A military operation is the employment of military resources (for example in a military campaign) to achieve a specific objective. It involves the planning, calculating, or the giving (or receiving) of information. It can involve the carrying out of a strategic, tactical, service, training, or administrative military mission in the process of carrying on combat, including movement, supply, attack, defense, and maneuvers needed to gain the objectives of any battle or campaign. Military operations are often referred to by a code name.

See also

• List of operations and projects (military and non-military)
• List of fictional military operations
• Military operations other than war
• Operational art
• Counter Revolutionary Operations

Military operations

Operation (Militärwesen) | Opération militaire | Vojaška operacija | Operaatio (sodankäynti) | Operationer