Name the CIA operation

Name the operations the CIA launched by their code name
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Year
Operation Name
Contents of the operation
1945-1949
Paperclip
Operation to get 1,600 Nazi Scientists into the USA to help with US science in the future cold war
1949-1954
Valuable
Operation to get rid of the Communist government of Albania lead by Enver Hoxha
1951-1954
QKBroil
Operation of psychological warfare against the communist government in Romania
1952-1990
Gladio
Arming of far-right anti-communist groups to act as a stay-behind army in case of a Soviet invasion
1952
PBFortune
The planning of the removal of democratic leader Jacobo Arbenz, two years before the coup
1953-75
MKUltra
Human experimentation program were the CIA tried to figure out how “communist brainwashing” was working by dosing people with LSD
1953
Ajax
The overthrow of the Iranian government of Mohammad Mossadegh and replacement with the Shah
1954
Washtub
Operation to plant Soviet guns in Nicaragua to prove that Jacobo Arbenz, president of Guatemala, was pro-Soviet
1954
PBSuccess
The overthrow of democratically elected leader Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala through a military coup
1954-56
Gold
Plan to dig a tunnel underneath East Berlin to try and spy on the Soviets
1957-1969
Barnum
The airlifting of CIA agents, military supplies, and support equipment into Tibet to fight against the Chinese government
1960-1962
Peter Pan
Operation to take 14,000 Cuban children to the United States over fears that the communist party would take custody over the parent’s children. The Castro government didn’t end up doing this.
1961
Zapata
An attempted invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles which is better known as “Bay of pigs”
1961
Mongoose
Campaign to destabilise Cuba under Castro through terrorist acts against the Cuban people and government
1961
Zrrifle
Campaign to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro
1962
Northwoods
Proposed false flag attempt which would have been the US’s casus belli to invade Cuba
1963
Tilt
Attempted operation to get two Soviet defectors from Cuba to the USA which failed with both agents going missing
1963
Mockingbird
The use of wiretapping against journalists to find out about who was leaking information
1964
Brother Sam
Use of the US military to support the 1964 Brazilian coup d’état, overthrowing the government of João Goulart in a “Brotherly” move
1967-1968
Cherry
Operation to support anti-monarchist groups in Cambodia to fight against Sihanouk who was a neutral leader in the Vietnam war
1967-1974
Chaos
Surveillance operation on anti-Vietnam war activists
1968-1972
Phoenix
Operation to get rid of Viet Cong cells via infiltration, torture, capture, counter-terrorism and torture
1970-1973
FUBelt
Operation to try and sabotage the election campaign of Chilean socialist Salvador Allende and later support for a coup against his government
1975-1983
Condor
Secret operation to aid right wing Latin American dictatorships with their program of torture and disappearances of government dissidents
1975-76
IAFeature
Operation which gave aid to Jonas Savimbi in Angola and fight against the influence of the MPLA
1977-1995
Stargate
Operation to investigate Psychic phenomena which also has the same name as a sci-fi show
1979-1992
Cyclone
Secret operation to give weapons to the mujahideen following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
2012-2017
Timber Sycamore
Operation to arm Syrian rebels fighting against Bashar Al-Assad. Some of these weapons would end up being used by ISIS
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Jan 22, 2026
If there is a CIA operation not mentioned, please reply with the operation below with a link and I’ll add it to the quiz.

Thank you!