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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, 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 of the Soviet Union, called

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 afte ...

. ''Harpune'' had two parts, ''Harpune Süd'' (Harpoon South) operated from Norway, Denmark, and France, while ''Harpune Nord'' (Harpoon North) did the same in Norway.''AOK Norwegen, Ia, Nr. 6/41, Operationsbefehl Nr. 1 für die Vorbereitung der Unternehmung 'Harpune,' '' in ''Tätigkeitsberichte für Monat Mai.'' AOK 20 12564/7 in Ziemke, Earl F., ''The German Northern Theater of Operations 1940-1945,'' Washington DC, US Government Printing Office, 1959, 138

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