(see also Veritable) Howard (1945) — Special Air Service reconnaissance operation ahead of Canadian 4th Armoured Division advance towards Oldenburg Keystone (1945) — Special Air Service mission to capture bridges over Apeldoorn canal and harass the enemy south of IJsselmeer Larkswood (1945) — Belgian SAS reconnaissance operation ahead of Canadian and Polish units in Holland and Germany Manna and Chowhound — Food droppings in Holland to relieve the Dutch famine. Nestegg (1945) — reoccupation of the Channel Islands Nordwind ("North Wind") (1945) — attempt to open a second front in Alsace Placket (1945) — delivery by sea of essential supplies to Dutch civilians Plunder (1945) — 21st Army Group crossing of the Rhine Archway (1945) — SAS operation to support Plunder and the subsequent advance to Kiel Flashpoint — Ninth US Army element of Plunder Torchlight – British XII Corps element of Plunder Turnscrew – British XXX Corps element of Plunder Widgeon – British 1st Commando Brigade element of Plunder Varsity — airborne element of Plunder Schneeman (1945) — German attempt to open a second front in Netherlands. Valediction (1945) — original plan for Canadian First Army's advance through the Klever Reichswald to Xanten, delayed then renamed Veritable Venerable (1945) — clearance of German garrisons on the Gironde estuary (Operation Independence, revived) Jupiter (1945) — assault on Île d'Oléron Veritable (1945) — Canadian First Army's advance through the Klever Reichswald to Xanten co-ordinated with Grenade (formerly Valediction) Blockbuster (1945) — final phases of Veritable' Heather (1945) — reinforcement of XXX Corps by British 3rd Infantry Division Ventilate (1945) — cancelled assault crossing of the Meuse (Maas'') by British 3rd Infantry Division See also List of World War II military operations References External links WW2DB: List of Axis Operations WW2DB: List of Allied Operations Operation ca:Operacions de la Segona Guerra Mundial