List of amphibious assault operations
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This is a list of amphibious assault operations that have taken place during history. It is structured chronologically by war, then by theatre during wars such as World War II that covered large areas of the world simultaneously, and chronologically within those theatres. It also covers operations that were planned but cancelled for various reasons.
- Mexican-American War
- Siege of Veracruz — 9 March 1847 Winfield Scott lands army in Cenral Mexico
- American Civil War
- Second Battle of Fort Fisher — 13-15 January 1865, US sailors make an amphibious asault while infantry attacks from land
- World War I
- World War II
- European Theatre of Operations
- Operation Chariot — 28 March 1942
- Operation Jubilee — 18 August 1942
- Operation Sledgehammer — contingency plan for German collapse in the west
- Operation Gymnast — codename used for proposed invasion of Europe during 1942
- Operation Neptune — 6 June 1944
- Operation Infatuate — 1 November 1944
- African and Mediterranean Theatres
- Operation Ironclad — 5 May 1942
- Operation Agreement — 14 September 1942
- Operation Torch — 8 November 1942
- Operation Husky — 10 July 1943
- Operation Baytown — 3 September 1943
- Operation Slapstick — 9 September 1943
- Operation Avalanche — 9 September 1943
- Operation Shingle — 22 January 1944
- Operation Dragoon — 15 August 1944
- South East Asia Theatre of Operations
- Operation Dracula — 2 May 1945
- Operation Zipper
- South West Pacific Theatre of Operations
- Operation Chronicle — 30 June 1943
- Operation Toenails — 30 June 1943
- Operation Reno
- Borneo campaign (1945)
- Pacific Ocean Theatre
- Operation Watchtower — 7 August 1942
- Operation Cleanslate — 21 February 1943
- Operation Galvanic — 20 November 1943
- Operation Flintlock — 31 January 1944
- Operation Catchpole — 17 February 1944
- Operation Forager — 15 June 1944
- Operation Detachment — 15 February 1945
- Operation Iceberg — 1 April 1945
- Operation Olympic — planned for 1 November 1945
- Operation Coronet — planned for 1 March 1946
- European Theatre of Operations
- Korean War
- Operation Chromite — 15 September 1950
- 2003 Iraq War
- Al-Faw peninsula — Royal Marines amphibious assault, supported by British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy