There were three events in
World War II
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 opposin ...
called Operation Adler (Adler means ''Eagle'' in German):
# A series of
Luftwaffe
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...
attacks beginning on 13 August 1940 known as
Operation Eagle Attack
''Adlertag'' ("Eagle Day") was the first day of ''Unternehmen Adlerangriff'' ("Operation Eagle Attack"), which was the codename of a military operation by Nazi Germany's ''Luftwaffe'' (German air force) to destroy the British Royal Air Force ( ...
(''Unternehmen Adlerangriff'') set to begin on ''
Adlertag
''Adlertag'' ("Eagle Day") was the first day of ''Unternehmen Adlerangriff'' ("Operation Eagle Attack"), which was the codename of a military operation by Nazi Germany's '' Luftwaffe'' (German air force) to destroy the British Royal Air Fo ...
'' ("Eagle Day").
# An anti-
partisan operation centered on the Chechivichi region of
Belarus
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 R ...
, begun on 20 July 1942.
# An anti-partisan operation by German and
Croatia
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n units on the north
Dalmatia
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 ...
n coast, between Karlobag and Zadar in November 1943.
World War II operations and battles of Europe
Military operations of World War II involving Germany
Anti-partisan operations of World War II
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