This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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.
Trojan War
Siege of Troy – around 1200 B.C.
First Persian invasion of Greece
Battle of Marathon – 490 BCE
Seventh Crusade
Siege of Damietta – 5 June 1249
Mongol invasions of Japan – 1274, 1281
Battle of Bun'ei
Battle of Kōan
War of the Portuguese Succession – 1580–1583
Spanish amphibious assault on Terceira Island (1583, aftermath of the Battle of Ponta Delgada)
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Siege of Coruña
Battle of Lisbon
Japanese invasions of Korea - 1592–1598
Queen Anne's War
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)
Battle of Bahía de Santoña
War of the Spanish Succession
Siege of Port Royal - 1710
War of the Quadruple Alliance
Capture of Vigo - 1719
War of Jenkins' Ear
Battle of Cartagena de Indias - March 1740
King George's War
Siege of Louisbourg - 1745
French and Indian War
Siege of Louisbourg - 1758
Battle of Beauport
Battle of the Plains of Abraham - 1759
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Nassau
San Juan Expedition (1780)
French Revolutionary War
Siege of San Fiorenzo
Invasion of France (1795)
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
Assault on Cádiz
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)
Ferrol Expedition
Napoleonic Wars
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland (1799)
Battle of Abukir (1801)
Walcheren Campaign (1809)
Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810)
Siege of Tarragona (1813)
Krangeroen (1814)
Quasi-War
Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor - 1800
War of 1812
Battle of York
Battle of Fort George
Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor
Battle of Fort Oswego
Battle of Mackinac Island
Battle of New Orleans
Venezuelan War of Independence
Expedition of Los Cayos (1816)
Margarita Campaign (1817)
Invasion of Algiers in 1830
Amphibious landing of Sidi-Ferruch – 14 June 1830 General de Bourmont
Mexican–American War
Siege of Veracruz – 9 March 1847 Winfield Scott lands army in Central Mexico
Crimean War
Assault of Bomarsund – 8 August 1854 Brigadier-général Harry Jone, Colonel Jacques Fieron Anglo-French operation against Russia in Finland
Second Opium War
Battle of the Pearl River Forts – 16 November 1856, American punitive operation against China
Cochinchina Campaign
Siege of Tourane (Da Nang) – 1–2 June 1858 Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly. Franco-Spanish operation.
American Civil War
Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries
Battle of Roanoke Island
Battle of New Bern
Battle of Island Number Ten
Battle of Fort Hindman
Second Battle of Fort Fisher – 13–15 January 1865, American sailors make an amphibious assault while infantry attacks from land
Paraguayan War
Siege of Humaitá – culminating 8 August 1868, in which the Allies captured the Fortress of Humaitá.
Korean Expedition
Battle of Ganghwa – 10 June 1871, American attack on Korean forts at Ganghwa Island
War of the Pacific
Battle of Pisagua – 2 November 1879, Chilean troops defeat a joint Peruvian-Bolivian army and separates Iquique from Peru
Spanish–American War - 1898
Battle of Guantanamo Bay
Siege of Santiago
Battle of Manila (mock)
Banana Wars
Santo Domingo Affair – 11 February 1903, American forces land at Santo Domingo and rout Dominican rebels from the city.
Battle of Veracruz – 21 April 1914, American forces land and occupy Veracruz, Mexico
World War I
Battle of Bita Paka – 11 September 1914
Siege of Tsingtao – November 1914
Battle of Tanga – November 1914
Gallipoli Campaign – 1915–1916
Landing at Anzac Cove – 25 April 1915
Landing at Cape Helles – 25 April 1915
Landing at Suvla Bay – 6 August 1915
Trebizond Campaign - February 1917
Operation Albion – September 1917
Operation Faustschlag– February 1918, German Forces landed in Estonia via the west Estonian archipelago.
Zeebrugge Raid – 23 April 1918
Estonian War of Independence
Battle of Utria - 17 January 1919
Rif War (1920)
Amphibious assault of Alhucemas – 8 September 1925 General José Sanjurjo
World War II
Aleutian Islands Campaign
Operation Landcrab – 11 May 1943
Operation Cottage – 15 August 1943
European Theatre
Operation Chariot – 28 March 1942
Soviet landing on Kerch peninsula
Soviet landing on Rybachy peninsula
Soviet landing Finnish coast
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 Overlord – 6 June 1944
Operation Switchback – 9 October 1944
Operation Vitality – 24 October 1944
Operation Infatuate – 1 November 1944
Mediterranean Theatre
Operation Abstention – 25 February 1941
Operation Ironclad – 5 May 1942
Operation Agreement – 14 September 1942
Operation Torch – 8 November 1942 – North Africa
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 – Southern France
South East Asia Theatre
Operation Dracula – 2 May 1945
Operation Zipper
South West Pacific Area
Battle of Goodenough Island – 22 October 1942
Operation Cartwheel – 1943–1944 – Commanded by General MacArthur, it involved forces from both the South West Pacific Area (command) (SWPA) and the Pacific Ocean Areas (command).
Operation Chronicle – 30 June 1943
Operation Toenails – 30 June 1943
Operation Director – 15 December 1943 – Arawe
Operation Dexterity – 2 January 1944
Operation Brewer – 29 February 1944 – Admiralty Islands campaign
Operation Persecution – 22 April 1944 – Aitape
Operation Hurricane – 23 May 1944 – Biak
Operation Typhoon – 30 July 1944 – Sansapor
Operation King II – 20 October 1944
Operation Musketeer II – 9 January 1945 – Philippines Campaign (1944–45)
Operation Victor III – 28 February 1945
Operation Victor IV – 10 March 1945
Operation Victor V – 17 April 1945
Borneo campaign (1945)
Pacific Ocean Areas
Operation Watchtower – 7 August 1942
Operation Cleanslate – 21 February 1943
Operation Cherry Blossom – 1 November 1943 – Bougainville
Operation Galvanic – 20 November 1943 – Tarawa
Operation Galvanic – 20 November 1943 – Makin Island
Operation Flintlock – 31 January 1944
Operation Flintlock – 31 January 1944 – Kwajalein
Operation Catchpole – 17 February 1944 – Eniwetok
Operation Forager – 15 June 1944
Operation Detachment – 15 February 1945
Operation Iceberg – 1 April 1945
Soviet Pacific landings
Operation Olympic – planned for 1 November 1945
Operation Coronet – planned for 1 March 1946
Chinese Civil War and its aftermath
Landing Operation on Hainan Island – March–April 1950
Korean War
Operation Chromite – 15 September 1950
Suez Crisis
Operation Musketeer – 6 November 1956
Vietnam War
Operation Starlite – 21 August 1965
Nigerian Civil War
Operation Tiger Claw
The Troubles
Operation Motorman – 31 July 1972
Operation Peace of Cyprus Turkish invasion of Cyprus - 20 July 1974
24 May 1972
Qua Viet Assault
Falklands War
Operation Rosario – 2 April 1982
Operation Corporate
San Carlos – 28 May 1982
Bluff Cove – 8 June 1982
Sri Lankan Civil War
Operation Balavegaya
Operation Sea Breeze
Iran–Iraq War
Al Faw peninsula landings 1986
Gulf War 1991
Ad-Dawrah
Iraq War
Al-Faw Peninsula – Royal Marines amphibious assault, supported by British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy
Invasion of Anjouan – 25 March 2008
Operation Sledge Hammer - Kenya Defense Forces Kismayu, 2012
United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra - Socotra, 2018
and 27 Related for: List of amphibious assault operations information
An amphibiousassault ship is a type ofamphibious warfare ship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory during an amphibious assault...
Kerch–Eltigen Operation, and a strategic opening of a new Theatre ofOperations, for example the Operation Avalanche. The purpose ofamphibiousoperations is usually...
beginning in the 1950's to use helicopters for amphibiousoperations, with the result that such operations were no longer limited to beaches. The fourth...
helicopter assault (LHA) is the United States Navy's hull classification symbol for the general-purpose helicopter-carrying amphibiousassault ships of the Tarawa...
The Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) is a program initiated by Marine Corps Systems Command to procure an amphibiousassault vehicle for the United States...
response to Hurricane Katrina. Timeline of United States military operationsListofamphibiousassaultoperationsListof Nuclear Tests Project Daedalus (British...
based on the ZBD-05. The Type 05s could be launched at sea from an amphibiousassault ship over the horizon, and features a hydroplane, a design concept...
multi-purpose amphibiousassault ship-aircraft carrier in the Spanish Navy (Armada Española). Similar in role to many aircraft carriers, the amphibious landing...
with AmphibiousOperations—Employment of Helicopters (Tentative), or Phib-31, which was the first US manual for helicopter airmobile operations. The Marines...
included however. Amphibiousassault ships, also known as commando carriers, assault carriers, helicopter carriers, landing helicopter assault ships, landing...
perform amphibiousoperations. A typical U.S. Amphibious Readiness Group consists of: Ships One amphibiousassault ship: a Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA)...
a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR-15...
9 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force). Primary assets include one nuclear aircraft carrier, three amphibiousassault ships, four air-defence-focused...
support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibiousassault. Specialized shipping can be divided into two types, most crudely...
The AmphibiousAssault Ship Project was a proposed procurement project by the Government of Canada for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). However, no such...
capabilities to launch major amphibiousassaultoperations, most marines and naval infantry forces are able to carry out limited amphibious landings, riverine and...
The Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked (LVT) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy and United States...
the surface assault element of the landing force and their equipment in a single lift from assault shipping during amphibiousoperations to inland objectives;...
below or above the water was the ASM-DT experimental 'dual-medium' or amphibiousassault rifle, developed in Tula in around 2000. The main problem with ASM-DT...
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion is a mechanized battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Their primary weapon system is the AmphibiousAssault Vehicle...
Brigade (formerly the 130th Marine Amphibious Brigade) of the Egyptian Army can conduct amphibiousassaultoperations. There is also the 153rd Commando...
related to the hazards of swimming, open and closed circuit SCUBA diving, and military freefall during amphibious reconnaissance operations. They also instruct...