List of military operations
World War I: See also List of military engagements of World War I

Albion (1917)  — German capture of Oesel, Dagö and Moon Islands (now Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu).
Hush (1917)   — Planned Allied amphibious landing on the Belgian coast.
Kaiserschlacht ('Kaiser's battle') (1918)  — German spring offensive using armies released from the Eastern Front composed of 4 offensives:
Blücher-Yorck (1918) 
Gneisenau (1918) 
Georgette (1918) 
Michael (1918) 
Strafexpedition (Punitive Expedition) (1916)  — operation by the Austro-Hungarian Army against Italy (Italian northern front): the largest mountain battle ever fought.
Z-O (1918)  — British raid on Zeebrugge.

World War II: See List of World War II military operations

Cold War era: 

Asia: Pig Bristle (1946)  — Unusual Australian operation to fly pig bristles needed to manufacture paint brushes out of China during the Chinese Civil War
Ajax (1953)   — Anglo-American plan for Iranian coup d'état that deposed Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Operation Desert Hawk (1965)  — Pakistani Military operation in the disputed Rann of kutch area against Indian offensive.
Atilla (1974)  — Turkish invasion of Cyprus, leading to subsequent occupation of northern Cyprus
Operation Seroja (1975)  — Indonesian invasion of East Timor, the largest Military Operation conducted by Indonesian military, leading to subsequent Integration of East Timor to Indonesia until 1999
Cactus (1988)  — Indian armed forces oust Tamil nationalist mercenaries of PLOTE who instigated a coup in Malé in the Maldives.
Operation Chengiz Khan (1971)  — Pakistan Air Force launches preemptive attacks on Indian air bases.
Claret (1964)    — British SAS, NZSAS and Australian SASR patrols into Indonesia
Jock Scott (1952)  — British rounding up of suspected insurgents at the beginning of the Mau Mau Uprising
Anvil (1954)  — British counter-insurgency operation in Nairobi during the Mau Mau Uprising
Eagle Claw (1980)  — Attempted rescue of American hostages held in Tehran.
Earnest Will (1987–88)  — American protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War
Eager Glacier (1987–88)  — U.S. spy planes gather intelligence about Iran.
Nimble Archer (1987)  — U.S. retaliates for Iranian missile attack on reflagged Kuwaiti tanker.
Praying Mantis (1988)  — U.S. retaliates against Iran for mining frigate.
Prime Chance (1987–88) — Special operations to protect Kuwaiti tankers, run largely from barges in the northern Persian Gulf.
Evening Light (1980)  — failed U.S. attempt to rescue embassy hostages in Tehran
Gibraltar (1965) 
Grand Slam (1965) 
Lucky Alphonse (1956)  — British sweep of Troodos area on Cyprus for EOKA
Meghdoot (1984)  — Indian military's capture of the majority of Siachen Glacier.
Nimrod (1980)  — rescue of hostages in the Iranian embassy, London
Paul Bunyan (1976)  — UN forces remove a tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone
Sparrowhawk I, II and III (1956)  — British operations against EOKA on Cyprus.
Team Spirit (1976–1993)  — Annual joint exercise with South Korean forces.
Dwarka (1965) — 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.
Trident (1971)  — Indian Navy's bombing and blockade of Karachi Port, Pakistan.
Storm-333 (1979)  — Storming Afghan Political and military headquarters
Grand Junction (1968)  — North Korea's TET 1968 attempt to attack US assets in Seoul.

Europe: Berlin Airlift of 1948:
Vittles — US part of the Berlin Airlift
Planefare — British part of the Berlin Airlift.
Gladio (?) — Stockpiles of weapons in Italy, Switzerland, Austria and other countries for resistance to Soviet occupiers.
Gold (1954)  — covert American tunnel under the Berlin Wall
Neptune (1964)  — Soviet-led counterintelligence operation.
Reforger  — Annual American exercise to "return forces to Germany".
Retail (1946)  — British clearance of naval mines laid in Albanian waters.
Silver (1949)  — covert British communications tap in Austria
Danube (1968)  — Warsaw Pact invasion to halt Czechoslovakia's "Prague Spring" reforms
Banner (1969–2007)  Deployment of British troops to Northern Ireland to prevent sectarian killings and support the police during the 1969–1997 armed campaign of the Provisional IRA. Operation Banner resulted in over 700 British Armed Forces deaths and 303 police deaths at the hands of native Irish Republicans. 307 people were killed by the British troops, about 51% of whom were civilians and 42% of whom were members of republican paramilitaries.

South America: Brother Sam (1964)  — A US government contingency plan to support the military coup that overthrew the Brazilian constitutional president João Goulart, if the coup had faced armed resistance
The track down operation (1967)   — that captured and executed Che Guevara
Condor (1970s) —         — A campaign run by then South American Military Dictatorships' intelligence services with United States' support, which goal was extrajudicial and secretly, find, capture and eliminate political dissidents who, had succeeded to escape political repression in their homelands but could be found in any of these other countries.

Central America and the Caribbean: Fortune (1950s)  — 1951 CIA plan for a coup in Guatemala. Executed as Success.
Success (1954)  — 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala.
Northwoods (1960s)  — plan to incite war between the United States and Cuba.
Peter Pan (1960s) — transfer of Cubans to the US
Operation Pluto (1961)  — plan to invade Cuba and overthrow its government using a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles.
Mongoose (1962)  — plan for information gathering, sabotage, civil insurrection and overthrow of the Cuban government.
Phibriglex (1962)  — 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.
Anadyr (1962)  — Cuban-Soviet plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kama (1962)  — Soviet plan to forward-base seven Soviet ballistic missile submarines in Mariel, Cuba (part of Anadyr)
Power Pack (1965)   — US deployment with OEA military support in the Dominican Republic
Waverider (1972)  —
Acid Gambit  — Rescue of Kurt Muse.
Bushmaster  — Security operations near US facilities.
Urgent Fury (1983)  — US invasion of Grenada
Contras covert operation (1980s)  — Covert operations undertaken by Ronald Reagan's administration to provide financial, military, logistic and supply support for the Contras
Golden Pheasant (1988)  — US deployment in Honduras
Just Cause (1989)  — US invasion of Panama

Southern Africa: Hurricane (1972–1980) / — Operations by Rhodesian security forces against ZIPRA and ZANU guerillas in Mashonaland.
Overload (1974)  — Rhodesian security forces operation to establish protected villages.
Savannah (1975–76)   — South African intervention in Angola in support of the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA).
Carlota (1977)   — Cuban Deployment to counter South African attacks to Angola.
Dingo (1977)   — Rhodesian attack on camps in Mozambique.
Tangent (1977–1980) / — Operations by Rhodesian security forces against insurgents in Matabeleland.
Favour (1978–1980) / — Training of former insurgents to serve as security force auxiliaries in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.
Reindeer (1978)   — South African airborne attack on South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) base at Cassinga, Angola.
Rekstok (1979)   — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.
Saffraan (1979)   — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Zambia.
Klipklop (1980)   — South African disruption of SWAPO logistics in Angola.
Sceptic (1980)   — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola.