The problem with operations is every nation has their own name for it. Take the second gulf war for example.
The Americans called it operation Iraqi Freedom while the british called it Telic and the Australians called it operation falconer.
As stated British and commonwealth Forces prefer to use one word codes but this isn't universal as operation Panther's claw has shown.
The Americans favour bold names that also act as a statement of intent such as operation iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom. other examples include: Eagle claw, Nimble archer, Prime chance, arc light, and flaming dart.
The British (and commonwealth) prefer more cyptic names. Telic, for instance, means a purposeful or defined action. Operation market Garden is another example of cryptic names and actualy referred to two distinct operations (the ground offensive by the British armour and the airbourne operation). Other examples include: Hush, Anvil, lucky alphonse, retail, corporate and Granby
The Germans favour bold names for their operations which are often the names of famous German officers or historic figures, some examples: Barbarossa, Blucher, Gneisenau, michael, cerberus, husar and Ikarus.
There could be as many code names for an operation as their are participants.
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