Operation Shed Light happened in 1967.
Operation Arc Light happened in 1965.
If you said to someone, "Can you shed light on this?" it means "Can you explain this?"
There are many ways that you can accomlish this. You can use a solar powered light or you can fix a cordles mount light to your shed.
A wait and see lag is a delay in making some decision, while you wait to see if something will happen which will shed some light on the decision in question.
Operation Askari happened in 1983.
Operation Python happened in 1971.
Operation Nicety happened in 1942.
Operation Albion happened in 1917.
Operation Colombo happened in 1975.
Operation Batman happened in 1942.
Operation Protea happened in 1981.
Operation Harling happened in 1942.