF had two immediate goals: to provide support for stranded aircrew and passengers from diverted commercial flights, and to increase emergency preparedness...

    (September 11–14, 2001) — Canadian Forces operations after the September 11, 2001 attacks
    September 11, 2001 attacks
    The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...

  • Tigris (2004) — Spanish investigations into Islamist organisations in Spain.
  • Yellow Ribbon
    Operation Yellow Ribbon
    Operation Yellow Ribbon was commenced by Transport Canada to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. Canada’s goal was to ensure that potentially destructive air traffic be removed from U.S. airspace as quickly as possible, and away from...

    (2001) — Transport Canada
    Transport Canada
    Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio...

    's operations after the September 11, 2001 attacks
    September 11, 2001 attacks
    The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...


Other/Unknown

  • Abacus
    Operation Abacus
    In 2000, Operation Abacus was the Canadian military operation that had troops standing by to restore vital services if the year 2000 caused disruption to computer systems....

    — Plan to use the Canadian Forces to maintain and restore vital public services in the event of disruption by the Year 2000 problem.
  • Artisan — Canadian Forces contribution to the Rinas Airfield Rehabilitation Project in Tirana
    Tirana
    Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

    , Albania
  • Breakwater http://www.defence.gov.au/globalops.cfm#breakwater (????) — Australian air and sea operation targeting border incursions by foreign fishing boats off its northern coastline.
  • Bright Star
    Operation Bright Star
    Operation Bright Star is a series of biennial combined and joint training exercises led by American and Egyptian forces in Egypt. These exercises began in 1980. They are designed to strengthen ties between the Egyptian and American militaries and demonstrate and enhance the ability of the Americans...

    — (1981) American exercise to reinforce allies in the middle east.
  • Chaperon — Canada's contribution to the United Nations
    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

     of one military observer (UNMO).
  • Celesta — Australian naval surveillance in Australia's southern waters against illegal fishing
    Fishing
    Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

    .
  • Cranberry — Australian naval surveillance in Australia's northern waters against smuggling
    Smuggling
    Smuggling is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.There are various motivations to smuggle...

     and illegal fishing
    Fishing
    Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

    .
  • Eclipse — deployment of Canadian soldiers to east Africa in support of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
  • Ezra and Nehemiah
    Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
    From 1950 to 1952, Operation Ezra and Nehemiah airlifted between 120,000 to 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel via Iran and Cyprus. The massive emigration of Iraqi Jews was among the most climactic events of Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries. By 1968 only 2,000 Jews remained in Iraq...

    (aka Ali Baba) (1950–1952) — mass migration/airlift of Iraqi Jews to Israel
  • Flavius
    Operation Flavius
    Operation Flavius was the name given to an operation by a Special Air Service team in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988 tasked to prevent a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attack...

    (1988) — SAS action against the IRA in Gibraltar
  • Fusion — Canada's combined contribution to Allied Harmony and Concordia
  • Garden Plot
    Operation Garden Plot
    Operation Garden Plot is a general U.S. Army and National Guard plan to respond to major domestic civil disturbances within the United States. The plan was developed in response to the civil disorders of the 1960s and is now under the control of the U.S. Northern Command...

    — US Army plan for assistance to civil authorities.
  • Highjump
    Operation Highjump
    Operation Highjump , officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946-1947, was a United States Navy operation organized by RADM Richard E. Byrd Jr. USN, , Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by RADM Richard H. Cruzen, USN, Commanding Officer, Task Force 68....

    (1947) — US Naval expedition to Antarctica.
  • Nunalivut (2006) — Canadian naval deployment in the Arctic
    Arctic
    The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...

    .
  • Parabellum (2007) Italian Mafia-Iraq arms deal investigation.
  • Power Geyser (2005) — Military security support to the 2005 Presidential inauguration.
  • Prudence — Canada's participation in the Mission des Nations Unies dans la République Centrafricaine (MINURCA)
  • Relex
    Operation Relex
    Operation Relex is the name given to the Australian Defence Force border protection operation in the country's northern approaches conducted between 2001 and 2006. The operation was instigated following the Tampa affair in September 2001 and its focus was on illegal immigration...

    (2001) — Australian defence force operations to secure Australia's northern maritime approaches against illegal immigration
    Illegal immigration
    Illegal immigration is the migration into a nation in violation of the immigration laws of that jurisdiction. Illegal immigration raises many political, economical and social issues and has become a source of major controversy in developed countries and the more successful developing countries.In...

    . Reactivated in 2004 as Operation Relex II.
  • Sure Victory (1997) — Sri Lankan counter-insurgency operations against the Tamil Tigers.
  • Exercise Unified Spirit — large NATO exercise held every two years to train the armed forces
    Armed forces
    The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external aggressors. In some countries paramilitary...

     of member nations in joint and combined operations.
  • Operation Vijay
    Operation Vijay (1999)
    In the 1999 Kargil Conflict between India and Pakistan, Operation Vijay was the name of the successful Indian operation to push back the infiltrators from the Kargil Sector...

    (1999) — Indian operations against Pakistan during the Kargil war that took place between May and July 1999 at Kargil district, Jammu & Kashmir, India.

US Drug Enforcement Administration Operations

Other anti-narcotic operations

  • Century
    Operation Century
    Operation Century was the code name for a sting operation by Essex Police for investigating a triple murder that happened at Rettendon, Essex, England, in December 1995. It was assisted by Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch officers...

    (1996) — ill-fated Essex
    Essex
    Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

     police / Royal Ulster Constabulary
    Royal Ulster Constabulary
    The Royal Ulster Constabulary was the name of the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2000. Following the awarding of the George Cross in 2000, it was subsequently known as the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC. It was founded on 1 June 1922 out of the Royal Irish Constabulary...

     operation to pressure persons of interest for information about a drug-related triple murder.
  • Corona
    Operation Corona
    Operation 'Corona was a RAF initiative to confuse German night fighters during RAF bomber raids on German cities during WWII. Native German speakers impersonated German Air Defence officers...

    (2001) — Miami police operations against heroin trafficking by the Latin Kings.
  • Falcon
    Operation Falcon (Federal Dragnet)
    Operation FALCON is the name of several week-long dragnets organized by the United States Marshals Service...

    (2004) — anti-pedophilia
    Pedophilia
    As a medical diagnosis, pedophilia is defined as a psychiatric disorder in adults or late adolescents typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children...

     raid against companies handling credit card
    Credit card
    A credit card is a small plastic card issued to users as a system of payment. It allows its holder to buy goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for these goods and services...

     payments.
  • Final Count (2001) — Miami police operations against heroin trafficking by the John Aragon Heroin Organization.
  • Web Tryp
    Operation Web Tryp
    Operation Web Tryp was a United States Drug Enforcement Administration operation that ended on July 21, 2004 with the arrests of 10 persons. Its purpose was to investigate web sites suspected of distribution of unscheduled, unregulated tryptamines and phenethylamines of questionable legality...

    (2004) — American sting operation against sellers of psychedelics online.
  • Mocha (2005) — New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

     and federal police investigation into drug smuggling at Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

     airport.
  • Outta Towner (2005) — Chicago
    Chicago
    Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

     police operations against heroin trafficking.
  • Panzer (1998) — Australian National Crime Authority investigation into organised crime by outlaw motorcycle gangs (bikies
    Outlaw motorcycle club
    An outlaw motorcycle club is a type of motorcycle club that is part of a subculture with roots in the post-World War II USA, centered on cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals celebrating freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the...

    ).
  • Safe Streets (2002) — Anti-drug trafficking operations by Philadelphia police.
  • Topaz (2004) — United Nations
    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

     convened operations against drug-smuggling in Central Asia
    Central Asia
    Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...

    .

Anti-child pornography
Child pornography
Child pornography refers to images or films and, in some cases, writings depicting sexually explicit activities involving a child...

 operations

  • Auxin
    Operation Auxin
    Operation Auxin was an Australian police operation in September 2004, leading to the arrest of almost 200 people on charges of child pornography...

    (2004) — Australian anti-child pornography
    Child pornography
    Child pornography refers to images or films and, in some cases, writings depicting sexually explicit activities involving a child...

     effort.
  • Avalanche (1999) — American anti-child pornography
    Child pornography
    Child pornography refers to images or films and, in some cases, writings depicting sexually explicit activities involving a child...

     effort.
  • Pin
    Operation Pin
    Operation Pin is an initiative of the Virtual Global Taskforce, which consists of UK's National Crime Squad, the FBI, Interpol, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Australian Hi-Tech Crime Centre / Australian Federal Police . Its stated aim is to identify pedophiles and other people who are...

    (2003) — British-led anti-child pornography
    Child pornography
    Child pornography refers to images or films and, in some cases, writings depicting sexually explicit activities involving a child...

     effort.
  • Ore
    Operation Ore
    Operation Ore was a British police operation that commenced in 1999 following information received from US law enforcement, which was intended to prosecute thousands of users of a website reportedly featuring child pornography...

    (2003) — American led anti-child pornography
    Child pornography
    Child pornography refers to images or films and, in some cases, writings depicting sexually explicit activities involving a child...

     effort.

Operations against intellectual property theft

  • Buccaneer
    Operation Buccaneer
    On December 11, 2001, in an international operation known as Operation Buccaneer, law enforcement agents in six countries targeted 62 people suspected of software piracy, with leads in twenty other countries.U.S...

    (2001) — International raid on software pirates.
  • D-Elite
    Operation D-Elite
    Operation D-Elite was an operation by agents of the FBI and U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement against leading members of EliteTorrents, a BitTorrent tracker site, resulting in five months of prison, five months of home arrest, and a $3,000 fine against Grant T. Stanley on October...

    (2005) — US raid on software pirates.
  • Fastlink
    Operation Fastlink
    Operation FastLink is a coordination of four separate, simultaneous undercover investigations by the FBI, the FBI Cyber Division, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division and Interpol. The four different investigations have not...

    (2004) — International operation against pirated computer software.
  • Site Down
    Operation Site Down
    Operation Site Down is the umbrella name for a law enforcement initiative conducted by the FBI and law enforcement agents from ten other countries which resulted in a raid on targets on June 29, 2005. Three separate undercover investigations were involved, based in Chicago , Charlotte and San Jose...

    (2005) — International crackdown on pirated movies.

Other operations

  • Ill Wind
    Operation Ill Wind
    Operation Ill Wind was a three-year investigation launched in 1986 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation into corruption by U.S. government and military officials and defense contractors....

    (1986–89) — FBI investigation into defense contractor bribery and fraud.
  • Crevice
    Operation Crevice
    Operation Crevice was a raid launched by Metropolitan and local police in England on the morning of 30 March 2004. It was in response to a report indicating cells of terrorists of Pakistani origin were operating in the Thames Valley, Sussex, Surrey and Bedfordshire areas, the source of which was...

    (2004) — British counterterrorism action.
  • Fast Forward
    Operation Fast Forward
    Operation Fast Forward was a major test of emergency plans to evacuate large numbers of people from the downtown area of Washington, DC. It was conducted in conjunction with the end of the annual fireworks display on the National Mall on 4 July 2005....

    (2005) — Mock evacuation of downtown Washington.
  • Falcon
    Operation Falcon
    Operation Falcon may refer to:* Operation FALCON, a number of 2006 dragnet operations by the United States Marshals Service* Operation Falcon, a 1984 sting operation against US falconers conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service...

    (2005) — Widespread dragnet led by the United States Marshals Service
    United States Marshals Service
    The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

    .
  • Jackdraw (2004) — London Metropolitan Police operations to prevent and deter pickpocketing
    Pickpocketing
    Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person of a victim without their noticing the theft at the time. It requires considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection...

    .
  • Last Call
    Operation Last Call
    Operation Last Call is the name of a law enforcement operation in the state of Texas in which undercover agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission make arrests for public intoxication in places that serve alcoholic beverages...

    (2005) Texas operation aimed against drunkenness in bars.
  • Midas (2003) — Australian anti-money laundering
    Money laundering
    Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...

     operations by AUSTRAC.
  • Midnight Jackal
    Operation Midnight Jackal
    Operation Midnight Jackal was a political scandal in Pakistan in 1989 which members of the ISI were exposed in a sting operation as wanting to overthrow the government of Benazir Bhutto. Former ISI operative Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed Billa is regarded as the mastermind of the plot...

    (2009) Pakistani coup attempt
  • Minstead (1998) — Metropolitan police operation directed at a serial rapist.
  • Perseus
    Operation Perseus
    Operation Perseus was an initiative launched by the British Transport Police in August 1998. The aim of the operation was to reduce railway crime on the Brighton to Hastings East Coastway line. As part of the launch, Connex South-Central Class 421 3Cop no. 1409 was named "Operation Perseus" at a...

    (1998) — British Transit Police.
  • Purana (2003) — Investigation of Melbourne, Victoria's underworld.
  • Sundevil
    Operation Sundevil
    Operation Sundevil was a 1990 nation-wide United States Secret Service crackdown on "illegal computer hacking activities." It involved raids in approximately fifteen different cities and resulted in three arrests and the confiscation of computers, the contents of electronic bulletin board systems ,...

    (1999) — Nationwide United States Secret Service
    United States Secret Service
    The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...

     crackdown on illegal computer hacking activities.
  • Swamp 81 (1981) Metropolitan police operation that may have sparked the Brixton riots.
  • Trident
    Operation Trident
    Operation Trident or Trident, is a Metropolitan Police Service unit set up to investigate and inform people about black gun crime , with special attention being placed on shootings relating to the illegal sale of drugs. The initiative was set up in March 1998 by black people following a series of...

    (1998) — Crackdown by London's Metropolitan Police
    Metropolitan police
    Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...

     against drug-related gun crime in the black community. Later expanded to Operation Trafalgar.
  • Thermcon
    THERMCON
    THERMCON was the code name of a FBI operation which was launched in response to the sabotage of the Arizona Snowbowl ski lift near Flagstaff, Arizona in October 1987 by three people from Prescott, Arizona, Mark Davis, Margaret Millet, and Marc Baker...

    (1987) — FBI operation that targeted environmental activists.

Humanitarian Operations

  • Central (1998) — Canada's assistance to Central America
    Central America
    Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

     after the devastation of Hurricane Mitch
    Hurricane Mitch
    Hurricane Mitch was the most powerful hurricane and the most destructive of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph . The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season. Along with Hurricane Georges, Mitch...

  • Anode (2000) — Australian military contribution as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

    .
  • Assistance
    Operation Assistance
    Operation Assistance was the name given by the Canadian Forces for military support to the civil authorities during the flooding of the Red River in April and May 1997....

    (1997) — Canadian assistance to Manitoba
    Manitoba
    Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

     after major flooding.
  • Hajji Baba
    Operation Hajji Baba
    Operation Hajji Baba was a humanitarian airlift operation performed by the United States Air Force between 25and 29 August 1952. The mission of the operation was to airlift Hajj pilgrims stranded in Beirut,...

    (1952) — United States assistance to Hajj
    Hajj
    The Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so...

     pilgrims.
  • Helpem Fren (2000) — Pidgin
    Pidgin
    A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the...

     for helping friend, multinational assistance to the Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

     under the aegis of RAMSI.
  • Hawkeye (20 September 1989 - 17 November 1989) — Canada's assistance to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands after the devastation of Hurricane Hugo
    Hurricane Hugo
    Hurricane Hugo was a classical, destructive and rare Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, Puerto Rico and the USA mainland in South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane during September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season...

  • Navy Help Darwin
    Operation Navy Help Darwin
    Operation Navy Help Darwin was a disaster relief operation initiated by the Royal Australian Navy following the destruction of Darwin, Northern Territory by Cyclone Tracy during the night of 24-25 December 1974. 13 ships, 11 aircraft, and 3,000 personnel were sent to Darwin in the largest disaster...

    (1974) — Australian Naval assistance to Darwin after Cyclone Tracy
    Cyclone Tracy
    Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974...

    .
  • Pakistan Assist (2005) — Australian Defence Force humanitarian operations providing support after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
    2005 Kashmir earthquake
    The 2005 Kashmir earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005...

    .
  • PeregrineBritish Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

     forest fire fighting assistance by soldiers
  • Persistence (1998) — Canadian operation at Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

     to recover bodies after crash of SwissAir Flight 111
    Swissair Flight 111
    Swissair Flight 111 was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland...

  • Recuperation (1998) — Canadian assistance after major snowstorms in eastern Canada
  • Sumatra Assist
    Operation Sumatra Assist
    Operation Sumatra Assist was the Australian Defence Force's contribution to disaster relief in Indonesia following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. ADF personnel were deployed within hours of the earthquake. They served mainly in Aceh province of Indonesia...

    (2005) — Australian Defence Force humanitarian operations following the 2005 Sumatra earthquake
    2005 Sumatra earthquake
    The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community, was a major earthquake on 28 March 2005, located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Approximately 1300 people were killed by the earthquake, mostly on the island of Nias...

    .
  • Torrent (1999) — Canadian assistance after earthquake in Turkey
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

  • Lichi (2000) — South African rescue operations in Mozambique
    Mozambique
    Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

     after major flooding due to Cyclone Eline
  • 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
    2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
    The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...

    • Australia
      • Tsunami Assist
    • India
      • Sea Wave Which included:
        • Mother (mainland relief)
        • Mandat (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
        • Rainbow (Sri Lanka)
        • Castor (Maldives)
        • Ghambir (Indonesia)
  • Dorca French assistance in Darfur
    Darfur
    Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...

     in 2004
  • Unison Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina
    Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina
    Canada's first response to the disaster inflicted by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf of Mexico coastline of the United States was the deployment of a Vancouver heavy urban search and rescue team, which arrived in Lafayette, Louisiana on the evening of August 31, 2005, arriving on a WestJet...


Other

  • Timeline of United States military operations
  • List of amphibious assault operations
  • List of Nuclear Tests
    Nuclear testing
    Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the twentieth century, most nations that have developed nuclear weapons have tested them...

  • Project Daedalus
    Project Daedalus
    Project Daedalus was a study conducted between 1973 and 1978 by the British Interplanetary Society to design a plausible unmanned interstellar spacecraft. Intended mainly as a scientific probe, the design criteria specified that the spacecraft had to use current or near-future technology and had to...

     (British Interplanetary Society study to create a plausible design for an interstellar probe)
  • Project Longshot
    Project Longshot
    Project Longshot was a conceptual design for an interstellar spacecraft, an unmanned probe intended to fly to Alpha Centauri powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Developed by the US Naval Academy and NASA from 1987 to 1988, Longshot was designed to be built at Space Station Freedom, the precursor...

  • Project Jennifer
    Project Jennifer
    "AZORIAN" was the code name for a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency project to recover the sunken Soviet submarine K-129 from the Pacific Ocean floor in the summer of 1974, using the purpose-built ship Hughes Glomar Explorer...

     1974 CIA lifting of a sunken Soviet submarine
  • Project RAND
  • Project Vanguard
    Project Vanguard
    Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory , which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit using a Vanguard rocket as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida....

  • Norwegian military operations abroad
    Norwegian military operations abroad
    The Norwegian military have been deployed in countries other than Norway many times. Most of them during and after World War II. After 1947 Norway has participated in over 40 military operations abroad and over 120.000 Norwegian troops have served in these operations...


Non-military operations

  • Bojinkaterrorist
    Terrorism
    Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

     plot by al-Qaida members Ramzi Yousef
    Ramzi Yousef
    Ramzi Yousef was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot. In 1995, he was arrested at a guest house in Islamabad, by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence and United States Diplomatic Security Service, then extradited to the...

     and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
    Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
    Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Kuwait-born militant in U.S. custody in Guantánamo Bay for alleged acts of terrorism, including mass murder of civilians....

    , foiled in 1995
  • Clambake
    Operation Clambake
    Operation Clambake, also referred to by its Web address, Xenu.net, is a Web site and Norway-based non-profit organization, launched in 1996, that publishes criticism of the Church of Scientology. It is owned and maintained by Andreas Heldal-Lund, who has stated that he supports the rights of all...

    — anti-Scientology
    Scientology
    Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...

  • Red Dog
    Operation Red Dog
    Operation Red Dog was the code name of plan by Canadian and American mercenaries, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica, where they planned to restore former Prime Minister Patrick John to power...

    — Foiled invasion of Dominica

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