Operation Desert Shield (1990–1991): what was its primary objective?

Build-up and defense of Saudi Arabia to deter Iraqi invasion after Kuwait's occupation

Air campaign to liberate Kuwait

Invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein

Initial U.S. landings in Kuwait to retake the capital

Operation Desert Storm (1991): what best describes this operation?

Defensive deployment to protect Saudi Arabia

Major combat phase (air and ground) to liberate Kuwait from Iraq

Air interdiction campaign against Iraq in 2003

Peacekeeping operation in southern Iraq

Operation Rolling Thunder (1965–1968) in Vietnam was primarily what?

Sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam

Strategic interdiction against the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos

Operation Linebacker (May–October 1972) was intended to accomplish what?

A naval blockade of North Vietnam's ports

U.S. strategic bombing to interdict supplies and pressure North Vietnam during 1972

A South Vietnamese amphibious assault

Evacuation of U.S. personnel from Hanoi

Operation Linebacker II (December 1972) is best known as:

The Easter Offensive ground counterattack by North Vietnam

The 'Christmas Bombing' intensive B-52 campaign against North Vietnam

An amphibious assault in the Mekong Delta

The code name for Vietnamization

Operation Chromite (1950) refers to which Korean War action?

Inchon amphibious landing led by General MacArthur

Pusan Perimeter defensive stand

Air interdiction over the Yalu River

Armistice negotiations at Panmunjom

Operation Frequent Wind (April 1975) was the U.S. operation to:

Launch air strikes against North Vietnam's infrastructure

Evacuate U.S. personnel and at-risk Vietnamese from Saigon

Conduct a final amphibious assault on Hue

Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003) was the U.S.-led operation to:

Topple Saddam Hussein's regime and invade Iraq

Defend Kuwait from Iraqi invasion

Conduct peacekeeping in southern Iraq after Gulf War I

Train Iraqi security forces during Operation New Dawn

Operation Enduring Freedom (2001) primarily refers to the U.S. campaign in which theater and objective?

Afghanistan: oust the Taliban and disrupt al-Qaeda after 9/11

Korea: repel the North Korean invasion

Operation Phantom Fury (Second Battle of Fallujah, 2004) was primarily what?

A large-scale U.S. and Iraqi assault to retake Fallujah from insurgents

The initial 2003 invasion of Baghdad

Aerial campaign against Fallujah's supply lines

Humanitarian relief operation in western Iraq

Operation Inherent Resolve (from 2014) is the U.S.-led mission against which threat and in which countries?

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen only

Taliban forces in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Iraqi insurgents during 2003 invasion

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Operation Names and Objectives (Korea, Vietnam, Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan)

Match the named U.S. operations from Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan to their objective, date, or theater.0 takes

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01Operation Desert Shield (1990–1991): what was its primary objective?
02Operation Desert Storm (1991): what best describes this operation?
03Operation Rolling Thunder (1965–1968) in Vietnam was primarily what?
04Operation Linebacker (May–October 1972) was intended to accomplish what?
05Operation Linebacker II (December 1972) is best known as:
06Operation Chromite (1950) refers to which Korean War action?
07Operation Frequent Wind (April 1975) was the U.S. operation to:
08Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003) was the U.S.-led operation to:
09Operation Enduring Freedom (2001) primarily refers to the U.S. campaign in which theater and objective?
10Operation Phantom Fury (Second Battle of Fallujah, 2004) was primarily what?
11Operation Inherent Resolve (from 2014) is the U.S.-led mission against which threat and in which countries?
12Which operation was the 2001 U.S. and allied response that began with airstrikes and special forces in Afghanistan?