Lucid (1940) – attempt to destroy German invasion barges.Leader (1943) – antishipping operation off Norway by USS Ranger.Husar (1943) – cancelled German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lutzow.Holder (1943) – British special naval transport to Murmansk.Goodwood I, II, III and IV (1944) – sequence of 4 carrier-borne air attacks on Tirpitz.Fronttheater (1943) – first aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen and destroyers.Foxchase (1945) – British anti-shipping operation off Norway.Enclose (1943) – British anti-submarine air offensive in Bay of Biscay (also Enclose II).EJ (1941) – British anti-shipping operation off Norway.Drumbeat (1942) – part of "Second Happy Time" ( Paukenschlag).Drachenhohle (1944) – aborted attack on Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, using Mistel composite aircraft.Doppelschlag ("Double blow") (1942) – German anti-shipping operation off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper.Domino (1943) – second aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen and destroyers.Dervish (1941) – first of the Arctic Convoys to the Soviet Union.Deadlight (1945) – postwar scuttling of U-boats.Cupola (1945) – British anti-shipping operation off Norway.Croquet (1944) – Allied anti-shipping off Norway.Cerberus (1942) – escape of German capital ships from Brest to home ports in Germany ( Channel Dash).Catechism (1944) – final RAF air attack on Tirpitz.Berlin (1941) – Atlantic cruise of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.Alacrity (1943) – Allied naval patrols around Azores.Includes North Sea and Arctic Ocean operations and actions against naval vessels in harbour Supply (1941) – Allied anti-submarine naval patrol off Madagascar.Postmaster (1942) – SOE operation to capture three Axis vessels in the neutral Spanish island of Fernando Po.Menace (1940) – seaborne Free French and British attack on Dakar, French West Africa ( Senegal).Streamline Jane (1942) – ground campaign on Madagascar.Ironclad (1942) – Allied landings on Madagascar.Composition (1941) – FAA attack on Massawa. Chronometer (1941) – Anglo-Indian capture of Assab.Operations are listed alphabetically, and where multiple aspects are involved these are listed inline. Operations that follow the cessation of hostilities and those that occurred in the pre-war period are also included. Operations contained in the Western Front category have been listed by year. Operations are categorised according to the theater of operations, and an attempt has been made to cover all aspects of significant events. 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. This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II.
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