Operation Blow Shit Up

One of the many ways in which modern warfare has been sanitized for a public that has less direct experience with the military is the euphimistic, pleasant-sounding names for operations. In contrast to "Operation Oddessy Dawn", which sounds either like a secret project in the next installment of the  Metal Gear Solid series, or  a romantic comedy starring Julie Delpy, here are the names of some WWII operations:

• Torch
• Overlord
• Menace
• Foxchase
• Canned
• Boarding Party
• Dracula
• Sabre
• Matador

While the goal of enforcing the no-fly zone ideally involves not a single explosion, by and large the use of military assets implies that stuff is going to be destroyed. We shouldn't hide this fact, unpleasant as it is.