WW2 Operations

Operation Argument

USAAF attack on German fighter plane factories (Jan 11 - Mar 1, 1944)

Operation Avalanche

US Fifth Army attack on Salerno, Italy (Sep 9, 1943)

Operation Barney

US Navy submarine attack into the Sea of Japan (Jun 1945)

Operation Baytown

Allied invasion of Italy in region of Calabria by British and Canadian troop crossing the Straits of Messina on September 3, 1943. See also Operation Avalanche and Operation Slapstick.

Operation Brassard

Allied attack to capture Elba (Jun 17, 1944)

Operation Brewer

US attack on the Admiralty Islands (Feb 19, 1944)

Operation Brimstone

Allied attack on Sardinia (Sep 18, 1944)

Operation Catchpole

US attack on Eniwetok Island (Feb 17, 1944)

Operation Chariot

British attack on St. Nazaire on March 28, 1942. (St. Nazaire Raid)

Operation Clarion

Allied air attack on Germany (Feb 22, 1945)

Operation Cobra

US First Army movement from Normandy to St Lo (Jul 25, 1944)

Operation Corkscrew

Allied attack on Pantelleria Island (May 18, 1943)

Operation Crossbow

Allied air attack on German rocket sites (Aug 17, 1943)

Operation Daffodil

Allied attacks on Tobruk in North Africa on September 13, 1942. (Part of Operation Agreement.)

Operation Desecrate

US attack of Palau Islands (Mar 31, 1943)

Operation Detachment

US attack on Iwo Jima (Feb - Mar, 1945)

Operation Dragoon

Allied attack on French Riviera (Aug 15, 1944)

Operation Flintlock

US attack on Marshall Islands (1944)

Operation Foxes Den

Axis attack operation on Australia (1943)

Operation Grenade

US Ninth Army movement toward Rhine River (Feb 23, 1945)

Operation Hailstone

US carrier attack on Truk Island (Feb 16 - 17, 1944)

Operation Husky

Allied attack on Sicily (Jul 10, 1943)

Operation Iceberg

US attack on Okinawa (Apr 1, 1945)

Operation Infatuate

Allied landings on the island of Walcheren on November 1, 1944 as part of the Battle of the Scheldt.

Operation Jubilee

Allied attack on Dieppe (Aug 11, 1942)

Operation Longsuit

USMC 2nd Division attack on Tarawa (Nov 20, 1943)

Operation Market-Garden

Allied attack in the Netherlands (Sep 1944)

Operation Meeting House

USAAF fire bomb attack on Tokyo (Mar 9, 1945)

Operation Mike I

US amphibious attack on Luzon (Jan 9, 1945)

Operation Neptune

Initial landing phase of the Allied invasion of northwest Europe, Operation Overlord.

Operation Overlord

Allied invasion of Normandy (Jun 6, 1944)

Operation Plunder

Allied movement across the Rhine River (Mar 23, 1945)

Operation Quicksilver

Allied deception plan to convince Germans that D-Day landings would occur on Calais.

Operation Reckless

US attack on Hollandia (Apr 22, 1944)

Operation Road's End

Allied destruction of Japanese ships that survived the war (Feb 1946)

Operation Slapstick

British landings at Taranto, Italy on September 9, 1943. See also Operation Avalanche and Operation Baytown.

Operation Shingle

Allied amphibious attack on Anzio (Jan 22, 1944)

Operation Tidal Wave

Ninth USAAF attack on oilfields in Ploesti (Aug 1, 1943)

Operation Titanic

Allied dummy parachute drops in Normandy (Jun 6, 1944)

Operation Torch

Allied invasion of North Africa (Nov 8, 1942)

Operation Varsity

Allied airborne drop across the Rhine River (17th Airborne Div)

Operation Watchtower

US attack on Guadalcanal and Tulagi (Aug 7, 1942)

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