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

See also List of military engagements of World War I

• Albion (1917) — German capture of Oesel, Dago and Moon Islands (now Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu)
• Hush planned Allied amphibious landing on the Belgian coast.
• Kaiserschlacht ('Kaiser's battle') (1918) — German Spring offensive using armies released from the Eastern Front.
  • Blucher-Yorck (1918) —
    • Gneisenau (1918) —
  • Georgette (1918) —
  • Michael (1918) —
• Strafexpedition (Punitive Expedition) (1916) Image:Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1918-naval-1786-1869-war — operation by the Austro-Hungarian Army against Italy (Italian northern front): the largest mountain battle ever fought.

See List of World War II military operations

• Ajax (1953) — Anglo-American plan for coup in Iran
• Atilla (1974) — Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus
• Operation Cactus (1988) — Indian Military's ousting of a bunch of Tamil mercenaries attempting a coup in Maldives.
• Operation Chengiz Khan (1971) Pakistan Air Force's Preemptive attacks on Indian air bases.
• Claret (1964) — British SAS and Australian ASAS patrols into Indonesia
  • Jock Scott (1952) — British rounding up of suspected insurgents at the beginning of the Mau Mau Uprising
  • Anvil (1954) — British counter-insurgency operation in Nairobi during the Mau Mau Uprising
• Eagle Claw (1980) — Attempted rescue of American hostages held in Tehran.
• Earnest Will (1987-88) — American protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War
  • Eager Glacier (1987-88) — U.S. spy planes gather intelligence about Iran.
  • Nimble Archer (1987) — U.S. retaliates for Iranian missile attack on reflagged Kuwaiti tanker.
  • Praying Mantis (1988) — U.S. retaliates against Iran for mining frigate.
  • Prime Chance (1987-88) — Special operations to protect Kuwaiti tankers, run largely from barges in the northern Persian Gulf.
• Evening Light (1980) — US attempt to rescue embassy hostages in Tehran
• Operation Gibraltar (1965) — Pakistan's failed attempt to infiltrate and instigate a massive rebellion in Jammu and Kashmir, India
• Grand Slam (1965) — Pakistan's second attempt to cut off Kashmir from India.
• Lucky Alphonse (1956) — British sweep of Troodos area on Cyprus for EOKA
• Operation Meghdoot (1984) — Indian Military's capture of the majority of Siachen Glacier.
• Nimrod (1980) — rescue of hostages in the Iranian embassy, London
• Paul Bunyan (1976) — UN removal of a tree in the Korean DMZ
• Sparrowhawk I, II and III (1956) — British operations against EOKA on Cyprus.
• Operation Trident (1971) — Indian Navy's bombing and blockade of Karachi Port, Pakistan.

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

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

• Askari (1983) — South African attack on SWAPO and FAPLA forces in Angola.
• Carlota (1977) — Cuban Deployment to counter South African attacks to Angola.
• Carnation (1981) — South African skirmishes with SWAPO forces along the Angolan border.
• Dingo (1977) — Rhodesian attack on camps in Mozambique.
• Klipklop (1980) — South African disruption of SWAPO logistics in Angola.
• Meebos (1982) — South African destruction of SWAPO's "East Front" HQ at Mupa, Angola.
• Phoenix (1983) — South African response to mass SWAPO infiltration of South-West Africa
• Protea (1981) — South African attack on SWAPO bases near Ongiva and Xangongo, Angola.
• Reindeer (1978) — South African airborne attack on SWAPO base at Cassinga, Angola.
• Rekstok (1979) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.
• Safraan (1979) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Zambia.
• Savannah (1975-76) — South African intervention in Angola in support of the FNLA.
• Sceptic (1980) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.

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

• Rosario — Argentine joint operation
  • Algeciras — Planned Argentine sabotage raid.
  • Azul — Argentine invasion
• Corporate — British liberation
  • Paraquat — British recapture of South Georgia.
  • Black Buck — British long-range bombing raid
  • Canbelow — British antiaircraft naval ambush
  • Keyhole — British commando raid
  • Purple Warrior — British training exercise incorporating lessons from the Falklands War
  • Sutton — British amphibious landings

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

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

• Arc Light (1965) — US B-52 bombing campaign in Vietnam
• Attleboro (1967) — US and ARVN air mobile operations in Tay Ninh.
• Babylift (1975) — mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from South Vietnam to the US and other countries
• Barrel Roll (1964-73) {{flagicon|Laos (1952-1975).png|20px]] — the bombing of Laos by US forces, to support the Royal Laotian Army and CIA-trained Hmong.
  • Steel Tiger (1965-68)
  • Tiger Hound (1965-68)
  • Commando Hunt (1968-72) — US bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Bolo (1967) — Decoy mission to disguise the electronic signature of combat aircraft.
• Castor (1953) — French resupply attempts by paradrop at Dien Bien Phu
• Chopper (1962) — Major air mobile offensive near Saigon.
• Cedar Falls (1967) — Attack on Viet Cong positions in Ben Cat (the Iron Triangle)
• Condor (1954) — French relief of Dien Bien Phu
• Dewey Canyon (1971) — Offensive against NVA communication lines in Laos.
• Enhance Plus (1972) — Resupply of military equipment and consumables to the government of South Vietnam.
• Flaming Dart (1965) — Reprisal bombing attacks by the US air force against Viet Cong units.
• Frequent Wind (1975) — Helicopter evacuation of US citizens before the fall of Saigon.
• Game Warden (1965) — first major US 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) — US and ARVN counter-offensive operations in Quang Tri
• Homecoming (1973) — repatriation of US prisoners of war from Vietnam
• Lea (1947) — Unsuccessful French attempt to capture the leaders of the Viet Minh
• Leap Frog (1968) — Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by US military intelligence on likely Viet Cong actions.
• Menu (1969) — US bombing of Cambodia
• Malheur (1967) — Twin phased Search and destroy operations in Quang Ngai
• Pegasus (1968) — Resupply and relief operations to US Marines besieged at Khe Sanh
• Phoenix (1968) — CIA organised assassination campaign against influential NLF operatives in South Vietnam
• Rich (1968) — Combined arms assault near the Ben Hai River in the DMZ
• Linebacker (1972) — Strategic bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, and mining of Haiphong harbour.
• Ranch Hand (1961-71) — Spraying of herbicides by aircraft and ground forces.
  • Trail Dust
• Rolling Thunder (1967-68) — Bombing of North Vietnam
• Sealords (1968) — Mekong River delta and inland waterways campaign by the US Navy in Vietnam
• Starlight (1965) — US 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 US defectors in Laos.
• Toan Thang 42 (1970) — ARVN incursion into Cambodia
• Union I and II (1967) — American Marines in the Que Son Valley.
• Vulture (1954) — or Operation Vautour, proposed American-French air operations against the Viet Minh around Dien Bien Phu

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

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

• Addition (2000) — Canada's contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
• Albatros (1993-94) — Italian contribution to UN peace keeping mission in Mozambique (UNOMOZ)
• Azure (2005) — Australian name for UN peace keeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS) [1]
• Barras (2000) — British SAS destruction of a rebel group in Sierra Leone.
• Boleas (1998) — South African and Botswanan military intervention in Lesotho
• Caravan (2003) — Canadian contribution to the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Cordite (2004) — South African observer mission to the African Union mission in Darfur
• Deliverance (1993) — Canadian mission to Somalia
• Espresso (2002) — South African contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
• Fibre (2003) — South African mission to Burundi
• Liberation (2002) — Seizure of Asian-owned assets in Zimbabwe.
• Licorne (2002) — The French contribution to the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire.
• 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 (UNMIL)
• Murambatsvina (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 (2004) — evacuation of British citizens from Côte d'Ivoire
• Restore Hope (1992) — American name for UNITAF, humanitarian intervention in Somalia
• Sharp Edge (1990-91) — evacuation of Americans from Liberia
• Shining Express (2003) — evacuation of Americans from Liberia
• Solace (1992) — Australian deployment in Somalia
• Tanker Two (2002) — South African Navy mission to shadow Greenpeace's MV Esperanza and prevent interception of the Pacific Teal, a plutonium transport.
• Teutonic (2005) — SANDF assistance to DRC transitional government.

• Astute (2006) — Deployment of Australian military forces to East 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.
• East Timor — Deployment of New Zealand military forces to East Timor.
• Faber — Deployment of United Nations military observers to East Timor in support of the UNAMET-monitored popular consultation.
• Poinciana (1975) — Or Operasi Flamboyan (a name of a tropical tree); seaborne capture of Dili in 1975.
• Seroja (1975) — Indonesian invasion of East 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) in East Timor
• Scorched Earth — Or Operasi Sapu Bersih in Indonesian, also known as Operation Clean Sweep; campaign of violence and arson allegedly committed by the TNI-supervised pro-integration militias following the 1999 United Nations supervised plebiscite.
• Spitfire — Evacuation of foreign nationals from East Timor by Australian defence assets, as a result of post-referendum violence.
• Toucan — Canada's contribution to the United Nations