Operation

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Type	Operation
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Summary	An Operation is a planned activity with a well defined goal.


Population	378

Categorised By	Into - Total: 378 Indexed below, Comparable at 100
Completeness	Included Activities Entered: 61 Order Of Battle Complete: 76 Units Entered: 161
Operation Type	Attack: 31 Blockade: 4 Conquest: 38 Convoy: 4 Covering: 1 Cruise: 14 Defence: 5 Evacuation: 10 Landing: 199 Minelaying: 1 Occupation: 2 Passage: 15 Patrol: 1 Raid: 1 Reinforcement: 4 Repair Operation: 2 Scuttling: 7 Seizure: 1 Transport Operation: 38
Activity Activity Class	Major: 62 Minor: 105 Moderate: 211
Activity Activity Result	Cancelled: 1 Disasterous Activity: 3 Failed: 25 Partial Success: 12 Successful: 170
Activity Theatre Of War	Atlantic Theatre: 41 Mediterranean Theatre: 24 Pacific Theatre: 312
Activity Decade	1870s: 20 1880s: 6 1890s: 1 1900s: 10 1910s: 5 1930s: 4 1940s: 332
Activity War Year	1914-1915: 3 1915-1916: 1 1939-1940: 2 1940-1941: 23 1941-1942: 35 1942-1943: 145 1943-1944: 66 1944-1945: 35 1945-1946: 28
By Tree Scheme: Activity - Place Include	Africa: 6 Asia: 59 Atlantic Ocean: 14 Europe: 29 Mediterranean Sea: 10 Pacific Ocean: 193 South America: 18

Operation

1870 Aug 02 French Blockade German Coast Baltic Sea

1870 Aug 12 French Blockade German Coast North Sea

1870 Jul 19 German Defence German Coast Baltic Sea

1870 Jul 19 German Defence German Coast North Sea

1870 Sep 01 German Cruise Of The Augusta South Western Approaches

1873 Dec 30 Spanish Scuttling Cartagena

1879 Apr 02 Chilean Blockade Of Iquique

1879 Apr 17 Chilean Attack Mollendo

1879 Apr 18 Chilean Attack Pisagua Chile

1879 Aug 01 Chilean Repair And Refit Of Cochrane And Blanco Encalada At Valparaiso

1879 Dec 31 Chilean Raid Ilo

1879 Feb 14 Chilean Conquest Tarapaca Antofagasta

1879 Feb 14 Chilean Landing Antofagasta

1879 Jan 01 Chilean Passage Of CHL Blanco Encalada To Antofagasta

1879 Jun 01 Peruvian Cruise Of PER Huascar Off Chile

1879 May 16 Chilean Attack Callao

1879 May 16 Peruvian Passage Arica

1879 May 19 Peruvian Attack Iquique

1879 May 21 Chilean Blockade Of Callao

1879 Oct 01 Chilean Landing Pisagua Chile

1880 Feb 25 Chilean Landing Ilo

1880 Mar 13 Chilean Landing Pacocha Peru

1880 Mar 14 Chilean Landing Vitar Peru

1880 Nov 18 Chilean Landing Pisco

1881 Jan 06 Peruvian Scuttling Of Remaining Peruvian Ships

1884 Jun 01 French Attack For Revenge On China

1894 Jul 20 Japanese Cruise Yellow Sea

1904 Apr 12 Japanese Minelaying Port Arthur

1904 Aug 10 Russian Passage From Port Arthur

1904 Aug 11 Russian Cruise Of The Vladivostok Squadron Into The Sea Of Japan

1904 Feb 09 Japanese Landing Chemulpo

1904 Feb 09 Russian Cruise Of The Vladivostok Squadron Sea Of Japan

1904 Feb 24 Japanese Attack With Block Ships Port Arthur

1904 Jun 12 Russian Cruise Of The Vladivostok Squadron Into The Sea Of Japan

1904 Mar 06 Japanese Attack Bombardment Of Vladivostok

1904 Mar 10 Japanese Attack And Bombardment Port Arthur

1904 Oct 01 Russian Passage To Reinforce Vladivostok

1914 Nov 02 Austro Hungarian Scuttling Tsingtao

1914 Sep 23 Japanese Conquest Tsingtao

1914 Sep 28 German Scuttling Of Ships In Tsingtao

1915 Feb 19 Australian British French New Zealand Landing Gallipoli Peninsula Turkey ++

1919 Jun 21 German Scuttling Of German Fleet At Scapa Flow

1939 Aug 20 German Cruise Graf Spee South Atlantic Indian Ocean

1939 Aug 24 German Cruise Deutschland North Atlantic

1939 Nov 21 German Cruise Scharnhorst And Gneisenau Arctic Ocean

1939 Sep 01 German Conquest Gulf Of Danzig Hela

1940 Apr 07 German Conquest Denmark

1940 Apr 07 German Conquest Norway

1940 Apr 07 German Conquest Weserubung Norway Denmark

1940 Apr 07 German Cruise Cover For Invasion Of Norway Norwegian Sea

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Bergen

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Copenhagen

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Egersund

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Esbjerg Nordby

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Kristiansand Arendal

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Middelfart

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Nyborg Korsor

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Oslo

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Thyboron

1940 Apr 08 German Landing Trondheim

1940 Apr 09 German Landing Narvik

1940 Feb 22 German Attack Wikinger North Sea

1940 Jan 01 British United States Transport US Supplies To Great Britain North Atlantic

1940 Jan 01 Italian Transport Italian Supplies To North Africa Mediterranean Sea

1940 Jun 04 German Cruise Operation Juno Norwegian Sea

1940 Jun 10 British Transport UK Supplies To Egypt Mediterranean Sea

1940 Jun 10 British Transport UK Supplies To Malta Mediterranean Sea

1940 May 27 British Evacuation Operation Dynamo Dunkerque

1940 Sep 01 Japanese Conquest IC Operation Indo China

1941 Apr 22 British Evacuation Greece

1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Bombardment Midway Island, Hawaiian Islands

1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour

1941 Dec 08 Japanese Conquest E Operation Thailand Malaya

1941 Dec 08 Japanese Landing Bandon

1941 Dec 08 Japanese Landing Jumbhorn

1941 Dec 08 Japanese Landing Kota Bharu

1941 Dec 08 Japanese Landing Nakhorn

1941 Dec 08 Japanese Landing Patani

1941 Dec 08 Japanese Landing Prachuab

1941 Dec 08 Japanese Landing Singora

1941 Dec 09 Japanese Landing Bangkok

1941 Dec 10 Japanese Conquest Luzon, Philippine Islands

1941 Dec 10 Japanese Conquest M Operation Philippines

1941 Dec 10 Japanese Landing Guam, Mariana Islands

1941 Dec 10 Japanese Landing Makin, Gilbert Islands

1941 Dec 10 Japanese Landing Tarawa, Gilbert Islands

1941 Dec 11 Japanese Attack Wake Island, Northern Pacific

1941 Dec 12 Japanese Landing Legaspi Mindanao, Philippine Islands

1941 Dec 16 Japanese Conquest B Operation Borneo, East Indies

1941 Dec 16 Japanese Landing Lutong Borneo, East Indies

1941 Dec 16 Japanese Landing Miri Borneo, East Indies

1941 Dec 16 Japanese Landing Seria Brunei Bay, Borneo

1941 Dec 20 Japanese Landing Davao

1941 Dec 22 Japanese Landing Lingayen Gulf, Luzon

1941 Dec 23 Japanese Landing Kuching

1941 Dec 23 Japanese Landing Wake Island, Northern Pacific

1941 Dec 24 Japanese Landing South Of Manila, Luzon

1941 Dec 25 Japanese Landing Jolo, Sulu Archipelago

1941 Jul 07 United States Conquest Peaceful Iceland Europe

1941 Jun 22 British United States Transport Russian Convoys North Atlantic

1941 May 19 German Cruise Rheinubung Bismarck Breakout North Atlantic

1941 May 20 German Landing Operation Merkur Crete, Mediterranean Sea

1941 May 28 British Evacuation Crete, Mediterranean Sea

1941 Sep 01 Japanese Landing Northern Indo China

1942 Apr 06 Japanese Cruise First Stage Fourth Phase C Operation Indian Ocean

1942 Apr 14 British United States Convoy Spitfires To Malta

1942 Aug 01 Japanese Landing Operation RE Milne Bay, New Guinea

1942 Aug 07 United States Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Tulagi, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 15 United States Transport To Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 16 Japanese Landing SNLF Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal

1942 Aug 17 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Aug 17 Japanese Attack Tulagi, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 17 Japanese Landing Ichiki Unit Taivu Point Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 19 British Landing Dieppe

1942 Aug 19 Japanese Patrol Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 20 United States Reinforcement From USS Long Island Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 20 United States Transport To Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 23 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Aug 24 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Aug 24 United States Reinforcement Dive Bombers From USS Enterprise Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 25 Japanese Reinforcement 5th SNLF Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 26 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 26 Japanese Reinforcement Kawaguchi Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 27 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 28 Japanese Landing Rat Two Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 29 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Aug 31 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Dec 03 Japanese Transport Supply Drums Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Dec 07 Japanese Transport Supply Drums Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Dec 08 Japanese Transport Troop Buna, New Guinea

1942 Dec 11 Japanese Transport Supply Drums Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Dec 11 Japanese Transport Troop Buna, New Guinea

1942 Dec 16 Japanese Transport Troop Wewak, New Guinea, South West Pacific

1942 Dec 23 Japanese Passage Maizuru

1942 Dec 29 Japanese Repair Maizuru

1942 Feb 09 Japanese Landing Macassar Celebes, East Indies

1942 Feb 10 Japanese Landing Bandjermasin Borneo, East Indies

1942 Feb 10 Japanese Landing Gasmata

1942 Feb 11 German Passage Cerberus English Channel

1942 Feb 13 Japanese Landing Palembang Sumatra, East Indies

1942 Feb 18 Japanese Landing Bali East Indies

1942 Feb 20 Japanese Landing Dili, Timor East Indies

1942 Feb 20 Japanese Landing Kupang Timor East Indies

1942 Jan 01 German Attack Submarine Atlantic Ocean

1942 Jan 01 Japanese Conquest L Operation Sumatra, East Indies

1942 Jan 01 Japanese Transport Supplies From SE Asia To Japan South East Asia

1942 Jan 01 United States Transport US Supplies To South And West Pacific Pacific Ocean

1942 Jan 06 Japanese Landing Brunei Bay, Borneo

1942 Jan 09 Japanese Conquest H Operation Celebes, East Indies

1942 Jan 10 Japanese Landing Tarakan Borneo, East Indies

1942 Jan 11 Japanese Landing Jesselton

1942 Jan 11 Japanese Landing Menado Celebes, East Indies

1942 Jan 23 Japanese Conquest R Operation New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago

1942 Jan 23 Japanese Landing Rabaul

1942 Jan 24 Japanese Landing Balikpapan, Borneo, East Indies

1942 Jan 24 Japanese Landing Kendari

1942 Jan 26 Japanese Landing Endau

1942 Jan 27 Japanese Landing Kavieng

1942 Jan 30 Japanese Landing Amboina

1942 Jul 01 Japanese Conquest FS Operation Fiji Samoan Islands

1942 Jul 03 British Convoy PQ 17 North Atlantic

1942 Jul 22 Japanese Landing Operation RI Buna, New Guinea

1942 Jun 01 Australian United States Landing Milne Bay, New Guinea

1942 Jun 01 Japanese Conquest MI Operation Aleutian Islands Midway Island, Hawaiian Islands

1942 Mar 01 Japanese Landing Batavia

1942 Mar 01 Japanese Landing Bougainville, Solomon Islands

1942 Mar 01 Japanese Landing Buka Island, Solomon Islands

1942 Mar 01 Japanese Landing Manus Island, Admiralty Islands

1942 Mar 01 Japanese Landing Shortland Islands

1942 Mar 01 Japanese Landing SR Operation Lae Salamaua

1942 Mar 01 Japanese Landing Surabaya Java, East Indies

1942 Mar 01 United States Occupation Efate, New Hebrides

1942 Mar 06 German Attack Tirpitz Sortie Against PQ12 And QP8 Norwegian Sea

1942 Mar 29 Japanese Landing Halmahera, Moluccas

1942 Mar 31 Japanese Cruise Indian Ocean

1942 May 01 Japanese Attack Kiska, Aleutian Islands

1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest Aleutian Islands

1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest MO Operation Tulagi, Solomon Islands Port Moresby

1942 May 03 Japanese Landing Tulagi, Solomon Islands

1942 May 07 British United States Convoy Spitfires To Malta

1942 May 28 United States Occupation Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides

1942 Nov 02 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Nov 03 Passage Shortland Islands

1942 Nov 05 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Nov 07 Japanese Transport Troop Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Nov 08 British United States Conquest Operation Torch French Morocco

1942 Nov 08 British United States Landing Algiers

1942 Nov 08 British United States Landing Oran

1942 Nov 08 Japanese Transport Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Nov 08 United States Landing Fedhala

1942 Nov 08 United States Landing Port Lyautey

1942 Nov 08 United States Landing Safi

1942 Nov 10 Japanese Transport Troop Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Nov 14 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Nov 16 Japanese Passage Rabaul

1942 Nov 17 Japanese Transport Troop Buna, New Guinea

1942 Nov 22 Japanese Transport Troop Buna, New Guinea

1942 Nov 28 Japanese Transport Troop Buna, New Guinea

1942 Nov 30 Japanese Transport Supply Drums Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 01 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 01 Japanese Transport Barge Towing Rendova Island, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 02 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 03 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 04 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 05 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 06 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 07 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 07 Japanese Landing Rendova Island, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 07 Japanese Transport Barge Towing Rendova Island, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 08 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 09 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 10 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 11 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 14 Japanese Attack Bombardment Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Oct 14 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 16 Japanese Attack Bombardment Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Oct 17 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Oct 17 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 19 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 25 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Oct 29 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Oct 31 Japanese Covering Transport Runs To Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 01 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 02 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Sep 02 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 04 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 05 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 06 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Sep 07 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 08 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Sep 10 Japanese Transport Rescue Of Survivors On Goodenough Island, Solomon Sea

1942 Sep 11 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 12 Japanese Attack By General Kawaguchi Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Sep 12 Japanese Attack Gunfire Support Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 12 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 13 Japanese Attack Gunfire Support Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 15 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 16 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Sep 16 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 17 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 18 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal

1942 Sep 18 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 20 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 21 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 24 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Sep 29 Japanese Transport Barge Towing Rendova Island, Solomon Islands

1942-Aug-25 Japanese Landing Nauru Island, Ocean Island,

1942-Oct-22 Australian Landing Goodenough Island, Solomon Sea

1943 Apr 01 Japanese Transport Troop Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

1943 Apr 02 Japanese Transport Buka, Buka Island, Solomon Islands

1943 Apr 05 Japanese Transport Troop Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

1943 Apr 11 Japanese Transport Tuluvu, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago

1943 Apr 18 Japanese Passage Truk Islands

1943 Apr 18 Japanese Passage Yokosuka Truk Islands

1943 Aug 03 Japanese Passage Yokosuka

1943 Aug 15 United States Landing Kiska, Aleutian Islands

1943 Aug 15 United States Landing Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands

1943 Aug 29 Danish Scuttling Copenhagen

1943 Aug 29 German Seizure Seizure Of Danish Navy Denmark

1943 Dec 15 United States Conquest Bismarck Archipelago Admiralty Islands

1943 Dec 15 United States Landing Arawe New Britain

1943 Dec 26 United States Landing Cape Gloucester New Britain

1943 Feb 01 Japanese Evacuation Shortland Islands

1943 Feb 04 Japanese Evacuation Shortland Islands

1943 Feb 07 Japanese Evacuation Shortland Islands

1943 Feb 12 Passage Palau Islands

1943 Feb 17 Japanese Transport Troop Wewak, New Guinea, South West Pacific

1943 Feb 21 United States Conquest Solomon Islands

1943 Feb 21 United States Landing Russell Island, Solomon Islands

1943 Jan 02 Japanese Transport Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1943 Jan 09 Japanese Passage Shortland Islands

1943 Jan 10 Japanese Transport Supply Drums Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1943 Jan 14 Japanese Evacuation Operation KE Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1943 Jan 14 Japanese Transport Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1943 Jan 28 Japanese Landing Russell Island, Solomon Islands

1943 Jul 01 Japanese Evacuation Aleutian Islands

1943 Jul 07 Japanese Evacuation Paramushiro Kurile Islands

1943 Jul 10 United States Conquest Operation Husky Sicily, Mediterranean Sea

1943 Jul 10 United States Landing Cassibile Sicily Avola Sicily

1943 Jul 10 United States Landing Gela Sicily

1943 Jul 10 United States Landing Licata, Sicily

1943 Jul 10 United States Landing Pachino Peninsula Sicily

1943 Jul 10 United States Landing Scoglitti Sicily

1943 Jul 22 Japanese Evacuation Paramushiro Kurile Islands

1943 Jun 10 Japanese Passage Paramushiro Kurile Islands

1943 Jun 16 United States Conquest Operation Postern Lae Salamaua

1943 Jun 21 United States Landing Segi Point Viru New Georgia, Solomon Islands

1943 Jun 23 United States Conquest Trobriand Islands

1943 Jun 23 United States Landing Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands

1943 Jun 23 United States Landing Nassau Bay New Guinea

1943 Jun 23 United States Landing Woodlark Island, Trobriand Islands

1943 Jun 30 United States Landing Onaiavisi Solomon Islands

1943 Jun 30 United States Landing Operation Toenails New Georgia, Solomon Islands

1943 Jun 30 United States Landing Rendova Island, Solomon Islands

1943 Jun 30 United States Landing Viru New Georgia, Solomon Islands

1943 Jun 30 United States Landing Wickham Vangunu Island, Solomon Islands

1943 Mar 06 Japanese Transport Troop Rabaul Hansa Bay New Guinea, South West Pacific

1943 Mar 19 Japanese Transport Tuluvu, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago

1943 Mar 24 Japanese Convoy Shortland Islands

1943 May 01 Japanese Defence Y Operation Indian Ocean

1943 May 01 Japanese Defence Z Operation Pacific Ocean

1943 May 03 Japanese Passage Yokosuka

1943 May 11 United States Conquest Aleutian Islands

1943 May 11 United States Landing Attu Island, Aleutian Islands

1943 May 23 Japanese Transport Yamamoto's Ashes Yokosuka

1943 Nov 01 United States Landing Torokina Empress Augusta Bay Bougainville

1943 Nov 20 United States Conquest Operation Galvanic Gilbert Islands

1943 Nov 20 United States Landing Makin, Gilbert Islands

1943 Nov 20 United States Landing Tarawa, Gilbert Islands

1943 Nov 21 United States Landing Abemama, Gilbert Islands

1943 Oct 27 United States Landing Treasury Island, Solomon Islands

1943 Sep 04 United States Landing Lae

1943 Sep 09 United States Landing Operation Avalanche Salerno

1943 Sep 22 United States Landing Finsch Harbour

1944 Apr 22 United States Conquest Operation Reckless New Guinea, South West Pacific

1944 Apr 22 United States Landing Aitape New Guinea, South West Pacific

1944 Apr 22 United States Landing Humboldt Bay New Guinea, South West Pacific

1944 Apr 22 United States Landing Tanahmerah Bay New Guinea, South West Pacific

1944 Aug 15 United States Landing Operation Dragoon Provence

1944 Dec 07 United States Landing Ormoc Bay Leyte, Visayas

1944 Dec 15 United States Conquest Mindoro, Philippine Islands

1944 Dec 15 United States Landing San Agustin Mindoro, Philippine Islands

1944 Feb 01 Japanese Defence A Operation