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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^[update] 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. Operations are categorised according to the theater of operations, and an attempt has been made to cover all aspects of significant events. Operations contained in the Western Front category have been listed by year. Operations that follow the cessation of hostilities and those that occurred in the pre-war period are also included. Operations are listed alphabetically, and where multiple aspects are involved these are listed inline.

Flags used are those of the time period.

Africa

Excludes North African campaigns

• Chronometer (1941) – Anglo-Indian capture of Assab
• Composition (1941) – FAA attack on Massawa
• Ironclad (1942) – Allied landings on Madagascar
• Streamline Jane (1942) – ground campaign on Madagascar
• Menace (1940) – seaborne Free French and British attack on Dakar, French West Africa (Senegal)
• Postmaster (1942) – SOE operation to capture three Axis vessels in the neutral Spanish island of Fernando Po
• Supply (1941) – Allied anti-submarine naval patrol off Madagascar

Atlantic Ocean

Includes North Sea and Arctic Ocean operations and actions against naval vessels in harbour

• Alacrity (1943) – Allied naval patrols around Azores
• Berlin (1941) – Atlantic cruise of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
• Catechism (1944) – final RAF air attack on Tirpitz
• Cerberus (1942) – escape of German capital ships from Brest to home ports in Germany (Channel Dash)
• Croquet (1944) – Allied anti-shipping off Norway
• Cupola (1945) – British anti-shipping operation off Norway
• Deadlight (1945) – postwar scuttling of U-boats
• Dervish (1941) – first of the Arctic Convoys to the Soviet Union
• Domino (1943) – second aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen and destroyers
• Doppelschlag ("Double blow") (1942) – German anti-shipping operation off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper
• Drachenhöhle (1944) – aborted attack on Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, using Mistel composite aircraft
• Drumbeat (1942) – part of "Second Happy Time" (Paukenschlag)
• EJ (1941) – British anti-shipping operation off Norway
• Enclose (1943) – British anti-submarine air offensive in Bay of Biscay (also Enclose II)
• Foxchase (1945) – British anti-shipping operation off Norway
• Fronttheater (1943) – first aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen and destroyers
• Goodwood I, II, III and IV (1944) – sequence of 4 carrier-borne air attacks on Tirpitz
• Holder (1943) – British special naval transport to Murmansk
• Husar (1943) – cancelled German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lutzow
• Leader (1943) – antishipping operation off Norway by USS Ranger
• Lucid (1940) – attempt to destroy German invasion barges
• Mascot (1944) – failed carrier-borne air attack on Tirpitz
• Nordseetour ("North Sea Tour") (1940) – first Atlantic operation of Admiral Hipper
• Obviate (1944) – RAF air attack on Tirpitz
• Ostfront (1943) – final operation of Scharnhorst to intercept convoy JW 55B
• Paderborn (1943) – third and successful transfer of Scharnhorst and destroyers to Norway
• Paravane (1944) – RAF air attack on Tirpitz
• Paukenschlag ("Drumbeat", "Beat of the Kettle Drum", "Second happy time") (1942) – German U-boat campaign against shipping off the United States east coast
• Planet, Brawn and Tiger Claw (1944) – cancelled carrier-borne air attacks on the Tirpitz
• Posthorn (1944) – British naval air attack on shipping off Norway
• Potluck (1944) – Allied anti-shipping patrol off Norway
• Primrose (1941) – capture of U-110's Enigma cypher machine and documents by HMS Bulldog
• Regenbogen ("Rainbow") (1942) Germany – failed German attack on Arctic convoy JW 51B, by Admiral Hipper and Lutzow
• Rheinübung ("Exercise Rhine") (1941) Germany – planned German attacks on Allied shipping conducted by Bismarck and Prinz Eugen
• Rösselsprung ("Knights Move") (1942) – German naval operation (including Tirpitz) to attack Arctic convoy PQ 17
• Roundel (1945) – British convoy escort to Murmansk
• Source (1943) – British X class submarine (midget submarine) attacks on German warships based in Norway
• Sportpalast (1942) – aborted German naval operation (including Tirpitz) to attack Arctic convoys PQ-12 and QP-8
  • Zauberflöte ("Magic Flute") (1942) – return of damaged Prinz Eugen from Trondheim to Germany
• Stonewall (1943) – Allied operation to intercept blockade runners in the Bay of Biscay
• Teardrop (1945) – anti U-boat operation
• Tungsten (1944) – carrier-borne air attack on Tirpitz
• Tunnel (1943) – standard British plan to intercept German blockade runners
• Wikinger (1940) – foray by German destroyers into the North Sea
• Wunderland (1942) – German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Admiral Scheer
• Zarin (1942) – German mining action off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Hipper and destroyers

Eastern Front

Mediterranean Sea

South West Pacific and Pacific Ocean

China

• Manchukuo (1931-1942)
• Chongqing (1938-1943)
• Mission 204 (1942–1944)
• Sankō (1942–1944) – Japanese campaign in five provinces of northeastern China to crush the Chinese resistance following the Hundred Regiments Offensive
• Sei-go (1942)
• Gangnam (1943)
• Ichi-Go (1944) – Japanese campaign in eastern China to secure overland routes to Indo-China and airfields
  • TO (1942) – plan to capture US airfields at Hengyang, Lingling, Lweilin and Liuchow
• Alpha (1944) – improvement of the defences of Kunming against Japanese threats
• Matterhorn (1944) – establishment of bases for US B-29 bomber aircraft

South West, South, and South East Asia

Includes operations in Iraq, Syria, Iran, India, Burma, Malaya and Indo-China, and the Indian Ocean

• Anakim (1943) – proposed strategy to retake Burma and reopen the land route to China
• Bajadere (1942) – German special forces operation in India, including Free India Legion personnel
• Balsam (1945) – photographic reconnaissance of southern Malaya and airstrikes against Sumatran airfields
• BAN (1943) – defensive scheme for Mandalay and Meiktila
• Birdseed (1944) – anti-shipping raid against Ramree harbour area
• Boarding Party (1943) – raid against German ships interned in neutral port of Goa.
• Boomerang (1944) air raid on Palembang
• C (1942) – major Japanese naval incursion into Indian Ocean
• Canned (1944) – search and destroy operation for German supply tanker
• Capital (1943) – Allied capture of northern Burma
• Cockpit (1944) – Allied naval airstrike on Sabang, Sumatra
• Operation Musketeer I, II, III (1944-1945) – American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines.
• Collie (1945) – naval airstrikes against the Nicobar Islands and air cover for minesweeping forces near Phuket Island
• Corkscrew (1944) – anti-shipping raid against Gwa area
• Countenance (1941) – Allied invasion of neutral Iran
  • Dover (1941) – occupation of Abadan
    • Crackler (1941) —
    • Marmalade (1941) —
    • Mopup (1941) —
    • Rapier (1941) —
  • Bishop (1941) – mopping up of Abadan Island
• Crimson (1944) – Allied naval airstrike and bombardment of Sabang, Sumatra
• Culverin (1943) – proposed allied invasion of northern Sumatra
• Curtain (1944) – naval bombardment of coast near Indin
• Dracula (1945) – British amphibious assault on Rangoon, Burma.
  • Bishop (1945) – covering operation for Dracula
• Diplomat (1944) – Allied exercise in preparation for joint operations against the Japanese
• Dukedom (1945) – British search and destroy operation for Japanese cruiser Haguro
• Exporter (1941) – British and Commonwealth invasion of Vichy French-held Syria
• Foil (1945) – cutting of submarine telephone cables off Hong Kong
• Franz (1942) – proposal to establish sabotage teams in Iran
• Ha-Go (1944) – Japanese action to isolate and destroy Anglo-Indian forces in Burma
• Jaywick (1943) – Anglo-Australian attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour
• Krohcol (1942) – British move into Thailand to pre-empt expected Japanese action
• Lentil (1945) – naval air attack on refineries on Sumatra
• Livery (1945) – naval air strikes on northern Malaya and air cover for minesweeping operations
• Longcloth (1943) – Chindits advance into Burma
• Matador (1941) – Planned British pre-emptive move into Siam from Malaya
• Matador (1945) – British occupation of Ramree Island
• Meridian (1945) – naval air attacks on installations on Sumatra
• Pamphlet (1943) – convoying of Australian troops from Suez to Australia
• Pike (1940) – planned air attack on Soviet oil installations at Baku
• Pioneer (1944) – aborted anti-shipping raid against Kyaukpyu harbour
• Rathunt (1944) – naval patrol of coast near Gwa
• Rimau (1942) – anti-shipping raid by special forces on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour
• Sabine (1941) – British and Commonwealth invasion of the Kingdom of Iraq to restore government ousted by Rashid Ali; including;
  • Regatta – 21 Brigade advance from Basra by boat up the Tigris.
  • Regulta – "Euphrates Brigade" (20 Indian Brigade) deployment from Basra to Kut by steamer and barge.
• Sabre (1945) – cutting of submarine communications cable off Saigon
• Sankey (1945) – landings by Royal Marines on Cheduba Island
• Screwdriver (1944) – combined operations raid against a Japanese headquarters at Sitaparokia Rock
• Scupper (1944) – anti-shipping sweep north of Gwa
• Sheikh Mahmut (1943) – failed attempt to establish bases in Iraq
• Sleuth (1944) – pursuit of German commerce raider in Indian Ocean
• Struggle (1945) – destruction of IJN cruiser Takao in Singapore harbour, using midget submarines
• Talon (1945) – Anglo-Indian capture of Akyab island and construction of supply airbase in support of Burma campaign
  • Lightning (1945) – landings on Akyab island
• Thursday (1944) – Chindits operation in Burma
• Transom (1944) – Allied naval air raid on Surabaya, Java
• Turret (1945) – Anglo-Indian landings and capture of Taungup
• U-Go (1944) – Japanese assault on Imphal and Kohima
• Zipper (1945) Planned British seaborne landing in Malaya.
  • Slippery (1945) deception operation for Zipper
  • Broadsword Planned offensive to northern Malaya following Operation Zipper.
  • Mailfist Planned offensive to liberate southern Malaya and Singapore following Operation Zipper.

Scandinavia and Finland

Axis

• Birke ("Birch") (1944) – German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War.
• Birkhahn (1945) – German evacuation from Norway.^[1]
• Büffel ("Buffalo") (1940) – German operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway.
• Hokki ("Calk") (1944) – Finnish plan to destroy railroad tracks to deny the Soviets their supplies.
• Holzauge ("Wood knot") (1942) – activities in Greenland.
• Ikarus (1940) – planned German invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork.
• Juno (1940) – German naval operation to disturb allied supplies to Norway.
• Kilpapurjehdus ("Regatta") (1941) – Finnish naval operation for the militarization of the Åland islands.
• Lachsfang (1942) – Proposed combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk.
• Nordlicht ("Aurora Borealis") (1944) – German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway.
• Silberfuchs ("Silver Fox") (1941) – German and Finnish operations in the Arctic, including:
  • Blaufuchs 1 ("Blue Fox 1") (1941) – Staging of German forces from Germany to northern Finland.
  • Blaufuchs 2 ("Blue Fox 2") (1941) – Staging of German forces from Norway to northern Finland.
  • Platinfuchs ("Platinum Fox") (1941) – Joint German-Finnish attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo.
  • Polarfuchs ("Polar Fox") (1941) – Joint German-Finnish attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland.
  • Rentier ("Reindeer") (1941) – German occupation of Petsamo.
• Sizilien (1943) – German raid upon allied occupied Spitsbergen (Svalbard).
• Tanne Ost (1944) – failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland.
• Tanne West (1944) – planned German attempt to capture Åland from Finland.
• Weserübung ("Weser Exercise") (1940) – German invasion of Denmark and Norway.
  • Weserübung Nord ("Weser Exercise") (1940) – German invasion of Trondheim and Narvik.
  • Weserübung Sud ("Weser Exercise") (1940) – German invasion of Bergen, Kristiansand and Oslo.
• Zitronella ("Lemon flavour") (1943) – German raid against a Norwegian/British station on Svalbard.

Allies

• Alphabet (1940) evacuation of British troops from Norway
• Archery (1941) – British commando raid on Vågsøy, Norway
  • Anklet (1941) – raid on German positions on Lofoten Islands, Norway
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