The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a

codename A code name, call sign or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage. They may also be used in industrial c ...

, predominantly from the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...

commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or their allies in the European Theatre during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

. Although named operations, the entries represent activities that spanned the entire theatre or large parts of it, multi-year campaigns, battles, engagements and even combat that resulted in relatively small actions by armed forces.

Pre-war operations

Fall Blau Case Blue (German: ''Fall Blau'') was the Wehrmacht, German Armed Forces' plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II. The objective was to capture the oil fields o ...

1935 - German defence planning on the eastern border, simultaneously with Fall Rot *

Fall Rot ''Fall Rot'' (Case Red) was the plan for a German military operation after the success of (Case Yellow), the Battle of France, an invasion of the Benelux countries and northern France. The Allied armies had been defeated and pushed back in th ...

1935 - German defence planning on the western border, simultaneously with Fall Blau * Operation Feuerzauber 1936–1939 - German transfer of weapons and personnel to Francisco Franco's forces in the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...

Operation Ursula German involvement in the Spanish Civil War commenced with the Spanish Civil War, outbreak of war in July 1936, with Adolf Hitler immediately sending in powerful air and armored units to assist General Francisco Franco and his National faction ...

1936–1939 - German submarine operation in support of Francisco Franco's naval forces during the Spanish Civil War * Operation Bodden 1937–1943 - German Abwehr

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system in Spain and Morocco * Fall Richard 1937 - German contingency planning for Soviet takeover of Spain *

1937 - German planned invasion of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

* Operation Rügen 1937 - German bombing of

Guernica Guernica (, ), official name (reflecting the Basque language) Gernika (), is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the mu ...

, Spain *

1938 - German

air force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...

research; later renamed ''Planstudie 39'' * Fall Grün 1938 - German plan for invasion of

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

Operation Otto Operation Otto (also known as Plan Otto) was the code name for two independent plans by Nazi Germany. The 1938 plan was to occupy Austria; the second envisaged an attack on the Soviet Union and was developed from late July 1940. The Two Plans The ...

1938 - German plan for the annexation of Austria

1939

* Operation A-Bewegung 1939 - German preparation for the

invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week aft ...

; part of Fall Weiss * Operation Dirschau 1939 - German operation to safeguard the rail bridge at

Tczew Tczew (, csb, Dërszewò; formerly ) is a city on the Vistula River in Eastern Pomerania, Kociewie, northern Poland with 59,111 inhabitants (December 2021). The city is known for its Old Town and the Vistula Bridge, or Bridge of Tczew, which pl ...

(German: ''Dirschau''), Poland during the invasion *

Operation Himmler Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Ma ...

1939 - German staged attacks in Poland to justify invasion; part of Fall Weiss * Operation Nordwest 1939 - German study for a potential invasion of Britain; parts of Operation Nordwest were integrated into Operation Seelöwe * Operation Ost 1939 - German operation in Southern Poland near the border with Czechoslovakia *

Plan Z Plan Z was the name given to the planned re-equipment and expansion of the ''Kriegsmarine'' (German navy) ordered by Adolf Hitler in early 1939. The fleet was meant to challenge the naval power of the United Kingdom, and was to be completed by 194 ...

1939 - German plan to expand the Kriegsmarine to match the strength of the British

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

* Planstudie 39 1939 - German air force research * Fall Weiss 1939 - German invasion of Poland. German bombing of Wieluń, Poland; part of Fall Weiss *

1939 - German planned invasion of

* Operation Sonderaktion Krakau 1939 - German operation to murder members of the intelligentsia at universities in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

, Poland * Operation Tannenberg 1939 - German plan to exterminate Polish intelligentsia * Operation Wasserkante 1939 - German aerial bombing of Warsaw, Poland * Operation Blitzableiter 1939–1945 - German

bacteriological weapon Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war. Bio ...

s research

1940

* Operation Mittelmeer 1940–1941 - German reinforcement of the Italian Regia Aeronautica in the Mediterranean *

Operation Juno Operation Juno was a German sortie to the North Sea during the Norwegian Campaign. The most notable engagement of the operation was German battleships and sinking the British aircraft carrier and its two escorting destroyers. Several Allied v ...

1940 - German naval operation against British warships off Narvik, Norway *

Operation Weserübung Operation Weserübung (german: Unternehmen Weserübung , , 9 April – 10 June 1940) was Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. In the early morning of 9 Ap ...

1940 - German invasion of Denmark and

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

* Operation Weserübung Nord 1940 - German attack on

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

and Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Weserübung Sud 1940 - German attack on

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...

, and

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Karlshafen 1940 - German attack against

, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Naumburg 1940 - German landing at Narvik, Norway * Operation Nienburg 1940 - German action at Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Nord 1940 - German planned invasion of Denmark and Norway; later renamed to Operation Weserübung * Operation Nordmark 1940 - German attacks on Allied North Sea convoys between Britain and Scandinavia * Operation Oldenburg 1940 - German attack on

, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Stadthagen 1940 - German attack on Stavanger, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Wildente 1940 - German naval and air operation in

, Norway * Operation Altenbeken 1940 - German attack on

Åndalsnes is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is in the administrative center of Rauma Municipality. It is located along the Isfjorden, at the mouth of the river Rauma, at the north end of the Romsdalen valley. ...

, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Altona 1940 - German attack on Arendal, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Biene 1940 - German attack on Alsten Island and

Sandnessjøen Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sandnessjøen was granted special trading privileges in the late 1600s and it received town status in 1999. Sandnessjøen is located ...

, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung * Operation Bremen 1940 - German attack in Norway; part of Operation Weserübung *

Operation Büffel Operation Büffel ("Buffalo") was a series of local retreats conducted by the German Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front during the period 1–22 March 1943. This movement eliminated the Rzhev Salient and shortened the front by , releasing t ...

1940 - German air operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway * Operation Hartmut 1940 - German submarine operations in Norwegian

territorial waters The term territorial waters is sometimes used informally to refer to any area of water over which a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potent ...

1940 - German invasion of France * Operation Gneisenau 1940 - German

diversionary attack Feint is a French term that entered English via the discipline of swordsmanship and fencing. Feints are maneuvers designed to distract or mislead, done by giving the impression that a certain maneuver will take place, while in fact another, or e ...

on two bridges on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün * Operation Granit 1940 - German airborne action on Belgian

Fort Eben-Emael Fort Eben-Emael (french: Fort d'Ében-Émael, ) is an inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border, near the Albert Canal, outside the village of Ében-Émael. It was designed to defend Belgium ...

* Operation Stahl 1940 - German commando operation to occupy a bridge near Veldwezelt, Belgium * Operation Tiger 1940 - German offensive on the northern sector of the Maginot Line; part of Fall Rot * Operation Trojanisches Pferd 1940 - German operation to secure the bridge near Nijmegen in the Netherlands * Operation Trondheim 1940 - German movement across the

Albert Canal The Albert Canal (, ) is a canal located in northeastern Belgium, which was named for King Albert I of Belgium. The Albert Canal connects Antwerp with Liège, and also the Meuse river with the Scheldt river. It also connects with the Dessel� ...

against Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium * Operation Scharnhorst 1940 - German deceptive attack in the Saarbrücken region; part of Fall Grün * Fall Grün 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Braun *

Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), the invasion of France and the Low Countries , scope = Strategic , type = , location = South-west Netherlands, central Belgium, northern France , coordinates = , planned = 1940 , planned_by = Erich von ...

1940 - German invasion of the Low Countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

Operation N Operation N ( pl, Akcja N, where "N" stands for the Polish word "''Niemcy''," "Germany") was a complex of sabotage, subversion and black-propaganda activities carried out by the Polish resistance against Nazi German occupation forces during Wor ...

1940 - German airborne operation at Namur, Belgium * Operation Nebelübung 1940 - German planned invasion of Liège, Belgium; part of Fall Gelb * Operation Niwi 1940 - German troop deployment in Belgium; part of Fall Gelb * Operation B 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line on the German-French border; part of Fall Rot * Fall Braun 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Grün * Operation Eisen 1940 - German commando operation to occupy the bridge]over the

in Belgium * Fall Falke 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün * Operation Festung 1940 - German airborne offensive on

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

, and

Moerdijk Moerdijk () is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. History The municipality of Moerdijk was founded in 1997 following the merger of the municipalities of Fijnaart en Heijningen, Klundert ...

in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb * Operation G 1940 - German airborne offensive on

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded i ...

in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb * Operation Geier 1940 - German attack of the Maginot Line on the French-Germany border north of

Kehl Kehl (; gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Kaal) is a town in southwestern Germany in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. It is on the river Rhine, directly opposite the French city of Strasbourg, with which it shares some municipal servicesfor exa ...

, Germany; part of Fall Grün * Operation Panther (1940) 1940 - German attacks on Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Braun * Operation Paula 1940 - German aerial bombing of French countryside * Operation Planspiel III 1940 - German breakthrough of the Maginot Line between Teting and

Wittring Wittring (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Wittringe'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Mose ...

, France * Operation Raubvogelkäfig 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line; part of Fall Grün * Operation Habicht 1940 - German

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

, France; part of Fall Grün * Operation Morgenröte 1940 - German attack on Dutch bridges * Operation Luchs 1940 - German planned breakthrough between

Breisach Breisach (formerly Altbreisach; Low Alemannic: ''Alt-Brisach'') is a town with approximately 16,500 inhabitants, situated along the Rhine in the Rhine Valley, in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about halfway ...

and Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Grün * Operation Attila 1940–1942 - German occupation of

Vichy France Vichy France (french: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was the fascist French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. Officially independent, but with half of its te ...

prior to Italian support in 1942 * Operation Hummer 1940–1945 - German infiltration of Britain * Operation Seemöwe 1940–1945 - German

agent Agent may refer to: Espionage, investigation, and law *, spies or intelligence officers * Law of agency, laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another ** Agent of record, a person with a contractual agreement with an insuranc ...

s infiltration into Britain and Ireland *

Operation Adler There were three events in World War II called Operation Adler (Adler means ''Eagle'' in German): # A series of Luftwaffe attacks beginning on 13 August 1940 known as Operation Eagle Attack (''Unternehmen Adlerangriff'') set to begin on '' Adler ...

1940 - German attacks on the British

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

, aimed to soften up the defences for a future amphibious invasion; also known as Operation Adlerangriff * Operation Alfred 1940 - German

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic ...

off Dover, England, using surface minelayers * Operation Aufbau Ost 1940 - German strategic preparations for Operation Barbarossa *

Operation Bernhard Operation Bernhard was an exercise by Nazi Germany to forge British bank notes. The initial plan was to drop the notes over Britain to bring about a collapse of the British economy during the Second World War. The first phase was run from early ...

1940 - German mining off Dover, England * Operation Felix 1940 - German planned invasion of

Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green , mapsize = , image_map2 = Gib ...

via the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...

* Fall Grün 1940 - German plan for a diversionary invasion of Ireland in support of Operation Seelöwe * Operation Grüne Bewegung 1940 - German planned landing at Brighton, England; part of Operation Seelöwe * Operation Grünpfeil 1940 - German occupation of the Channel Islands *

Operation Herbstreise During World War II, Operation Herbstreise (''Autumn Journey'' in German language, German) was a planned series of deception operations to support the Germany, German invasion of the United Kingdom (Operation Sealion, Operation Seelöwe). It would ...

1940 - German planned diversionary invasion of

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

, Britain; part of Operation Seelöwe * Operation Hummel 1940 - German

for operation Seelöwe *

Operation Ikarus Operation Ikarus (''Unternehmen Ikarus'' or ''Fall Ikarus'' in German) was a World War II German plan to invade Iceland, which had been occupied by British forces during Operation Fork in 1940. The plan was never realized. The purpose of the Bri ...

1940 - German planned invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork; originally planned to launch in conjunction with Operation Seelöwe * Operation Kathleen 1940 - German planned invasion of Ireland * Operation Lichtermeer 1940 - German airfield attacks on British

bomber A bomber is a military combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), launching torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. The first use of bombs dropped from an air ...

airfield An aerodrome ( Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for pub ...

s * Operation Loge 1940 - German 65-day

air offensive Ground attack aircraft during the Battle of Kursk An air offensive is a type of military operation conducted using aircrew, airborne and strategic missile troops to allow securing of war, campaign or operational initiative, air-space superiority ...

against London, England * Operation Lucie 1940 - German planned invasion of the Dutch island of

Texel Texel (; Texels dialect: ) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,643 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den ...

in the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the ...

* Operation Luftparade 1940 - German night raid on British

air base An air base (sometimes referred to as a military air base, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base) is an aerodrome used as a military base by a military force for the operation ...

s * Operation Löwe 1940 - German planned invasion of Britain; precursor of Operation Seelöwe * Operation Marianne 1940 - German

motorboat A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gea ...

action off Dover, England * Operation Mondscheinsonate 1940 - German night raid on

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ...

, England * Operation Nord 1940 - German heavy cruiser s

raid Raid, RAID or Raids may refer to: Attack * Raid (military), a sudden attack behind the enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground * Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business * Panty raid, a prankish raid by male college ...

in the North Atlantic Ocean * Operation Nordseetour 1940 - German first Atlantic operation of * Operation Oldenburg 1940 - German

aerial reconnaissance Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft. The role of reconnaissance can fulfil a variety of requirements including artillery spotting, the collection of i ...

of Soviet Union's natural resources * Operation Oskar 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England, Britain *

1940 - German strategic preparations for Operation Barbarossa * Operation Regenschirm 1940 - German aerial bombing of Birmingham, England *

Operation Seelöwe Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (german: Unternehmen Seelöwe), was Nazi Germany's code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. Following the Battle ...

1940 - German planned invasion of Britain; anglicised as 'Sealion' *

Operation Sonnenblume Operation Sonnenblume (/Operation Sunflower) was the name given to the dispatch of German troops to North Africa in February 1941, during the Second World War. The Italian 10th Army () had been destroyed by the British, Commonwealth, Empire and ...

1940 - German response to British

Operation Compass Operation Compass (also it, Battaglia della Marmarica) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British, Empire and Commonwealth forces attacked Italian forces of ...

offensive in North Africa; deployment of the German

Afrika Korps The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps (, }; DAK) was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of its African colonies, the ...

in North Africa * Operation Spark 1940 - German planned assassination of Adolf Hitler and

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

against the Nazi German government *

Operation Tannenbaum Operation Tannenbaum ("Fir Tree"), known earlier as Operation Grün ("Green"), was a planned but cancelled invasion of Switzerland and Liechtenstein by the Axis Powers during World War II. Background Before the outbreak of the Second World War ...

1940 - German planned invasion of Switzerland * Operation Taube 1940 - German mission to transport

Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various paramilitary organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to irredentism through Irish republicanism, the belief th ...

Chief of Staff

Seán Russell Seán Russell (13 October 1893 – 14 August 1940) was an Irish republican who participated in the Easter Rising of 1916, held senior positions in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, and was Ch ...

from Germany to Ireland * Operation Theodora 1940 - German intelligence gathering operation in North Africa * Operation Wespennest I 1940 - German destruction of rail links between Switzerland and France * Operation Wespennest II 1940 - German destruction of rail links between Switzerland and France * Operation Wikinger 1940 - German sortie by German destroyers into the North Sea * Operation Wal 1940 - German aborted plan to coordinate actions with Scottish and Welsh nationalist groups * Operation Walfisch 1940 - German aborted plan to land an agent in Ireland

1941

* Operation Brandung 1941 - Axis offensive toward El Alamein, Egypt * Operation Skorpion 1941 - Axis offensive at the

Halfaya Pass Halfaya Pass ( ar, ممر حلفيا, translit=Mamarr Ḥalfayā ) is in northwest Egypt, 11.5 kilometres east of the border with Libya and 7.5 kilometres south of the other, more major pass in the ridge today. A high, narrow escarpment extends ...

on the border of

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

and

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

* Operation Sommernachtstraum 1941 - Axis attack on British supply depots at Bir Khirreigat, Egypt * Operation Višegrad 1941 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in p ...

* Operation 25 1941 - German invasion of Yugoslavia * Operation Castigo 1941 - German aerial bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia *

Operation Fritz Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Ma ...

1941 - German planned invasion of the Soviet Union; later abandoned in favor of Operation Barbarossa *

Operation Barbarossa Operation Barbarossa (german: link=no, Unternehmen Barbarossa; ) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. The operation, code-named after ...

1941 - German invasion of the Soviet Union * Operation Beowulf I 1941 - German planned offensive of the Baltic States * Operation Beowulf II 1941 - German offensive in the Baltic States * Operation Berlin 1941 - German commerce raid in the Atlantic Ocean performed by and *

1941 - German plan to destabilise British economy with counterfeit British banknotes *

Operation Blaufuchs 1 Operation Silver Fox (german: Silberfuchs; fi, Hopeakettu) from 29 June to 17 November 1941, was a joint German–Finnish military operation during the Continuation War on the Eastern Front of World War II against the Soviet Union. The objectiv ...

1941 - German deployment of forces from Germany to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs *

Operation Blaufuchs 2 Operation Silver Fox (german: Silberfuchs; fi, Hopeakettu) from 29 June to 17 November 1941, was a joint German–Finnish military operation during the Continuation War on the Eastern Front of World War II against the Soviet Union. The objectiv ...

1941 - German deployment of German forces from Norway to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs * Operation Bogdanow 1941 - German construction operation to build rail bridges between

Lida Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuan ...

and

Molodechno Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyech ...

in Belorussia * Operation Eisstoss 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Baltic Fleet at

Kronstadt Kronstadt (russian: Кроншта́дт, Kronshtadt ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt (from german: link=no, Krone for " crown" and ''Stadt'' for "city") is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city ...

and

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

* Operation Fledermaus 1941 - German aerial bombing of British airfields * Operation Froschlaich 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eisstoss * Operation Götz v. Berlichingen 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eissto * Operation Haifisch I 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa * Operation Haifisch II 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa *

Operation Hannibal Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia, West Prussia and Pomerania from mid-January to May 1945 as the Red Army advanced during th ...

1941 - German invasion of the island of

Lemnos Lemnos or Limnos ( el, Λήμνος; grc, Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The p ...

, Greece *

1941 - German operation to take the bridge over the

Corinth Canal The Corinth Canal ( el, Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου, translit=Dhioryga tis Korinthou) is an artificial canal in Greece, that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the ...

, near Corinth, Greece *

Operation Harpune In World War II, Operation Harpune (''Harpoon'') was the major German deception plan of 1941. This operation (like Operation Haifisch) portrayed the so-called Operation Seelowe ("Sealion") as inevitable, to conceal preparations for the invasion o ...

1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of

southern England Southern England, or the South of England, also known as the South, is an area of England consisting of its southernmost part, with cultural, economic and political differences from the Midlands and the North. Officially, the area includes ...

, from France before the start of Operation Barbarossa *

1941 - Proposed German invasion of the

Kingdom of Iceland The Kingdom of Iceland ( is, Konungsríkið Ísland; da, Kongeriget Island) was a sovereign and independent country under a constitutional and hereditary monarchy that was established by the Act of Union with Denmark signed on 1 December 1918 ...

p. 1538 Zabecki, David T. ''World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia'' Routledge, 1 May 2015 * Operation Irak 1941 - German deployment of aircraft to

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

* Operation Isabella 1941 - German planned invasion of the

* Operation Karlsbad 1941 - German anti-partisan operation in the Berezina River region of

Belorussia Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

* Operation Lel 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind *

Operation Marita The German invasion of Greece, also known as the Battle of Greece or Operation Marita ( de , Unternehmen Marita, links = no), was the attack of Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II. The Italian invasion in October 1940, which is usu ...

1941 - German invasion of Greece * Operation Merkur 1941 - German invasion of

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...

, Greece * Operation Mitte 1941 - German attack on the island of

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa (, ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...

, off Estonian coast; part of Operation Siegfried * Operation Nau 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind * Operation Nordpol 1941 - German counter-intelligence operation in the Netherlands *

Operation Nordwind Operation Northwind (german: Unternehmen Nordwind) was the last major Nazi Germany, German offensive of World War II on the Western Front (World War II), Western Front. Northwind was launched to support the German Ardennes offensive campaign in ...

1941 - German diversionary invasion of the island of

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the isla ...

, Estonia in support of Operation Beowulf II * Operation Ost 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonian coast; part of Operation Siegfried *

Operation Platinfuchs Operation Platinum Fox (german: Unternehmen Platinfuchs; fi, operaatio Platinakettu) was a German and Finnish military offensive launched during World War II. Platinum Fox took place on the Eastern Front and had the objective of capturing the Ba ...

1941 - German attack towards

Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') ...

, USSR from Finnish Petsamo, part of Operation Silberfuchs *

Operation Polarfuchs Operation Arctic Fox (German: ''Unternehmen Polarfuchs''; fi, operaatio Napakettu; Russian: ''Кандалакшская операция'') was the codename given to a World War II campaign by German and Finnish forces against Soviet Norther ...

1941 - German attack towards

Kandalaksha Kandalaksha (russian: Кандала́кша; fi, Kantalahti, also ''Kandalax'' or ''Candalax'' in the old maps; krl, Kannanlakši; sms, Käddluhtt) is a town in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the head of Kandala ...

, USSR from Finnish Lapland, part of Operation Silberfuchs * Operation Renate 1941 - German motorboat action off Dover, England * Operation Renntier 1941 - German occupation of Petsamo; part of Operation Silberfuchs *

Operation Rheinübung Operation Rheinübung ("Exercise Rhine") was the sortie into the Atlantic by the new German battleship and heavy cruiser on 18–27 May 1941, during World War II. This operation to block Allied shipping to the United Kingdom culminated w ...

1941 - German planned attacks on Allied shipping conducted by and * Operation Salaam 1941 - German plan to make contact with

Egyptian nationalists Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

* Operation Schlussjagd 1941 - German offensive towards Tula, USSR during the offensive toward Moscow by the 2nd Panzer * Operation Siegfried 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Beowulf II *

Operation Silberfuchs Operation Silver Fox (german: Silberfuchs; fi, Hopeakettu) from 29 June to 17 November 1941, was a joint German–Finnish military operation during the Continuation War on the Eastern Front of World War II against the Soviet Union. The objectiv ...

1941 - German attack on Murmansk, USSR; Anglicized as 'Silver Fox' * Operation Stimmung 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind * Operation Strafe 1941 - German bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia; part of Operation 25 * Operation Strafe 1941 - German planned invasion of

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

* Operation Sturmflut 1941 - German offensive at the Kasserine Pass,

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

* Operation Südwind 1941 - German defence plan against a general

uprising Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...

occupied France The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...

* Operation Südwind 1941 - German diversionary attack on the island of

, Estonia in support of Operation Beowulf II * Operation Taifun 1941 - German offensive toward Moscow, USSR; part of Operation Barbarossa * Operation Taube 1941 - German plan to support the Irish Republican Army in Ireland and

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

* Operation Tichwin 1941 - German offensive on

, USSR * Operation Venezia 1941 - German advance toward the Gazala Line near Bir Hakeim, Libya * Operation Weber 1941 - German naval operation off the coast of Southern England * Operation West 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Siegfried * Operation Weststurm 1941 - German naval operation in support of Operation Beowulf II * Operation Westwind 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II * Operation Alpenveilchen 1941 - German aborted planned intervention during the

Italian invasion of Albania The Italian invasion of Albania (April 7–12, 1939) was a brief military campaign which was launched by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom in 1939. The conflict was a result of the imperialistic policies of the Italian prime m ...

* Operation Amina 1941 - German failed operation to destroy

oil refineries An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, lique ...

Abadan, Iran Abadan ( fa, آبادان ''Ābādān'', ) is a city and capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, which is located in the southwest of Iran. It lies on Abadan Island ( long, 3–19 km or 2–12 miles wide). The island is boun ...

* Operation Ozren 1941–1942 - German anti-partisan operations near Ozren, Yugoslavia * Operation Beethoven 1941–1945 - German program to develop

composite aircraft A composite aircraft is made up of multiple ''component'' craft. It takes off and flies initially as a single aircraft, with the components able to separate in flight and continue as independent aircraft.Harper (1937) Typically the larger aircraf ...

1942

* Operation Aida 1942 - Axis offensive in Libya with

Tobruk Tobruk or Tobruck (; grc, Ἀντίπυργος, ''Antipyrgos''; la, Antipyrgus; it, Tobruch; ar, طبرق, Tubruq ''Ṭubruq''; also transliterated as ''Tobruch'' and ''Tubruk'') is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near ...

as the initial objective in Libya, and advance into Egypt as a strategic goal * Operation Albia 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Alba and Operation Albija * Operation Alfa 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia * Operation Beta 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia *

Operation Capri The Battle of Medenine (german: Unternehmen Capri ''Operation Capri was an Axis spoiling attack at Medenine in Tunisia on 6 March 1943. The operation was intended to delay an attack by the British Eighth Army on the Mareth Line. The British h ...

1942 - Axis counterattack at

Medenine Medenine ( ar, مدنين ) is the major town in south-eastern Tunisia, south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital of Medenine Governorate. Overview In pre-colonial times, Medenine wa ...

, Tunisia *

Operation Edelweiss The Battle of the Caucasus is a name given to a series of Axis and Soviet operations in the Caucasus area on the Eastern Front of World War II. On 25 July 1942, German troops captured Rostov-on-Don, Russia, opening the Caucasus region of t ...

1942 - Axis offensive on

Caucasus region The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...

in southern USSR; part of Operation Braunschweig * Operation Foca 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Fruška gora 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Jajce 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation 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 K was a Japanese naval operation in World War II, intended as reconnaissance of Pearl Harbor and disruption of repair and salvage operations following the surprise attack on 7 December 1941. It culminated on 4 March 1942, with an unsucces ...

1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Kasten 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Kozara 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Kreševo 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Lug 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Manjaca Mountains 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Maus 1942 - Axis offensive toward the Caucasus region in Southern USSR * 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 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 S 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Sandmann 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * 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 Theseus 1942 - Axis offensive in

Cyrenaica Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika ( ar, برقة, Barqah, grc-koi, Κυρηναϊκή ��παρχίαKurēnaïkḗ parkhíā}, after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between ...

, Libya and Egypt * Operation Travnik 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia *

Operation Trio Operation Trio ( sh-Latn, Operacija Trio) was the first large-scale joint German-Italian counter-insurgency operation of World War II conducted in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which included modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was ...

1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Bosnia and

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

, Yugoslavia * Operation Tuzla II 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation West-Bosnien 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Zenica-Zavidovici 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Moorbrand 1942 - Cancelled planned attack near Pogostje, USSR * Operation Sportpalast 1942 - Failed planned naval operation to attack

Arctic convoy The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia. There were 78 convoys ...

s PQ-12 and QP-8 *

1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Chechivichi region of Belorussia * Fall Anton 1942 - German occupation of Vichy France with Italian support in 1942 *

Operation Attika Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Ma ...

1942 - German attack on

Tuapse Tuapse (russian: Туапсе́; ady, Тӏуапсэ ) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, south of Gelendzhik and north of Sochi. Population: Tuapse is a sea port and the northern center of ...

, in the Caucasus region * Operation Bamberg 1942 - German anti-partisan operation around

Bobruisk Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...

, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation München I * Operation Bettelstab 1942 - German planned offensive at Leningrad, USSR *

1942 - German offensive against

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...

, USSR * Operation Blücher 1942 - German attack on the

Strait of Kerch The Kerch Strait, uk, Керченська протока, crh, Keriç boğazı, ady, Хы ТӀуалэ is a strait in Eastern Europe. It connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west f ...

in the Caucasus region, and Rzhev, USSR; part of Fall Blau * Operation Blücher II 1942 - German attack on the Strait of Kerch in the Caucasus region in Souhern USSR; part of Fall Blau * Operation Braun 1942 - German defence of

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

, Tunisia in response to Allied operation Torch *

Operation Braunschweig Operation Braunschweig (''Brunswick''), named after Braunschweig, was the German summer offensive that began on 28 June 1942. The operation was initially named ''Fall Blau'' (Case Blue), which is the common name used for the whole offensive. The n ...

1942 - German offensive toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern USSR; part of Fall Blau * Operation Brückenschlag 1942 - German breakout attempt following the Soviet envelopment of German troops in

Demyansk Demyansk (russian: Демя́нск) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Demyansky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Yavon River. Municipally, it is incorporated as Demyanskoye Urban Se ...

, south of Leningrad, USSR * Operation Bussard 1942 - German offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR * Operation Cottbus 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in

Polotsk Polotsk (russian: По́лоцк; be, По́лацк, translit=Polatsk (BGN/PCGN), Polack (official transliteration); lt, Polockas; pl, Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk Dist ...

, Lepel, and

Borisov Borisov or Borisova may refer to: Places * Barysaw, or Borisov, Belarus ** Borisov Arena, a football stadium ** Battle of Borisov, 1812 * Borisov, Volgograd Oblast, Russia * Borišov, a mountain in Slovakia * Borisova, Perm Krai, Russia * Bor ...

* Operation Dampfhamm 1942 - German planned third phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR * Operation Derfflinger 1942 - German cancelled pincer operation against

Ostashkov Ostashkov (russian: Оста́шков) is a town and the administrative center of Ostashkovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger, west of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Populat ...

, USSR * Operation Donnerkeil 1942 - German air superiority for Operation Cerberus * Operation Donnerschlag 1942 - German planned break-out movement from Stalingrad, USSR * Operation Doppelschlag 1942 - German anti-shipping operation off Novaya Zemlya by ''Admiral Scheer'' and ''Admiral Hipper'' * Operation Dora 1942 - German operation to disrupt British supply lines in Southern Libya * Operation Dreiecke 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in

Bryansk Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population: Geography Urban la ...

, USSR * Operation Feuerzauber 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; renamed to Operation Nordlicht * Operation Fischreiher 1942 - German attack on Stalingrad and

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...

, USSR; part of Fall Blau * Operation Fredericus I 1942 - German attack on

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

, USSR * Operation Fredericus II 1942 - German attack on Odessa, Ukraine as a follow-up operation to Operation Fredericus I * Operation Frieda 1942 - German anti-partisan operation * Operation Georg 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; renamed to Operation Feuerzauber * Operation Gertrud 1942 - German planned response in case of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

joining the Allies * Operation Gisella 1942 - German planned invasion of the

Iberian peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...

; revised from Operation Isabella *

Operation Greif Operation Greif (german: Unternehmen Greif) was a special operation commanded by '' Waffen-SS'' commando Otto Skorzeny during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The operation purpose was to capture one or more of the bridges over the Meuse ...

1942 - German anti-partisan operation in

Orsha Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers. History Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha ...

and

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest c ...

, Belorussia * Operation Grünspecht 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR * Operation Hanover I 1942 - German operation near

Vyazma Vyazma (russian: Вя́зьма) is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk. Thr ...

, USSR * Operation Hanover II 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the Upper

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine an ...

region (Byelorussia and Ukraine) * Operation Hecht 1942 - German first planned submarine wolfpack raid in the

North Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

* Operation Herbstlaub 1942 - German cancelled planned operation in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR, near Krasnoarmeisk, Ukraine and Beketovka, USSR * Operation Herbstzeitlose 1942 - German cancelled planned plan to advance to the

Don Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vill ...

and

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...

Rivers in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR * Operation Herkules 1942 - German planned airborne invasion of

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

* Operation Holzauge 1942 - German activities in

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

* Operation Hornbläser 1942 - German planned attack on

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

harbour, Egypt * Operation Ilona 1942 - German planned invasion of the Iberian peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella * Operation Jacob 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in

Uzda Uzda ( be, Узда; russian: link=no, Узда) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus. It is the administrative seat of Uzda District. As of 2009, its population was 10,000. The town's name means "bridle." History Uzda was first referred to ...

, Belorussia * Operation Klabautermann 1942 - German operation against Soviet supply lines near Leningrad, USSR * Operation Klette I 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR * Operation Kreml 1942 - German deceptive operation in support of Operation Edelwei * Operation Lachsfang 1942 - German combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and

Belomorsk Belomorsk (russian: Беломо́рск; krl, Šuomua; fi, Belomorsk/') is a town and the administrative center of Belomorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Onega Bay on the shore of the White Sea. Population: Hi ...

, USSR * Operation Landbrücke 1942 - German attempt to hold a narrow connection near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR to prevent envelopment * Operation Lichtschlag 1942 - German cancelled planned attack north of Cholm, USSR near the Lovat and

Kunya River The Kunya (russian: Ку́нья) is a river in Kunyinsky, Velikoluksky, and Loknyansky Districts of Pskov Oblast, Toropetsky District of Tver Oblast, and Kholmsky District of Novgorod Oblast in Russia. It is a major right tributary of the Lov ...

s * Operation Lila 1942 - German attempt to capture the French fleet at Toulon, France * Operation Maikäfer 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Babruysk, Belorussia * Operation Malaria 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Osipovichi, Belorussia * Operation Mitte Juli 1942 - German anti-partisan operation * 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 - German planned operation to

sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a ''saboteur''. Saboteurs typically try to conceal their identitie ...

aluminum factories in southern

, Britain *

Operation Neuland Operation Neuland (New Land) was the German Navy's code name for the extension of unrestricted submarine warfare into the Caribbean Sea during World War II. U-boats demonstrated range to disrupt United Kingdom petroleum supplies and United ...

1942 - German submarine operation in the Caribbean * Operation Nordlicht 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; formerly planned as Operation Feuerzauber * Operation Nordpol 1942 - German cancelled planned operation east of Moscow, USSR * Operation Nordsee 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in

Mogilev Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...

, Belorussia *

Operation Ochsenkopf (Operation Ox Head) also known as the Battle of Sidi Nsir and the Battle of Hunts Gap was an Axis offensive operation in Tunisia from 1943, during the Tunisia Campaign of the Second World War. The offensive and a subsidiary operation was intende ...

1942 - German

counterattack A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games". The general objective is to negate or thwart the advantage gained by the enemy during attack, while the specific objectives typically seek ...

s in attempt to expand the Tunis perimeter * Operation Olymp 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

* Operation Orkan 1942 - German cancelled planned attack in the Belov–

Yukhnov Yukhnov (russian: Ю́хнов) is a town and the administrative center of Yukhnovsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Kunava River (Oka's basin) northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Histor ...

area towards Kaluga in USSR * Operation Orkan II 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Lublin, Poland * General Plan Ost 1942 - German plan for

genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Lat ...

throughout Europe *

Operation Pastorius Operation Pastorius was a failed German intelligence plan for sabotage inside the United States during World War II. The operation was staged in June, 1942 and was to be directed against strategic American economic targets. The operation was n ...

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 Polarnacht 1942 - German deployment of battleship from

Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven (, ''Wilhelm's Harbour''; Northern Low Saxon: ''Willemshaven'') is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea, and has a population of 76,089. Wilhelmsh ...

, Germany, to

, Norway * Operation Raubtier 1942 - German attack toward the

Volkhov River The Volkhov (russian: Во́лхов) is a river in Novgorodsky and Chudovsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast and Kirishsky and Volkhovsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia. It connects Lake Ilmen and Lake Ladoga and forms pa ...

near Leningrad, USSR, which encircled the

2nd Shock Army The 2nd Shock Army (russian: 2-я Ударная армия) was a field army of the Soviet Union during the Second World War. This type of formation was created in accordance with prewar doctrine that called for Shock Armies to ''overcome diffi ...

. * Operation Regatta 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

– Gorky area in USSR * Operation Rösselsprung 1942 - German naval operation to attack Arctic Convoy PQ 17 *

Operation Schamil Operation Schamil was a code-name for a German ''Abwehr'' operation to airdrop special forces ahead of the main attacking force against the Soviet city of Grozny which was a major oil production and refining center and, together with Maykop and Baku ...

1942 - German planned operation to secure Caucasus oil fields in Southern USSR using

paratrooper A paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into a military operation, and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during Worl ...

s * Operation Schnee 1942 - German supply mission to Norway * Operation Siegfried 1942 - German attack toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern USSR; part of Fall Blau * Operation Silberstreife 1942 - German planned operations against Allied convoys to Murmansk, USSR * Operation Skorpion 1942 - German attack on Halfaya Pass, on the border of Libya and Egypt * Operation Sportpalast 1942 - German deployment of cruisers and to Norway * Operation Spätlese 1942 - German anti-partisan operation north of

, USSR * Operation Storfang 1942 - German attack on

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

, Ukraine * Operation Sumpf 1942 - German operation near

, south of Leningrad, USSR * Operation Sumpffieber 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Loknja, Ukraine * Operation Taubenschlag 1942 - German cancelled planned attack on

Toropets Toropets (russian: Торо́пец) is a town and the administrative center of Toropetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located where the Toropa River enters Lake Solomennoye. Population: History In 1074, when the town was first mention ...

, USSR * Operation Tintenfisch 1942 - German seizure of Swiss

export An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is an ...

s * Operation Trappenjagd 1942 - German offensive on the

Kerch Peninsula The Kerch Peninsula is a major and prominent geographic peninsula located at the eastern end of the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine. This peninsula stretches eastward toward the Taman peninsula between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Most of the pe ...

, Ukraine * Operation Venezie 1942 - German advance against the British Gazala Line toward Tobruk, Libya * Operation Vierecke 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR * Operation Vogelsang 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the

Roslavl Roslavl (russian: Ро́славль, ) is a town and the administrative center of Roslavlsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is a road and rail junction and a market town. Population: Climate Roslavl has a warm-summer humid continenta ...

and Bryansk region of USSR * Operation Wei 1942 - German anti-partisan operations in Croatia, Yugoslavia * Operation Wiesengrund 1942 - German unrealised plan for occupation of the

Rybachy Peninsula Rybachy Peninsula (russian: полуо́стров Рыба́чий, ''poluostrov Rybachiy''; se, Giehkirnjárga; no, Fiskerhalvøya; fi, Kalastajasaarento) is the northernmost part of continental European Russia. Its name is translated as " ...

on the USSR's Arctic coast *

Operation Wilhelm Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Man ...

1942 - German operation against Volchansk, USSR * Operation Winkelreid 1942 - German operation within the

Demyansk Pocket The Demyansk Pocket (german: Kessel von Demjansk; russian: Демя́нский котёл) was the name given to the pocket of German troops encircled by the Red Army around Demyansk, south of Leningrad, during World War II's Eastern Front. Th ...

near Leningrad, USSR * Operation Wintermärchen 1942 - German attack between the

and

Don River The Don ( rus, Дон, p=don) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire. Its ...

s * Operation Wolke 1942 - German transfer to troops to Norway *

Operation Wunderland Operation Wunderland ("Wonderland") comprised a large-scale operation undertaken in summer 1942 by the German ''Kriegsmarine'' in the waters of the Northern Sea Route close to the Arctic Ocean. The Germans knew that many ships of the Soviet Nav ...

1942 - German anti-shipping operation in

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

and

Barents Sea The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territo ...

by cruiser * Operation Zar 1942 - German minelying operation by the minelayer ''Ulm''. * Operation Zarin 1942 - German mining action off Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the

Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...

by and destroyers * Operation Zauberflöte 1942 - German operation to manoeuvre damaged from Trondheim, Norway to

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

, Germany * Operation Zerberus 1942 - German break-out of German

capital ship The capital ships of a navy are its most important warships; they are generally the larger ships when compared to other warships in their respective fleet. A capital ship is generally a leading or a primary ship in a naval fleet. Strategic im ...

s from

Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress * Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria * Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France ** Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Br ...

, France, to Norway; Anglicized as 'Cerberus' and nicknamed by the British as the 'Channel Dash' * Operation Clausewitz 1942 - German second phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR * Operation Regenbogen 1942 - German failed attack on Arctic Convoy JW 51B by and ''Lützow''

1943

1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the north

Dalmatian coast Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...

in Yugoslavia, with focus in the cities of Rijeka,

Karlobag Karlobag ( it, Carlopago, links=no) is a seaside municipality on the Adriatic coast in Croatia, located underneath the Velebit mountains overlooking the island of Pag, west of Gospić and south of Senj. The Gacka river also runs through the are ...

, and

Zadar Zadar ( , ; historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian: ); see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar ser ...

* Operation Berta 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation 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 Bilogora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Cardaci 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Cardaci in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Cyrill 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Glogovnica Canal on the Česma River in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ferkel 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Majevica mountains northeast of Tuzla in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Frühlungswind 1943 - Axis attack on Faid Pass near

Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid ( ar, سيدي بوزيد '), sometimes called ''Sidi Bou Zid'' or ''Sīdī Bū Zayd'', is a city in Tunisia and is the capital of Sidi Bouzid Governorate in the centre of the country. Following the suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi in ...

, Tunisia * Operation Geiserich 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in

Split Split(s) or The Split may refer to: Places * Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia * Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay * Split Island, Falkland Islands * Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua Arts, entertai ...

on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia * 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 The Kupa () or Kolpa ( or ; from la, Colapis in Roman times; hu, Kulpa) river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia. It is long, with its border part having a length of and t ...

between the

Sava The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...

and the Farkašic- Kravarsko line in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Gustav 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ivan 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavacka Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Klara 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the

Velika Kladuša Velika Kladuša ( sr-cyrl, Велика Кладуша, ; lit. "Great Kladuša") is a town and municipality located in Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the far n ...

area in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Klašnice 1943 - 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 Kugelblitz Operation Kugelblitz ("ball lightning") was a major anti- Partisan offensive orchestrated by German forces in December 1943 during World War II in Yugoslavia. The Germans attacked Josip Broz Tito's Partisan forces in the eastern parts of the Ind ...

1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between

Rogatica Rogatica ( sr-cyrl, Рогатица) is a town and municipality located in eastern Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 10,723 inhabitants, while the town of Rogatica has a population of 6, ...

and

Vlasenica Vlasenica ( sr-cyrl, Власеница) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population 11,467 inhabitants, while the town of Vlasenica has a population of 7,228 inhabi ...

in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Merkur 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Mirko 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Moslavacka gora 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ostern 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia *

Operation Otto (1943) Operation Otto was a joint operation of the Wehrmacht and NDH forces against partisans in the Grmeč area in Bosnia, Yugoslavia during the Second World War. It ran from April 19 to 21, 1943. The Operation Operation Otto was a concentric atta ...

1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Grmec Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ozren 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Sunja area in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Petrinja 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Okucani-

Lipik Lipik is a town in western Slavonia, in the Požega-Slavonia County of northeastern Croatia. It is known for its spas, mineral water and Lipizzaner stables. Settlements The settlements included in the administrative area of Lipik include: * A ...

Banova Jaruga Banova Jaruga is a village in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map ...

Novska Novska is a town in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. It is located in western part of the historic region of Slavonia, between Kutina and Nova Gradiška, linear distance southeast of the capital, Zagreb. Demographics Novska has a total pop ...

area in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Pfingsten 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Prnjavor-

Kotor Varoš Kotor Varoš ( sr-cyrl, Котор Варош) is a town and municipality located in north-western Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, it has a population of 19,710 inhabitants, while the town of Kotor Varo ...

- Teslic area in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Raureif 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in

Turbe (Travnik) Turbe is a settlement in the Travnik municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće „Sejtarija", Sarajevo., The MapMučibabić B., Ed. ( ...

in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Richard 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Razboj in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ristow 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation between

Bosanski Novi Novi Grad ( Serbian Cyrillic: ), formerly Bosanski Novi ( sr-cyrl, Босански Нови), is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Administratively, it is located in the Republika Srpska entity. Situated in the far northwest ...

and

Prijedor Prijedor ( sr-cyrl, Приједор, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 89,397 inhabitants within its administrative limits. Prijedor is situated in ...

in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Schwarz 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in

Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Podgorica , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = M ...

and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia *

1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between

and Buzim in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Teslic I 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ulrich 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Una-Sava Bend 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Varaždin 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains between

Varaždin ) , image_photo = , image_skyline = , image_flag = Flag of Varaždin.svg , flag_size = , image_seal = , seal_size = , image_shield = Grb_Grad ...

and Križevci in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Virovitica 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Windstoss 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Zagorje 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains in the Novi Marof area in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation 505 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Bosnia, Yugoslavia * Fall Achse 1943 - German response to Italian surrender to the Allies * Operation Arnim 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Attacke 1943 - German mine laying operation north of Corsica, France * Operation Ausladung 1943 - German offensive near Tunis, Tunisia in conjunction with Operation Ochsenkopf * Operation Braun 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia * Operation Brunhild 1943 - German planned evacuation from the Caucasus region in Southern USSR * Operation Burdock 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR * Operation Büffel-Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation of Rzhev, USSR * Operation Cannae 1943 - German occupation of

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

, Sisak, and

Bjelovar Bjelovar ( hu, Belovár, german: Bellowar, Kajkavian: ''Belovar'') is a city in central Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Bjelovar-Bilogora County. At the 2021 census, there were 36,433 inhabitants, of whom 93.06% were Croats. Histor ...

in Yugoslavia * Operation Delphin 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the

Dalmatian islands There are more than 1200 islands in the Adriatic Sea, 69 of which are inhabited. A recent study by the Institute of Oceanography in Split (2000) shows that there are 1246 islands: 79 large islands, 525 islets, and 642 ridges and rocks. The Italia ...

Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to t ...

* Operation Delphin 1943 - German withdrawal from

, Estonia * Operation Delta 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in

Western Greece Western Greece Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας, translit=Periféria Dhitikís Elládhas, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of continental Greece and the north ...

* Operation Domino 1943 - German second aborted German Arctic sortie by , , and supporting destroyers * Operation Donnerkeil 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia * Operation Donnerschlag 1943 - German anti-partisan operation along the Obdol River in USSR * Operation Draufgänger 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR *

Operation Eiche During World War II, the Gran Sasso raid (codenamed ''Unternehmen Eiche'', , literally "Operation Oak", by the German military) on 12 September 1943 was a successful operation by German paratroopers and ''Waffen-SS'' commandos to rescue the dep ...

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 - German cancelled planned attacks on Allied positions at the Dorsal Mountains in Tunisia following Operation Eilbote I * Operation Eisb 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR * Operation Eisbär 1943 - German invasion of

Kos Kos or Cos (; el, Κως ) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 36,986 (2021 census), ...

, Greece *

Operation Eisenhammer Operation Eisenhammer (German; in English ''Operation Iron Hammer'') was a planned strategic bombing operation against power generators near Moscow and Gorky in the Soviet Union which was planned by Nazi Germany during World War II but eventually ...

1943 - German planned aerial bombing operation against

power generator Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery (transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its storag ...

s in Moscow and Gorky, USSR * Operation Eisfjord 1943 - German

naval bombardment Naval gunfire support (NGFS) (also known as shore bombardment) is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range. NGFS is one of a number of disciplines encompassed by the ...

of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway * Operation Erntefest I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation west of Ossipovichi, USSR *

Operation Erntefest II Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Operation (game), ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * Operations (magazine ...

1943 - German anti-partisan operation near

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

and

Slutsk Slutsk ( officially transliterated as Sluck, be, Слуцк; russian: Слуцк; pl, Słuck, lt, Sluckas, Yiddish/Hebrew: סלוצק ''Slutsk'') is a city in Belarus, located on the Sluch River south of Minsk. As of 2022, its population i ...

, Belorussia * Operation Ferdinand 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ferkel 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR * Operation Feuerstein 1943 - German defensive build-up of the Italian Alpine passes * Operation Fliederblüte 1943 - German attack of British units at the "Banana Ridge" in Tunisia * Operation Franz 1943 - German commando operation against British supply lines in Iran * Operation Freischütz 1943 - German anti-partisan operation * Operation Fronttheater 1943 - German first aborted German Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, and destroyers * Operation Gamma 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia * Operation Gesellenprüfung 1943 - German mine laying operation via S-Boats *

Operation Günther Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Ma ...

1943 - German anti-partisan operation in

, USSR prior to Operation Zitadelle * Operation Habicht 1943 - German anti-partisan operation * Operation Hagen 1943 - German operation in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR * Operation Hagen Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation operation near Oryol, USSR * Operation Haifisch 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in

Trogir Trogir (; historically known as Traù (from Dalmatian language, Dalmatian, Venetian language, Venetian and Italian language, Italian: ); la, Tragurium; Greek language, Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, ''Tragyrion'' or Τραγούριον, '' ...

in Croatia, Yugoslavia * Operation Hamburg 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR * Operation Hasenjagd 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Gomel, Belorussia * Operation Herbstgewitter I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Pelješac peninsula, Independent State of Croatia * Operation Herbstgewitter II 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Peljesac peninsula, Independent State of Croatia * Operation Herbstgewitter III 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Independent State of Croatia * Operation Herbstgewitter IV 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Independent State of Croatia * Operation Hermann 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Vilnius and

, Belorussia * Operation Hermelin 1943 - German cruiser Lützow operation in the Baltic Sea * Operation Hornung 1943 - German anti-partisan operation * Operation Hubertus 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Pindus Mountains region of Greece * Operation Husar 1943 - German cancelled planned anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lützow * Operation Insel 1943 - German action at Hydra Island, Greece * Operation Istrien 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Italy * Operation Karin 1943 - German deployment of naval vessels in the English Channel * Operation Kiebitz 1943 - German POW rescue operation via submarine navigation of the St. Lawrence River in Canada * 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 Kormoran 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Minsk and

, Belorussia * Operation Krimhilde Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation of the Caucasus region in Southern USSR * Operation Kuckucksei 1943 - German cancelled planned attack on British units at the Fondouk Pass, Tunisia *

1943 - German anti-partisan operation near

, Belarus * Operation Landsturm 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Makarska, Independent State of Croatia * Operation Leander 1943 - German anti-partisan operation across the Lika Mountains to

on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia after * Operation Lehrgang 1943 - German evacuation of Sicily, Italy, over the Strait of Messina * Battle of Leros, Operation Leopard 1943 - German landings on Leros of the Dodecanese Islands, Greece * Operation Lika 1943 - German planned anti-partisan operation against Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia * Operation Maigewitter 1943 - German anti-partisan operation * Operation Michael 1943 - German cancelled planned evacuation of Crimea * Operation Morgenluft 1943 - German attack on Gafsa, Tunisia * Operation Nachbarhilfe I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR * Operation Nachbarhilfe I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Mglin, USSR * 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 Nürnberg 1943 - German planned response in case of an Allied invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, focusing largely around the defence of the Pyrenees passes * Operation Olivenernte 1943 - German cancelled planned attack on Majaz al Bab, Tunisia * Operation Orange 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov * Operation Panther (1943, Yugoslavia) 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Mesovan Pass in Southeastern Croatia, Yugoslavia * Operation Panther (1943, Greece) 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece * Operation Panther (1943, USSR) 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Kursk, USSR after Operation Zitadelle * Operation Panzerfaust 1943 - German operation to kidnap Miklós Horthy's son to prevent Horthy from siding with the Allies; codename later changed to Maus * Operation Parnass 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lamia (city), Lamia, Greece * Operation Paula 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of the Sava, Sava River in Government of National Salvation, Serbia * Operation Poseidon 1943 - German operation against British troops on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Zwischenspiel * Operation Puma 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece * Operation Rabat 1943 - German plan to kidnapping, kidnap the Pope from the Vatican City * Operation Regatta I 1943 - German artillery bombardment of the Strait of Kerch between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov * Operation Reinhard 1943 - German systematic murder of Polish intelligentia; phase I of the German 'Final Solution' * Operation Safari 1943 - German SS operation to disband the Royal Danish Army, Danish military * Operation Schneesturm 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bosnia, Independent State of Croatia * Operation Schnepfe 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation Wildente * Operation Schwarz 1943 - German plan in the event of an Italian surrender * Operation Seehund 1943 - German submarine mining operation * Operation Seeräuber 1943 - German failed landing on the island of Brač, Brac off the coast of Independent State of Croatia * Operation Siegfried 1943 - German plan to deploy Italian units to Southern France after Italian surrender * Operation Sizilien 1943 - German raid on Allied occupied Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway * Operation Theodor 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov * Operation Tiger (1943), Operation Tiger 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece * Operation Toni 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov * Operation Trave 1943 - German escort operations for blockade runners * Operation Ulm 1943 - German planned aerial bombing operation against Soviet industries in the Ural Mountains *

1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Rogachev, Belorussia * Operation Waldwinter 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia * Operation Weihnachtsmann 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Balkans * Operation Weiß I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Sarajevo, Independent State of Croatia * Operation Weiß II 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Sarajevo, Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Weiß I * Operation Wiking 1943 - German operations in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR * Operation Wildente 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation Schnepfe * Operation Wildsau 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR * Operation Wildsau 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Independent State of Croatia * Operation Winterzauber 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lithuania * Operation Wolkenbruch 1943 - German failed anti-partisan operation in Northern Yugoslavia * Operation Wulf 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Kordun, Bosnia, Banovina (region), Banovina and Turopolje, Independent State of Croatia * Operation Wunderland II 1943 - German planned naval operation involving cruiser ''Admiral Scheer'' in the East Siberian Sea * Operation Yarmouth 1943 - German artillery bombardment of Yeysk, USSR * Operation Ziethen 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Livno, Bosnia, Yugoslavia * Operation Ziethen 1943 - German planned evacuation from the Demyansk Pocket near Leningrad, USSR * Operation Zigeunerbaron 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR * Operation Zitadelle 1943 - German offensive at Kursk, USSR * Operation Zitronella 1943 - German raid against a Norwegian/British station at the Svalbard Islands * Operation Zwischenspiel 1943 - German attack on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Leopard * Operation Ostfront 1943 - German final German operation of Scharnhorst to intercept Convoy JW 55B * Operation Paderborn 1943 - German third and successful German transfer of Scharnhorst and destroyers from the Baltic Sea to Narvik, Norway

1944

* Operation Arras 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the

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–Okučani region in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Bergwiese 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Primošten Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Bienenhaus 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavina Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Blitz 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Našice–Đakovo region of Slavonia, Yugoslavia * Operation Brandfackel 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Cannae 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between the Sava and Drava Rivers 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 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

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in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Dubrovnik II 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the road between Zagreb and Varaždin in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dubrovnik * Operation Dünkirchen I 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašić region in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Dünkirchen II 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašić region in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dünkirchen I * Operation Emil 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of Knin in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Falke 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountain and Bilogora Mountains 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 Fuchsjagd 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Ivanščica 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

and

in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ingeborg 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation east of Karlovac and north of the

in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Jajce 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Vrbas (river), Vrbas Valley in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Kastanie 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the

–Sanski Most–Omarska area in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Kaub 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Sava River in the Independent State of Croatia, destroying all boats and ferry, ferries * Operation Kornblume 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Lauffeuer 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area south of Šid and near Ilok in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Morgenstern 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Nibelungenfahrt 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Reinhard (1944), Operation Reinhard 1944 - Axis occupation of ore mines in and around Ljubija (town), Ljubija in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Renate 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Murter Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Rouen 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kalnik Mountains south of the Ludbreg–Koprivnica Line in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Sarajevo 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of the Sesvete–

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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 Schlüsselblume 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in western Slavonia in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Schneeschmelze 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Zaprešić–Krapinske Toplice–Klanjec area in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Steinschlag 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Otočac and Vrhovine in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Trolist 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Zaistovec–Preseka, Croatia, Preseka region in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Ungewitter 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Wildsau 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of the railroad connecting Đurmanec and Krapinske Toplice in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Wintergewitter 1944 - Axis attack on the US Army in the Apennine mountains, Italy * Operation Zumberak IV 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Žumberak Mountains, Plesivica Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Antimon 1944 - German operations in Romania * Operation Aster 1944 - German evacuation of Estonia * Operation Birke 1944 - German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War * Operation Blei 1944 - German operations in Romania * Fall Blume I 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Northern

* Fall Blume II 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Southern France *

1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Istria Peninsula, Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral, OZAK * Operation Christrose 1944 - German early name for Battle of The Bulge, Wacht am Rhein * Operation Doppelkopf 1944 - German offensive to relieve]troops fighting in Latvia * Operation Doppelsprung 1944 - German planned evacuation of bridgeheads at the river Maas (Meuse) west of Arnhem, the Netherlands * Operation Draufgänger 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Montenegro, Yugoslavia and in Northern Albania * Operation Einhorn 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece * Operation Elster 1944 - German infiltration of agents into the US to gather intelligence on Manhattan Project * Operation Ernteeinbringung 1944 - German anti-partisan operation east of

, Independent State of Croatia * Fall Falke 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Norway * Operation Feuerwehr 1944 - German failed planned anti-partisan operation in Macedonia, Yugoslavia * Operation Feuerzange 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Dalmatian islands in Adriatic Sea * Operation Feuerzauber 1944 - German destruction of bridges near Florence, Italy * Operation Fischfang 1944 - German counterattack to the Allied invasion at Anzio, Italy * Operation Fliegenfänger 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Memici and Osmaci in Bosnia, Yugoslavia * Operation Forelle 1944 - German operation to disrupt Soviet supply lines on the Danube River near Budapest, Hungary * Fall Forelle I 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Balkans via the Adriatic Sea * Fall Forelle II 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Balkans via the Aegean Sea * Operation Freischütz 1944 - German cancelled planned operation to occupy the island of Vis off Croatia, Yugoslavia * Operation Freischütz 1944 - German relief operation for troops trapped near

, Belorussia * 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 Frühlingsfest 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Lepel, Belorussia as a follow-up operation of Operation Regenschauer * Operation Gemsbock 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the region near the Greek-Albanian border before Operation Einhorn *

1944 - German infiltration of Allied rear areas using Allied uniforms; part of Wacht am Rhein * Operation Großer Schlag 1944 - German planned mass-deployment of Fighter aircraft, fighters against Allied bombers * Fall Hanna 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Denmark * Operation Haudegen 1944 - German intelligence gathering on Spitsbergen, Norway * 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 Herbstnebel 1944 - German rejected plan to withdraw German troops in Italy behind the Po River * Operation Heu-Aktion 1944 - German enslavement of Eastern European children between the age of 10 and 15 to work in the German armament industry * 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 Horrido 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece * Operation Hundesohn 1944 - German occupation of Sofia, Bulgaria * Operation Ibex 1944 - German air raids on London and other nearby British cities * Operation Iltis 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece * Operation Judas 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Bulgaria * Kampf um Rom 1944 - German defence plan for the Nettuno area in Italy * Operation Koralle 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Sporades Islands, Greece; previously named Operation Neptun * Operation Kreuzotter 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece * Operation Landwirt 1944 - German submarine operation against the Allied fleet off France during the Normandy invasion * Operation Laura 1944 - German proposed planned evacuation of Courland, Latvia * Operation Ludwig 1944 - German plan against an Allied landing at Livorno, Italy * Operation Lüttich 1944 - German counter-offensive at Mortain, France, in response to Operation Cobra * Operation Maibaum 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in

in Bosnia, Yugoslavia * Operation Maigewitter 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Greece * Fall Marder 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy; activated after Allies launched Operation Shingle * Fall Marder I 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy via the Ligurian Sea; part of Fall Marder * Fall Marder II 1944 - German defence 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 Martin 1944 - German planned attack of the Ardennes region as proposed by Gerd von Rundstedt; rejected by Adolf Hitler for being too conservative * Operation Messer 1944 - German mining of the Ligurian Sea off Northern Italy * Operation Morgenröte 1944 - German counterattack to the Allied invasion at Anzio and Nettuno, Italy * Operation Morgenwind I 1944 - German landing on the island of Brač off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia * Operation Morgenwind II 1944 - German landing on the island of Šolta off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia * Operation München 1944 - German fallback to the Arno River in the Tuscany region of Italy * Operation Möwe V 1944 - German cancelled plan to land agents in Scotland, Britain * Operation Napfkuchen 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia * Operation Neptun 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Sporades Islands, Greece; later renamed to Operation Koralle * Operation Nordlicht (1944–1945), Operation Nordlicht 1944 - German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway after Finland changed sides in the war * Operation Nordlicht-Bewegung 1944 - German troop deployment in Finland * Operation Nussknacker 1944 - German torpedo boat operation off Corsica, France * Operation Odysseus 1944 - German naval deployment in the Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea * Operation Panzerfaust 1944 - German occupation of Hungary * Operation Pfingstausflug 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in

and Lepel, Belorussia * Operation Prüfstand XII 1944 - German program to develop Submarine-launched missile, submarine-launched V-2 rockets * Operation Regenschauer 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Lepel and Polotsk in Belorussia * Operation Rentier 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece * Operation Richard 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy; activated after Allies launched Operation Shingle * Operation Rumpelkammer 1944 - German start of the V-1 (flying bomb), V-1 rocket attacks against London * Operation Rübezahl 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Montenegro, Yugoslavia * Operation Röslein 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Macedonia (country), Macedonia, Yugoslavia * Operation Rösselsprung (1944), Operation Rösselsprung 1944 - German attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito * Operation Schneegestöber 1944 - German operation to find and capture Josip Broz Tito's headquarters (military), headquarters in Yugoslavia * Operation Sonnenaufgang 1944 - German attack on Allied units at Anzio, Italy * Operation Steinadler 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Eastern Greece * Operation Steinbock 1944 - German bombing of London and Southern England, Britain * Operation Storch 1944 - German flooding of parts of the Netherlands to hinder Allied advance; previously named Operation Heide * Operation Student 1944 - German plan to restore Benito Mussolini's political power, power in Italy * Operation Stösser 1944 - German airborne drop behind Allied lines; part of Wacht am Rhein * Operation Süd 1944 - German deceptive operation at Nettuno, Italy * Operation Tanne Ost 1944 - German attack on the island of Hogland in the Baltic Sea from Finland * Operation Tanne West 1944 - German planned invasion of Åland in the Baltic Sea from Finland * Operation Treibjagd 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia * Operation Treuebruch 1944 - German occupation of the Bulgarian-held Skopje region of Macedonia, Yugoslavia * Operation Trojanisches Pferd 1944 - German occupation of Budapest, Hungary; part of Operation Margarethe I * Operation Uljan 1944 - German anti-partisan operation on the island of Ugljan off the coast of the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Verrat 1944 - German attack on forces of Dragoljub Mihailovic in Yugoslavia * Operation Verrat 1944 - German attack on forces of Napoleon Zervas in Greece * Battle of The Bulge, Wacht am Rhein 1944 - German offensive in the Ardennes; Anglicized as 'Watch on the Rhine' * Operation Waldrausch 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Balkans * Operation Walküre 1944 - German attempt to overthrow Adolf Hitler, written under the cover of a plan to foil potential worker rebellions; Anglicized as 'Valkyre' * Operation Walzertraum 1944 - German landing on the island of Hvar off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia; part of Operation Herbstgewitter III and Operation Herbstgewitter IV * Operation Weststurm 1944 - German

of Sworbe, Estonia * Operation Wikinger 1944 - German offensive on the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia * Operation Winterende 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Slovenia, Yugoslavia; part of Operation Frühlingsanfang * Operation Wintermärchen 1944 - German offensive on American troops in Italy * Operation Wulf 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece * Operation Zeppelin (German military operation), Operation Zeppelin 1944 - German failed operation to destroy power plants in Moscow, USSR

1945

* Operation Bergwind 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Moslavacka Mountains southeast of Zagreb in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Frühlingssturm 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the Danube River in the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Konrad 1945 - Axis attack near Budapest, Hungary to Siege of Budapest, relieve the surrounded city * Operation Lawine 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Lašva Valley and Travnik the Independent State of Croatia * Operation Caesar 1945 - Failed transfer of technical design plans and strategic materials from Germany to Japan, using submarine U-864 * Operation Aktion 24 1945 - German aborted planned suicide aerial attack on bridges over the Vistula river in attempt to disrupt Soviet supply lines * Operation Alpenfestung 1945 - German plan for a redoubt in the German Alps * Operation Birkhahn 1945 - German evacuation of Norway * Operation Bodenplatte 1945 - German air raid against Allied airbases in the Netherlands and Belgium in support of Wacht am Rhein * Operation Clausewitz 1945 - German defense plan for the city of Berlin. * Operation Freiheit 1945 - German destruction of a bridge on the Oder River * Operation Frühlingserwachen 1945 - German counter-offensive against Soviet troops near Budapest, Hungary * Operation Gertraud 1945 - German planned aerial bombing of hydropower plants east of Moscow, USSR *

1945 - German evacuation of East Prussia, Germany * Operation Hermann 1945 - German attack on British air units in Belgium and the Netherlands * Operation Maigewitter 1945 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla in Bosnia, Yugoslavia * Operation Nordwind 1945 - German offensive in Alsace and Lorraine in north-eastern France in conjunction with Wacht am Rhein * Operation Regenbogen (U-boat), Operation Regenbogen 1945 - German rescinded planned order to Scuttling, scuttle German ships at the End of World War II in Europe, end of the war * Operation Regenwurm 1945 - German plan to move V-2 rockets to avoid Allied Allied bombing of Germany, air strikes * Operation Schneeman 1945 - German offensive in the Netherlands in conjunction with Wacht am Rhein * Operation Sonnenwende 1945 - German attack of Soviet troops in Choszczno, Pomerania, Germany * Operation Südwind 1945 - German counter-offensive from Esztergom, Hungary * Operation Waldteufel 1945 - German anti-partisan operation in Budapest, Hungary * Operation Werewolf 1945 - German anti-partisan operation in Croatia, Yugoslavia * Operation Werewolf 1945 - German Air warfare of World War II, fighter deployment against Allied bombing * Operation Zahnarzt 1945 - German operation in the area of Molsheim, France, and Zabern, Germany

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