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Operation Allied Protector was an anti-piracy military operation undertaken by NATO forces from March – August 2009 in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, and the Guardafui Channel to protect maritime routes from pirates within the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC).
Operation Leap 1 (7 April 1995) — Croatian offensive in Livno-Bosansko Grahovo area. Operation Leap 2 (4 June 1995 – 10 June 1995) — Croatian offensive in Livno-Bosansko Grahovo area. Operation Krivaja '95 (6 July 1995 – 11 July 1995) — Bosnian Serb operation to take control of the Srebrenica enclave. Operation Stupčanica '95 (25 ...
Map of Operation Goldflake, the transfer of Allied units from Italy to Belgium. To cater for the new arrivals, the 21st Army Group asked for four base supply depots (BSDs), six field bakeries, three field butcheries, a cold storage depot and two detail issue depots (DIDs). [30] [a] The Mediterranean theatre was only able to provide two field ...
Location VC–PAVN KIA Allied KIAs 1966: Operation Lightning Bug [1] USAF air interdiction operations: Jan 1 – 8: Operation Marauder/Operation An Dan 564 [2] [3]: 30 [4] 1st Infantry Division, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and ARVN operation in Plain of Reeds area of the Mekong Delta: Hậu Nghĩa Province ...
A British soldier on a beach in Southern England, 7 October 1940. Detail from a pillbox embrasure.. British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941.
The campaign in Northwest Europe had commenced on 6 June 1944 (), with Operation Overlord, the Allied Normandy landings. [2]By early September, the Allied forces had reached the Dutch and German borders in the north and the Moselle in the south, [3] but the advance came to a halt due to logistical difficulties, particularly fuel shortages, and stiffening German resistance. [4]
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Date duration Operation name Unit(s) – description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 1965–72: Operation Footboy [1]: MACVSOG covert operations in North Vietnam and North Vietnamese waters for the purpose of collecting intelligence, conducting psychological warfare operations, and other activities to create dissension among the populace, and for diversion of North Vietnamese resources