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This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states.
Includes land and sea operations relating to north-west Europe, but excludes: purely naval operations in the adjoining waters (see: List of World War II military operations - Atlantic Ocean) operations in Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Iceland and Greenland (see: Military operations in Scandinavia and Iceland during World ...
The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a codename, predominantly from the Wehrmacht commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or their allies in the European Theatre during the Second World War. Although named operations, the ...
Operation Roll-Up (1949) — Refurbishment and redeployment of World War II equipment. 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.
This category contains articles about the major interservice operations and battles of the war involving the United Kingdom. For articles about the various specific major and minor aerial, land and naval operations, battles and actions see the sub-categories below.
Operations involving British special forces (4 C, 26 P) P. Punitive expeditions of the United Kingdom (1 C, 23 P) S. Sieges in the United Kingdom (8 P) W.
27 January: The first World War II US mission flown against the German homeland bombs Kriegsmarine submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven. [27]: 107 5/6 March: The first raid of the Battle of the Ruhr [2] flew RAF Bomber Command's 100,000th sortie of World War II, with 160 acres destroyed and 53 Krupps buildings bombed at Essen.
UK military contribution to humanitarian operations following earthquake. [23] [24] Microbe: 13 September 1943 22 November 1943 Rhodes Part of the Dodecanese campaign, World War II. [11] Newcombe: 13 January 2013 14 November 2022 West Africa Operation Newcombe was the code name for two separate and concurrent RAF non-combat military operations ...