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This is a list of known World War II (WW2) era military operations, and missions commonly associated with WW2. As of 2007 this is not a comprehensive list but most major operations which Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included alongside operations that involved neutral nation states. Operations are categorised according to the theater of operations, and an attempt has been made to cover all aspects of significant events including the Holocaust. Operations contained in the Western Front category have been listed by year. Operations which follow the cessation of hostilities along with those which occurred in the pre-war period are also included. Operations are listed alphabetically, and where multiple aspects are involved these are listed inline. This is a partial list of battles that have entries in Wikipedia. ... . ... This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. ... The 1453 Siege of Constantinople (painted 1499) A siege is a prolonged military assault and blockade on a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. ... See also list of military writers. ... This is a list of lists of wars, sorted by country, date, region, and type of conflict. ... This article lists and summarizes War Crimes committed since the Hague Conventions of 1907. ... There are a bewildering array of weapons, far more than would be useful in list form. ... This is a list of military writers, alphabetical by last name. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Planning, calculating, or the giving or receiving of information. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... â€œShoahâ€ redirects here. ...

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Africa

Excluding North African campaigns

Appearance (1941) — British seaborne assault on Italian-held British Somaliland
Canned (1940) — British naval bombardment of Banda Alula, Italian Somaliland
Chronometer (1941) — British landings at Assab, the last Italian-held harbour on the Red Sea
Ironclad (1942) — The Battle of Madagascar
Menace (1940) — seaborne Free French and British attack on Dakar, French West Africa (Senegal)
Supply (1941) — Allied anti-submarine naval patrol off Madagascar

Combatants United Kingdom Anglo-Egyptian Sudan British Somaliland British East Africa British India Gold Coast Nigeria N. Rhodesia S. Rhodesia Union of S. Africa Belgium Belgian Congo Free France Ethiopian irregulars Italy Italian East Africa German Motorized Company Commanders Archibald Wavell William Platt Alan Cunningham Duke of Aosta Guglielmo Nasi... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Flag Capital Aden Religion Islam Political structure Protectorate History - Established 1884 - Independence June 26, 1960 - Somaliland established 18 May, 1991 Currency British pound British Somaliland was a British protectorate in the north part of the Horn of Africa, and later part of Somalia and presently the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Italian Somaliland was an Italian colony that lasted, apart from a brief interlude of British rule, from the late 19th century until 1960 in the territory of the modern-day East African nation of Somalia. ... Combatants United Kingdom Anglo-Egyptian Sudan British Somaliland British East Africa British India Gold Coast Nigeria N. Rhodesia S. Rhodesia Union of S. Africa Belgium Belgian Congo Free France Ethiopian irregulars Italy Italian East Africa German Motorized Company Commanders Archibald Wavell William Platt Alan Cunningham Duke of Aosta Guglielmo Nasi... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Assab (or Aseb) is a port in Eritrea on the west coast of the Red Sea. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... Combatants United Kingdom Rhodesia British East African colonies South Africa Australia (naval only) Vichy France Japan (naval only) Commanders Robert Sturges Armand LÃ©on Annet Strength 10,000-15,000 (land forces) 8,000 (land forces)[1] Casualties 107 killed in action; 280 wounded;[2] 620 casualties in total (including... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa_1928-1994. ... Operation Menace was an unsuccessful military operation launched by British and Free French forces in September 1940, near Dakar, Senegal, in an attempt to dislodge the Vichy French defending Dakar (thus preventing a possible German occupation) and to install Charles de Gaulle and the Free French in the Senegalese capital. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Flag De Jure territory Capital Paris Capital-in-exile London, Algiers Government Republic Leader Charles de Gaulle Historical era World War II - de Gaulles appeal June 18, 1940 - Liberation of Paris August, 1944 The Free French Forces (French: , FFL) were French fighters in World War II, who decided to... (City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes darrondissement) City proper (commune) RÃ©gion Dakar DÃ©partement Dakar Mayor Pape Diop (PDS) (since 2002) Area 82. ... Location of French West Africa French West Africa (French: ) was a federation of eight French territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), CÃ´te dIvoire, Niger, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Dahomey (now Benin). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...

Atlantic Ocean

Includes North Sea, Arctic Ocean and actions against naval vessels in harbour

Alacrity (1943) — Allied naval patrols around Azores
Berlin (1941) — Atlantic cruise of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
Catechism (1944) — final RAF air attack on Tirpitz
Cerberus (1942) — escape of German capital ships from Brest to home ports in Germany (Channel Dash)
Croquet (1944) — Allied anti-shipping off Norway
Cupola (1945) — British anti-shipping operation off Norway
Deadlight (1945) — postwar scuttling of U-boats
Dervish (1941) — first of the Arctic Convoys to the Soviet Union
Domino (1943) — second aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen and destroyers
Doppelschlag ("Double blow") (1942) — German anti-shipping operation off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper
Drachenhohle (1944) — aborted attack on Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, using Mistel composite aircraft
EJ (1941) — British anti-shipping operation off Norway
Foxchase (1945) — British anti-shipping operation off Norway
Fronttheater (1943) — first aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen and destroyers
Goodwood I, II, III & IV (1944) — sequence of 4 carrier-borne air attacks on Tirpitz
Holder (1943) — British special naval transport to Murmansk
Husar (1943) — cancelled German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lutzow
Lucid (1940) — attempt to destroy German invasion barges
Mascot (1944) — failed carrier-borne air attack on Tirpitz
Nordseetour ("North Sea Tour") (1940) — first Atlantic operation of Admiral Hipper
Obviate (1944) — RAF air attack on Tirpitz
Ostfront (1943) — final operation of Scharnhorst to intercept convoy JW-55B
Paderborn (1943) — third and successful transfer of Scharnhorst and destroyers to Norway
Paravane (1944) — RAF air attack on Tirpitz
Paukenschlag ("Drumbeat", "Beat of the Kettle Drum", "Second happy time") (1942) — German U-boat campaign against shipping off the United States east coast
Planet, Brawn, Tiger Claw and Mascot (1944) — cancelled carrier-borne air attacks on the Tirpitz
Posthorn (1944) — British naval air attack on shipping off Norway
Potluck (1944) — Allied anti-shipping patrol off Norway
Primrose (1941) — capture of U-110's Enigma cypher machine and documents by HMS Bulldog
Regenbogen ("Rainbow") (1942) Germany — failed German attack on Arctic convoy JW-51B, by Admiral Hipper and Lutzow
Rheinübung ("Exercise Rhine") (1941) Germany — planned German attacks on Allied shipping conducted by Bismarck and Prinz Eugen
Rösselsprung ("Knights Move") (1942) — German naval operation (including Tirpitz) to attack Arctic convoy PQ-17
Roundel (1945) — British convoy escort to Murmansk
Source (1943) — British X class submarine (midget submarine) attacks on German warships based in Norway
Sportpalast (1942) — aborted German naval operation (including Tirpitz) to attack Arctic convoys PQ-12 and QP-8
- Zauberflöte ("Magic Flute") (1942) — return of damaged Prinz Eugen from Trondheim to Germany
Stonewall (1943) — Allied operation to intercept blockade runners in the Bay of Biscay
Tungsten (1944) — carrier-borne air attack on Tirpitz
Tunnel (1943) — standard British plan to intercept German blockade runners
Wikinger (1940) — foray by German destroyers into the North Sea
Wunderland (1942) — German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Admiral Scheer
Zarin (1942) — German mining action off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Hipper and destroyers

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem (national) (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do HeroÃsmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region - President Carlos CÃ©sar Establishment - Settled 1439 - Autonomy 1976 Area - Total 2,333 kmÂ² (n/a) 911 sq mi... Operation Berlin was the commerce raid performed by German warships KM Scharnhorst and KM Gneisenau between January and March, 1941. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Scharnhorst was a famous World War II 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser[1] of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst that was sunk in the Battle at the Falkland Islands... Gneisenau was a famous World War II 31,100 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser[1] of the German Kriegsmarine. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... RAF redirects here. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Operation Cerberus (German: Zerberus after Cerberus the three-headed dog of Greek mythology who guards the gate to Hades) was the name given to the break-out during World War II of the Kriegsmarines ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen and a number of smaller ships from Brest to their... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Brest is a city in Brittany, or the Bretagne rÃ©gion, north-west France, sous-prÃ©fecture of the FinistÃ¨re dÃ©partement. ... Operation Cerberus (German: Zerberus) was the name given to the escape during World War II of the Kriegsmarines ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen and a number of smaller ships from Brest to ports in Germany and Denmark via the English Channel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Operation Deadlight was the code name for the scuttling of U-boats surrendered to the Allies after the defeat of Germany near the end of World War II. Of the 154 U-boats surrendered, 121 were scuttled in deep water off Lisahally, Northern Ireland or Loch Ryan, Scotland in late... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... Operation Dervish was the first of the Arctic Convoys of World War II by which the Western Allies supplied material material aid to the Soviet Union in its fight with Nazi Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Scharnhorst was a famous World War II 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser[1] of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst that was sunk in the Battle at the Falkland Islands... The German cruiser Prinz Eugen (pron. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Novaya Zemlya (Russian: , lit. ... Admiral Scheer was a Deutschland class heavy cruiser (often termed a pocket battleship) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer. ... The German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper fought as part of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was named after Admiral Ritter von Hipper, commander of the German battlecruiser squadron during the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and later commander-in-chief of the German High Seas Fleet. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... It has been suggested that Gutter Sound be merged into this article or section. ... Mistel (Ger. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Scharnhorst was a famous World War II 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser[1] of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst that was sunk in the Battle at the Falkland Islands... The German cruiser Prinz Eugen (pron. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ; Finnish: (archaic); Northern Sami: ; Skolt Sami: ) is a city in the extreme northwest part of Russia with a seaport on the Kola Bay, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russias borders with Norway and... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... A map showing the location of the Kara Sea. ... The Deutschland (later re-named LÃ¼tzow), was the lead ship of a heavy cruiser class that served in the German Kriegsmarine before and during World War II. The ship was originally classified as an armored ship (Panzerschiff) by Germany, and referred to as a pocket battleship by the British. ... Photo submitted by Simon Manchee Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN (1890-1968) was a noted Royal Navy officer in both World War I and World War II and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... This was the first Atlantic sortie of the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper during December, 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper fought as part of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was named after Admiral Ritter von Hipper, commander of the German battlecruiser squadron during the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and later commander-in-chief of the German High Seas Fleet. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Combatants Nazi Germany United Kingdom Commanders Erich Beyâ€ Bruce Fraser Strength 1 battlecruiser 5 destroyers 1 battleship 1 heavy cruiser 3 light cruisers 9 destroyers Casualties 1 battlecruiser sunk 1 battleship lightly damaged 1 heavy cruiser lightly damaged 1 light cruiser lightly damaged 1 destroyer lightly damaged In the World... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Scharnhorst was a famous World War II 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser[1] of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst that was sunk in the Battle at the Falkland Islands... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Scharnhorst was a famous World War II 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser[1] of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst that was sunk in the Battle at the Falkland Islands... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... The second happy time was a phase in the Second Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping along the east coast of North America. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The second happy time was a phase in the Second Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping along the east coast of North America. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Operation Primrose was the name of the secret operation to capture the German U-110 U-boat. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Unterseeboot 110 (U-110) has been the designation of two submarines of the German Navy. ... For a discussion of how Enigma-derived intelligence was put to use, see Ultra (WWII intelligence). ... Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bulldog, after the bulldog: The first Bulldog was a small 4-gun vessel bought in March 1794 and sold later in the same year. ... Combatants United Kingdom Nazi Germany Commanders Rear-Admiral Robert L. Burnett Captain Robert St. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper fought as part of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was named after Admiral Ritter von Hipper, commander of the German battlecruiser squadron during the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and later commander-in-chief of the German High Seas Fleet. ... The Deutschland (later re-named LÃ¼tzow), was the lead ship of a heavy cruiser class that served in the German Kriegsmarine before and during World War II. The ship was originally classified as an armored ship (Panzerschiff) by Germany, and referred to as a pocket battleship by the British. ... In World War II, Operation RheinÃ¼bung (Rhine Exercise) was the sortie by the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, which left Gdynia, Poland on 12 May 1941. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. ... The German cruiser Prinz Eugen (pron. ... PQ-17 was a World War II convoy carrying war materiel from Britain and the USA to the USSR. PQ-17 sailed in June-July 1942 and suffered the heaviest losses of any Russia-bound (PQ) convoy, with 25 vessels out of 36 lost to enemy action. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... The Arctic convoys of World War II travelled from the United States and the United Kingdom to the northern ports of the Soviet Union - Archangel and Murmansk. ... PQ-17 was a World War II convoy carrying war materiel from Britain and the USA to the USSR. PQ-17 sailed in June-July 1942 and suffered the heaviest losses of any Russia-bound (PQ) convoy, with 25 vessels out of 36 lost to enemy action. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ; Finnish: (archaic); Northern Sami: ; Skolt Sami: ) is a city in the extreme northwest part of Russia with a seaport on the Kola Bay, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russias borders with Norway and... Operation Source was a series of attacks to neutralise the heavy German warships - Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Lutzow - based in Northern Norway, using X-class midget submarines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The X class was a World War II midget submarine class built for the Royal Navy during 1943â€“44. ... Operation Sportpalast was the action by Tirpitz and its escorting destroyers against Arctic convoys PQ-12 and QP-8. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen fought as part of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was named after Prince Eugene of Savoy (Prinz Eugen in German). ... Operation Stonewall was a World War II operation to intercept blockade runners off the west coast of France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Map of the Bay of Biscay. ... Operation Tungsten was one of a number of aerial attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz while she was in Norwegian waters (the Altenfjord) by the Fleet Air Arm (the air units of the Royal Navy). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck. ... HMS Charybdis was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Operation Wikinger was a sortie into the North Sea by the 1st Destroyer Flotilla of the Kriegsmarine, in February 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Operation Wunderland (German: Unternehmen Wunderland) was a large-scale operation undertaken in summer 1942 by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War in the waters of the Northern Sea Route close to the Arctic Ocean. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... A map showing the location of the Kara Sea. ... Admiral Scheer was a Deutschland class heavy cruiser (often termed a pocket battleship) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Novaya Zemlya (Russian: , lit. ... The German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper fought as part of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was named after Admiral Ritter von Hipper, commander of the German battlecruiser squadron during the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and later commander-in-chief of the German High Seas Fleet. ...

Eastern Front

See Main Article: List of Military operations on the Eastern Front European Theater during WW2 // European operations involving the Soviet Union. ...

Mediterranean Sea

See Main Article: List of Naval and land based operations in Mediterranean Sea Area during WW2 Naval operations and land operations in regions and nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, including Italy and French Riviera. ...

China and Pacific Ocean

See Main Article: List of Naval and land based operations in Pacific Theater during WW2 List of Naval and land based operations in Pacific Theater during WW2 including China, Japan, Manchuria, Australia, and Pacific Rim. ...

South and South East Asia

Iran, India, Burma, Malaya and Indo-China, and the Indian Ocean

Bajadere (1942) — German special forces operation in India, including Free India Legion personnel
Balsam (1945) — photographic reconnaissance of southern Malaya and airstrikes against Sumatran airfields
Boarding Party (1943) — raid against German ships interned in neutral port of Goa.
Canned (1944) — search and destroy operation for German supply tanker
Capital (1943) — Allied capture of northern Burma
Cockpit (1944) — Allied naval airstrike on Sabang, Sumatra
Collie (1945) — naval airstrikes against the Nicobar Islands and air cover for minesweeping forces near Phuket Island
Culverin (1943) — Proposed allied invasion of northern Sumatra
Countenance (1941) — Allied invasion of neutral Iran.
Crimson (1944) — Allied naval airstrike and bombardment of Sabang, Sumatra
Dracula (1945) — British amphibious assault on Rangoon, Burma.
- Bishop (1945) — covering operation for Dracula
Diplomat (1944) — Allied exercise in preparation for joint operations against the Japanese
Dukedom (1945) — British search and destroy operation for Japanese cruiser Haguro
Foil (1945) — cutting of submarine telephone cables off Hong Kong
Franz (1942) — proposal to establish sabotage teams in Iran
Ha-Go (1944) — Japanese action to isolate and destroy Anglo-Indian forces in Burma
Jaywick (1943) — Anglo-Australian attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour
Krohcol (1942) — British move into Thailand to pre-empt expected Japanese action
Lentil(1945) — naval air attack on refineries on Sumatra
Livery (1945) — naval air strikes on northern Malaya and air cover for minesweeping operations
Longcloth (1943) — Chindits advance into Burma
Matador (1941) — Planned British pre-emptive move into Siam from Malaya
Matador (1945) — British occupation of Ramree Island
Meridian (1945) — naval air attacks on installations on Sumatra
Mosul (1944) — air drop of agents and supplies near Mosul
Pamphlet (1943) — convoying of Australian troops from Suez to Australia
Sabine (1941) — Allied invasion of neutral Iraq including;
- Regatta — 21 Brigade advance from Basra by boat up the Tigris.
- Regulta — "Euphrates Brigade" (20 Indian Brigade) deployment from Basra to Kut by steamer and barge.
Sabre (1945} — cutting of submarine communications cable off Saigon
Sankey (1945) — landings by Royal Marines on Cheduba Island
Sheikh Mahmut (1943) — failed attempt to establish bases in Iraq
Sleuth (1944) — pursuit of German commerce raider in Indian Ocean
Struggle (1945) — destruction of IJN cruiser Takao in Singapore harbour, using midget submarines
Talon (1945) — British capture of Akyab island and construction of supply airbase in support of Burma campaign.
Thursday (1944) — Chindits operation in Burma
Transom (1944) — Allied naval air raid on Surabaya, Java
U-Go (1944) — Japanese assault on Imphal and Kohima
Zipper (1945) Planned British seaborne landing in Malaya.
- Slippery (1945) deception operation for Zipper

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Combatants United Kingdom British India Republic of China United States Empire of Japan Indian National Army Burma National Army Thailand Commanders Louis Mountbatten William Slim Chiang Kai-Shek Joseph Stilwell Aung San(From 1944) Masakazu Kawabe Hyotaro Kimura Renya Mutaguchi Subhash Chandra Bose Aung San(until 1944) Strength Unknown Unknown... The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 Indian 3rd Infantry Division) were a British Indian Army Special Force that served in Burma and India from 1942 until 1945 during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 Indian 3rd Infantry Division) were a British Indian Army Special Force that served in Burma and India from 1942 until 1945 during the Burma Campaign in World War II. 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Scandinavia

See Main Article: Military Operations in Scandinavia, and Iceland during WW2 // Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, Iceland and Greenland Birke (Birch) (1944) â€” German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War Birkhahn (horse pedigree) (1945) â€” German withdrawal from Norway BÃ¼ffel (Buffalo) (1940) â€” German operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway. ...

Western Front

See Main Article: List of Military Operations in the West European Theater during WW2 by Year // Fall Rot (Case Red) (1935) â€” Overview of German defense planning in tandem with Fall Blau. ...

Technology

Axis

Caesar (1945) — transfer of technical plans and strategic materials to Japan, using U-864
Beethoven (1941–1945) — German programme to develop composite aircraft (Mistel)
Prüfstand XII ("Test stand") (194?) — German programme to develop submarine launched V-2

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Allies

Alsos ("Grove") (1940–1945) — Allied efforts to gather data on German nuclear fission developments.
- Big (1945) — capture of an atomic pile at Haigerloch.
- Harborage (1945) — US sweep up of German atomic assets ahead of French occupation.
- Epsilon (1945) — Evesdropping on incarcerated German scientists.
Aphrodite (1944) The use of B-17 bombers as radio-controlled missiles.
Backfire (1945) — launches of captured V-2 rockets.
Hawkeye (1944) — Radar research by US Navy.
Lusty (1945) — US actions to capture German scientific documents, facilities and aircraft.
Manhattan Project (1941–1945) — program to build an atomic bomb.
Most III ("Bridge III") (1944) — transfer of captured V-2 components from occupied Poland to Britain. Also known as Wildhorn III.
Paperclip (1945–) — capture of scientists, technical and German rocketry. Originally Operation Overcast sometimes called Project Paperclip.
Surgeon (1945–) — Similar to Paperclip; program to exploit German aeronautical scienctific advances.
Stella Polaris (1944–) transfer of Finnish SIGINT, equipment, and personnel to Sweden following end of Continuation war in 1944.
TICOM ("Target Intelligence Committee") (1945–) — seizure of intelligence apparatus, in particular cryptographic assets. See also Stella Polaris.

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Special Operations Executive (SOE)

See main article on Special Operations Executive List of Special Operations Executive Operations in WW2 The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Aeneas (1944) â€” Belgium Arboretum (1944) â€” Belgium, agents executed, few details of exact mission. ...

Partisan Operations

Includes some operations by regular forces in support of partisans. Partisan may refer to: A member of a lightly-equipped irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation. ...

Anthropoid (1942) — assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.
Burza ("Tempest") (1944) — a series of local uprisings by the Polish Home Army
- Ostra Brama (1944) — battle for Vilnius
Canuck (1945) — SAS operation near Turin to train and organise Italian resistance fighters.
Carpetbagger (1943) — US airdrops to several national Resistance forces
Montagnards (1944) — FFI action to establish base in Vercors Massif
- Cadillac (1944) — airborne supply operation to FFI in Vercors Massif
- Eucalyptus (1944) — airdrop into Vercors Massif of liaison teams
- Zebra (1944) — airborne supply operation to FFI in Vercors Massif
Savannah (1941) — Free French attempt to ambush and kill Luftwaffe pathfinder pilots in France
Taśma ("Belt") (1943-1944) — action of the Home Army against German border guarding stations
Wieniec ("Garland") (1942) — action of the Polish Związek Odwetu against German railway transport

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Anti-Partisan Operations

Axis

Braunschweig ("Brunswick") (1944) — Action in Istria
Delphin ("Dolphin") (1943) — Action on central Dalmatian islands
Eisbär ("Polar bear") (1943) — Landings on island of Kos to root out partisan base of operations.
Fall Weiss ("Case white") (1943) — Operations in Yugoslavia
Feuerzange ("Fire-Tong") (1944) — Action against Dalmatian Islands in the Adriatic
Fruhling (1944) — action to suppress FFI activity in Vercors Massif, France
Kugelblitz ("Lightning Ball") (1943) — anti-partisan action near Vitebsk
Ozren (1941 & 1942) — two attempts to suppress partisans near Ozren, Bosnia
Ratweek (1944) — combined air (Balkan Air Force} and ground attack on partisans.
Risnjak (1942) — Italian action against partisans in coastal Croatia and Montenegro
Schwarz ("Black") (1943) — Action against partisans in Yugoslavia
Trio (1942) — action against partisans in region of southern Bosnia.
Vercors (1944) — main German action to retake Vercors Massif, France

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Intelligence

Axis

Bernhard (194?) — German plan to damage British economy using forged British banknotes.
Elster ("Magpie") (1944) — landings of German agents on the US east coast with objective of gathering intelligence on Manhattan Project
Haudegen ("Broadsword") (1944) — German intelligence collection in Spitsbergen Norway
Hummer ("Lobster") series (1940 onwards) — insertion of German agents into Britain. See also Hummer I
Kadella (1945) — airdrop of agents near Marseilles
Plan Kathleen (1941) — plan sent by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to Germany seeking support for activities. Dubbed "Artus" by German Foreign Ministry. See IRA Abwehr World War II for all IRA Abwehr involvement.
Karneval (1945) — airdrop of agents near Brussels and Waals
Pastorious (1942) — separate landings of German agents on the US east coast with objective of industrial sabotage.
Perlen-fischer (1945) — airdrop of agents near Paris
Taube ("Dove/Pigeon") (1940) — mission to transport IRA Chief of Staff Seán Russell from Germany back to Ireland.
Seemöwe ("Seagull") series (1940 onwards) — insertion of German agents into Britain and Ireland. See also Seagull I and Seagull II.
Wal ("Whale") (1940) — aborted German plan to foster links with Scottish and Welsh nationalist groups.
Walfisch ("Whale") (1940) — aborted German plan to land an agent in Ireland.

Operation Bernhard was the name of a secret German plan devised during the Second World War to destabilise the British economy by flooding the country with forged Bank of England Â£5, Â£10, Â£20, and Â£50 notes. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Attacks on United States territory in North America during World War II by the Axis Powers were rare, mainly due to North Americas geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... This article is about the World War II nuclear project. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Spitsbergen (formerly known as West Spitsbergen) is a Norwegian island, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago, situated in the Arctic Ocean. ... In 1940 it was decided to send agents and saboteurs to infiltrate Britain from Norway and Northern France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Lobster I (Unternehmen Hummer I in German) was an Abwehr plan to infiltrate three German agents into Ireland, (the territory formerly known as the Irish Free State), in July 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... Plan Kathleen, sometimes referred to as Artus Plan (Artus Plan in German), was a plan for the invasion of Northern Ireland sanctioned by Stephen Hayes Acting Irish Republican Army (IRA) Chief of Staff in 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the Irish Republican Army in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and opponents of the Treaty. ... Collaboration between the IRA and Abwehr during World War II ranged in intensity during the period 1937 - 1943 and ended permanently around 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... Attacks on United States territory in North America during World War II by the Axis Powers were rare, mainly due to North Americas geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... SeÃ¡n Russell (1893-14 August 1940) was an Irish republican and a chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). ... Operation Seagull (Unternehmen MÃ¶ve or SeemÃ¶ve in German) was an Abwehr II/Brandenburger Regiment sanctioned mission launched in September 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Seagull I (Unternehmen MÃ¶we I or SeemÃ¶we in German) was an Abwehr II. sanctioned mission divised in May 1942. ... Operation Seagull II (Unternehmen MÃ¶ve II or SeeMÃ¶ve in German) was an Abwehr II. sanctioned mission planned in June 1942 as a refinement of Operation Seagull I. The plan envisioned in Seagull II was to use an Irish Abwehr agent (V-Manner), who would parachute into the area... Operation Whale (Unternehmen Wal or Unternehmen Walfisch in German) was the name of two seperate German Intelligence (Abwehr) plans conceived in 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Whale (Unternehmen Wal or Unternehmen Walfisch in German) was the name of two seperate German Intelligence (Abwehr) plans conceived in 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ...

Allies

Cornflakes (1945) — insertion of propaganda into the German mail system.
SIGSALY (1943—1945) — secure speech system for highest-level Allied communications.
MAGIC (1939 —) — SIGINT resulting from Japanese cipher system PURPLE.
Ruthless (194?) — Admiralty plan to capture an Enigma encryption machine.
Venona (1940—) — intelligence sharing resulting from spying on Soviets.
Ultra — SIGINT resulting from German cipher system Enigma.

Operation Cornflakes was a World War II Office of Strategic Services PSYOP mission in 1944 and 1945 which involved tricking the German postal service into inadvertantly delivering enemy propaganda to German citizens through the mail. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... SIGSALY exhibit at the National Cryptologic Museum In cryptography, SIGSALY (also Green Hornet) was a telephone scrambler used in World War II for the highest-level Allied communications. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... In World War II, Magic was the United States codename for intelligence derived from the cryptanalysis of PURPLE, a Japanese foreign office cipher. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... This article is about the color. ... Operation Ruthless was the name of an intrepid deception operation devised by the British Admirality during World War II in a desperate attempt to gain access to an Enigma encryption machine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... For the international law of the sea, see Admiralty law. ... For a discussion of how Enigma-derived intelligence was put to use, see Ultra (WWII intelligence). ... Encrypt redirects here. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Ultra (sometimes capitalized ULTRA) was the name used by the British for intelligence resulting from decryption of German communications in World War II. The term eventually became the standard designation in both Britain and the United States for all intelligence from high-level cryptanalytic sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... SIGINT stands for SIGnals INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether by radio interception or other means. ... For a discussion of how Enigma-derived intelligence was put to use, see Ultra (WWII intelligence). ...

Uncategorized

Alpenfestung — plan for nazi national Redoubt in Alps.
- Werwolf (1945-50) — guerrilla force to resist occupation by Allies.
July 20 Plot (1943-44) — assassination plot against Hitler by German Officer class. One in a series, see also Rocket.
Catapult (1940) — Royal Navy actions to seize, disable or destroy the French fleet after France's surrender.
Crossword (1945) — negotiations leading to German surrender in Italy. Known as Sunrise by US forces.
Eiche ("Oak") (1943) — German rescue from custody of Benito Mussolini
Frantic (1943) — The use of Soviet airfields by western Allied bombers.
Feuerzauber ("Fire Magic") (1936-39) — Transfer of planes, engineers, and pilots to fascist forces during Spanish Civil War.
- Rügen (1937) — Bombing of Guernica.
- Bodden (1937-43) — Abwehr intelligence gathering system operating from Spain and Morocco.
- Ursula (1936-1939) — Kriegsmarine Uboat operations in support of Francoist and Italian navies.
Gaff (1944) — attempt to kill Erwin Rommel
Keelhaul (1945) — forced repatriation to the Soviet Union, by the western Allies, of Soviet prisoners of war
Magic Carpet (1945–1946) — American post-war operation to transport US military personnel home
Manna (1945) — Allied air drops of food to famine-ravaged Netherlands, with German cooperation
Margarethe (1944) — German occupation of Hungary. Döme Sztójay, an avid supporter of the Nazis, become the new Hungarian Prime Minister with the aid of a Nazi military governor.
Panzerfaust ("Bazooka/Armored Fist") (1943) — Kidnap of Hungarian leader Miklós Horthy's son to prevent defection of Hungary from Axis. Codename later changed to "Maus".
Peking (1939) — removal of Polish warships to Britain, in advance of German invasion
Pied Piper (1939) — evacuation of children from British cities.
Rabat (1943) — Plan to kidnap the Pope and diplomatic corp. from Vatican City.
Regenbogen ("Rainbow") (1945) — rescinded order to scuttle Kriegsmarine.
Rösselsprung ("Knights Move") (1944) — German attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito
Tabarin (1943) — British Antarctic expedition.
Worek ("Sack") (1939) — Polish naval defence of the Polish coast
Rainbow War Plans (1920s-30s) — Global US War planning between the World Wars.

A 1945 U.S. Army map showing the possible extent of the National Redoubt The National Redoubt was the English term used to describe the possibility that Adolf Hitler and armed forces of Nazi Germany would make a last stand in the alpine areas of Austria, Bavaria and northern Italy... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Werwolf (German for werewolf, the spelling Wehrwolf is incorrect) was a Nazi plan at the end of World War II for a clandestine force which would carry out guerrilla attacks against the Allies in the Allied-occupied regions of Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, on July 20, 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Mers-el-Kebir Conflict World War II Date July 3, 1940 Place Mers-el-Kebir, French North Africa Result Decisive British victory The Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, French North Africa (now Algeria), by the British Royal Navy took place on July 3, 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... The daring rescue of Benito Mussolini by German special forces in World War II. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Mussolini redirects here. ... During World War II, Operation Frantic was a series of air raids conducted by American bombers based in Britain or the Mediterranean which then landed at bases built by the Americans in Soviet-controlled Ukraine. ... Hermann GÃ¶ring delivering an honour (likely to be the Spanienkreuz, Spanish Cross) to a member of the Legion Condor (April 1939) The Condor Legion was a unit of Nazi Germanys air force which was sent as volunteers to support the right wing Nationalists (i. ... Not to be confused with the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823. ... The bombing of Guernica was an aerial attack on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War by planes of the German Luftwaffe Condor Legion and subordinate Italian Fascists from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie expeditionary force organized as Aviazione Legionaria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Abwehr was a German intelligence organization from 1921 to 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... During World War II, Operation Gaff was a six-man patrol of Special Air Service commandos who jumped into German-occupied France on 25 July 1944. ... Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ) (15 November 1891 â€“ 14 October 1944) was one of the most famous German field marshals of World War II. He was the commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps and also became known by the nickname â€œThe Desert Foxâ€ (WÃ¼stenfuchs, ) for the skillful military campaigns he... Operation Keelhaul was a programme carried out in Austria by British forces in May and June 1945 that decided the fate of thousands of post-war refugees fleeing eastern Europe. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Operation Magic Carpet was the post-World War II effort by the United States Navy to bring troops home from Europe and the Pacific. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Operation Manna took place from 29 April to 8 May 1945, at the end of World War II. Lancaster bombers of the Royal Air Force dropped food into parts of the occupied Netherlands, with the acquiescence of the occupying German forces, to feed people who were in danger of starvation... During World War II, the Germans planned two Operations Margarethe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... DÃ¶me SztÃ³jay (January 5, 1883â€“August 22, 1946) was a Hungarian soldier and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II. Born in Versec, now it is called as VrÅ¡ac, SztÃ³jay joined the Austro-Hungarian Army as a young man and served... Operation Panzerfaust, also known as Operation Eisenfaust in Germany, was a military operation in October 1944 by the German military. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Horthy redirects here. ... Polish destroyers during the Peking Plan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II began prior to the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... During World War II, there were two German operations called Regenbogen (Rainbow): an unsuccessful attack on the Arctic convoy JW-51B, by heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper and Lutzow, known as the Battle of the Barents Sea an order from Admiral Karl DÃ¶nitz to scuttle Kriegsmarine warships at the end... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation RÃ¶sselsprung (Knights Leap) was a World War II operation by the Germans in April and May 1944, whose goal was to capture Josip Broz Tito and disrupt the leadership of the communist Partisan movement in Yugoslavia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Josip Broz Tito (Cyrillic: ÐˆÐ¾ÑÐ¸Ð¿ Ð‘Ñ€Ð¾Ð· Ð¢Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¾, May 7, 1892 [May 25th according to official birth certificate] â€“ May 4, 1980) was the leader of the Second Yugoslavia, which lasted from 1943 until 1991. ... During World War II, Operation Tabarin was a small British expedition launched from the UK in 1943 to the Antarctic to to establish permanently occupied bases. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Polish submarines sectors as in the Worek Plan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Flag of the Polish Navy Polish Navy Ensign The Polish Navy (Marynarka Wojenna RP, MW RP) is the branch of Polands armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ...

War Crimes and Genocide

Operation Himmler (1939) — SS & SD staged attacks throughout Poland as propaganda in claiming a justified invasion.
Operation Walküre ("Valkyrie") (194?) — Plan to put down insurrection of slave workers within the German Reich in the event of rebellion. Used as a cover for clandestine action by the July 20 plotters.
Reinhard (1943) — Phase I of the "Final Solution" targeting Jews across Europe.
Tannenberg (1939) — plan to exterminate Polish intelligentsia involving Einsatzgruppen.
Sonderaktion Krakau (1939) Operation to murder members of the intelligentia at univerisites in Krakow.
Generalplan Ost (1942) plan for ethnic cleansing across Europe. See Also Barbarossa.

The Gleiwitz incident was a staged attack on 31 August, 1939 against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany (since 1945: Gliwice, Republic of Poland) on the eve of World War II in Europe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... SS redirects here. ... Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, on July 20, 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, on July 20, 1944. ... Operation Reinhard (Aktion Reinhard, Einsatz Reinhard, Aktion Reinhardt or Einsatz Reinhardt in German) was the code name given to the Nazi plan to murder Polish Jews in the former General Government and rob their possessions. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... This article is about the term with respect to the Jewish Question in World War II. For other uses, see Final Solution (disambiguation). ... Operation Tannenberg (German: Unternehmen Tannenberg) was the codename for one of the extermination actions directed at the Polish people during World War II, part of the Generalplan Ost. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The notion of an intellectual elite as a distinguished social stratum can be traced far back in history. ... A member of Einsatzgruppe D is just about to shoot a Jewish man kneeling before a filled mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, in 1942. ... Sonderaktion Krakau was the codename for a German operation against professors and academics from the University of KrakÃ³w and other KrakÃ³w universities at the beginning of World War II. It was carried out as part of the action plan to exterminate the Polish intellectual elite, especially in those... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... For the video game, see Ethnic Cleansing (computer game). ... Meanings of Barbarossa (Italian: Red Beard): Barbarossa was the nickname of two famous people in history: Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Khair ad Din, Barbary pirate and Ottoman admiral. ...

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WW2DB: List of Axis Operations
WW2DB: List of Allied Operations
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