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World War II Axis Operations
Operation 25 : 1941 - German invasion of Yugoslavia Operation 505 : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
A
Operation A-Bewegung : 1939 - German preparation for the invasion of Poland; part of Fall Weiss Operation A-Go : 1944 - Japanese attack of the American fleet off Saipan, Mariana Islands Fall Achse : 1943 - German response to Italian surrender to the Allies Operation Adler : 1940 - German attacks on the British Royal Air Force, aimed to soften defenses for a future ground invasion; also known as Operation Adlerangriff Operation Adler : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Chechivichi region of Belorussia Operation Adler : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the north Dalmatian coast in Yugoslavia, with focus in the cities of Rijeka, Karlobag, and Zadar Operation Adlerangriff : 1940 - German attacks on the British Royal Air Force, aimed to soften defenses for a future ground invasion; also known as Operation Adler [Read More] Operation Aida : 1942 - Axis attacks in Egypt and Libya with aim on Tobruk, Libya Operation Aktion 24 : 1945 - Aborted German suicide aerial attack on bridges over river Weichsel in attempt to disrupt Soviet supply lines Operation AL : 1942 - Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States Operation Alba : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Albia and Operation Albija Operation Albia : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Alba and Operation Albija Operation Albija : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Alba and Operation Albia Operation Alfa : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia Operation Alfred : 1940 - German mining off Dover, England, Britain using surface vessels Operation Alpenfestung : 1945 - German plan for a redoubt in the German Alps Operation Alpenveilchen : 1941 - Aborted German intervention during the Italian invasion of Albania Operation Altenbeken : 1940 - German attack on Adalsnes, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Altona : 1940 - German attack on Arendal, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Ambassador : 1940 - German commando raid on British crown dependency Bailiwick of Guernsey off the French coast Operation Amina : 1941 - Failed German attempt to destroy oil refineries in Abadan, Iran Operation Antimon : 1944 - German operations in Romania Fall Anton : 1942 - German occuppation of Vichy France after Italian support in 1942 Operation Arashi : 1945 - Japanese air raid on Ulithi, Caroline Islands Operation Arnim : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Arras : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Lipik-Novska-Okucani region in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Artus : 1941 - Irish Republican Army plan to coordinate IRA and German intelligence operations; also known as Plan Kathleen Operation Aster : 1944 - German evacuation of Estonia Operation Attacke : 1943 - German minelaying operation north of Corsica, France Operation Attika : 1942 - German attack on Tuapse, Russia in the Caucasus region Operation Attila : 1940-1942 - German occuppation of Vichy France prior to Italian support in 1942 Operation Aufbau Ost : 1940 - German preparations for Operation Barbarossa Operation Ausladung : 1943 - German offensive near Tunis, Tunisia in conjunction with Operation Ochsenkopf
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Operation B : 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line on the German-French border; part of Fall Rot Operation B : 1941 - Japanese invasion of Sarawak, Borneo Operation B : 1942 - Japanese invasion of Burma Operation Bamberg : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bobruisk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation München I Operation Ban-Go : 1944 - Japanese defensive operation at the Irrawaddy River in Burma Operation Barbarossa : 1941 - German invasion of the Soviet Union Operation Beethoven : 1941-1945 - German program to develop composite aircraft Operation Beowulf I : 1941 - Planned German offensive of the Baltic States Operation Beowulf II : 1941 - German offensive of the Baltic States Operation Bergwiese : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Primošten Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Bergwind : 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Moslavacka Mountains southeast of Zagreb in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Berlin : 1941 - German commerce raid in the Atlantic Ocean performed by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Operation Bernhard : 1940 - German mining off Dover, England, Britain Operation Bernhard : 1941 - German plan to destablize British economy with counterfeit British banknotes Operation Berta : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Beta : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia Operation Bettelstab : 1942 - Planned German offensive at Leningrad, Russia Operation Biene : 1940 - German attack on Alsten Island and Sandnessjøen, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Bienenhaus : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavacka Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Bilo gora : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Bilo gora Ost : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Bilo gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Birke : 1944 - German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War Operation Birkhahn : 1945 - German evacuation of Norway Fall Blau : 1935 - German defense planning on the eastern border, in tandem with Fall Rot Fall Blau : 1938 - German air force research; later renamed Planstudie 39 Fall Blau : 1942 - German attack against Voronezh, Russia Operation Blaufuchs 1 : 1941 - Staging of German forces from Germany to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs Operation Blaufuchs 2 : 1941 - Staging of German forces from Norway to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs Operation Blei : 1944 - German operations in Romania Operation Blitz : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Našice-Ðakovo region of Slovenia, Yugoslavia Operation Blitzableiter : 1939-1945 - German bacteriological weapons research Fall Blume I : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of Northern France Fall Blume II : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of Southern France Operation Blücher : 1942 - German attack on the Strait of Kerch and Rshev, Russia in the Caucasus region; part of Fall Blau Operation Blücher II : 1942 - German attack on the Strait of Kerch in the Caucasus region in Southern Russia; part of Fall Blau Operation Bodden : 1937-1943 - German Abwehr intelligence gathering system in Spain and Morocco Operation Bodenplatte : 1945 - German air raid against Allied airbases in the Netherlands and Belgium in support of Wacht am Rhein Operation Bogdanow : 1941 - German construction operation to build rail bridges between Lida and Molochtschno in Belorussia Operation Brandfackel : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Brandung : 1941 - Axis attack toward El Alamein, Egypt Fall Braun : 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Grün Operation Braun : 1942 - German build-up of defenses in Tunis, Tunisia in response to Allied Operation Torch Operation Braun : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia Operation Braunschweig : 1942 - German attack toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern Russia; part of Fall Blau Operation Braunschweig : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Istria Peninsula, Yugoslavia Operation Bremen : 1940 - German attack in Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Brunhild : 1943 - Planned German evacuation from the Caucasus region in Southern Russia Operation Brückenschlag : 1942 - German attempt to break the Russian envelopment of German troops in Demyansk, south of Leningrad, Russia Operation Burdock : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Russia Operation Bussard : 1942 - German offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern Russia Operation Büffel : 1940 - German air operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway Operation Büffel-Bewegung : 1943 - German evacuation of Rshev, Russia
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Operation C : 1942 - Japanese reconnaissance and raid operations in the Indian Ocean Operation Caesar : 1945 - Failed transfer of technical plans and strategic materials from Germany to Japan, using submarine U-864 Operation Cannae : 1943 - German occupation of Zagreb, Sisak, and Bjelovar in Yugoslavia Operation Cannae : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between the Sava and Drava Rivers in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Capri : 1942 - Axis counterattack at Medenine, Tunisia Operation Cardaci : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Cardaci in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Casanova : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia utilizing German aircraft to deceive partisan fighters Operation Castigo : 1941 - German aerial bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia Operation Christrose : 1944 - Early name for Wacht am Rhein Operation Clausewitz : 1942 - Second phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern Russia Operation Cottbus : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Polotsk, Lepel, and Borisov in Belorussia Operation Cyrill : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Glogovnica Canal on the Casma River in the Independent State of Croatia
D
Operation D : 1942 - Japanese invasion of the Andaman Islands Operation Dampfhamm : 1942 - Planned German third phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern Russia Operation Dan-Go : 1944 - Japanese operation after the failed Operation U-Go offensive in India Operation Delphin : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Dalmatian islands in Adriatic Sea Operation Delphin : 1943 - German withdrawal from Saaremaa, Estonia Operation Delta : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Western Greece Operation Derfflinger : 1942 - Canceled German pincer operation against Ostazchkov, Russia Operation Dirschau : 1939 - German operation to safeguard the rail bridge at Tczew, Poland during the invasion Operation Domino : 1943 - The second aborted German Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, and destroyers Operation Donnerkeil : 1942 - German aircraft cover for Operation Cerberus Operation Donnerkeil : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia Operation Donnerschlag : 1942 - Planned German break-out movement from Stalingrad, Russia Operation Donnerschlag : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation along the river Obdol in Russia Operation Doppelkopf : 1944 - German offensive to relieve troops fighting in Latvia Operation Doppelschlag : 1942 - German anti-shipping operation off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper Operation Doppelsprung : 1944 - Planned German evacuation of bridgeheads at the river Maas (Meuse) west of Arnhem, the Netherlands Operation Dora : 1942 - German operation to disrupt British supply lines in Southern Libya Operation Draufgänger : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Russia Operation Draufgänger : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Montenegro, Yugoslavia and in Northern Albania Operation Dreiecke : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, Russia Operation Dreznica : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Velika Kapela Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia to secure a supply route Operation Dubrovnik : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the road between Zagreb and Varazdin in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Dubrovnik II : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the road between Zagreb and Varazdin in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dubrovnik Operation Dünkirchen I : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašic region in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Dünkirchen II : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašic region in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dünkirchen I
E
Operation E : 1941 - Japanese invasion of Thailand and Northeast Malaya Operation Edelwei : 1942 - Axis attack of the oil-rich Caucasus region in southern Russia; part of Operation Braunschweig Operation Eiche : 1943 - German operation to rescue Benito Mussolini from Allied imprisonment Operation Eilbote I : 1943 - German attacks on Allied positions at the Dorsal Mountains in Tunisia Operation Eilbote II : 1943 - Canceled German attacks on Allied positions at the Dorsal Mountains in Tunisia following Operation Eilbote I Operation Einhorn : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece Operation Eisb : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, Russia Operation Eisb : 1943 - German invasion of Kos, Greece Operation Eisen : 1940 - German commando operation to occupy the bridge over the Albert Canal in Belgium Operation Eisenhammer : 1943 - Planned German aerial bombing operation against power generators in Moscow and Gorky, Russia Operation Eisfjord : 1943 - German naval bombardment of Spitzbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway Operation Eissto : 1941 - German air raids against Russian Baltic Fleet at Kronstadt and Leningrad, Russia Operation Elster : 1944 - German agents infiltration into the US to gather intelligence on Manhattan Project Operation Emil : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of Knin in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Ernteeinbringung : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation east of Zagreb, Yugoslavia Operation Erntefest I : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation west of Ossipovichi, Russia Operation Erntefest II : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Minsk and Slutsk, Belorussia
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Fall Falke : 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün Operation Falke : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountain and Bilo gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia Fall Falke : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of Norway Operation Felix : 1940 - Planned German invasion of Gibraltar via the Iberian Peninsula Operation Ferdinand : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Ferkel : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the mountains northeast of Tuzla in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Ferkel : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, Russia Operation Festung : 1940 - German paratrooper attack on the Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Moerdijk in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb Operation Feuerstein : 1943 - German defensive build-up of the Italian Alpine passes Operation Feuerwehr : 1944 - Failed German anti-partisan operation in Macedonia, Yugoslavia Operation Feuerzange : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Dalmatian islands in Adriatic Sea Operation Feuerzauber : 1936-1939 - German transfer of weapons and personnel to Francisco Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War [Read More] Operation Feuerzauber : 1942 - Planned German attack on Leningrad, Russia; renamed to Operation Nordlicht Operation Feuerzauber : 1944 - German destruction of bridges near Florence, Italy Operation Fischfang : 1944 - German counterattack to the Allied invasion of Anzio, Italy Operation Fischreiher : 1942 - German attack on Stalingrad and Astrakhan, Russia; part of Fall Blau Operation Fledermaus : 1941 - German aerial bombing of British airfields Operation Fliederblüte : 1943 - German attack of British units at the 'Banana Ridge' in Tunisia Operation Fliegenfänger : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Memici and Osmaci in Bosnia, Yugoslavia Operation Foca : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Forelle : 1944 - German operation to disrupt Russian supply lines on the Danube River near Budapest, Hungary Fall Forelle I : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Balkans via the Adriatic Sea Fall Forelle II : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Balkans via the Aegean Sea Operation Franz : 1943 - German commando operation against British supply lines in Iran Operation Fredericus I : 1942 - German attack on Kharkov, Russia Operation Fredericus II : 1942 - German attack on Odessa, Ukraine as a follow-up operation to Operation Fredericus I Operation Freiheit : 1945 - German destruction of a bridge on the Oder River Operation Freischütz : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation Operation Freischütz : 1944 - Canceled German operation to take the island of Vis off Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Freischütz : 1944 - German relief operation for troops trapped near Minsk, Belorussia Operation Frieda : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation Operation Fritz : 1941 - Planned German invasion of the Soviet Union; later abandoned in favor of Operation Barbarossa Operation Fronttheater : 1943 - The first aborted German Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, and destroyers Operation Froschlaich : 1941 - German air raids against Russian Navy at Leningrad, Russia; part of Operation Eisstoss Operation Fruška gora : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Frühling : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Jura Mountains in Southern France Operation Frühlingsanfang : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation at Primorska and Gorenjska in Slovenia, Yugoslavia Operation Frühlingserwachen : 1945 - German counter-attack against Russian troops near Budapest, Hungary Operation Frühlingsfest : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Lepel, Belorussia as a follow-up operation of Operation Regenschauer Operation Frühlingssturm : 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the Danube River in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Frühlingswetter : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Knin and Kistanje in the Independent State of Croatia to secure a supply route Operation Frühlungswind : 1943 - Axis attack on Faid Pass near Sidi bou Zid, Tunisia Operation FS : 1944 - Canceled Japanese plan to isolate Australia by capturing New Caledonia, Samoa, and Fiji Operation FU : 1941 - Japanese invasion of Indochina Operation Fu-Go : 1944 - Japanese aerial bombing of the United States via balloons Operation Fuchsjagd : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Ivanzcica Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Fuchsjagd III : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Föhn : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of Banja Luka to open the road between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor in the Independent State of Croatia
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Operation G : 1940 - German paratrooper attack on Ghent in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb Operation Gamma : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia Operation Gaudo : 1941 - Italian naval action against British ships north of Crete, Greece Operation Geier : 1940 - German attack of the Maginot Line on the French-Germany border north of Kehl, Germany; part of Fall Grün Operation Geiserich : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Split on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia Fall Gelb : 1940 - German invasion of the Low Countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg Operation Gemsbock : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the region near the Greek-Albanian border before Operation Einhorn Operation Georg : 1942 - Planned German attack on Leningrad, Russia; renamed to Operation Feuerzauber Operation Gertraud : 1945 - Planned German aerial bombing of hydropower plants east of Moscow, Russia Operation Gertrud : 1942 - Planned German response in case of Turkey joining the Allies Operation Gesellenprüfung : 1943 - German minelaying operation via S-Boats Operation Gisella : 1942 - Planned German invasion of the Iberian peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella Operation Gneisenau : 1940 - German diversionary attack on two bridges on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün Operation Granit : 1940 - German paratrooper attack on Belgian Fort Eben-Emael Operation Greif : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Orsha and Witebsk, Belorussia Operation Greif : 1944 - German infiltration of Allied rear areas using Allied uniforms; part of Wacht am Rhein Operation Großer Schlag : 1944 - Planned German mass-deployment of fighters against Allied bombers Fall Grün : 1938 - German plan for invasion of Czechoslovakia Fall Grün : 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Braun Fall Grün : 1940 - German plan for a diversionary invasion of Ireland in support of Operation Seelöwe Operation Grün : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Grün II : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kupa River between the Sava and the Farkašic-Kravarsko line in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Grüne Bewegung : 1940 - Planned German landing at Brighton, England, Britain; part of Operation Seelöwe Operation Grünpfeil : 1940 - German occupation of the Channel Islands Operation Grünspecht : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, Russia Operation Gustav : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Günther : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Smolensk, Russia prior to Operation Zitadelle Operation Götz v. Berlichingen : 1941 - German air raids against Russian Navy at Leningrad, Russia; part of Operation Eissto
H
Operation H : 1942 - Japanese invasion of Celebes Operation Ha-Go : 1944 - Japanese action to isolate and destroy Anglo-Indian forces at Arakan, Burma; precursor to Operation U-Go Operation Habicht : 1940 - German diversionary attack on Mulhouse, France; part of Fall Grün Operation Habicht : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation Operation Hagen : 1943 - German operation in the Caucasus region of Southern Russia Operation Hagen Bewegung : 1943 - German evacuation operation near Oryol, Russia Operation Haifisch : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Trogir in Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Haifisch I : 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, Britain from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa Operation Haifisch II : 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, Britain from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa Operation Hamburg : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, Russia Fall Hanna : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of Denmark Operation Hannibal : 1941 - German invasion of the island of Lemnos, Greece Operation Hannibal : 1941 - German operation to take the bridge over the Corinth Canal, near Corinth, Greece Operation Hannibal : 1945 - German evacuation of East Prussia, Germany Operation Hannover I : 1942 - German operation near Vyazma, Russia Operation Hannover II : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the upper Dnieper River region (Belorussia and Ukraine) Operation Harpune : 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of southern England, Britain from France before the start of Operation Barbarossa Operation Hartmut : 1940 - German submarine operations in Norwegian waters Operation Hasenjagd : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Gomel, Belorussia Operation Haudegen : 1944 - German intelligence gathering in Spitzbergen, Norway Operation Hecht : 1942 - First German submarine wolfpack raid in the North Atlantic Ocean Operation Heide : 1944 - German flooding of parts of the Netherlands to hinder Allied advance; later renamed to Operation Storch Operation Heinrich : 1944 - German deceptive operation in support of Wacht am Rhein Operation Herbstgewitter I : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Peljesac peninsula in the Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Herbstgewitter II : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Peljesac peninsula in the Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Herbstgewitter III : 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Herbstgewitter IV : 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Herbstlaub : 1942 - Canceled German operation in the Caucasus region of Southern Russia, near Krasnoarmeisk, Ukraine and Beketovka, Russia Operation Herbstnebel : 1944 - Rejected German plan to withdraw German troops in Italy behind the Po River Operation Herbstreise : 1940 - Planned German diversionary invasion of Scotland, Britain; part of Operation Seelöwe Operation Herbstzeitlose : 1942 - Canceled German plan to advance to the Don and Volga Rivers in the Caucasus region of Southern Russia Operation Herkules : 1942 - Canceled German airborne invasion of Malta Operation Hermann : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Vilnius and Polotsk, Belorussia Operation Hermann : 1945 - German attack on British air units in Belgium and the Netherlands Operation Hermelin : 1943 - German cruiser Lützow operation in the Baltic Sea Operation Heu-Aktion : 1944 - German enslavement of East European children between the age of 10 and 15 to work in the German armament industry Operation Hikari : 1945 - Japanese reconnaissance of Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands; part of Operation Arashi Operation Himmler : 1939 - German staged attacks in Poland to justify invasion; part of Fall Weiss Operation Hinein : 1944 - German submarine operation against an Allied convoy in the North Atlantic Ocean Operation Hohes Venn : 1944 - German paratrooper operation as a part of Operation Greif of Wacht am Rhein Operation Holzauge : 1942 - German activities in Greeland Operation Hornbläser : 1942 - Planned German attack on Alexandria harbor, Egypt Operation Hornung : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation Operation Horrido : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece Operation Hubertus : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Pindus Mountains region of Greece Operation Hummel : 1940 - German intelligence gathering for Operation Seelöwe Operation Hummer : 1940-1945 - German infiltration of Britain Operation Hundesohn : 1944 - German occupation of Sofia, Bulgaria Operation Husar : 1943 - Canceled German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lützow
I
Operation I : 1943 - Japanese air raid against Allied advances on New Guinea and Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Operation Ibex : 1944 - German air raids on London and other nearby British cities Operation Ichi-Go : 1944 - Japanese attack in Eastern China to link up Northern China and Indochina Operation Ikarus : 1940 - Planned German invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork; originally planned to launch in conjunction with Operation Seelöwe Operation Ilona : 1942 - Planned German invasion of the Iberian peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella Operation Iltis : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece Operation Ingeborg : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation east of Karlovac and north of the Kupa River in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Insel : 1943 - German action at Hydra Island, Greece Operation Irak : 1941 - German deployment of aircraft to Iraq Operation Isabella : 1941 - Planned German invasion of the Iberian peninsula Operation Istrien : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Italy Operation Ivan : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavacka Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
J
Operation J : 1942 - Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies Operation Jacob : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Uzda, Belorussia Operation Jajce : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Jajce : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Vrbas Valley in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Jajce II : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Jajce III : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Judas : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Bulgaria Operation Juno : 1940 - German naval operation against British shipping off Narvik, Norway Operation Juno : 1940 - German naval operation to disrupt Allied supplies to Norway
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Operation K : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation K-1 : 1942 - Japanese reconnaissance and air raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States Operation K-2 : 1942 - Japanese reconnaissance and air raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States Operation Ka : 1942 - Japanese plan to destroy the American fleet and recapture Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Kampf um Rom : 1944 - German defense plan for the Nettuno area in Italy Operation Kan-Go : 1944 - Japanese defensive plan in Southern Burma Operation Karin : 1943 - German deployment of naval vessels in the English Channel Operation Karlsbad : 1941 - German anti-partisan operation in the Berezina River region of Belorussia Operation Karlshafen : 1940 - German attack against Kristiansand, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Kastanie : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Prijedor-Sanski Most-Omarska area in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Kasten : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Kathleen : 1940 - Planned German invasion of Ireland Operation Kaub : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Sava River in the Independent State of Croatia, destroying all boats and ferries Operation KE : 1943 - Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Operation KE : 1943 - Japanese evacuation of Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States Operation Ken : 1945 - Planned Japanese operation to use transports to land suicide troops on American airfields in the Mariana Islands Operation Ketsu-Go : 1945 - Japanese defense plan against potential American invasion of the Japanese home islands Operation Kiebitz : 1943 - German POW rescue operation via submarine into the St. Lawrence River in Canada Operation Kikusui : 1945 - Japanese special attack against American ships off Okinawa, Japan Operation Klabautermann : 1942 - German operation against Russian supply lines near Leningrad, Russia Operation Klara : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Velika Kladuša area in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Klašnice : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Klette I : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, Russia Operation Kon : 1944 - Japanese defensive operation on Biak Island, New Guinea Operation Kon-Go : 1945 - Planned Japanese offensive against American ships using manned torpedoes Operation Konrad : 1945 - Axis attack near Budapest, Hungary to relieve the sourrnded city Operation Konstantin : 1943 - German seizure of Italian equipment and territory upon the Italian surrender Operation Kopenhagen : 1943 - German defensive build-up of the French and Italian Alpine passes Operation Koralle : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Sporades Islands, Greece; previously named Operation Neptun Operation Kormoran : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Minsk and Borisov, Belorussia Operation Kornblume : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Kozara : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Krause I : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Krause II : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Kreml : 1942 - German deceptive operation in support of Operation Edelwei Operation Kreuzotter : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece Operation Kreševo : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Krimhilde Bewegung : 1943 - German evacuation of the Caucasus region in Southern Russia Operation Kuckucksei : 1943 - Canceled German attack on British units at the Fondouk Pass, Tunisia Operation Kugelblitz : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Rogatica and Vlasenica in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Kugelblitz : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Vitebsk, Belarus
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Operation L : 1942 - Japanese landing operation in Palembang, Sumatra Operation Lachsfang : 1942 - Planned combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk, Russia Operation Landbrücke : 1942 - German attempt to hold a narrow connection near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, Russia to prevent envelopment Operation Landsturm : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Makarska in Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Landwirt : 1944 - German submarine operation against the Allied fleet off France during the Normandy invasion Operation Lauffeuer : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area south of Sid and near Ilok in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Laura : 1944 - Proposed German evacuation of Courland, Latvia Operation Lawine : 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Lašva Valley and Travnik the Independent State of Croatia Operation Leander : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation across the Lika Mountains to Zadar on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia after the Italian surrender Operation Lehrgang : 1943 - German evacuation of Sicily, Italy over the Strait fo Messina Operation Lel : 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind Operation Leopard : 1943 - German landings on Leros of the Dodecanese Islands, Greece Operation Lichtermeer : 1940 - German air attack against British airfields for bombers Operation Lichtschlag : 1942 - Canceled German attack north of Cholm, Russia near the Lovat and Kunya Rivers Operation Lika : 1943 - Planned German anti-partisan operation against Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia Operation Lila : 1942 - German attempt to capture French fleet at Toulon, France Operation Loge : 1940 - German 65-day air offensive against London, England, Britain Operation Luchs : 1940 - Planned German breakthrough between Breisach and Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Grün Operation Lucie : 1940 - Planned German invasion of the Dutch island of Texel in the North Sea Operation Ludwig : 1944 - German plan against an Allied landing at Livorno, Italy Operation Luftparade : 1940 - German night raid against British air bases Operation Lug : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Lupo : 1942 - Italian convoy missions to Tripoli, Libya Operation Lüttich : 1944 - German counter-offensive at Mortain, France in response to Operation Cobra Operation Löwe : 1940 - Planned German invasion of Britain; precursor of Operation Seelöwe
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Operation M : 1941 - Japanese invasion of the Philippine Islands M.43 : 1942 - Italian convoy missions to Tripoli, Libya Operation Maibaum : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Vlasenica in Bosnia, Yugoslavia Operation Maigewitter : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation Operation Maigewitter : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Greece Operation Maigewitter : 1945 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla in Bosnia, Yugoslavia Operation Maikäfer : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Babruysk, Belorussia Operation Malaria : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Osipovichi, Belorussia Operation Manjaca Mountains : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Fall Marder : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy; activated after Allies launched Operation Shingle Fall Marder I : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy via the Ligurian Sea; part of Fall Marder Fall Marder II : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy via the Adriatic Sea; part of Fall Marder Operation Margarethe I : 1944 - German occupation of Hungary Operation Margarethe II : 1944 - German occupation of Romania Operation Marianne : 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England, Britain Operation Marita : 1941 - German invasion of Greece Operation Martin : 1944 - Planned German attack of the Ardennes region as proposed by Gerd von Rundstet; rejected by Adolf Hitler for being too conservative Operation Maus : 1942 - Axis drive toward the Caucasus region in Southern Russia Operation Merkur : 1941 - German invasion of Crete, Greece Operation Merkur : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Messer : 1944 - German mining of the Ligurian Sea off Northern Italy Operation MI : 1942 - Failed Japanese invasion of Midway Island Operation Michael : 1943 - Canceled German evacuation of Crimea Operation Mirko : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Mitte : 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Siegfried Operation Mitte Juli : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation Operation Mittelmeer : 1940-1941 - German reinforcement of the Italian Regia Aeronautica in the Mediterranean Sea Operation MO : 1942 - Aborted Japanese invasion of Port Moresby, New Guinea Operation Mondscheinsonate : 1940 - German night raid on Coventry, England, Britain Operation Moorbrand : 1942 - Canceled German attack near Pogostje, Russia Operation Morgenluft : 1943 - German attack on Gafsa, Tunisia Operation Morgenröte : 1940 - German attack on several Dutch bridges Operation Morgenröte : 1944 - German counterattack to the Allied invasion of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy Operation Morgenstern : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Morgenwind I : 1944 - German landing on the island of Brac off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Morgenwind II : 1944 - German landing on the island of Solta off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Moslavacka gora : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation München : 1944 - German fallback to the Arno River in the Tuscany region of Italy Operation München I : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Belorussia Operation München II : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Radoshkovichi, Belorussia Operation Märzfieber : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Belorussia Operation Möwe I : 1942 - Planned German operation to sabotage aluminum factories in southern Scotland, Britain Operation Möwe V : 1944 - Canceled German plan to land agents in Scotland, Britain
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Operation N : 1940 - German paratrooper attack of Namur, Belgium Operation Nachbarhilfe I : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, Russia Operation Nachbarhilfe II : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Mglin, Russia Operation Napfkuchen : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia Operation Nau : 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind Operation Naumburg : 1940 - German landing at Narvik, Norway Operation Nebelübung : 1940 - Planned German invasion of Liège, Belgium; part of Fall Gelb Operation Nelly U : 1943 - German towing of a 3,000-ton drydock from Mariupol to Odessa, Ukraine Operation Neptun : 1943 - German counter-offensive at Myschanko-Berg during the Battle of Stalingrad Operation Neptun : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Sporades Islands, Greece; later renamed to Operation Koralle Operation Neuland : 1942 - German submarine operation in the Caribbean Sea Operation Nibelungenfahrt : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Nienburg : 1940 - German action against Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Niwi : 1940 - German troop deployment in Belgium; part of Fall Gelb Operation Nord : 1940 - German warship Admiral Scheer's raid in the North Atlantic Ocean Operation Nord : 1940 - Planned German invasion of Denmark and Norway; later renamed to Operation Weserübung Operation Nordlicht : 1942 - Planned German attack on Leningrad, Russia; formerly planned as Operation Feuerzauber Operation Nordlicht : 1944 - German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway after Finland switched sides Operation Nordlicht-Bewegung : 1944 - German troop deployment in Finland Operation Nordmark : 1940 - German attacks against Allied ships convoys between Britain and Scandinavia Operation Nordpol : 1941 - German counter-intelligence operation in the Netherlands Operation Nordpol : 1942 - Canceled German operation east of Moscow, Russia Operation Nordsee : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Mogilev, Belorussia Operation Nordseetour : 1940 - The first German Atlantic operation of Admiral Hipper Operation Nordwest : 1939 - German study for a potential invasion of Britain; parts of Operation Nordwest was integrated into Operation Seelöwe Operation Nordwind : 1941 - German diversionary invasion of the island of Saaremaa, Estonia in support of Operation Beowulf II Operation Nordwind : 1945 - German offensive in Alsace and Lorraine in northeastern France in conjunction with Wacht am Rhein Operation Nussknacker : 1944 - German torpedo boat operation off Corsica, France Operation Nürnberg : 1943 - Planned German response in case of an Allied invasion of the Iberian peninsula, centering largely around the defense of the Pyrenees passes
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Operation Ochsenkopf : 1942 - German counterattacks in attempt to expand the Tunis, Tunisia perimeter Operation Odysseus : 1944 - German naval deployment in the Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea Operation Oldenburg : 1940 - German aerial reconnaissance of Russia natural resources Operation Oldenburg : 1940 - German attack on Oslo, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Olivenernte : 1943 - Canceled German attack on Majaz al Bab, Tunisia Operation Olymp : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece Operation Orange : 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern Russia in the Sea of Azov Operation Orkan : 1942 - Canceled German attack in the Belyov-Yukhnov area in Russia Operation Orkan II : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Lublin, Poland Operation Oskar : 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England, Britain Operation Ost : 1939 - German operation in Southern Poland near the border with Czechoslovakia Operation Ost : 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Siegfried Generalplan Ost : 1942 - German plan for genocide throughout Europe Operation Ostern : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Ostfront : 1943 - The final German operation of Scharnhorst to intercept convoy JW-55B Fall Otto : 1937 - German plan to occupy Austria Operation Otto : 1938 - German plan to establish a puppet government in Austria Operation Otto : 1940 - German preparations for Operation Barbarossa Operation Otto : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Grmec Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Ozren : 1941-1942 - German anti-partisan operations near Ozren, Yugoslavia Operation Ozren : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Sunja area in the Independent State of Croatia
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Operation Paderborn : 1943 - The third and successful German transfer of Scharnhorst and destroyers from the Baltic Sea to Narvik, Norway Operation Panther : 1940 - German attacks on Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Braun Operation Panther : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Mesovan Pass in Southeastern Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Panther : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece Operation Panther : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Kursk, Russia after Operation Zitadelle Operation Panzerfaust : 1943 - German operation to kidnap the son of Miklós Horthy's son to prevent Horthy from siding with the Allies; codename later changed to Maus Operation Panzerfaust : 1944 - German occupation of Hungary Operation Parnass : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lamia, Greece Operation Pastorious : 1942 - German plan to sabotage industrial targets at Long Island, New York, United States Operation Paukenschlag : 1942 - German submarine campaign against shipping off the east coast of the United States; nicknamed 'Second Happy Time' Operation Paula : 1940 - German aerial bombing of French countryside Operation Paula : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of the Sava River in Serbia, Yugoslavia Operation Petrinja : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Okucani-Lipik-Banova Jaruga-Novska area in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Petrova gora I : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Petrova gora II : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Pfingstausflug : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Polotsk and Lepel, Belorussia Operation Pfingsten : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Prnjavor-Kotor Varoš-Teslic area in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Planspiel III : 1940 - German breakthrough of the Maginot Line between Teting und Wittring, France Planstudie 39 : 1939 - German air force research Operation Platinfuchs : 1941 - German attack towards Murmansk, Russia from Finnish Petsamo, part of Operation Silberfuchs Operation Polarfuchs : 1941 - German attack towards Kandalaksha, Russia from Finnish Lapland, part of Operation Silberfuchs Operation Polarnacht : 1942 - German deployment of battleship Tirpitz from Wilhelmshaven, Germany to Trondheim, Norway Operation Poseidon : 1943 - German operation against British troops on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Zwischenspiel Operation Prijedor : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Provincia di Lubiana : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Prüfstand XII : 1944 - German program to develop submarine launched V-2 rockets Operation Puma : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
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Plan Kathleen : 1941 - Irish Republican Army plan to coordinate IRA and German intelligence operations; also known as Operation Artus
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Operation R : 1942 - Japanese invasion of Rabaul, New Britain and Kavieng, New Ireland Operation Rabat : 1943 - German plan to kidnap the Pope from the Vatican City Operation Ratweek : 1944 - German ground and air attack on partisans on the Balkan peninsula Operation Raubtier : 1942 - Canceled German attack toward the Volkhov River near Leningrad, Russia Operation Raubvogelkäfig : 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line; part of Fall Grün Operation Raureif : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Turbe in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Regatta : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the Smolensk-Gorky area in Russia Operation Regatta I : 1943 - German artillery bombardment of the Strait of Kerch between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov Operation Regenbogen : 1942 - The failed German attack on Arctic convoy JW-51B by Admiral Hipper and Lützow Operation Regenbogen : 1945 - Rescinded German order to scuttle German ships at the end of the war Operation Regenschauer : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Lepel and Polozk in Belorussia Operation Regenschirm : 1940 - German aerial bombing of Birmingham, England, Britain Operation Regenwurm : 1945 - German plan to move V-2 rockets to avoid Allied air strikes Operation Reinhard : 1943 - German systematic murder of Polish intelligentia; phase I of the German 'Final Solution' Operation Reinhard : 1944 - Axis occupation of ore mines in and around Ljubija in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Renate : 1941 - German motorboat action off Dover, England, Britain Operation Renate : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Murter Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Renntier : 1941 - German occupation of Finnish Petsamo; part of Operation Silberfuchs Operation Renntier : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece Operation Rheinübung : 1941 - The planned German attacks on Allied shipping conducted by Bismarck and Prinz Eugen Fall Richard : 1937 - German contingency planning for Soviet takeover of Spain Operation Richard : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Razboj in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Richard : 1944 - German defense plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy; activated after Allies launched Operation Shingle Operation Risnjak : 1942 - Italian anti-partisan operation in coastal region of Yugoslavia Operation Ristow : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor in the Independent State of Croatia Operation RO : 1943 - Japanese defensive plan against Allied attacks on Rabaul, New Britain Fall Rot : 1935 - German defense planning on the western border, in tandem with Fall Blau Fall Rot : 1937 - Planned German invasion of Czechoslovakia Fall Rot : 1939 - German bombing of Wielun, Poland; part of Fall Weiss Fall Rot : 1940 - German invasion of France Operation Rouen : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kalnik Mountains south of the Ludbreg-Koprivnica Line in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Rumpelkammer : 1944 - Start of the German V-1 rocket attack against London, England, Britain Operation Rübezahl : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Montenegro, Yugoslavia Operation Rügen : 1937 - German bombing of Guernica, Spain Operation Röslein : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Macedonia, Yugoslavia Operation Rösselsprung : 1942 - German naval operation to attack Arctic convoy PQ-17 Operation Rösselsprung : 1944 - German attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito
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Operation S : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Safari : 1943 - German SS operation to disband the Danish military Operation Salaam : 1941 - German plan to make contact with Egyptian nationalists Operation Sandmann : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Sarajevo : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of the Sesvete-Varazdin road in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Schach : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kordun and Banija regions in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Schamil : 1942 - Planned German operation to secure Caucasus oil fields in Southern Russia with paratroopers Operation Scharnhorst : 1940 - German deceptive attack in the Saarbrücken region; part of Fall Grün Operation Schlussjagd : 1941 - German attack at Tula, Russia during the offensive toward Moscow Operation Schlüsselblume : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in western Slavonia in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Schnee : 1942 - German supply mission to Norway Operation Schneegestöber : 1944 - German operation to find and capture Josip Broz Tito's headquarters in Yugoslavia Operation Schneeman : 1945 - German offensive in the Netherlands in conjunction with Wacht am Rhein Operation Schneeschmelze : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Zaprešic-Krapinske Toplice-Klanjec area in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Schneesturm : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bosnia, Yugoslavia Operation Schnepfe : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation Wildente Operation Schwarz : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Montenegro and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia Operation Schwarz : 1943 - German plan in the event of an Italian surrender Operation Seehund : 1943 - German submarine mining operation Operation Seelöwe : 1940 - Planned German invasion of Britain; Anglicized as 'Sealion' Operation Seemöwe : 1940-1945 - German agents infiltration into Britain and Ireland Operation Seeräuber : 1943 - Failed German landing on the island of Brac off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Sho I : 1944 - Japanese attack of the American fleet off Leyte, Philippine Islands; part of Operation Sho-Go Operation Sho II : 1944 - Japanese defense plan for Formosa and the Ryukyu Islands, Japan; part of Operation Sho-Go Operation Sho III : 1944 - Japanese defense plan for Honshu, Japan; part of Operation Sho-Go Operation Sho IV : 1944 - Japanese defense plan for Hokkaido, Japan; part of Operation Sho-Go Operation Sho-Go : 1944 - Japanese defense plan against American advances toward Japan Operation Siegfried : 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Beowulf II Operation Siegfried : 1942 - German attack toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern Russia; part of Fall Blau Operation Siegfried : 1943 - German plan to deploy Italian units to Southern France after Italian surrender Operation Silberfuchs : 1941 - German attack on Murmansk, Russia; Anglicized as 'Silver Fox' Operation Silberstreife : 1942 - Planned German operations against Allied convoys to Murmansk, Russia Operation Sirio : 1942 - Italian convoy missions to Tripoli, Libya Operation Sizilien : 1943 - German raid upon Allied occupied Spitzbergen Island, Svalbard Islands, Norway Operation Skorpion : 1941 - Axis attack on the Halfaya Pass on the border of Libya and Egypt Operation Skorpion : 1942 - German attack on Halfaya Pass, on the border of Libya and Egypt Operation Sommernachtstraum : 1941 - Axis attack on British supply depots at Bir Khirreigat, Egypt Operation Sonderaktion Krakau : 1939 - German operation to murder members of the intelligentsia at univerisites in Kraków, Poland Operation Sonnenaufgang : 1944 - German attack on Allied units at Anzio, Ital Operation Sonnenblume : 1940 - German response to British Operation Compass offensive in North Africa; deployment of the German Afrika Korps in North Africa Operation Sonnenwende : 1945 - German attack of Russian troops in Choszczno, Pomerania, Germany Operation Spark : 1940 - Planned German assassination against Adolf Hitler and coup d'état against the Nazi German government Operation Sportpalast : 1942 - Fail German naval operation to attack Arctic convoys PQ-12 and QP-8 Operation Sportpalast : 1942 - German deployment of warships Prinz Eugen and Admiral Scheer to Norway Operation Spätlese : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation north of Smolensk, Russia Operation Stadthagen : 1940 - German attack on Stavanger, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Stahl : 1940 - German commando operation to occupy a bridge near Veldwezelt, Belgium Operation Steinadler : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Eastern Greece Operation Steinbock : 1944 - German bombing of London and Southern England, Britain Operation Steinschlag : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Otocac and Vrhovine in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Stella Polaris : 1944 - Transfer of Finnish intelligence records, equipment, and personnel to Sweden at the end of the Continuation War to avoid Soviet capture Operation Stimmung : 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind Operation Storch : 1944 - German flooding of parts of the Netherlands to hinder Allied advance; previously named Operation Heide Operation Strafe : 1941 - German bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia; part of Operation 25 Operation Strafe : 1941 - Planned German invasion of Bulgaria Operation Student : 1944 - German plan to restore Benito Mussolini's power in Italy Operation Sturmflut : 1941 - German attack on Kasserine Pass, Tunisia Operation Störfang : 1942 - German attack on Sevastopol, Ukraine Operation Stösser : 1944 - German airborne drop behind Allied lines; part of Wacht am Rhein Operation Sumpf : 1942 - German operation near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, Russia Operation Sumpffieber : 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Loknja, Ukraine Operation Süd : 1944 - German deceptive operation at Nettuno, Italy Operation Süd-Kroatien I : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Süd-Kroatien II : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Südwind : 1941 - German defense plan against a general uprising in occupied France Operation Südwind : 1941 - German diversionary attack on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia in support of Operation Beowulf II Operation Südwind : 1945 - German counter-offensive from Esztergom, Hungary
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Operation T : 1942 - Japanese invasion of northern Sumatra Operation Ta : 1943 - Japanese attack on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands Operation Ta : 1944 - Japanese attack on American forces at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands Operation TA : 1944 - Japanese attacks in the Philippine Islands Operation Taifun : 1941 - German offensive toward Moscow, Russia; part of Operation Barbarossa Operation Take-Ichi : 1944 - Japanese convoys to the Doberai Peninsula in Western New Guinea Operation Tan 2 : 1945 - Japanese special attack mission against the Allied anchorage at Ulithi, Caroline Islands Operation Tanne Ost : 1944 - Failed German attempt to capture Suursaari Island, Finland in the Gulf of Finland Operation Tanne West : 1944 - Planned German invasion of the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea from Finland Operation Tannenbaum : 1940 - Planned German invasion of Switzerland Operation Tannenbaum : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Bosanski Novi and Buzim in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Tannenberg : 1939 - German plan to exterminate Polish intelligentsia Operation Tasumaki : 1944 - Planned Japanese attack on Bougainville, Solomon Islands Operation Taube : 1940 - German mission to transport Irish Republican Army Chief of Staff Seán Russell from Germany to Ireland Operation Taube : 1941 - German plan to support the Irish Republican Army in Ireland and Northern Ireland Operation Taubenschlag : 1942 - Canceled German attack on Toropets, Russia Operation Ten'ichi-Go : 1945 - Japanese naval attack against the American fleet off Okinawa, Japan; alternate name of Operation Ten-Go Operation Ten-Go : 1945 - Japanese naval attack against the American fleet off Okinawa, Japan; alternate name of Operation Ten'ichi-Go Operation Teslic I : 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Theodor : 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern Russia in the Sea of Azov Operation Theodora : 1940 - German intelligence gathering operation in North Africa Operation Theseus : 1942 - Axis attack on the Allied forces in Cyrenaica, Libya and Egypt Operation Tichwin : 1941 - German attack on Leningrad, Russia Operation Tiger : 1940 - German attack on the northern portion of the Maginot Line; part of Fall Rot Operation Tiger : 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece Operation Tintenfisch : 1942 - German seizure of Swiss exports Operation To-Go : 1944 - Phase one of Japanese attack in Eastern China; part of Operation Ichi-Go Operation Toni : 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern Russia in the Sea of Azov Operation Trappenjagd : 1942 - German offensive in the Kerch Peninsula, Ukraine Operation Trave : 1943 - German escort operations for blockade runners Operation Travnik : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Treibjagd : 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia Operation Treuebruch : 1944 - German occupation of the Bulgarian-held Skopje region of Macedonia, Yugoslavia Operation Trio : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Bosnia and Croatia, Yugoslavia Operation Trojanisches Pferd : 1940 - German operation to secure the bridge near Nijmegen in the Netherlands Operation Trojanisches Pferd : 1944 - German occupation of Budapest, Hungary; part of Operation Margarethe I Operation Trolist : 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Zaistovec-Preseka region in the Independent State of Croatia Operation Trondheim : 1940 - German movement across the Albert Canal against Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium Operation Tuzla II : 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
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