After the convoy Patrolling was blocked Hindering by the Sri Lanka Navy , India instead chose Choosing to airdrop Bringing supplies Supply to the besieged Besieging city in a mission codenamed Operation Poomalai .

Owing to bad weather and the need to gather Come_together intelligence , the operation , codenamed `` Flax '' , did not begin Process_start until 5 April .

During the Second World War , Britain had a nuclear weapons project , codenamed Tube Alloys , which was merged Cause_to_amalgamate with the American Manhattan Project in August 1943 .

after the war , fearing that britain would lose Earnings_and_losses its great power status , the british government resumed Process_start the atomic bomb development effort , now codenamed high explosive research Research .

Once more , Iraqi threats were decisively met Come_together while ARCENT simultaneously conducted Action a major training exercise in Egypt , codenamed `` BRIGHT STAR 95 , '' involving Cause_to_be_included military forces from 6 other nations .

Operation Mistral 2 , officially codenamed Military_operation Operation Maestral 2 , was a Croatian Army ( HV ) and Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) offensive in western Bosnia and Herzegovina on 8–15 September 1995 as part of the Bosnian War .

the operation commenced Process_start during a north atlantic treaty organisation ( nato ) air campaign against the vrs codenamed Military_operation operation deliberate force Hostile_encounter , targeting Aiming vrs air defences Defending , artillery positions and storage facilities largely in the area of sarajevo , but also elsewhere in the country .

The sinking Motion of the `` Rainbow Warrior '' , codenamed Opération Satanique , was a bombing operation Military_operation by the `` action '' branch of the French foreign intelligence services , the `` Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure '' ( DGSE ) , carried out Action on 10 July 1985 .

Al-Anbar Governorate was divided into areas of operations : II Marine Expeditionary Force ( codenamed Operation Atlanta ) included Cause_to_be_included Area of Operations Denver ( western region ) , Area of Operations Topeka ( Ramadi and surrounding area ) , Area of Operations Raleigh ( Fallujah and surrounding area ) and Area of Operations Oshkosh ( al-Taqaddum ) .

To exploit Reveal_secret this victory , the Soviet general staff planned Arranging a winter campaign of continuous and highly ambitious offensive operations , codenamed `` Saturn '' .

Later Joseph Stalin reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale his ambitious plans to a relatively small campaign codenamed `` Operation Little Saturn '' .

Its German counterpart was the abandonment GiveUp of the Estonian territory in a retreat Escaping codenamed Operation Aster ( German : Unternehmen Aster ) .

the operation commenced Process_start during a nato bombing campaign against the vrs , codenamed operation deliberate force , which targeted Aiming bosnian serb air defences , artillery and storage facilities initially in the area of sarajevo , but also elsewhere in the country .

The Allied invasion Attack of Sicily , codenamed Operation Military_operation Husky , was a major campaign Military_operation of World War Hostile_encounter II , in which the Allies took Conquering the island of Sicily from the Axis powers ( the Kingdom of Italy and Nazi Germany ) .

The coast of Normandy of northwestern France was chosen Choosing as the site of the invasion , with the Americans assigned Deciding to land at sectors codenamed Utah and Omaha , the British at Sword and Gold , and the Canadians at Juno .

In the early morning , amphibious landings commenced Process_start on five beaches codenamed Sword , Juno , Gold , Omaha and Utah , with troops from the United States landing on Omaha and Utah , Britain landing on Gold and Sword , and Canada landing on Juno .

The Tehran Conference Social_event ( codenamed Eureka ) was a strategy meeting Social_event of Joseph Stalin , Franklin D. Roosevelt , and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943 , after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran .

the gulf war ( 2 august unk february 1991 ) , codenamed operation desert shield ( 2 august unk january 1991 ) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense Defending of saudi arabia and operation desert storm Catastrophe ( 17 january unk february 1991 ) in its combat Hostile_encounter phase , was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the united states against iraq in response Response to iraq 's invasion Attack and annexation of kuwait arising Coming_to_be from oil pricing and production disputes .