At the conference, Irving did not deny the Holocaust, but did appear happy to share the stage with Robert Faurisson and Judge Wilhelm Stäglich, and claimed to be impressed with the allegations of Friedrich Berg that mass murder via diesel gas fumes at the Operation Reinhard death camps was impossible.

* 1943 – World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.

Agent Orange is the combination of the code names for Herbicide Orange ( HO ) and Agent LNX, one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U. S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.

During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed nearly of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants mixed with jet fuel in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of Operation Ranch Hand.

During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed nearly of chemical herbicides and defoliants in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of the aerial defoliation program known as Operation Ranch Hand.

Operation Market Garden and Operation Rolling Thunder are examples of battles known by their military codenames.

In 2002, it was a primary combat zone in Operation Defensive Shield, a major military offensive by the Israeli Defense Forces ( IDF ).

Many historians now hold the position that blitzkrieg was not a military theory, and the campaigns conducted by the German military in 1939 to circa, 1942 ( with the exception of Operation Barbarossa ) were improvised invasions put together and modified at the last moment and therefore was not a proper military strategy.

* Operation Buffalo ( disambiguation ), any of three military operations

Thus, a number of Allied soldiers received the Bronze Star Medal in World War II, as well as U. N. soldiers in the Korean War, Vietnamese and allied forces in the Vietnam War, and coalition forces in recent military operations such as the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom and the Iraq War.

The French forces were once again called to Bangui ( Operation Almadin II ), supported by military from Chad and Gabon.

The French military also maintains a force as part of Operation Licorne.

Image: US forces Operation Enduring Freedom. jpg | United States Army Special Forces on horseback with the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan, which frequently used horses as military transport.

* 1984 – Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar.

The Mauritanian military is currently involved in Operation Enduring Freedom-Trans Sahara.

* 2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.

During the Falklands War against Great Britain, the Argentine military conceived the aborted Operation Algeciras, a covert plan to support and convince some Montoneros, by appealing to their patriotism, to sabotage British military facilities in Gibraltar.

* Operation Nemesis, a 1920s Armenian military operation

Operation Barbarossa was the largest military operation in human history in both manpower and casualties.

" Operation Enduring Freedom " ( OEF ) is the official name used by the U. S. government for the War in Afghanistan, together with a number of smaller military actions, under the umbrella of the global " War on Terror " ( GWOT ).

In early March 2002 the United States military, along with allied Afghan military forces, conducted a large operation to destroy al-Qaeda in an operation code-named Operation Anaconda.

The most recent overseas operation of the Navy was along the coast of Libya as part of Operation Unified Protector.

Indeed, the final German blitzkrieg operation in the west, Operation Wacht am Rhein, was planned to take place during poor weather which grounded Allied aircraft.

Operation of the first segment was commenced in 1998, and the operation of the second segment was commenced in early 2007.

As part of Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks, Italy contributed to the international operation in Afghanistan.

* 1943 – World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign, begins.

* Extended Operation — generic operation used to define other operations

The Extended Operation is a generic LDAP operation that can define new operations that were not part of the original protocol specification.

The first such operation was Operation Totalize in the Battle of Normandy which, although it failed to achieve its ultimate objectives, nevertheless showed that mechanized infantry could incur far fewer casualties than dismounted troops in set-piece operations.

Operation Leech is the name given to an armed operation on the Indo-Burmese border in 1998.

On 9 April 1973, Israel launched Operation Spring of Youth, a joint Mossad-IDF operation in Beirut.

* 1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.

On 18 December, Hitler signed War Directive No. 21 to the German High Command for an operation now codenamed " Operation Barbarossa " stating: " The German Wehrmacht must be prepared to crush Soviet Russia in a quick campaign.

The operation was originally called " Operation Infinite Justice " ( often misquoted as " Operation Ultimate Justice "), but as similar phrases have been used by adherents of several religions as an exclusive description of God, it is believed to have been changed to avoid offense to Muslims, who are the majority religion in Afghanistan.

Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan, which is a joint U. S., UK and Afghan operation, is separate from the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ), which is an operation of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation nations including the USA and UK.

The operation consisted of training the AFP in counter-terrorist operations as well as supporting the local people with humanitarian aid in Operation Smiles.

A Canadian and U. S. led operation ( supported by British and Dutch forces ), Operation Mountain Thrust was launched in May 2006 to counter renewed Taliban insurgency.

The humanitarian portion of the operation, Operation Smiles, created 14 schools, 7 clinics, 3 hospitals and provided medical care to over 18, 000 residents of Basilan.

but after the end of July 1943 when the enormous hangar Fertigungshalle 1 ( F-1, Mass Production Plant No. 1 ) was just about to go into operation, Operation Hydra bombed Peenemünde.

United States Air Force records show that at least 6, 542 spraying missions took place over the course of Operation Ranch Hand.

Air Force records show at least 6, 542 spraying missions took place over the course of Operation Ranch Hand.

After the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U. S., carriers immediately headed to the Arabian Sea to support Operation Enduring Freedom and took up station, building to a force of three carriers.

In February 1944, Operation Hailstone, one of the most important naval battles of the war, took place at Truk, in which many Japanese support vessels and aircraft were destroyed.

Himmler took over leadership of the RSHA and stepped up the pace of the killing of European Jewry in Aktion Reinhard ( Operation Reinhard ), named in Heydrich's honour.

In 1987, Operation Deepscan took place.

During the primaries, Limbaugh in particular had endorsed a plan to do whatever it took to prolong the Democrats ' nomination by encouraging political conservatives to cross over to the Democrats and voting for the trailing candidate, a plan he calls " Operation Chaos ".

Operation Anaconda took place in early March 2002 in which the United States military and CIA Paramilitary Officers, working with allied Afghan military forces, and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and non-NATO forces attempted to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces.

After the brief success of the Kerensky Offensive 1 – 19 July and its disastrous sequel, when Ludendorff's general reserve of six divisions captured Riga, 1 – 5 September 1917 and then in Operation Albion September – October 1917 took the islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Riga, British and French commanders on the Western Front had to reckon on the German western army being strengthened by reinforcements from the Eastern Front in late 1917.

The regiment took part in Operation Latzides, which was a heroic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to stem the forces of the Italians.

Air Force records show that at least 6, 542 spraying missions took place over the course of Operation Ranch Hand.

Britain's first airborne assault took place on February 10, 1941 when, what was then known as II Special Air Service ( some 37 men of 500 trained in No. 2 Commando plus three Italian interpreters ), parachuted into Italy to blow up an aqueduct in a daring raid named Operation Colossus.

Britain ’ s first airborne assault took place on February 10, 1941, when ' X ' Troop, No 11 Special Air Service Battalion ( which was formed from No 2 Commando and subsequently became 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ) dropped into southern Italy from converted Whitley bombers flying from Malta and demolished a span of the aqueduct near Tragino in a daring night raid named Operation Colossus.

On the evening of July 13, 1943, more than 112 aircraft carrying 1, 856 men and 16 gliders with 77 artillerymen and ten 6 pounder guns, took off from North Africa in Operation Fustian.

In April 1945, Operation Herring, an Italian commando-style airborne drop aimed at disrupting German rear area communications and movement over key areas in Northern Italy, took place.

Operation Repulse, which took place in Bastogne on December 27, 1944, as part of the Battle of the Bulge, glider pilots, although flying directly through enemy fire, were able to land, delivering the badly needed ammunition, gasoline, and medical supplies that enabled defenders against the German offensive to persevere and secure the ultimate victory.

Conducted as a part of Operation Plunder, the operation took place on 24 March 1945 in aid of an attempt by the British 21st Army Group to cross the Rhine River.

The PAP has held an overwhelming majority of seats in the Parliament of Singapore since 1966, when the opposition Barisan Sosialis ( Socialist Front ), a left-wing group that split from PAP in 1961, resigned from Parliament after winning 13 seats following the 1963 state elections, which took place months after a number of their leaders had been arrested in Operation Coldstore based on charges of being communists.

* memorial honoring the Boy Scouts and others who took part in " Operation 1001 " 1966-73, the rebuilding of the town from its devastation in World War II

The next month, 334 B-29s took off to raid on the night of 9 – 10 March ( Operation Meetinghouse ), with 279 of them dropping around 1, 700 tons of bombs.

The only fighting took place in the port of Algiers itself, where in Operation Terminal two British destroyers attempted to land a party of U. S. Rangers directly onto the dock, in order to prevent the French destroying the port facilities and scuttling their ships.

On 6 May, as the culmination of Operation Vulcan, the British took Tunis, and American forces reached Bizerte.

Polish historians like Pospieszalski and Janusz Kutta point to a Nazi top secret false flag Operation Himmler ( which took place on August 31 – September 1 ) and was designed to create an illusion of Polish aggression against Germany.

The Swietokrzyskie Mountains Home Army District fought against the Germans long before Operation Tempest inflicted heavy casualties on the occupying forces and later took part in the final liberation of their towns and cities in January 1945.

At the age of sixteen, he decided to join the United States Marine Corps, a decision that took him to Lebanon, during Operation Blue Bat.