List of military missions, operations, and projects

Operations:

   * Adler ("Eagle") -- German air offensive against Britain, as a prelude
     to Seelšwe, 1940.
   * Agatha -- 1946 British attack on Hagana and Irgun in Palestine
   * Ambassador -- British commando raid during World War II
   * Anaconda -- US effort to capture al Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan.
   * Anadyr -- USSR plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the
     Cuban Missile Crisis
   * Apollo -- Canadian Navy's operation in support of the United States
     forces in Afghanistan.
   * Argus -- detonation of nuclear bombs in the upper atmosphere, 1959.
   * Attila [1] -- German seizure and occupation of Vichy France, 1940.
   * Attila [2] -- Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus, 1974.
   * Barbarossa -- German invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941.
   * Birke ("Birch") -- German plan to withdraw from Northern Finland prior
     to the Lapland War, September 1944.
   * Birkhahn ("Black Cock") -- German withdrawl from Norway, 1945.
   * Blau ("Blue") -- German offensive at Voronezh, Russia, June 1942.
   * Bljesak ("Flash") -- Croatian offensive against western Slavonian parts
     of Krajina, 1995
   * BlŸcher -- German campaign in the Caucasus, April 1942
   * Bodenplatte ("Baseplate") -- German aerial attack on 27 Allied airbases
     in Europe, January 1945.
   * Bodyguard -- the Allied strategic deception plan for the Normandy
     landings
   * Chariot -- the British raid on St Nazaire, March 1942
   * Compass -- the British counter-offensive in Egypt/Libya, December 1940
   * Cooney -- French commando raid.
   * Coronet -- Second of two prongs of the planned invasion of Japan,
     Downfall
   * Epsom -- British assault west of Caen, Normandy, 1944.
   * (Fall) Blau [1] ("Case Blue") -- Planned German air attack on England,
     1939.
   * Fall Blau [2] ("Case Blue") -- German offensive in the southern USSR,
     1942.
   * Cerberus -- Escape of German capital ships from Brest, France to home
     ports in Germany, February 12, 1942
   * Cobra -- American breakout from Normandy, 1944.
   * Crusader -- British attempt to relieve Tobruk (Libya), 1941.
   * Deadlight -- postwar scuttling of U-boats, 1945-1946.
   * Desert Shield -- buildup prior to Gulf War, 1990.
   * Desert Storm -- Gulf War, 1991.
   * Downfall -- planned Allied invasion of Japan.
        o Olympic -- First of two prongs of the invasion of Japan.
        o Coronet-- Second of two prongs of the invasion of Japan.
   * Donnerschlag ("Thunderbolt") -- Planned breakout of the German 6th Army
     from Stalingrad, December 1942.
   * Downwood -- attack on German dams in World War II.
   * Dragoon -- Allied landing in southern France, 1944.
   * Drumbeat -- German U-boat attack on east coast shipping of US, 1942.
   * Dynamo -- The Evacuation from Dunkirk
   * Edelweiss -- Proposed capture of the oil fields of Baku in the Caucasus
     by Axis forces, July 1942.
   * El Dorado Canyon -- US strikes against Libya, 1986.
   * Enduring Freedom, US and UK invasion of Afghanistan, 2001-2002.
   * Entebbe - Israeli Entebbe operation 1976
   * Evening Light -- US attempt to rescue embassy hostages in Tehran, Iran,
     1980.
   * Fall Gelb ("Case Yellow") -- German offensive against western Europe,
     1940.
   * Fall Weiss ("Case White") -- German invasion of Poland, 1939.
   * Felix -- Planned German invasion of Gibraltar via Spain, 1940-1941.
   * Feuerzauber ("Fire Magic") -- Planned German capture of Leningrad,
     1942.
   * Fischereiher ("Heron") -- German offensive to capture Stalingrad, 1942.
   * Fortitude -- Allied deception of Germany, 1944.
   * FrŸhlingserwachen ("Spring Awakening") -- Last German counterattack
     against Russian forces in Hungary, March 1945.
   * Granby -- British codename for operations during Gulf War in 1991.
   * Golden Pheasant -- US deployment in Honduras, 1988.
   * Goodwood -- British breakout attempt in Normandy (France), 1944.
   * Greif ("Grab") -- German troops disguised as Allied soldiers capture
     bridges across the River Meuse in the Ardennes (Luxembourg and France),
     1944.
   * Haven Denial -- U.S. and Italian forces against Taliban remnants and Al
     Qaeda fighters in southeast Afghanistan, July, 2003.
   * Herbstreise ("Autumn Journey") -- Decoy invasion of Scotland in
     conjunction with Seelšwe, 1940.
   * Herkules -- Planned Axis airborne invasion of Malta, 1942.
   * Wacht am Rhein ("Watch on the Rhine") -- German counteroffensive in the
     Ardennes (Luxembourg and France), 1944.
   * Husky -- Allied invasion of Sicily, 1943.
   * Icarus -- Planned German invasion of Iceland, 1940.
   * Infinite Justice, original name for Enduring Freedom.
   * Iraqi Freedom -- coalition name for 2003 Iraq War.
   * Jonathan -- rescue of hostages at Entebbe, Uganda in 1976.
   * Just Cause -- US invasion of Panama, 1989.
   * Lightfoot -- first attack by British at El Alamein, 1942.
   * Marita -- German invasion of Greece, 1941.
   * Lost -- British commando raid in Brittany, June, 1944.
   * Margarethe -- German operation to keep Hungary from falling to Russia
     and defecting to the Allies, in March 1944.
   * Market Garden -- Allied airborne attempt to gain a Rhine crossing in
     the Netherlands, 1944.
   * Merkur ("Mercury") -- German invasion of Crete, 1941.
   * Mondscheinsonate ("Moonlight Sonata") -- German aerial raid on
     Coventry, November 1940.
   * Morgenrote ("Dawn") -- German counterattack against Anzio landings,
     January 1944.
   * Narcissus -- British commando raid.
   * Nordlicht [1] ("Northern Lights") -- Planned German assault on
     Lenningrad, 1942.
   * Nordlicht [2] ("Northern Lights") -- German withdrawal from the Kola
     Peninsula and Finland into Norway in 1944.
   * Nordwind ("North Wind") -- German offensive in the Alsace region,
     January 1945.
   * Northwoods - plan to incite war between United States and Cuba in 1960s
   * Olympic -- First of two prongs of the invasion of Japan part of
     Downfall.
   * Oluja ("Storm") -- Croatian offensive against Krajina, 1995
   * Overlord -- Allied landings in Normandy (France), 1944.
        o Bodyguard, Overall deception plan.
        o Detroit, American airdrop in Normany.
        o Chicago, American airdrop in Normandy.
        o Dingson Free French Commando raid.
        o Tonga, British airdrop in Normandy.
        o Neptune, Overall Allied naval operations for the invasion.
        o Maple, Allied naval minesweeping operations.
        o Gambit, British midget submarine operations.
   * Northern Watch -- northern No-Fly Zone over Iraq, 1990s.
   * Paperclip - a part-military, part-scientific operation to gain
     information out of Nazi scientists after the Second World War.
   * Peace for Galilee - Israeli invasion of Lebanon
   * Peter Pan - transfer of Cubans to United States in 1960-1962
   * Platinfuchs ("Platinum Fox") -- German attack towards Murmansk from
     Finnish Petsamo as part of Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
   * Polarfuchs ("Polar Fox") -- German attack towards Kandalaksha from
     Finnish Lapland as part of Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
   * Power Pack -- US deployment in Santo Domingo, 1965.
   * Provide Comfort - provide security and humanitarian aid to Kurds in
     northern Iraq in 1991
   * Renntier ("Reindeer") -- German occupation of Finnish Petsamo in 1941.
   * RheinŸbung ("Exercise Rhine") -- German attacks on Allied shipping
     conducted by the ships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, 1941.
   * Ršsselsprung [1] ("Knights Move") -- German naval campaign to sink
     Allied Arctic convoys between Britain and Russia, 1942.
   * Ršsselsprung [2] ("Knights Move") -- German attempt to capture partisan
     leader Tito at his Bosnian HQ, May 1944.
   * Roundup -- Planned Allied landings in France, 1942.
   * Seelšwe ("Sea Lion") -- Planned German invasion of Great Britain, 1940.
   * Sharp Edge -- evacuation of Americans from Liberia, 1990-1991.
   * Shining Express--evacuation of Americans from Liberia, 2003.
   * Sledgehammer -- Planned Allied landings in France, 1942.
   * Sonnenwende ("Winter Solstice") -- German offensive to relieve
     Pomerania from Russian forces and halt advance on Berlin, February
     1945.
   * Southern Watch -- southern No-Fly Zone over Iraq, 1990s.
   * Stšsser -- German paratrooper drop intended to capture highway
     crossroads in the Ardennes (Luxembourg and France), December 1944.
   * Supercharge -- second attack by British at El Alamein, 1942.
   * Suzannah - Israel plan to bomb American interests in Egypt in 1954
   * Tanne Ost -- Failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland in
     1944.
   * Tanne West -- Planned German attempt to capture �land from Finland in
     1944.
   * Telic -- British codename for operations against Iraq in 2003.
   * Theseus -- German offensive to drive Allies out of Cyrenaica and Egypt,
     1942.
   * Torch -- American landings in North Africa, 1942.
   * Totalize -- Allied effort to trap German armor in Normandy, 1944.
   * Typhoon -- German autumn offensive to capture Moscow, October 1941.
   * Urgent Fury -- US invasion of Grenada, 1983.
   * Vittles -- Berlin Airlift in 1948
   * Watchtower -- US counterinvasion of Guadalcanal, 1942.
   * WeserŸbung ("Weser Exercise") -- German invasions of Denmark and
     Norway, April 1940.
   * Wintergewitter ("Winter Storm") -- German attempt to relief encircled
     6th Army in Stalingrad (Russia), 1942.
   * Zitadelle ("Citadel") -- German counteroffensive at Kursk (Russia),
     1943.