List of military operations

See also List of military engagements of World War I

• Albion (1917) — German capture of Oesel, Dagö and Moon Islands (now Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu).
• Hush (1917) — Planned Allied amphibious landing on the Belgian coast.
• Kaiserschlacht ('Kaiser's battle') (1918) — German Spring offensive using armies released from the Eastern Front composed of 4 offensives:
  • Blücher-Yorck (1918)
  • Gneisenau (1918)
  • Georgette (1918)
  • Michael (1918)
• Strafexpedition (Punitive Expedition) (1916) — operation by the Austro-Hungarian Army against Italy (Italian northern front): the largest mountain battle ever fought.
• Z-O (1918) — British raid on Zeebrugge.

See List of World War II military operations

• Adolphe (1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Atlante (1954) — French operation to pacify the local populace between Da Nang and Nha Trang and re-establish the sovereignty of the Bảo Đại government.
• Bretagne (1952-1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Brochet (1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Camargue (1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Castor (1953) — French airborne operation to establish a fortified airhead in Điện Biên Province.
• Ceinture (1947) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Condor (1954) — French relief attempt of Dien Bien Phu.
• Hirondelle (1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Léa (1947) — French airborne attempt to capture the leaders of the Viet Minh.
• Lorraine (1952) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Masterdom (1945-1946) — French and British Armies operation against Viet Minh in Indochina after the Liberation from Japan.
• Mouette (1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Papillon (1947) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
• Pollux (1953) — French evacuation of troops stationed in Lai Châu Province.
• Vulture (1954) — Aborted American air support of French troops against the Viet Minh around Dien Bien Phu.

• Blue Hearts (1950) — UN amphibious landings at Pohang.
• Courageous (1951) — Movement of UN infantry units up the Imjin River.
  • Tomahawk (1951) — Deployment of airmobile forces in the Battle of the Imjin River.
• Commando (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 and North Korean/Chinese forces.
  • Big Switch (1953)
• Ripper (1951) — UN movements towards the 38th parallel to recapture Seoul.
• Operation Moolah (1953) — psychological operation against Communist MiG-15 pilots to defect.

• Arc Light (1965) — US B-52 bombing campaign in Vietnam
• Attleboro (1966) — U.S. and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) air mobile operations in Tây Ninh.
• Babylift (1975) — mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from South Vietnam to the U.S. and other countries
• Barrel Roll (1964–73) — the bombing of Laos by U.S. forces, to support the Royal Laotian Army and CIA-trained Hmong.
  • Steel Tiger (1965–68)
  • Tiger Hound (1965–68)
  • Silver Bayonet (1965) — First major combat operation of the 1st Air Cavalry Div.
  • Commando Hunt (1968–72) — U.S. bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail
• Bolo (1967) — Decoy mission to disguise the electronic signature of combat aircraft.
• Chopper (1962) — Major air mobile offensive near Saigon.
• Cedar Falls (1967) — Attack on National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NVA or Viet Cong) positions in Bến Cát (the Iron Triangle)
• Dewey Canyon (1971) — Offensive against NVA communication lines in Laos.
• Enhance Plus (1972) — Resupply of military equipment and consumables to the government of South Vietnam.
• Flaming Dart (1965) — Reprisal bombing attacks by the U.S. Air Force against NVA units.
• Frequent Wind (1975) — Helicopter evacuation of U.S. citizens before the fall of Saigon.
• Game Warden (1965) — first major U.S. riverine patrol operation. Later Swift Boat operations included:
  • Ballistic Charge
  • Beacon Star
  • Beacon Torch
  • Bear Bite
  • Bear Claw
  • Beau Charger
  • Beau Diddley
  • Beaver Cage
  • Bold Mariner
  • Boone
  • Canyon
  • Daring Rebel
  • Deckhouse Five (1967)
  • DeSoto
  • Dragon Fire
  • Fortress Ridge
  • Seahawk
  • Sea Tiger
  • Market Time (1965)
• Hastings (1966) — U.S. and ARVN counter-offensive operations in Quảng Trị
• Homecoming (1973) — repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war from Vietnam
• Leap Frog (1968) — Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by U.S. military intelligence on likely NLF actions.
• Menu (1969) — U.S. bombing of Cambodia
• Malheur (1967) — Twin phased Search and destroy operations in Quảng Ngãi
• Pegasus (1968) — Resupply and relief operations to U.S. Marines besieged at Khe Sanh
• Phoenix (1968) — CIA-organized assassination campaign against influential NLF operatives in South Vietnam
• Rich (1968) — Combined arms assault near the Bến Hải River in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
• Linebacker (1972) — Strategic bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, and mining of Haiphong harbour.
• Ranch Hand (1961–71) — Spraying of herbicides (including Agent Orange) by aircraft and ground forces.
  • Trail Dust
• Rolling Thunder (1967–68) — Bombing of North Vietnam
• Sealords (1968) — Mekong Delta and inland waterways campaign by the U.S. Navy in Vietnam
• Starlite (1965) — United States Marine Corps actions near Chu Lai.
• Sunrise (1962) — Relocation of Vietnamese peasantry around Saigon to "strategic hamlets."
• Tailwind (1970) — Alleged use of nerve gas against U.S. defectors in Laos.
• Toan Thang 42 (1970) — ARVN incursion into Cambodia
• Union I and II (1967) — American Marines in the Quế Sơn Valley.

• • March–April 1958: Operation Booster Shot, nationwide
  • 22 January 1959–19 April 1961: Project Hotfoot (Laos), nationwide
  • December 1958: North Vietnamese invasion of Laos, in Military Region 3 (MR 3)
  • 25 December 1959: 1960 Laotian coups, in Military Region 5 (M5)
  • 10 August 1960: 1960 Laotian coups, in MR 5
  • 13–16 December 1960: Battle of Vientiane, in MR 5
  • 17 January 1961–30 September 1974: Operation Momentum, in Military Region 2 (MR 2)
  • 31 January–6 June 1961: Battle of Ban Pa Dong, in Military Region 1 (MR 1)
  • 13 March–August 1961: Operation Millpond, nationwide, (cancelled)
  • 13 December 1961–10 September 1962: Operation Pincushion, in Military Region 4 (MR 4)
  • January–5 May 1962: Battle of Luang Namtha, in MR 1
  • 25 May 1963: Chinese Road in MR 1
  • Summer 1963–1972: Operation Hardnose, in MR 3 and MR 4
  • November 1963–January 1964: Battle of Lak Sao, in MR 3
  • Late 1963–mid-1967: Wapi Project, in MR 4
  • 18 April 1964: 1964 Laotian coups, in MR 5
  • 19–29 July 1964: Operation Triangle, in MR1, MR2, and MR 5
  • 19 July 1964–March 1973: Unity (military operation), in MR 2 and MR 4
  • 4 August 1964: 1964 Laotian coups, in MR 5
  • 14 December 1964—22 February 1973: Operation Barrel Roll, in MR 2
  • 31 January 1965: 1965 Laotian coups, in MR 5
  • 3 April 1965–11 November 1968: Operation Steel Tiger in MR 3 and MR 4
  • Late 1965: Operation Star (Laos), in MR 3
  • 5 December 1965–end of 1968: Operation Tiger Hound in MR 3 and MR 4
  • 17 February 1966: Battles of Nakhang, in MR 2
  • 23 May 1966: Second Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2
  • August 1966–January 1968: Battle of Nam Bac, in MR 1
  • 21 October 1966: 1966 Laotian coup, in MR 5
  • 6 January 1967: Third Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2
  • 9 January 1967: Ban Naden raid, in MR 3
  • 29 July–1 August 1967: 1967 Opium War, on Burmese border of MR 1
  • 23 January 1968: Battle of Ban Houei Sane, in MR 3
  • 10–11 March 1968: Battle of Lima Site 85, in MR 2
  • 26 November 1968–7 January 1969: Operation Pigfat, in MR 2
  • 28 February 1969: Fourth Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2
  • 17 March–7 April 1969: Operation Raindance, in MR2
  • 12 March 1969: Battles of Bouamlong, in MR 2
  • 18–27 June 1969: Campaign Toan Thang, in MR 2
  • 21–26 June 1969: Operation Left Jab in MR 4
  • 1–15 July 1969: Operation Off Balance, in MR 2
  • 28 July–17 October 1969: Operation Junction City Jr., in MR 3
  • 6 August–30 September 1969: Kou Kiet, in MR 2
  • 13 September 1969–25 April 1970: Campaign 139, in MR 2
  • 20 September 1969–9 March 1970: Operation Diamond Arrow, in MR 4
  • 15 November 1968–29 March 1969: Operation Commando Hunt, in MR 3 and MR 4
  • 2–26 July 1970: Operation Maeng Da, in MR 3
  • 31 August–mid-December 1970: Operation Honorable Dragon, in MR 4
  • 11–13 September 1970: Operation Tailwind, in MR 4
  • 26 September 1970–7 January 1971: Operation Counterpunch, in MR 2
  • 19 October–13 November 1970: Tchepone Operation, in MR 3
  • 1 January–May 1971: Project Copper, in MR 4
  • 5 January–11 February 1971: Operation Silver Buckle, in MR 3
  • 2 February–late May 1971: Campaign 74B, in MR 2
  • 8 February–25 March 1971: Operation Lam Son 719, in MR 4
  • 16 February–29 March 1971: Operation Desert Rat, in MR 3
  • 2 April–20 August 1971: Operation Phalat, along Thai border of MR 1
  • 7 April–27 June 1971: Operation Xieng Dong, in MR 1
  • 15 May–late September 1971: Operation Phoutah, in MR 3
  • 9–11 June 1971: Operation Phiboonpol, in MR 4
  • 27 July–31 October 1971: Operation Sayasila, in MR 4
  • 5 August–25 September 1971: Phou Khao Kham, in MR 5
  • September 1971: Operation Sourisak Montry, along Thai border of MR 1
  • 1–9 November 1971: Operation Bedrock (Laos), in MR 4
  • 1 November–23 December 1971: Operation Thao La, in MR 4
  • 17 December 1971–30 January 1972: Campaign Z, in MR 2
  • 30 December 1971–16 March 1972: Operation Maharat, in MR 1 and MR 5
  • 1 February–17 March 1972, Operation Strength I, in MR 2
  • 11 February–ca 31 March 1972, Operation Sinsay in MR 4
  • 6–30 March 1972: Operation Strength II, in MR 2
  • 1–27 April 1972: Operation Fa Ngum, in MR 4
  • June 1972: Operation Sourisak Montry VIII, along Thai border of MR 1
  • 15 June–19 October 1972: Operation Black Lion, in MR 4
  • 26 July–27 September 1972: Operation Phou Phiang II, in MR 2
  • 18 October 1972––22 February 1973: Operation Black Lion III, in MR 4
  • 28 October–27 December 1972: Campaign 972, on the MR2/MR 3 boundary
  • 21 November 1972–22 February 1973: Operation Black Lion V, in MR 4
  • 7 December 1972–early May 1973: The Vinh wiretap
  • 6 January–5 February 1973: Operation Maharat II, in MR 5
  • 18 January–March 1973: Operation Phou Phiang III, in MR 2
  • 20 August 1973: 1973 Laotian coup, in MR 5[1]

• Ezra and Nehemiah (aka Ali Baba) (1950–1952) — Mass migration/airlift of Iraqi Jews from Iraq to Israel.
• Central (1998) — Canada's assistance to Central America after the devastation of Hurricane Mitch.
• Anode (2000) — Australian military contribution as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands.
• Assistance (1997) — Canadian assistance to Manitoba after major flooding of the Red River.
• Hajji Baba (1952) — United States assistance to Hajj pilgrims.
• Helpem Fren (2000) — Pidgin for helping friend, multinational assistance to the Solomon Islands 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.
• Navy Help Darwin (1974) — Australian Naval assistance to Darwin after Cyclone Tracy.
• Pakistan Assist (2005) — Australian Defence Force humanitarian operations providing support after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
• Peregrine (2003) — British Columbia forest fire fighting assistance by soldiers.
• Persistence (1998) — Canadian operation at Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia to recover bodies after crash of SwissAir Flight 111.
• Pyramid (1996) — Victoria, British Columbia Canadian Army Reserve assistance by soldiers after heavy snowstorm (1 metre deep) in Victoria, British Columbia.
• Recuperation (1998) — Canadian assistance after major snowstorms in eastern Canada.
• Sumatra Assist (2005) — Australian Defence Force humanitarian operations following the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake.
• Torrent (1999) — Canadian assistance after the 1999 İzmit earthquake in Turkey.
• Lichi (2000) — South African rescue operations in Mozambique after major flooding due to Cyclone Eline.
• 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
  • Tsunami Assist
  • Sea Wave which included:
    • Mother (mainland relief)
    • Mandat (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
    • Rainbow (Sri Lanka)
    • Castor (Maldives)
    • Ghambir (Indonesia)
• Dorca (2004) — French assistance in Darfur.
• Unison (2005) — Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina.

• Timeline of United States military operations
• List of amphibious assault operations
• List of Nuclear Tests
• Project Daedalus (British Interplanetary Society study to create a plausible design for an interstellar probe)
• Project Longshot
• Project Jennifer 1974 CIA lifting of a sunken Soviet submarine
• Project RAND
• Project Vanguard
• Norwegian military operations abroad

• Bojinka — terrorist plot by al-Qaida members Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, foiled in 1995
• Clambake — anti-Scientology
• Red Dog — Foiled invasion of Dominica by KKK-aligned white-supremacist mercenaries

• Canadian Department of National Defence — Past Operations
• The Art of Naming Operations
• A Name Too Far
• WW2DB: List of Axis Operations
• WW2DB: List of Allied Operations
• : عملية Operación Opération Operation 行动 Операция: A poem by Moez Surani comprising the names of military operations by member states of the United Nations from the founding of the UN to the present.

Conboy, Kenneth and James Morrison (1995). Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos. Paladin Press. ISBN 0-87364-825-0.