On 14 April , the guided missile frigate struck Attack a mine while deployed Arranging in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will , the 1987–88 convoy missions in which U.S. warships escorted Sending reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers to protect Defending them from Iranian attacks Attack .

On 6 November 2003 , the International Court of Justice ruled Legal_rulings that `` the actions of the United States of America against Iranian oil platforms on 19 October 1987 ( Operation Nimble Archer ) and 18 April 1988 ( Operation Praying Mantis ) can not be justified Justifying as measures necessary to protect Defending the essential security interests of the United States of America . ''

On 6 November 2003 , the International Court of Justice ruled Legal_rulings that `` the actions of the United States of America against Iranian oil platforms on 19 October 1987 ( Operation Nimble Archer ) and 18 April 1988 ( Operation Praying Mantis ) can not be justified Justifying as measures necessary to protect Defending the essential security interests of the United States of America . ''

In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany , a series of offensive operations were designed Create_artwork to seize and capture Conquering the east and west bank of the Rhine River : Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945 , and Operation Lumberjack and Operation Undertone in March 1945 .

In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany , a series of offensive operations were designed Create_artwork to seize and capture Conquering the east and west bank of the Rhine River : Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945 , and Operation Lumberjack and Operation Undertone in March 1945 .

In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany , a series of offensive operations were designed Create_artwork to seize and capture Conquering the east and west bank of the Rhine River : Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945 , and Operation Lumberjack and Operation Undertone in March 1945 .

In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany , a series of offensive operations were designed Create_artwork to seize and capture Conquering the east and west bank of the Rhine River : Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945 , and Operation Lumberjack and Operation Undertone in March 1945 .

During Operation Lumberjack , Operation Plunder and Operation Undertone in March 1945 , German casualties during February–March 1945 are estimated at 400,000 men , including 280,000 men captured as prisoners of war .

During Operation Lumberjack , Operation Plunder and Operation Undertone in March 1945 , German casualties during February–March 1945 are estimated at 400,000 men , including 280,000 men captured as prisoners of war .

During Operation Lumberjack , Operation Plunder and Operation Undertone in March 1945 , German casualties during February–March 1945 are estimated at 400,000 men , including 280,000 men captured as prisoners of war .

Operation `` Marne Torch '' refers to two operations launched Military_operation by Coalition forces in 2007 against al-Qaeda in Iraq in the Arab Jabour area of Babil province .

This campaign is named Name_conferral after Operation Torch , the joint US/British invasion of French North Africa in 1942 , presumably because of the two operations ' similar thrust Body_movement in to the enemies southern underbelly .

Operation Gisela ( ) was the codename for a German military operation Military_operation of the Second World War .

On 24 March 1918 , Combles was recaptured Conquering by German troops , during the retreat of the 9th Division in Operation Michael , the German spring offensive .

Operation Barbarossa ( ) was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union , which started Process_start on Sunday , 22 June 1941 , during World War II .

Nevertheless , the German High Command began Process_start planning Arranging an invasion of the Soviet Union in July 1940 ( under the codename Operation Otto ) , which Adolf Hitler authorized Preventing_or_letting on 18 December 1940 .

The failure of Operation Barbarossa proved Convincing a turning point in the fortunes of the Third Reich .

Operation Bribie ( 17–18 February 1967 ) , also known as the Battle of Ap My An , was fought Hostile_encounter during the Vietnam War in Phuoc Tuy province between Australian forces from the 6th Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 6 RAR ) and two companies of Viet Cong from D445 Battalion , likely reinforced by North Vietnamese regulars .

The plan Arranging to accomplish Achieve this was called Operation `` Mo '' , and involved Cause_to_be_included several major units of Japan 's Combined Fleet .

In November 1942 , American and British forces Military_operation landed in North Africa under Operation Military_operation `` Torch '' .

Operation Flax was a Western Allied air operation Military_operation executed during the Tunisia Campaign Military_operation , as part of the larger North African Campaign Military_operation of the Second World War Hostile_encounter .

The parallel Allied naval effort was Operation `` Retribution '' .

Along with the attempted airlift during the Battle Hostile_encounter of Stalingrad , Operation Flax inflicted Causation such grievous losses Earnings_and_losses on the German transport Sending fleets that they were unable to recover Recovering .

The defence of Outpost Snipe managed to spoil Destroying the biggest Axis counter-attack against the positions captured Conquering by the Eighth Army , during Operation Lightfoot but the Battalion had 72 casualties .

Using a combination radar/computer/communications system ( `` Q '' system ) at operating Being_in_operation location in Southeast Asia , a typical bombing Attack mission ( e.g. , during Operation Arc Light with a `` cell '' of 3 Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses ) had an air command Control post turn over control Control of the mission to the radar station , and the station provided Supply bomb Attack run corrections and designated Choosing when to release bombs .

Operation Redwing was a United States series of 17 nuclear test Testing detonations from May to July 1956 .

Because the yields for many tests at `` Operation Castle '' in 1954 were dramatically higher than predictions , `` Redwing '' was conducted Action using Using an `` energy budget '' : There were limits Limiting to the total amount of energy released , and the amount of fission yield was also strictly controlled Control .

Operation Grapple was the name of four series of British nuclear weapons tests Testing of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs Attack carried out Action in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati ( Christmas Island ) in the Pacific Ocean as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme .

The successful test Testing of an atomic bomb in Operation Hurricane in October 1952 represented an extraordinary scientific and technological achievement , but Britain was still several years behind the United States in nuclear weapons technology .

Operation Military_operation Wigwam involved Participation a single test Testing of the Mark 90 Betty nuclear bomb .

It was conducted Action between `` Operation Teapot '' and `` Project 56 '' on May 14 , 1955 , about southwest of San Diego , California .

Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted Action by the United States at Bikini Atoll , Marshall Islands , as part of `` Operation Castle '' .

The tests were initiated Process_start on 11 May 1998 , under the assigned code name `` Operation Shakti '' , with the detonation of one fusion and two fission bombs .

Many names have been assigned Choosing to these tests ; originally these were collectively called Name_conferral `` Operation Shakti–98 '' , and the five nuclear bombs were designated Choosing `` Shakti-I '' through to `` Shakti-V '' .

Operation Hurricane was the first test of a British atomic device .

With the success Achieve of Operation Hurricane , Britain became Becoming the third nuclear power after the United States and the Soviet Union .

A small fleet was assembled Come_together for Operation Hurricane under the command of Rear Admiral A. D. Torlesse ; it included Cause_to_be_included the escort carrier , which served as the flagship , and the LSTs `` Narvik '' , `` Zeebrugge '' and `` Tracker '' .

The bomb for Operation Hurricane was assembled Come_together ( without its radioactive components ) at Foulness , and taken Conquering to the frigate for transport Sending to Australia .

Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests Testing conducted Action by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946 .

`` Charlie '' was rescheduled Change_event_time as Operation Wigwam , a deep-water shot conducted Action in 1955 off the California coast .

Planners attempted to protect Defending participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness , but one study showed Protest that the life expectancy of participants was reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by an average of three months .

As a result of the Rome General Peace Accords , RENAMO units were demobilised or integrated into the Mozambican armed forces and the United Nations Operation in Mozambique ( ONUMOZ ) was formed Coming_to_be to aid in postwar reconstruction .

Operation `` Hailstone '' ( ) , lit .

Prior to Operation `` Hailstone '' , the IJN had used Using Truk as an anchorage for its large Combined Fleet .

To the west , American and Australian forces Hostile_encounter under General Douglas MacArthur had moved up Motion through the Southwest Pacific , isolating Removing or overrunning Destroying many Japanese strong points as part of Operation Cartwheel .

Between the air attacks and surface ship attacks over the two days of Operation `` Hailstone '' , the worst blow Motion against the Japanese was about 250 warplanes destroyed Destroying , with the concurrent irreplaceable loss Earnings_and_losses of experienced pilots .

The battle Hostile_encounter began Process_start when the IDF launched Motion Operation Abiray-Lev ( `` Stouthearted Men '' ) , attempting to establish Coming_to_be a corridor to the canal and allow Preventing_or_letting bridges to be laid Placing for a crossing Motion_directional .

The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Defending Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France during the Second World War .

The Task Force Helmand commander , Brig Gordon Messenger called Name_conferral Operation Diesel a `` clinical precision strike '' that had `` a powerful disruptive effect on known insurgent and narcotics networks in the area '' .

Coalition strategy relied Supply on establishing Creating a number of patrol bases called Name_conferral Combat Operation Posts throughout the city .