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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
— German capture of Oesel, Dagö and Moon Islands (now Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu)
planned Allied amphibious landing on the Belgian coast. — German Spring offensive using armies released from the Eastern Front.
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— Anglo-American plan for Iranian coup d'état that deposed Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
— Turkish invasion of Cyprus, leading to subsequent occupation of northern Cyprus
— Indian armed forces oust Tamil nationalist mercenaries of PLOTE who instigated a coup in Malé in the Maldives.
Pakistan Air Force launches a preemptive attacks on Indian air bases. 
— British SAS and Australian SASR patrols into Indonesia
— British rounding up of suspected insurgents at the beginning of the Mau Mau Uprising — British counter-insurgency operation in Nairobi during the Mau Mau Uprising
— Attempted rescue of American hostages held in Tehran. — American protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War
— U.S. spy planes gather intelligence about Iran. — U.S. retaliates for Iranian missile attack on reflagged Kuwaiti tanker. — U.S. retaliates against Iran for mining frigate. — failed U.S. attempt to rescue embassy hostages in Tehran
— Pakistan's attempt to infiltrate and instigate a massive rebellion in Jammu and Kashmir, India — Pakistan's second attempt to cut off Kashmir from India. — British sweep of Troodos area on Cyprus for EOKA — Indian military's capture of the majority of Siachen Glacier. — rescue of hostages in the Iranian embassy, London
— UN forces remove a tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone — British operations against EOKA on Cyprus. — Annual joint exercise with South Korean forces.— Pakistan Navy's attack on the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965. This was the first use of a Navy in the Indo-Pakistan Wars. — Indian Navy's bombing and blockade of Karachi Port, Pakistan. — covert American tunnel under the Berlin Wall
— Soviet-led counterintelligence operation. — Annual American exercise to "return forces to Germany". — covert British communications tap in Austria — Soviet plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis
— 1951 CIA plan for a coup in Guatemala. Executed as Success — US deployment in Honduras — US invasion of Panama
— rehearsal for Just Cause. — plan for information gathering, sabotage, civil insurrection and the overthrown of the Cuban government. — plan to incite war between the United States and Cuba. — *Peter Pan (1960s) — transfer of Cubans to the US — 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. — US deployment in the Dominican Republic — 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala. — US invasion of Grenada
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— Operations by Rhodesian security forces against ZIPRA and ZANU guerillas in Mashonaland. — Rhodesian security forces operation to establish protected villages.
— South African intervention in Angola in support of the FNLA.
— Cuban Deployment to counter South African attacks to Angola. — Rhodesian attack on camps in Mozambique./ — Operations by Rhodesian security forces against insurgents in Matabeleland./ — Training of former insurgents to serve as security force auxiliaries in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. — South African airborne attack on SWAPO base at Cassinga, Angola. — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola. — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Zambia. — South African disruption of SWAPO logistics in Angola. — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola. — South African attack on SWAPO bases near Ongiva and Xangongo, Angola. — South African skirmishes with SWAPO forces along the Angolan border. — South African destruction of SWAPO's "East Front" HQ at Mupa, Angola. — South African attack on SWAPO and FAPLA forces in Angola. — South African response to mass SWAPO infiltration of South-West Africa — South African operation in support of UNITA in Angola. — South African operation to reverse the FAPLA advance on Mavinga and Jamba. — South African operation followup to Modular in pursuit of retreating FAPLA forces. — South African operation to push FAPLA and Cuban forces north of the Cuito river following Hooper. (French intervention to counter FROLINAT insurgency) (Operation to avoid FROLINAT rebels from taking Chad's capital) (Intervention in the Chadian-Libyan conflict) (ongoing mission, originated to counter Libyan expansion in Chad)
— Argentine joint operation
— British liberation
— British recapture of South Georgia. — British long-range bombing raid — British antiaircraft naval ambush — British commando raid — British amphibious landings — test of nuclear bombs in the upper atmosphere. — Australia/US/UK simulated nuclear explosion in a rain forest. — US strikes against Libya
— Joint Canadian-US effort to recover Cosmos 954, a nuclear powered Soviet RORSAT. Effort by Canadian military efforts to retrieve the covert 'walrus' codes. — Australian response to the first of the 1987 Fijian coups d'état. — covert recovery of a crashed Soviet-made helicopter from Africa. — DARPA project to design a nuclear pulse propulsion system. — UN amphibious landings at Pohang. — Movement of UN infantry units up the Imjin River.
— Deployment of airmobile forces in the Battle of the Imjin River. — British attack to the Jamestown Line. — UN invasion at Inchon. 
— Exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war between United Nations and North Korean/Chinese forces.
— UN movements towards the 38th parallel to recapture Seoul. — US B-52 bombing campaign in Vietnam 
— U.S. and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) air mobile operations in Tay Ninh. — mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from South Vietnam to the U.S. and other countries Template:Country data Laos (1952-1975) — the bombing of Laos by U.S. forces, to support the Royal Laotian Army and CIA-trained Hmong.
— U.S. bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail — Decoy mission to disguise the electronic signature of combat aircraft. — French resupply attempts by paradrop at Dien Bien Phu — Major air mobile offensive near Saigon. — Attack on National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NVA or Viet Cong) positions in Ben Cat (the Iron Triangle) — French relief of Dien Bien Phu — Offensive against NVA communication lines in Laos. — Resupply of military equipment and consumables to the government of South Vietnam. — Reprisal bombing attacks by the U.S. Air Force against NVA units. — Helicopter evacuation of U.S. citizens before the fall of Saigon. — first major U.S. riverine patrol operation. Later Swift Boat operations included:
— U.S. and ARVN counter-offensive operations in Quang Tri — repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war from Vietnam — Unsuccessful French attempt to capture the leaders of the Viet Minh — Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by U.S. military intelligence on likely NLF actions. — U.S. bombing of Cambodia — Twin phased Search and destroy operations in Quang Ngai — Resupply and relief operations to U.S. Marines besieged at Khe Sanh — CIA-organized assassination campaign against influential NLF operatives in South Vietnam — Strategic bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, and mining of Haiphong harbour. — Spraying of herbicides (including Agent Orange) by aircraft and ground forces.
— Bombing of North Vietnam — Mekong River delta and inland waterways campaign by the U.S. Navy in Vietnam — United States Marine Corps actions near Chu Lai. — Relocation of Vietnamese peasantry around Saigon to "strategic hamlets." — Alleged use of nerve gas against U.S. defectors in Laos. — ARVN incursion into Cambodia — American Marines in the Que Son Valley. — Indian Air Force operations in the Kargil War.
— South African deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda of observers to verify implementation of the Pretoria Agreement. — escort of Tutsi military forces to Kigali by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR).
— Italian codename for evacuation of Italian civilians from Rwanda — Australian contribution to peacekeeping in Rwanda. — French led intervention in Rwanda to protect displaced persons. — Canada's contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) — Italian contribution to UN peace keeping mission in Mozambique (UNOMOZ) — Australian name for UN peace keeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS) [1] — British SAS destruction of a rebel group in Sierra Leone. 
— South African and Botswanan military intervention in Lesotho — Canadian contribution to the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo — South African observer mission to the African Union mission in Darfur — Canadian mission to Somalia — US evacuation of its embassy in Somalia — South African contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) — South African mission to Burundi
— Seizure of Asian-owned assets in Zimbabwe. — The French contribution to the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire.
