This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed independently. Many of the authors that served in various real-life wars (and survived) wrote stories that are at least somewhat based on their own experiences. ... This is a partial list of battles that have entries in Wikipedia. ... This is a list of civil wars. ... . ... This is a list of both successful and repelled international invasions ordered by date. ... 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. ... This page contains a list of military raids, not including air raids, sorted by the date at which they started: 1259 Mongol raid into Lithuania 1565, August 26th Chaseabout Raid 1575, July 7th Raid of the Redeswire 1582, August 27th Raid of Ruthven 1667, June 6th Raid on the Medway... This page contains a list of military tactics: // Principles Identification of objectives Concentration of effort Exploiting prevailing weather Exploiting night Maintenance of a reserve Economy of Force Force protection Dispersal or spacing Camouflage Deception Electronic Counter Measures Electronic Counter Counter Measures Radio silence Use of fortifications Fieldworks (entrenchments) Over Head... See also list of military writers. ... This is a list of lists of wars, sorted by country, date, region, and type of conflict. ... This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... . ... 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. ...

Operations

World War I

• Albion (1917) — German capture of Oesel, Dago and Moon Islands (now Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu)
• Hush planned Allied amphibious landing on the Belgian coast.
• Kaiserschlacht ('Kaiser's battle') (1918) — German Spring offensive using armies released from the Eastern Front.
  • Blucher-Yorck (1918) —
    • Gneisenau (1918) —
  • Georgette (1918) —
  • Michael (1918) —
• Strafexpedition (Punitive Expedition) (1916) — operation by the Austro-Hungarian Army against Italy (Italian northern front): the largest mountain battle fought in human history.

Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg... Operation Albion was the German military and naval operation in October 1917 to invade and occupy the Estonian islands of Saaremaa (Ösel), Hiiumaa {Dagö} and Muhu (Moon). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_German_Empire. ... Map of the Estonian archipelago (Saaremaa and Hiiumaa) Saaremaa (Swedish and German Ösel) is the largest island (2673 km²) belonging to Estonia. ... Look up dago in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bulk silicate composition (estimated wt%) SiO2 44. ... This article is about the island. ... Tahkuranna the northern most part of Hiiumaa, Estonia Hiiumaa (Swedish, German: Dagö) is the second largest island belonging to Estonia. ... Muhu, also called Muhumaa, is an island in the Baltic Sea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, which marked the deepest advance by either side since 1914. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_German_Empire. ... The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, which marked the deepest advance by either side since 1914. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_German_Empire. ... The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, which marked the deepest advance by either side since 1914. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_German_Empire. ... The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, which marked the deepest advance by either side since 1914. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_German_Empire. ... The 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, which marked the deepest advance by either side since 1914. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_German_Empire. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg... Austria-Hungary (from Commons, same file name) http://commons. ... The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ...

World War II

Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

Africa

Excluding Mediterranean

• Canned (1940) — naval bombardment of Banda Alula, Italian Somaliland
• 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

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. ... The Battle of Madagascar is another name for Operation Ironclad, the Allied invasion of Madagascar launched on May 5, 1942, when it was feared that bases on the Vichy French-controlled island might be used by Japan. ... 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 Flag_of_France. ... Free French Forces under review during the Battle of Normandy. ... (City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes darrondissement) City proper (commune) Région Dakar Département 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), Côte 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 convoys and actions against naval vessels in harbour 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. ...

• Alacrity (1943) — Allied naval patrols around Azores
• Berlin (1941) — Atlantic cruise of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
• Catechism (1944) — final RAF air attack on Tirpitz
• Croquet (1944) — Allied anti-shipping off Norway
• Cupola (1945) — British anti-shipping operation off Norway
• Deadlight (1945) — postwar scuttling of U-boats
• 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
• Drumbeat ("Paukenschlag" ("Beat of the Kettle Drum")); "Second Happy Time]") (1942) — German U-boat campaign against shipping off the United States east coast
• 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
• Mascot (1944) — failed carrier-borne air attack on Tirpitz
• Nordseetour (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
• Potluck (1944) — Allied anti-shipping patrol off Norway
• Paravane (1944) — RAF air attack on Tirpitz
• 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
• 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 [1] ("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 German cruiser Admiral Hipper and destroyers

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Location Motto of the autonomous region: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Portuguese: To die free rather than to be subjugated in peace) Official language Portuguese Capitals Ponta Delgada (Presidency of the autonomous government), Angra do Heroísmo (Supreme Court), Horta (Legislative Assembly) Other towns Praia da Vitória... 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 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armored cruiser SMS Scharnhorst. ... Gneisenau was a 31,100 ton Scharnhorst class battlecruiser 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. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... 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 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. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... 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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. ... 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 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armored cruiser SMS Scharnhorst. ... 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, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Kara Sea (Russian: Ка́рское мо́ре) is part of the Arctic Ocean (in the area sometimes called the Arctic Mediterranean Sea) off northern Siberia, bound by the Kara Strait (West, connecting to the Barents Sea) and the Severnaya Zemlya Islands and the Northern Land Archipelago (East, and the Laptev Sea). ... The Deutschland (later re-named Lützow), 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. ... 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 Germany United Kingdom Commanders Erich Bey† Bruce Fraser Strength 1 battleship 5 destroyers 1 battleship 4 cruisers 4 destroyers Casualties 1 battleship sunk 1 heavy cruiser and light cruiser lightly damaged The naval Battle of the North Cape took place on December 26, 1943 during World War II, fought... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Scharnhorst was a 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armored cruiser SMS Scharnhorst. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Scharnhorst was a 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armored cruiser SMS Scharnhorst. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... Look up enigma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 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. ... The Battle of the Barents Sea took place on December 31, 1942 between British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR, and German surface raiders. ... 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 Lützow), 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 Rheinübung (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, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from... 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 1943–44. ... 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. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Kara Sea (Russian: Ка́рское мо́ре) is part of the Arctic Ocean (in the area sometimes called the Arctic Mediterranean Sea) off northern Siberia, bound by the Kara Strait (West, connecting to the Barents Sea) and the Severnaya Zemlya Islands and the Northern Land Archipelago (East, and the Laptev 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. ...

China

• Alpha (1944) — improvement of the defences of Kunming against Japanese threats
• August Storm (1945) — Soviet invasion of Manchuria and other Japanese occupied territories
• Ichigo (1944) — Japanese campaign in eastern China to secure overland routes to Indo-China and airfields
• Matterhorn (1944) — establishment of bases for US B-29 bomber aircraft

Operation Alpha was the US inspired plan, in late 1944, to protect the capital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, against a further Japanese offensive. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Lake Dianchi Kunming (Chinese: 昆明; Pinyin: Kūnmíng; Wade-Giles: Kun-ming) is the capital of Yunnan province, China with a population estimated on 7,055,000 in urban area in 2006 and 15,423,500 in Metropolitan area. ... Combatants Soviet Union Japan Commanders Alexandr Vasilevskij Otsuzo Yamada Strength Soviet Union 1,577,225 men, 26,137 artillery, 1,852 sup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Manchuria (Manchu: Manju; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Simplified Chinese: 满洲; pinyin: Mǎnzhōu, Russian: ) is a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. ... Operation Matterhorn was organised by U.S. XX Bomber Command during World War II to place USAAF B29 Bombers in China for use against Japan. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the United States Army Air Force. ...

Eastern Front

European operations involving the Soviet Union.

• Aster (1944) — German withdrawal from Estonia
• Bagration (1944) — Large-scale Russian offensive against German forces in Belorussia
• Barbarossa (1941) — German invasion of the Soviet Union
  • Haifisch ("Shark") (1941) — deception operation for Barbarossa, feinting an attack on Scotland and north-east England from Norway
  • Harpune ("Harpoon") (1941) — deception operation for Barbarossa, feinting an attack on southern England from France
  • Taifun ("Typhoon") (1941) — German autumn offensive to capture Moscow before winter.
• Beowulf I & II (1941) — two separate German plans to assault the Estonian islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu
  • Nordwind (1941) — Diversionary plan for Beowulf II
    • Lel (1941) — sub-plan of Nordwind
    • Nau (1941) — sub-plan of Nordwind
    • Stimmung (1941) — sub-plan of Nordwind
  • Siegfried (1941) — German assault on Hiiumaa
    • Ost (1941) — sub-plan of Siegfried
    • Mitte (1941) — sub-plan of Siegfried
    • West (1941) — sub-plan of Siegfried
  • Sodwind (1941) — Diversionary plan for Beowulf II
  • Weststurm (1941) — German naval bombardment in support of Beowulf II
  • Westwind (1941) — Diversionary plan for Beowulf II
• Braunschweig 1 ("Brunswick") (1942) — German offensive towards Stalingrad and the Caucasus
  • Fischreiher ("Heron") (1942) — German offensive to capture Stalingrad
• Delphin ("Dolphin") (1944) — German withdrawal from Saaremaa, Estonia
• Donnerschlag ("Thunderclap") (1942) — planned breakout of the German 6th Army from Stalingrad
• Eisenhammer (1943) — plan to destroy Soviet power generators in Moscow and Gorky (not the same as Iron Hammer)
• Eisstoss ("Ice Push") (1942) — Luftwaffe operation against Soviet warships near Leningrad
• Fall Blau ("Case Blue") (1942) — German offensive in the southern Soviet Union
  • Blücher (1942) — German campaign into the Caucasus
  • Edelweiss (1942) — German advance through the Caucasus to the Baku oil fields and Black Sea coast
  • Kremlin (1942) — German deception operation to conceal southern offensive
• Feuerzauber ("Fire Magic") (1942) — planned German capture of Leningrad
• Frühlingserwachen ("Spring Awakening") (1945) — German counterattack against Soviet forces in Hungary
• Hannibal (1945) — German evacuation of East Prussia
• Hubertus (1942) — German attack in Stalingrad
• Keelhaul (1945) — forced repatriation to the Soviet Union, by the western Allies, of Soviet prisoners of war
• Konrad (1945) — German-Hungarian efforts to relieve the encircled garrison of Budapest
• Kugelblitz (Ball Lightning) (1945) — German anti-partisan action near Vitebsk
• Kutuzov (1943) — Russian attack on German 2nd Panzer Army, north of the Kursk salient
• Laura (1944) — proposed German evacuation of Courland
• Lyuban (1942) — failed Soviet attempt to relieve Leningrad.
• Margarethe (1944) — German operation to keep Hungary from defecting
• Mars (1942) — failed major Soviet offensive against Rzhev salient
  • Jupiter (1942) — second phase of failed major Soviet offensive against Rzhev salient
• Nordlicht [1] ("Northern Lights") (1942) — planned German assault on Leningrad
• Polkovodets Rumyantsev (1943) — Russian attack on German positions south of the Kursk salient.
• Punishment (1941) — German bombing of Belgrade during the invasion of Yugoslavia.
• Saturn (1942) — Proposed major Soviet attack following the Stalingrad enciclement; adapted to become Operation Little Saturn.
• Sinyavino (1941) & (1942) — separate failed Soviet attempts to relieve Leningrad
• Sonnenwende ("Winter Solstice") (1945) — German offensive to relieve Pomerania from Russian forces and halt advance on Berlin
• Spark (1943) — successful Soviet counter-offensive around Leningrad
• Uranus (1942) — successful Russian encirclement of German 6th Army in Stalingrad.
• Wintergewitter ("Winter Storm") (1942) — German attempt to relieve encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad.
• Zitadelle ("Citadel") (1943) — German offensive at Kursk

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Combatants Axis Soviet Union Commanders Ernst Busch Konstantin Rokossovski Georgy Zhukov Aleksandr Vasilevsky Strength 800,000 1,700,000 Casualties (Soviet est. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Motto: none Anthem: Belarusian: Мы, беларусы (Transliteration: My, Belarusy) (Translation: We Belarusians) Capital (largest city) Minsk Belarusian, Russian Government Republic  - President Alexander Lukashenko  - Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky Independence From the Soviet Union   - Declared July 27, 1990   - Established August 25, 1991   - Completed December 25, 1991  Area  - Total 207,600 km² (93rd) 80,155... Combatants Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Joseph Stalin Strength ~ 3. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946). ... 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Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu, off the Estonian east coast. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Tahkuranna the northern most part of Hiiumaa, Estonia Hiiumaa (Swedish, German: Dagö) is the second largest island belonging to Estonia. ... Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu, off the Estonian east coast. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu, off the Estonian east coast. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu, off the Estonian east coast. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu, off the Estonian east coast. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu, off the Estonian east coast. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu, off the Estonian east coast. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Volgograd (Russian: ), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: ) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: ) (1925–1961) is a city in and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ... The Ethnolinguistic patchwork of the modern Caucasus - CIA map Russia Georgia Azerbaijan (Azer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Volgograd (Russian: ), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: ) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: ) (1925–1961) is a city in and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... This article is about the island. ... Categories: Disambiguation | Stub ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The 6. ... Volgograd (Russian: ), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: ) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: ) (1925–1961) is a city in and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ), colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated into English as Nizhniy Novgorod or Nizhni Novgorod or Nizhnii Novgorod, is the fourth largest city of Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. ... Operation Iron Hammer may refer to: Operation Iron Hammer (WWII), a military operation launched in World War II. Operation Iron Hammer (Iraq 2003), a military operation of the multinational force during the Iraq War. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Operation Blue(German: Fall Blau) was the German Wehrmachts codename for the 1942 summer offensive. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Marshal Blücher was the Prussian commander at Waterloo. ... 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Combatants Axis Powers, Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Georg von Kuechler Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown 300,000 military, 16,470 civilians from bombings and estimated 1 million civilians from starvation The Siege of Leningrad (Russian: блокада Ленинграда) was the German... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Josef Dietrich (6. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Karl Doenitz Operation Hannibal was a naval withdrawal of the Germans set in the middle of January, 1945 as the invading Soviet army advanced the Eastern Europe, mainly East Prussia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Stalingrad is the former name of two cities: Volgograd, Russia Karviná-Nové Město, near Ostrava, Czech Republic Other uses: The Battle of Stalingrad (a major turning-point of World War II and arguably the bloodiest battle in human history) Stalingrad (German film set during the above battle) Stalingrad... 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 Konrad was the German-Hungarian efforts to releive the encircled garrison of Budapest in January, 1945. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary_1940. ... Nickname: Paris of the East, Pearl of the Danubeor Queen of the Danube Location of Budapest in Hungary Country Hungary County Pest Mayor Gábor Demszky (SZDSZ) Area    - City 525,16 km²  - Land n/a km²  - Water n/a km² Population    - City (2006) 1,695,000  - Density 3570/km... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Categories: Belarus-related stubs | Towns in Belarus ... Operation Kutuzov was a military operation by the Red Army in its fight against the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was named after Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, the Tsarist general credited with saving Russia from defeat during the invasion by Napoleon in 1812. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... coat of arms of Courland Courland (Latvian: Kurzeme, German: Kurland, Polish: Kurlandia, Latin: Curonia / Couronia) is a historical Baltic province now part of Latvia. ... Combatants Axis Powers, Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Georg von Kuechler Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown 300,000 military, 16,470 civilians from bombings and estimated 1 million civilians from starvation The Siege of Leningrad (Russian: блокада Ленинграда) was the German... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... During World War II, the Germans planned two Operations Margarethe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The eastern front at the time of the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Rzhev is the uppermost town situated on the Volga river. ... The eastern front at the time of the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Rzhev is the uppermost town situated on the Volga river. ... Combatants Axis Powers, Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Georg von Kuechler Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown 300,000 military, 16,470 civilians from bombings and estimated 1 million civilians from starvation The Siege of Leningrad (Russian: блокада Ленинграда) was the German... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev (literally: Commander Rumyantsev, after 18th-century Field Marshal Peter Rumyantsev) was a military operation conducted by the Red Army in its fight against the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The operation was conducted by Steppe Front in the Belgorod sector. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... he bombing of Belgrade occurred in the initial phases of World War II when German forces bombed the city in preperation for the invasion of Yugoslavia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Soviet advances during Operations Uranus, Mars and Saturn. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Combatants Axis Powers, Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Georg von Kuechler Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown 300,000 military, 16,470 civilians from bombings and estimated 1 million civilians from starvation The Siege of Leningrad (Russian: блокада Ленинграда) was the German... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Historic Pomerania (outlined in yellow) on the background of modern country borders. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Combatants Axis Powers, Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Georg von Kuechler Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown 300,000 military, 16,470 civilians from bombings and estimated 1 million civilians from starvation The Siege of Leningrad (Russian: блокада Ленинграда) was the German... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... The eastern front at the time of Operation Uranus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The 6. ... Volgograd (Russian: ), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: ) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: ) (1925–1961) is a city in and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ... Operation Winter Storm (German Unternehmen Wintergewitter) was the German Fourth Panzer Armys attempt to relieve the German Sixth Army from encirclement during the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. The operation commenced on 12 December 1942 and was able to advance just halfway to its objective before a... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The 6. ... Volgograd (Russian: ), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: ) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: ) (1925–1961) is a city in and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ... Combatants Nazi Germany Soviet Union Commanders Erich von Manstein, Hans von Kluge, Walther Model Georgiy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovskiy, Nikolay Vatutin Strength 800,000 infantry, 2,700 tanks, 2,000 aircraft 1,300,000 infantry, 3,600 tanks, 2,400 aircraft Casualties 500,000 dead, wounded, or captured 500 tanks 200... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Kursk (Russian: ; pronunciation: koorsk) is a city in Central Russia, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast. ...

Mediterranean Sea

Naval operations and land operations in bordering regions.

• Accolade (1943) — proposed British occupation of Rhodes, and subsequently, failed occupation of the Dodecanese
• Achse ("Axis") (1943) — German responses to Italian defection
  • Alarich (1943) — German plan to occupy northern Italy (see also Achse)
• Adler ("Eagle") (1943) — German and Croation anti-partisan operation on the Dalmatian coast
• Aida (1942) — Rommel's advance into Egypt
• Agreement (1942) — British, Rhodesian and New Zealand raids on several North African targets
  • Daffodil (1942) — Tobruk raid
  • Hyacinth (1942) — Barce raid
  • Snowdrop (1942) — Benghazi raid
  • Tulip (1942) — Jalo oasis recapture
• Anvil (1944) — Allied invasion of Southern France. Name later changed to Dragoon
• Alpenveilchen ("Alpine Violet"} (1941) — planned German intervention in Albania
• Avalanche (1943) — Allied landings near Salerno, Italy
  • Boardman (1943) — deception operation for Avalanche
• Battleaxe (1941) — Failed British attack on Axis forces in North Africa to relieve Tobruk
• Baytown (1943) — Allied landings in Calabria, Italy
  • Slapstick (1944) — British landings at Taranto
• Begonia (1943) — airborne part of attempted British POW rescue in Italy
• Bowery (1942) — delivery of Spitfires to Malta
• Brevity (1941) — British capture of Halfaya Pass, Egypt
• Calendar (1942) — delivery of Spitfires to Malta
• Candytuft (1943) — SAS operation to destroy rail bridge between Pesaro and Fano
• Capri (1943) — counter-attack by Afrika Korps at Medenine, Tunisia
• Cold Comfort (1945) — Cold Comfort/Zombie failed SAS raid to block railway through Brenner Pass
• Collar (1940) — convoy from Gibraltar to Malta and then to Egypt.
• Colossus (1941) — experimental airborne raid on Italian aqueduct near Calitri in southern Italy
• Compass (1940) — British counteroffensive in North Africa
• Corkscrew (1943) — Allied occupation of Pantellaria
• Crossword (1945) — negotiations leading to German surrender in Italy
• Crusader (1941) — British relief of Tobruk
• Diadem (1944) — Successful Allied assault on German Gustav Line defences in Italy.
  • Strangle (1944) — Allied bombing of German supply lines, in preparation for operation Diadem.
• Dragoon (1944) — Allied landing in southern France
  • Dove — gliderborne component of Dragoon
  • Romeo — Free French assault on German coastal battery
  • Span — deception operation in support of Dragoon
• Driftwood (1944) — failed raid on rail targets north of Rome
• Dunlop (1941) — delivery of 24 Hurricanes to Malta (1 lost en route)
• Encore (1945) — Allied assault on mountain positions in Italy
• Excess (1941) — Malta convoy
• Exporter (1941) — Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria
• Felix (1940–41) — planned German invasion of Gibraltar
• Fustian (1943) — British airborne capture of a bridge on Sicily
• Gertrud — planned German response in case Turkey joined the Allies
• Gisela — second German response plan in case of British invasion of Iberian peninsula
• Guillotine (1941) v— transfer of troops to Cyprus
• Guillotine (1943) — Allied advance from Cyrenaica to Tripolitania
• Gymnast — early name for Operation Torch
• Halberd (1941) — Malta convoy from Gibraltar
• Harpoon (1942) — Malta convoy from Gibraltar
• Hats (1940) — Malta convoy from Alexandria
• Herbstnebel 2 (1944) — rejected proposal to withdraw German troops in Italy behind the Po River
• Herkules (1942) — planned Axis airborne invasion of Malta
• Hurry (1940) — delivery of Hurricanes to Malta
• Husky (1943) — Allied invasion of Sicily
  • Chestnut (1943) — SAS raid supporting Sicily invasion.
  • Ladbroke (1943) — British glider landing near Syracuse, Sicily
  • Mincemeat (1943) — Disinformation operation prior to the invasion of Sicily
  • Narcissus (1943) — British SAS raid on a lighthouse in Sicily
• Isabella (1941) — German plans for operations on the Iberian peninsula
  • Ilana (1942) — amended Isabella
  • Gisella (1942) — Isabella renamed
  • Nurnberg (1943) — third and final German plan in case of Allied landings in the Iberian peninsula
• Jonquil (1943) — seaborne part of attempted British POW rescue in Italy (see also: Begonia)
• Judgement (1940) — British air attack on Italian fleet in Taranto harbour
• LB (1942) — delivery of Spitfires to Malta
• Lightfoot (1942) — first attack by the British and Australians at El Alamein
  • Bertram (1942) — deception operation in preparation for the Second Battle of El Alamein
  • Supercharge (1942) — second stage attack by British and New Zealanders at El Alamein
• Lustre (1941) — Allied reinforcement of Greece
• Marita (1941) — German invasion of Greece
• Merkur ("Mercury") (1941) — German invasion of Crete
• Mittelmeer (1940–1941) — German reinforcement of Regia Aeronautica in Mediterranean
• Morgenrote ("Dawn") (1944) — German counterattack against Anzio landings
• Nurnberg (1943) — third and final German response plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Iberian peninsula
• Pedestal (1942) — Allied convoy from Gibraltar to Malta.
• Portcullis (1942) — convoy from Alexandria to Malta
• Pugilist (1943) — Allied attack on Mareth Line and advance to Sfax
• Roast (1945) — action by British Commandos at Comacchio lagoon, north east Italy
• Saxifrage (1943) — four parties from 2 SAS to destroy the railway line between Ancona and Pescara
• Shingle (1944) — Allied landings at Anzio
  • Baobab (1944) — SAS operation to destroy rail bridge between Pesaro and Fano
  • Chettyford — deception plan to support Shingle
  • Pomegranate (1944) — SAS raid in support of Shingle
• Slapstick (1943) — British landings at Taranto, Italy
• Sonnenblume (Sun Flower) — movement of German troops (Afrika Korps) to North Africa as a result of the British Compass
• Speedwell (1945) — Behind enemy lines operation by the British Special Air Service to disrupt rail communications in northern Italy.
• Spotter (1942) — delivery of Spitfires to Malta
• Stone Age (or: Stoneage) (1942) — Malta convoy from Alexandria
• Substance (1941) — Malta convoy
• Supercharge II (1942) — the breakthrough at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia
• Sunrise (1945) — negotiations leading to German surrender in Italy
• Theseus (1942) — German offensive to drive Allies out of Cyrenaica and Egypt
• Tiger (1941) — Malta convoy
• Tombola (1945) — SAS raid in Italy
• Torch (1942) — Allied landings in French Morocco and Algeria
  • Blackstone (1942) — US assault on Safi, Morocco
  • Brushwood (1942) — US assault on Fedala
  • Goalpost (1942) — US assault on Port Lyautey (now Kenitra)
  • Perpetual (1942) — British landings at Cap Carbon
  • Reservist (1942) — failed Allied attack on Oran
• Tracer (1941) — delivery of Hurricanes to Malta
• Vigorous (1942) — Malta convoy from Alexandria
• Vulcan (1943) — Final Allied assault on Axis forces trapped around Tunis.
• White (1940) — delivery of Hurricanes to Malta (8 lost en route)
• Zombie (1945) — Operation Cold Comfort, renamed

During World War II, Operation Accolade was a planned British amphibious assault on Rhodes and the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa_1928-1994. ... Location map of Rhodes Rhodes, (Greek: Ρόδος (pron. ... The Dodecanese (Greek: Δωδεκάνησα, Dodekánisa, meaning twelve islands; see also List of traditional Greek place names) are a group of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, off the southwest coast of Turkey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Military history records two events called Operation Adler, the name meaning Eagle in German: A series of air attacks beginning on 13 August 1940 that began the Battle of Britain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia_Ustasa. ... During World War II, Operation Aida was a ground attack launched by Rommel in June, 1942 which pushed British forces east as far as El Alamein, 60 miles west of Alexandria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... During World War II, Operation Agreement consisted of ground and amphibious attacks by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on German- and Italian-held Tobruk (Operation Daffodil), Benghazi (Operation Snowdrop), Jalo oasis (Operation Tulip) and Barce (Operation Hyacinth) launched on 13 September 1942. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... During World War II, Operation Agreement consisted of ground and amphibious attacks by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on German- and Italian-held Tobruk (Operation Daffodil), Benghazi (Operation Snowdrop), Jalo oasis (Operation Tulip) and Barce (Operation Hyacinth) launched on 13 September 1942. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tobruk or Tubruq (Arabic: طبرق; also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Å¢ubruq, Tobruck ) is a town, seaport, municipality, and peninsula in eastern Libya in Northern Africa. ... During World War II, Operation Agreement consisted of ground and amphibious attacks by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on German- and Italian-held Tobruk (Operation Daffodil), Benghazi (Operation Snowdrop), Jalo oasis (Operation Tulip) and Barce (Operation Hyacinth) launched on 13 September 1942. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... During World War II, Operation Agreement consisted of ground and amphibious attacks by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on German- and Italian-held Tobruk (Operation Daffodil), Benghazi (Operation Snowdrop), Jalo oasis (Operation Tulip) and Barce (Operation Hyacinth) launched on 13 September 1942. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Benghazi (Arabic بنغازي, transliterated BanġāzÄ«) is a seaport in Libya, Africa. ... During World War II, Operation Agreement consisted of ground and amphibious attacks by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on German- and Italian-held Tobruk (Operation Daffodil), Benghazi (Operation Snowdrop), Jalo oasis (Operation Tulip) and Barce (Operation Hyacinth) launched on 13 September 1942. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Jalo Oasis (or Jalu) is an oasis in Cyrenaica, Libya, located west of the Great Sand Sea and about 250 km south-east of the Gulf of Sirte. ... Combatants United States1 Free France, United Kingdom Germany Commanders Jacob L. Devers Johannes Blaskowitz Strength 250,000 (approx) 230,000 (approx) Casualties 4,500 American, 4,500+ French 125,000+ (approx) Monument to the landings of Allied troops under General Patch on the beach of St Tropez, France. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... Combatants United States1 Free France, United Kingdom Germany Commanders Jacob L. Devers Johannes Blaskowitz Strength 250,000 (approx) 230,000 (approx) Casualties 4,500 American, 4,500+ French 125,000+ (approx) Monument to the landings of Allied troops under General Patch on the beach of St Tropez, France. ... During World War II, Operation Alpenveilchen was a proposed German operation designed to help the Italians in 1941 break out of their Albanian colony into Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Avalanche was the codename for the landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Salerno is a town and a province capital in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... During World War II, Operation Boardman was the deception operation that supported the Avalanche invasion at Salerno, Italy. ... Operation Avalanche was the codename for the landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy. ... Combatants Germany, Italy United Kingdom, India Commanders Erwin Rommel Archibald Wavell Noel Beresford-Peirse Strength Afrika Korps including 5th Light Division and 15th Panzer Division, about 13,000 XIII Corp consisting of 7th Armoured Division and 4th Indian Division 20,000+ troops with 200 tanks Casualties 12 tanks destroyed 700... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Imperial-India-Blue-Ensign. ... Tobruk or Tubruq (Arabic: طبرق; also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Å¢ubruq, Tobruck ) is a town, seaport, municipality, and peninsula in eastern Libya in Northern Africa. ... This article covers the invasion of mainland Italy by the World War II Allies in September 1943 during the Italian Campaign. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Calabria (Latin: Bruttium or Brutium), is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ... Operation Slapstick was a part of the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II on 9 September 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Founded 706 BC as Taras () Region Apulia Mayor Rossana Di Bello Area  - City Proper  217 km² Population  - City (2001)  - Density (city proper) 201,349 973/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 40°28 N 17°14 E www. ... During World War II, Operation Begonia was the airborne counterpart to the amphibious Operation Jonquil, conducted by British SAS and Eighth Army Airborne between Ancona and Pescara, Italy, from 2 to 6 October, 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in the Second World War. ... Combatants Germany, Italy United Kingdom, India Commanders Erwin Rommel Archibald Wavell Noel Beresford-Peirse Strength Afrika Korps (5th Light Division, 15th Panzer Division) and three Italian divisions (Ariete, Brescia, Trento). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Halfaya Pass (Hellfire Pass) is located in North Africa. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in the Second World War. ... During World War II, Operation Candytuft was a British raid by Two Special Air Service launched on 27 October 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that SAS Troops be merged into this article or section. ... Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. ... Country Italy Region Marche Province Pesaro e Urbino (PU) Mayor Stefano Aguzzi (since June 2004) Elevation 12 m Area 121 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 61,675  - Density 512/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Fanesi Dialing code 0721 Postal code 61032 Frazioni Bellocchi, Camminate... Operation Capri was a German counter-attack at Medenine, Tunisia, intended to disrupt and delay the 8th Armys own attack on the Mareth Line. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The seal of Afrikakorps The German Afrika Korps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK  ) was the corps-level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in Libya and Egypt during the North African Campaign of World War II. Since there was little turnover in the units attached to the corps, the term is... Medenine is the major town in southeastern Tunisia, south of the Oasis town of Gabes and the Island of Jerba, on the main route to Libya. ... During World War II, Operation Cold Comfort (later renamed Zombie) was a failed SAS raid that began with a parachute drop north of Verona in mid February 1945. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Brenner Pass (Italian Passo del Brennero) is a mountain pass that creates a link through the Tyrolean Alps along the current border between the nations of Austria and Italy, one of the principal passes of the Alps. ... During World War II, Operation Collar was a small, fast three-ship convoy that left Britain on 12th Novemeber, 1940 and passed Gibraltar on 24 November, escorted by two cruisers for Malta and Alexandria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... During World War II, Operation Colossus was an experimental raid by thirty-eight of the five hundred men of No. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Calitri is a town (commune) in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. ... Combatants United Kingdom India Australia Italy Commanders Richard OConnor Rodolfo Graziani Pietro Maletti † Strength Western Desert Force: British 7th Armoured Division Australian 6th Division Indian 4th Infantry Division 36,000 men 120 guns 275 tanks Italian Tenth Army 200,000 1,600 guns 600 tanks Casualties 494 killed 1... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ... During World War II, Operation Corkscrew was the Allied invasion of the Italian island of Pantelleria (between Sicily and Tunisia) on 10 June 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Pantelleria, or Pantalaria, ancient Cossyra, is an island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 100 km (62 mi) southwest of the south-western extremity of Sicily, and 70 km (43 mi) E. of the African coast, belonging to the Sicilian province of Trapani. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Combatants United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Poland Germany Italy Commanders Claude Auchinleck Alan Gordon Cunningham Neil Ritchie Erwin Rommel Ludwig Crüwell Strength 8th Army comprising XIII Corps, XXX Corps and 70th Division. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Tobruk or Tubruq (Arabic: طبرق; also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Å¢ubruq, Tobruck ) is a town, seaport, municipality, and peninsula in eastern Libya in Northern Africa. ... During World War II, Operation Diadem was the 1944 Allied spring ground offensive in Italy launched on 12 May 1944 to turn the German defenses at Cassino and open up the Liri Valley. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... The Winter Line was a series of German military fortifications in Italy, constructed during World War II by Organisation Todt. ... Military history notes two operations named Operation Strangle. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... During World War II, Operation Diadem was the 1944 Allied spring ground offensive in Italy launched on 12 May 1944 to turn the German defenses at Cassino and open up the Liri Valley. ... Combatants United States1 Free France, United Kingdom Germany Commanders Jacob L. Devers Johannes Blaskowitz Strength 250,000 (approx) 230,000 (approx) Casualties 4,500 American, 4,500+ French 125,000+ (approx) Monument to the landings of Allied troops under General Patch on the beach of St Tropez, France. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... In World War II, Operation Dove (Allies, 1944) was the glider-borne assault conducted as part of the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon) on 15 August 1944. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Combatants United States1 Free France, United Kingdom Germany Commanders Jacob L. Devers Johannes Blaskowitz Strength 250,000 (approx) 230,000 (approx) Casualties 4,500 American, 4,500+ French 125,000+ (approx) Monument to the landings of Allied troops under General Patch on the beach of St Tropez, France. ... Operation Romeo was a French commando operation to disable German artillery atop the cliffs of Cap Nègre. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet... During World War II, Operation Span was a deception operation in support of the 1944 invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon). ... Combatants United States1 Free France, United Kingdom Germany Commanders Jacob L. Devers Johannes Blaskowitz Strength 250,000 (approx) 230,000 (approx) Casualties 4,500 American, 4,500+ French 125,000+ (approx) Monument to the landings of Allied troops under General Patch on the beach of St Tropez, France. ... During World War II, Operation Driftwood was an unsuccessful raid by two teams of Special Air Service commandos which was launched in early 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 8th century BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. ... Operation Excess was a sequence of supply convoys to Malta, Alexandria and Greece in January 1941. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... The Syria-Lebanon campaign was the Allied invasion of Vichy French-controlled Syria and Lebanon in 1941, during World War II. The Allied offensive, also known as Operation Exporter, was aimed at preventing Nazi Germany from using Vichy territory as a springboard for attacks on the Allied stronghold of Egypt... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... World War II, Felix was the proposed name for a German/Spanish seizure of Gibraltar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... During World War II, Operation Fustian was the British airborne assault to seize and hold Primrose Bridge over the River Simeto, south of Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, until relieved by ground forces. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... Tripolitania is a historic region of western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli. ... During World War II, Operation Gymnast was an early plan for the invasion of north Africa first used in 1941. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Free French Forces Germany Vichy France Commanders Dwight Eisenhower Andrew Cunningham Erwin Rommel François Darlan Strength 73,500 - Casualties 479+ dead 720 wounded 1346+ dead 1997 wounded Operation TORCH (initially called Operation GYMNAST) was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World... During World War II, Operation Halberd was a British naval operation in September 1941 to escort a convoy from Gibraltar to Malta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... In World War II, Operation Harpoon was one of two simultaneous Allied convoys sent to supply Malta in the Axis-dominated Mediterranean Sea in mid-June 1942. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Alexandria Modern Alexandria. ... History records two German military operations called Herbstnebel (Autumn Mist in German): Operation Herbstnebel (Battle of the Bulge): A Plan created by Field Marshal Walther Model as an alternative to Martin and Wacht am Rhein. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... PO may stand for: Pareto optimality Parole Officer Per os, Latin for by mouth or orally Perfect Orange a third wave ska based in Knoxville, TN from 2002-2005 Pilkington Optronics, now Thales Optronics Pissed off (often used as a verb or adjective, as in POed or POed) Platforma... During World War II, Operation Herkules was the German plan for an airborne invasion of Malta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Germany Italy Commanders Harold Alexander Alfredo Guzzoni Strength  ? 365,000 Italians 40,000Germans Casualties USA: 2,237 killed 6,544 wounded British: 2,721 killed 10,122 wounded Canada: 562 killed 1,848 wounded Total:23,934 Casualties Germany: ? killed ? wounded Italy: ? killed ? wounded... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... During World War II, Operation Chestnut was a failed British raid by 2 Special Air Service, conducted in support of the Allied invasion of Sicily. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... During World War II, Operation Ladbroke was the British glider landing near Syracuse, Sicily on the night of 9 July 1943 as part of the invasion of Sicily. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Syracuse (Italian, Siracusa, ancient Syracusa - see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a city on the eastern coast of Sicily and the capital of the province of Syracuse, Italy. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... Operation Mincemeat was a highly successful British deception plan during World War II to convince the German High Command (OKW) that the Allies would invade the Balkans and Sardinia instead of the island of Sicily, the actual objective. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... During World War II, Operation Narcissus was a raid by forty members of the Special Air Service on a lighthouse on the southeast coast of Sicily. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that SAS Troops be merged into this article or section. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... During World War II, Operation Isabella was a German plan to be put into effect after the collapse of the Soviet Union to secure bases in Spain and Portugal for the continuation of the strangulation of Great Britain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... At the start of World War II, in September 1939, Spain had only recently come through its bitter civil war. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... At the start of World War II, in September 1939, Spain had only recently come through its bitter civil war. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... At the start of World War II, in September 1939, Spain had only recently come through its bitter civil war. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Combatants United Kingdom Italy Commanders Lumley Lyster Inigo Campioni Strength 21 bombers 6 battleships Casualties 2 bombers destroyed 1 battleship sunk 2 battleships damaged 1 cruiser damaged The naval Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11 November – 12 November 1840 during World War II. The Royal Navy... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Founded 706 BC as Taras () Region Apulia Mayor Rossana Di Bello Area  - City Proper  217 km² Population  - City (2001)  - Density (city proper) 201,349 973/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 40°28 N 17°14 E www. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in the Second World War. ... Combatants British 8th Army German Panzer Army Africa Commanders Bernard Montgomery Erwin Rommel Strength 250,000 men 1,030 tanks 900 guns 530 aircraft 90,000 men 500 tanks 500 guns 350 aircraft Casualties 13,500 dead and wounded 13,000 dead 46,000 wounded or captured The Second Battle... El Alamein is a town in northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ... The Battle of Alamein, or more correctly the Second Battle of El Alamein, marked a significant turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II and was the first major victory by an Allied force over the Wehrmacht. ... Combatants British 8th Army German Panzer Army Africa Commanders Bernard Montgomery Erwin Rommel Strength 250,000 men 1,030 tanks 900 guns 530 aircraft 90,000 men 500 tanks 500 guns 350 aircraft Casualties 13,500 dead and wounded 13,000 dead 46,000 wounded or captured The Second Battle... Combatants British 8th Army German Panzer Army Africa Commanders Bernard Montgomery Erwin Rommel Strength 250,000 men 1,030 tanks 900 guns 530 aircraft 90,000 men 500 tanks 500 guns 350 aircraft Casualties 13,500 dead and wounded 13,000 dead 46,000 wounded or captured The Second Battle... During World War II, Operation Lustre was the dispatch of British, Australian, New Zealand and Polish troops from Egypt to Greece in March and April 1941, in response to the failed Italian invasion and the new German threat revealed through Ultra. ... During World War II, Operation Marita was the German invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia on 6 April 1941. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Battle of Crete began on the morning of May 20, 1941, during World War II, when Germany launched an airborne invasion under the code name Operation Merkur, or Operation Mercury. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Crete (Greek: Κρήτη Kríti; Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Regia Aeronautica (meaning Royal Air Force) was the Italian air force from 1923 until World War II. // A brief history At the beginning of the twentieth century, Italy was at the forefront of aerial warfare: during the colonization of Libya in 1911, it made the first reconnaissance flight in... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Anzio (2003 pop. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... British shells fall astern of the Italian light cruiser Muzio Attendolo during the battle Operation Pedestal was a British attempt to get vital supplies to the island of Malta during World War II in mid-1942 during the height of the Axis siege of Malta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Alexandria Modern Alexandria. ... The Mareth Line was a system of fortifications built by the French near the coastal town of Medenine in southern Tunisia prior to World War II. It was designed to defend against attacks from the Italians in Libya, but following the fall of France it fell into Axis hands. ... The Mareth Line was a system of fortifications built by the French near the coastal town of Medenine in southern Tunisia prior to World War II. It was designed to defend against attacks from the Italians in Libya, but following the fall of France it fell into Axis hands. ... Sfax, Looking across the Place de la Republique towards the Town Hall. ... Operation Roast was an operation by British Commandos at Comacchio lagoon, north east Italy during World War II. This was the first major action in the big spring offensive to push the Germans back to and across the River Po and out of Italy. ... The British Commandos were first formed by the Army in June 1940 during World War II as a well-armed but unregimented raider force employing unconventional and irregular tactics to assault, disrupt and reconnoitre the enemy in mainland Europe and Scandinavia. ... Argenta is a town in the province of Emilia-Romagna, north east Italy, about 30 km southeast of Ferrara, and midway between Ferrara and Ravenna. ... During World War II, Operation Saxifrage was a raid by four small Special Air Service teams who landed on the east coast of Italy on the night of 27 October 1943. ... Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101,909 (2005). ... Pescara is a city in central Italy, in the region of Abruzzo. ... Combatants British Empire, United States Germany Commanders John P. Lucas Albert Kesselring Strength 50,000 soldiers 5,000 vehicles 100,000 soldiers Casualties 29,200 combat casualties (4,400 killed, 18,000 wounded, 6,800 prisoners or missing) 27,500 (5,500 killed, 17,500 wounded, and 4,500 prisoners... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Anzio (2003 pop. ... During World War II, Operation Baobab was a commando raid against an Italian railroad target by a small Special Air Service team. ... During World War II, Operation Chettyford was a tactical deception in support of the 1944 Allied invasion at Anzio. ... History records two military operations called Pomegranate, both during World War II. An attack by the British Thirtieth Corps launched on 16 July 1944 to capture jumping-off points for Operation Goodwood. ... It has been suggested that SAS Troops be merged into this article or section. ... Operation Slapstick was a part of the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II on 9 September 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Founded 706 BC as Taras () Region Apulia Mayor Rossana Di Bello Area  - City Proper  217 km² Population  - City (2001)  - Density (city proper) 201,349 973/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 40°28 N 17°14 E www. ... During World War II. Operation Sonnenblume (German for sunflower) was the deployment of German troops (the “Afrika Korps”) to the North African Campaign in February, 1941. ... The seal of Afrikakorps The German Afrika Korps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK  ) was the corps-level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in Libya and Egypt during the North African Campaign of World War II. Since there was little turnover in the units attached to the corps, the term is...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ... During World War II, Operation Speedwell was an early Special Air Service raid against Italian rail targets near Genoa starting on 7 September 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that SAS Troops be merged into this article or section. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in the Second World War. ... During World War II, Operation Stone Age was the merchant convoy that reached Malta from Egypt on 20 November 1942 breaking the siege of that island. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Alexandria Modern Alexandria. ... Operation Substance was a British naval operation in July 1941 during the Second World War to escort a convoy from Gibraltar to Malta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... During World War II, Operation Supercharge II was an attack by the British Eighth Army on the German Mareth Line defenses in southern Tunisia. ... 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. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... During World War II, Operation Tombola was a major Special Air Service raid on German rear areas in Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Free French Forces Germany Vichy France Commanders Dwight Eisenhower Andrew Cunningham Erwin Rommel François Darlan Strength 73,500 - Casualties 479+ dead 720 wounded 1346+ dead 1997 wounded Operation TORCH (initially called Operation GYMNAST) was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Operation Blackstone was a part of Operation Torch, Allied landings in Africa during World War II. Taking place on 8 November 1942 they were intended to capture the port of Safi as part of a larger operation to capture Casablanca in Morocco. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Asfi (french Safi) is a city located in western Morocco, by the Atlantic Ocean. ... Operation Brushwood was a part of Operation Torch, Allied landings in Africa during World War II. Taking place on 8 November 1942 they were intended to capture the port of Lyautey as part of a larger operation to capture Casablanca in Morocco. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Mohammedia is a port city located 15 miles northeast of Casablanca. ... Template:Campaignbox North African Campaign Operation Torch was the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign, started November 8, 1942. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Kenitra is a city of Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey. ... Kenitra is a city of Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Operation Reservist was an Allied military operation during World War II. Part of Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of West Africa) it was an attempted landing of troops directly into the harbour at Oran. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... View of Oran Oran (population 700,000) (Arabic: , Wahran) is a city in northwest Algeria, situated on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. ... Operation Vigorous was a World War II operation to deliver a supply convoy (MW-11) that sailed from Haifa and Port Said on the 12th June 1942 to Malta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Alexandria Modern Alexandria. ... During World War II, Operation Vulcan was the final ground attack against German forces in Tunis, Cap Bon and Bizerte, the last Axis toeholds in north Africa. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... The Malta Convoys were a series of supply convoys to sustain the Mediterranean island of Malta during World War 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. ... During World War II, Operation Cold Comfort (later renamed Zombie) was a failed SAS raid that began with a parachute drop north of Verona in mid February 1945. ... During World War II, Operation Cold Comfort (later renamed Zombie) was a failed SAS raid that began with a parachute drop north of Verona in mid February 1945. ...

Pacific Ocean

• A-Go (1944) — Japanese plan to engage and destroy the US Fleet during the Saipan landings
• AL (1942) — Japanese invasion of the western Aleutians
• Cartwheel (1943) — Allied thrusts in the South West Pacific Area, aimed at isolating the major Japanese base at Rabaul.
  • Chronicle (1943) — Allied landings at Woodlark Island and Kiriwina, New Guinea in support of Cartwheel
• Cleanslate (1943) — US landings on the Russell Islands
• Cottage (1943) — US and Canadian operation to recapture Kiska in the Aleutians
• Cyclone (1944) — US airborne landings on Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea
• Detachment (1945) — US invasion of Iwo Jima
• Downfall (1945) — planned invasion of Japan
  • Olympic (planned for 1945, not executed) — first of two prongs of the invasion of Japan
  • Coronet (planned for 1946, not executed) — second of two prongs of the invasion of Japan
• Ferdinand (1942) — coastwatchers on Japanese-occupied islands
• Flintlock (1944) — US assault on Marshall Islands.
  • Catchpole (1944) — US invasion of Eniwetok
  • Hailstone (1944) — naval air attack on Truk
• FS (1944) — Proposed Japanese plan to isolate Australia by capturing New Caledonia, Samoa and Fiji.
• Forager (1944) — US assault on Marianas Islands.
• Galvanic (1943) — US assault on Gilbert Islands.
• I (1943) — major Japanese air offensive to halt Allied advances on New Guinea and Guadalcanal
• Iceberg (1945) — US invasion of Okinawa
• Inmate (1945) — British and New Zealand naval bombardment of Truk
• Juneau (1945) — US minesweeping operations at Okinawa.
• K-1 (1942) — Japanese reconnaissance and air-raid on Pearl Harbor
• Ka (1942) — Japanese plan to destroy the US Fleet and recapture Guadalcanal
• Ke (1943) — Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal
• Ke-GO (1943) — Japanese evacuation of Kiska, Aleutians
• Ketsu-Go (Decisive) (1945) — Japanese plans to counter US led invasion of Japan
• Lentil (1945) — air attack by British Pacific Fleet on Pangkalan Brandan, eastern Sumatra
• Majestic (planned for 1945, not executed) — Planned Allied invasion of the Japanese Home Island of Kyushu. Scrapped in favour of Operation Olympic (under Operation Downfall)
• Meridian (1945) — air attack by British Pacific Fleet on Palembang
• MO (1942) — aborted Japanese invasion of Port Moresby in New Guinea
• PM (1945) — removal of defensive minefield off Auckland, New Zealand
• Sandcrab (1943) — US operation to recapture Attu in the Aleutians
• Sho-Go (1945) — Japanese naval reaction to US invasion of Leyte
• Starvation (1945) — American aerial mining of Japanese ports and waterways.
• Stalemate (1944) — US assault on Peleliu and Palau Islands
• Tan No. 2 (1945) — long-range Kamikaze mission on Allied fleet anchorage at Ulithi atoll
• Ten-Go (1945) — Japanese naval sortie to defend Okinawa.
• Vengeance (1943) — The assassination of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
• Watchtower (1942) — U.S. invasion of Guadalcanal
• Z (1941) — the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Combatants United States Japan Commanders Raymond A. Spruance Jisaburo Ozawa Strength 7 heavy carriers, 8 light carriers, 7 battleships, 79 other ships, 28 submarines, 956 planes 6 heavy carriers, 3 light carriers, 5 battleships, 43 other ships, 450 carrier-based planes, 300 land-based planes Casualties 123 planes destroyed (about... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Saipan seen from the air A map of Saipan, Tinian & Aquijan Saipan (IPA: in English) is the largest island and site of the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a chain of 15 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of... This is a detailed account of the Battle of the Aleutian Islands of World War II, from 3 June 1942 through 24 August 1943. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... The eastern part of the Territory of New Guinea, and the northern Solomon Islands; the area in which Operation Cartwheel took place, from June 1943. ... South West Pacific Area (SWPA) was the name given to one of the four major Allied commands in the Pacific theatre of World War II, during 1942-45. ... Space Radar Image of Rabaul Volcano Rabaul was the capital of East New Britain province, on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea until 1994. ... During World War II, Operation Chronicle was the Allied invasion of Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands in the South Pacific as part of Operation Cartwheel. ... Woodlark Island, also known as Muyuw or Murua, is one of the Trobriand Islands. ... The Trobriand Islands are a 170 mi² archipelago of coral atolls off the eastern coast of New Guinea. ... During World War II, Operation Cleanslate was the occupation of Russell Island about sixty miles northwest of Guadalcanal by the United States in August, 1942. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... The Russell Islands are two important small islands, as well as several islets, of volcanic origin, in the central Solomon Islands. ... This is a detailed account of the Battle of the Aleutian Islands of World War II, from 3 June 1942 through 24 August 1943. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at 52. ... Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... Dutch New Guinea was a common name of western New Guinea while it was a colonial possession of the Netherlands. ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Holland Smith Tadamichi Kuribayashi † Strength 77,000 marines 100,000 total 20,700 infantry Casualties 6,821 dead 20,000 wounded 18,000 dead 1,083 survived The Battle of Iwo Jima (Operation Detachment) was fought between the United States of America and... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Landsat photo of Iwo Jima, circa 2006 Iwo Jima   (Japanese 硫黄島 Iōtō, or Iōjima, meaning sulfur island) is a volcanic island in Japan, part of the Volcano Islands (the southern part of the Ogasawara Islands), approximately 650 nautical miles (1200 km) south of Tokyo (24°472N, 141... Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of Japan at the end of World War II. It was scheduled to occur in two parts: Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu, set to begin in November 1945; and later Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu near Tokyo, scheduled... Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of Japan at the end of World War II. It was scheduled to occur in two parts: Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu, set to begin in November 1945; and later Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu near Tokyo, scheduled... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of Japan at the end of World War II. It was scheduled to occur in two parts: Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu, set to begin in November 1945; and later Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu near Tokyo, scheduled... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Operation Ferdinand can refer to 2 operations in World War 2: In 1944, Operation Ferdinand was an Allied deception plan, which as part of Operation Bodyguard, supported the invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Captain Martin Clemens, Australian Coastwatcher on Guadalcanal, rendered services to Allied forces during the battle for the island (August, 1942-February, 1943). ... American military history records two operations called Flintlock: Operation Flintlock was the campaign against the Marshall Islands in the Pacific campaign of World War II, from January to February 1944. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Battle of Eniwetok Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date 17 February 1944 – 23 February 1944 Place Eniwetok Atoll, United States Japan Commanders Harry W. Hill Yoshimi Nishida Strength 2 regiments 2,000+ Casualties 339 killed or missing, 757 wounded 2,000+ dead, 16 captured The Battle of Eniwetok... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Aerial view of Enewetok and Parry. ... Attack on Truk Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date 17 February 1944 – 18 February 1944 Place Truk, Caroline Islands Result Decisive American victory In World War II, Operation Hailstone was a massive naval air attack launched on 17 February and 18 February 1944 against the Japanese naval and... Map of Chuuk State Map of Chuuk Islands Chuuk islands A view of Chuuk Chuuk, formerly known by following names; Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus; is an island group that comprises one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), along with Kosrae, Pohnpei, and... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... During World War II, Operation Forager was the name given to the U.S. invasion of the Marianas Islands (Guam, Saipan and Tinian) to secure bases for B-29 attacks on the Japanese home islands. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... The Mariana Islands (also the Marianas; up to the early 20th century sometimes called Islas de los Ladrones meaning Islands of Thieves) are a group of islands made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the western Pacific Ocean. ... Combatants United States Japan Commanders Julian Smith Shibasaki Keiji Strength 35,000 2,600 troops, 1,000 Japanese workers and 1,200 Korean laborers Casualties 1,009 killed, 2,101 wounded 3,583 Japanese killed 1,169 Korean laborers killed 17 POWs and 129 Koreans freed The Battle of Tarawa... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... The Gilbert Islands are a chain of 16 atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the nation Kiribati. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Guadalcanal, a 2,510 square mile (6,500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands, is largely a jungle. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom (naval involvement only) Empire of Japan Commanders Simon Bolivar Buckner† Joseph Stilwell Mitsuru Ushijima† Strength 548,000 marines 107,000 regulars 24,000 militia Casualties 12,500 killed or missing 38,000 wounded 33,096 non-combat wounded 38 ships lost 763 aircraft lost 110... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Okinawa redirects here. ... During World War II Operation Inmate was the bombardment of Japanese bases on Truk in the Caroline Islands conducted from 12 to 16 June, 1945. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Map of Chuuk State Map of Chuuk Islands Chuuk islands A view of Chuuk Chuuk, formerly known by following names; Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus; is an island group that comprises one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), along with Kosrae, Pohnpei, and... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Okinawa redirects here. ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN), Mitsuo Fuchida (IJNAS) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Guadalcanal, position (inset) and main towns Guadalcanal is a 2,510 square mile (6 500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands. ... Operation KE was the three-phase withdrawal of all Japanese forces from the Battle of Guadalcanal following the defeat of the Imperial Army in ground combat centered at Henderson Field and the near destruction of Japanese naval forces in the area. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Guadalcanal, position (inset) and main towns Guadalcanal is a 2,510 square mile (6 500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at 52. ... Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of Japan at the end of World War II. It was scheduled to occur in two parts: Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu, set to begin in November 1945; and later Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu near Tokyo, scheduled... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a multinational Allied naval force which saw action against Japan during World War II. The fleet was comprised mainly of British Commonwealth naval vessels. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... During World War II, Operation Majestic was an alternate plan for the intended Allied invasion of the southernmost Japanese home island of Kyushu. ... During World War II, Operation Meridian was a series of British air attacks conducted on 24 and 29 January, 1945 (Meridian One and Meridian Two on Japanese-held oil refineries at Palembang, on Sumatra. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a multinational Allied naval force which saw action against Japan during World War II. The fleet was comprised mainly of British Commonwealth naval vessels. ... Location of Palembang Palembang is a city in the south of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Port Moresby town Port Moresby, (), population 255,000 (2000), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ... The Auckland Metropolitan Area, or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... This is a detailed account of the Battle of the Aleutian Islands of World War II, from 3 June 1942 through 24 August 1943. ... Attu Island Attu is the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land relative to Alaska and the United States. ... Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... Combatants Allies Empire of Japan Commanders William Halsey, Jr Jisaburo Ozawa Strength 17 aircraft carriers 18 escort carriers 12 battleships 24 cruisers 141 destroyers and destroyer escorts Many PT boats, submarines and fleet auxiliaries About 1,500 planes 4 aircraft carriers 9 battleships 19 cruisers 34 destroyers About 200 planes... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Leyte (pronounced LAY-teh or LAY-tee) is an island in the Visayas group of the Philippines. ... Operation Starvation was an American mining operation conducted in World War II by the Army Air Force, in which vital water routes and ports of Japan were mined by air in order to disrupt enemy shipping. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... During World War II, Operation Stalemate was the American amphibious invasion of Peleliu in the western Carolines. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Map of Peleliu Peleliu (or Beliliou) is an island in the island nation of Palau. ... USS Randolph (CV-15) alongside a repair ship at Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands on 13 March 1945, showing damage to her after flight deck resulting from a kamikaze hit on 11 March. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Navy Kamikaze pilot with the rank of Lieutenant (Chui) receives orders, pilots stand at attention in formation. ... Ulithi is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 100 km (62 mi) east of Yap. ... Combatants United States Japan Commanders Marc A. Mitscher Seiichi Ito† Strength 11 aircraft carriers 386 aircraft 1 battleship 1 light cruiser 8 destroyers Casualties 10 aircraft destroyed 12 dead 1 battleship sunk 1 light cruiser sunk 4 destroyers sunk 3,700 dead Operation Ten-Go (天号作戦 ten-gō sakusen), also referred... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Okinawa redirects here. ... Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto ) (4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was a Fleet Admiral (Admiral) in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the first four years of World War II, graduate of Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and alumnus of U.S. Naval War College and Harvard University (1919 - 1921). ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. ... Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto ) (4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was a Fleet Admiral (Admiral) in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the first four years of World War II, graduate of Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and alumnus of U.S. Naval War College and Harvard University (1919 - 1921). ... Operation Watchtower On August 7, 1942, the 1st Marine Division performed an amphibious landing east of the Tenaru River. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Guadalcanal, a 2,510 square mile (6,500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands, is largely a jungle. ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN), Mitsuo Fuchida (IJNAS) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ...

Resistance Movements

• Anthropoid (1942) — assassination of top Nazi Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.
• Braunschweig ("Brunswick") (1944) — German anti-partisan action in Istria
• Burza ("Plan Burza", "Operation Tempest") (1944) — a series of local uprisings prepared by the Polish Home Army
• Canuck (1945) — SAS operation near Turin to train and organise Italian resistance fighters.
• Carpetbagger (1943) — US airdrops to several national Resistance forces
• Delphin ("Dolphin") (1943) — German anti-partisan action on central Dalmatian islands
• Eisbär ("Polar bear") (1943) — German counter-landings on Kos
• Fall Weiss (Case white) (1943) — German counter-partisan operations in occupied Yugoslavia
• Feuerzange ("Fire-Tong") (1944) — German action against Dalmatian Islands in the Adriatic
• Ozren (1941 & 1942) — two attempts to suppress partisans in Ozren region, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Ratweek (1944) — combined air (Balkan Air Force} and ground (Yugoslav partisans) attack on German transport and airfields in Yugoslavia
• Risnjak (1942) — Italian counter-partisan operation in coastal Croatia and Montenegro, in occupied Yugoslavia
• Rösselsprung ("Knights Move") (1944) — German attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito
• Schwarz ("Black") (1943) — German counter-partisan operation in occupied Yugoslavia
• Trio (1942) — Axis counter-partisan operation in southern Bosnia, in occupied Yugoslavia

Reinhard Heydrich, the target of Operation Anthropoid. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Reinhard Heydrich as SS-Gruppenführer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Coat of arms Istria (Istra, pronounced in Croatian and Slovenian; Istria, pronounced in Italian, Istrien, pronounced in German) is the biggest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... The Armia Krajowa (Home Army) or AK functioned as the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II in German-occupied Poland, which was active in all areas of the country from September 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945. ... Operation Canuck was an operation of World War II conducted by the Canadian Captain Buck McDonald and a small team of Special Air Service troopers in January, 1945. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city and business, cultural, and religious center in northwest Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... Partisans parading in Milan The Italian resistance movement was a partisan force during World War II. It became massive after the capitulation of the Italian Royal Army on September 8, 1943. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Map of Croatia with Dalmatia highlighted Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija Serbian: Далмација) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. ... Military history records two Operation Eisbär, both conducted by the Germans in 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Port of Kos Archaeological site Tree of Hippocrates Roman amphitheater Kos town view Kos or Cos (, Greek Κως, Turkish Ä°stanköy, Italian Coo; formerly Stanchio in English) is a Greek island in the Dodecanese group of islands, in the Aegean Sea, which it separates from the Gulf of Cos. ... Fall Weiss (Plan White) was a German strategic plan for a combined Axis attack launched in early 1943 against the Partisans throughout occupied Yugoslavia, in the Independent State of Croatia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Rebellion The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Yugoslav Partisans went under the official name of National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (Slovene: Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, Југославија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... The Rebellion The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Yugoslav Partisans went under the official name of National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (Slovene: Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije... Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked light) and Herzegovina (marked dark) Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna/Босна) comprises the northern part of the present-day country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, Југославија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ... Military history notes two operations named Ratweek: 1. ... The Balkan Air Force was a late-World War II Allied air formation. ... The Rebellion The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Yugoslav Partisans went under the official name of National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (Slovene: Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, Југославија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946). ... The Rebellion The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Yugoslav Partisans went under the official name of National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (Slovene: Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije... Motto: none Anthem: Oj, svijetla majska zoro Capital Podgorica Largest city Podgorica Serbian of the Ijekavian dialect1 Government Republic  - President Filip Vujanović  - Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence From Serbia and Montenegro   - Declared June 3, 2006   - Recognised June 8, 2006  Area  - Total 14,026 km² (159th) 5,414 sq mi   - Water... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, Југославија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ... Operation Rösselsprung (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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Sutjeska offensive in mid-1943 was a joint attack of the Axis forces that aimed to destroy the Yugoslav partisan force, near the Sutjeska river in southeastern Bosnia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Rebellion The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Yugoslav Partisans went under the official name of National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (Slovene: Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, Југославија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946). ... The Rebellion The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Yugoslav Partisans went under the official name of National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (Slovene: Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije... Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked light) and Herzegovina (marked dark) Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna/Босна) comprises the northern part of the present-day country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, Југославија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ...

South and South East Asia

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

• Canned (1944) — search and destroy operation for German supply tanker
• Cockpit (1944) — Allied naval airstrike on Sabang, Sumatra
• Capital (1943) — Allied capture of northern Burma
• Culverin (1943) — Proposed allied invasion of northern Sumatra
• Countenance (1941) — Anglo-Soviet invasion of 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
• 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
• Longcloth (1943) — Chindits advance into Burma
• Matador (1941) — Planned British pre-emptive move into Siam from Malaya
• Meridian (1945) — naval air attacks on installations on Sumatra
• Sabre (1945} — cutting of submarine telephone cables off Saigon
• 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

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... During the last year of World War II, Operation Cockpit was a raid by a British naval force of twenty-two warships, including two aircraft carriers, on Japanese port and oil facilities on Sabang Island (off the northern tip of Sumatra) on 25 July, 1945. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... During World War II, Operation Capital, Operation Y, was a broad British offensive launched from Assam, India across the Chindwin River into northeast Burma near Mandalay, launched on 19 November, 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Operation Culverin was a planned operation in World War II, in which Allied troops would recapture the northern tip of Sumatra (the present day province of Aceh) from the Japanese. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... Operation Countenance was the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia (now Iran), starting 25 August 1941 and completed on 17 September 1941. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... During World War II, Operation Dracula was the name given to an airborne and amphibious attack on Rangoon by British and Indian forces, part of the Burma Campaign. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Yangôn, formerly Rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of Myanmar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... During World War II, Operation Diplomat was an Allied naval training operation. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Operation Dukedom was the British search and destroy operation in May, 1945 for the Japanese cruiser Haguro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Haguro (羽黒) was the last of the four-member Myoko class of heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Six XE class midget submarines were built for the Royal Navy during 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to carry telecommunications between countries. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Operation Jaywick was one of the most daring and celebrated special operations undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, eleven Australian and four British army and navy personnel raided Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour, sinking seven ships and, against great odds, made it back to Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Operation Krohcol was a British operation in 1942 to move into Siam just after the Japanese attack on Malaya during World War II. It was named Krohcol as it was a column operating on the Kroh-Patani road. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... 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. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained... History Records a number of operations named Matador: // The British in Malaya Operation Matador was a plan of the British Malaya Command to move forces into position to counter a Japanese amphibious attack on Malaya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... For the country formerly called Siam see Thailand SIAM is an acronym for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ... Map of Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia (Malay: Semenanjung Malaysia) is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north. ... During World War II, Operation Meridian was a series of British air attacks conducted on 24 and 29 January, 1945 (Meridian One and Meridian Two on Japanese-held oil refineries at Palembang, on Sumatra. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... Six XE class midget submarines were built for the Royal Navy during 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to carry telecommunications between countries. ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam, located near the delta of the Mekong River. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Six XE class midget submarines were built for the Royal Navy during 1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) or sometimes referred to as the Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan (Dai Nippon Teikoku) from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling... World War II United States Navy recognition drawings of Takao and Atago Takao was a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after Mount Takao(高雄山), a mountain in kyoto, Japan. ... Six XE class midget submarines were built for the Royal Navy during 1944. ... During World War II, Operation Talon was the name given to the British amphibious landing at Akyab in western Burma on 3 January 1945. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Sittwe (1983 population estimate: 107,607), formerly known as Akyab, is a city and district in the RakhineState, Myanmar. ... The Burma Campaign was a campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. It was fought primarily between Commonwealth, Chinese and American forces against the Empire of Japan. ... 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. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained... During World War II, Operation Transom was a naval air attack on Japanese targets on Java by American and British carrier planes. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Surabaya (formerly Soerabaja) is Indonesias second-largest city, and the capital of the province of East Java. ... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... The Battle of Imphal took place in Manipur district of North East India from April until June 1944. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Imphal is the capital of Manipur, India. ... Kohima is the hilly capital of Indias north eastern border state of Nagaland which shares its borders with Burma. ... During World War II, Operation Zipper was a British plan to capture of either Port Swettenham or Port Dickson, Burma as staging areas for the recapture of Singapore. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... During World War II, Operation Zipper was a British plan to capture of either Port Swettenham or Port Dickson, Burma as staging areas for the recapture of Singapore. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...

Scandinavia

Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

• Alphabet (1940) evacuation of British troops from Norway
• Archery (1941) — British commando raid on Vågsøy, Norway
  • Anklet (1941) — raid on German positions on Lofoten Islands, Norway
• Birke ("Birch") (1944) — German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War
• Birkhahn ("Black Cock") (1945) — German withdrawal from Norway
• Büffel ("Buffalo") (1940) — German operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway.
• Carthage (1945) — RAF bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Catherine (1939) British plan to gain control of Baltic Sea
• Claymore (1941) — British raid on Lofoten Islands, Norway
• Freshman (1942 ) — attempted raid on a Norwegian heavy water plant at Vemork, see Gunnerside
  • Grouse (1942) — Norwegian guide party for Freshman
  • Gunnerside (1943) — 2nd raid on a Norwegian heavy water plant at Vemork
• Gauntlet (1941) — raid on Spitzbergen
• Ikarus (1940) — planned German invasion of Iceland
• Juno (1940) — German naval operation to disturb allied supplies to Norway.
• Jupiter (1942) — suggested invasion of Norway
• Lachsfang (1942) — Proposed combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk.
• Musketoon (1942) — British/ Norwegian destruction of a power station in Norway
• Nordlicht [2] ("Aurora Borealis") (1944) — German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway
• The Sepals/Perianth Operation (1944) — OSS supported operation in Sweden
• Renntier ("Reindeer") (1941) — German occupation of Finnish Petsamo
• Silberfuchs ("Silver Fox") (1941) — German operations in the Arctic, including:
  • Blaufuchs 1 ("Blue Fox 1") (1941) — Staging of German forces from Germany to northern Finland.
  • Blaufuchs 2 ("Blue Fox 2") (1941) — Staging of German forces from Norway to northern Finland.
  • Platinfuchs ("Platinum Fox") (1941) — German attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo
  • Polarfuchs ("Polar Fox") (1941) — German attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland
  • Renntier ("Reindeer") (1941) — German occupation of Petsamo.
• Sizilien (1943) — German raid upon allied occupied Spitzbergen (Svalbard)
• Tanne Ost (1944) — failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland
• Tanne West (1944) — planned German attempt to capture the Åland Islands from Finland
• Weserübung ("Weser Exercise") (1940) — German invasion of Denmark and Norway
  • Weserübung Nord ("Weser Exercise") (1940) — German invasion of Trondheim and Narvik
  • Weserübung Sud ("Weser Exercise") (1940) — German invasion of Bergen, Kristiansand and Oslo
• Zitronella (1943) — German raid against a Norwegian/British station on Svalbard.

Operation Alphabet was the evacuation, authorized on May 24, 1940, of British troops from the harbour of Narvik in northernmost Norway marking the success of Nazi Germanys Operation Weserübung of April 6 and the end of the British campaign in Norway during World War II. The evacuation was... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... During World War II, Operation Archery was a British Combined Operations raid on December 27, 1941 against German positions on Vaagso(VÃ¥gsøy), Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... County Sogn og Fjordane Landscape Nordfjord Municipality NO-1439 Administrative centre MÃ¥løy Mayor (2004) Roger Bernt Silden (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 348 176 km² 171 km² 0. ... During World War II, Operation Ambassador was a British Commando raid on 26th December, 1941 on the Lofoten Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Henningsvær, a fishing village in Lofoten during fishing season (April, 2001). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Combatants Germany Finland Commanders Lothar Rendulic Hjalmar Siilasvuo Strength 200,000 60,000 Casualties 950 killed 2,000 wounded 1,300 captured 774 killed 3,000 wounded 262 missing The Lapland War is a name used for the hostilities between Finland and Germany between September 1944 and April 1945. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... During World War II the name Büffel Bewegung (Buffalo Movement in German) was given to a series of local retreats conducted by the German Army on the Russian Front during the period 1-22 March 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... County Nordland District Ofoten Municipality NO-1805 Administrative centre Narvik Mayor (2004) Olav Sigurd AlstadThe Beagle (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 29 2,023 km² 1,905 km² 0. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Deaths Head emblem similar to skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei; Secret State Police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)), at present made up of 16 municipalities. ... Project Catherine was the name of a proposed Baltic Sea offensive by the Royal Navy to be undertaken in the spring of 1940 whith the aim of interdicting German sea borne commerce with the Soviet Union, Finland, Sweden and the Baltic States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ... During World War II, Operation Claymore was a British Commando and Royal Navy raid on 4 March, 1941 on the Lofoten Islands, off the coast of Norway, just inside the Arctic Circle. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Henningsvær, a fishing village in Lofoten during fishing season (April, 2001). ... The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of actions taken by Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the Germans from acquiring heavy water which could be used to produce nuclear weapons. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Heavy water is dideuterium oxide, or D2O or 2H2O. It is chemically the same as normal water, H2O, but the hydrogen atoms are of the heavy isotope deuterium, in which the nucleus contains a neutron in addition to the proton found in the nucleus of any hydrogen atom. ... The Vemork hydroelectric plant, site of the heavy water production Vemork, a small community in Norway, close to the city Rjukan and within the Tinn municipality, in the county of Telemark. ... The Vemork hydroelectric plant, site of the heavy water production In World War II, Nazi Germany investigated the possibility of building an atomic bomb. ... The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of actions taken by Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the Germans from acquiring heavy water which could be used to produce nuclear weapons. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of actions taken by Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the Germans from acquiring heavy water which could be used to produce nuclear weapons. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Heavy water is dideuterium oxide, or D2O or 2H2O. It is chemically the same as normal water, H2O, but the hydrogen atoms are of the heavy isotope deuterium, in which the nucleus contains a neutron in addition to the proton found in the nucleus of any hydrogen atom. ... The Vemork hydroelectric plant, site of the heavy water production Vemork, a small community in Norway, close to the city Rjukan and within the Tinn municipality, in the county of Telemark. ... During World War II, Operation Gauntlet was a Combined Operations raid by Canadian Infantry, British Commandos and Norwegian servicemen on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, 600 miles south of the North Pole, from 18 August 1941, over several weeks. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago, which is situated in the Arctic Ocean and administered by Norway. ... Operation Ikarus (Unternehmen Ikarus or Fall Ikarus in German) was a World War II German plan to invade Iceland wich had been captured by British forces in 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Juno was a German naval offensive late in the Norwegian Campaign. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... There were 3 operations called Jupiter during World War 2: in 1942, a proposal to invade Norway in 1942, a failed Soviet offensive against the Rzhev salient in 1944, an attack to capture Hill 112, a prominent height in Normandy This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Kandalaksha (Russian: Кандалакша; Finnish: Kannanlahti) is a city in northwestern Russia. ... Belomorsk (Russian: ) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. ... Operation Musketoon was an Anglo-Norwegian raid against a German-held Generator Station at Glomfjord, Norway in September, 1942 during the Second World War. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Location of Kola south of the Barents Sea. ... The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime (but not direct) precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. ... Operation Renntier (Reindeer) was a German operation during World War II. Its goal was to secure the nickel-mines in Finnish Petsamo against Soviet aggression. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The area of Petsamo (Pechenga in Russian) in northern Lapland, indigenously inhabited by Samis, came to Finland in 1920 and to the Soviet Union in 1944. ... Operation Silberfuchs (Silver Fox) was a German operation during World War II. Its main goal was the capture of the Soviet port at Murmansk through attacks from Finnish territory. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Silberfuchs (Silver Fox) was a German operation during World War II. Its main goal was the capture of the Soviet port at Murmansk through attacks from Finnish territory. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Silberfuchs (Silver Fox) was a German operation during World War II. Its main goal was the capture of the Soviet port at Murmansk through attacks from Finnish territory. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Unternehmen Platinfuchs (Operation Platinum Fox) was a German and Finnish military offensive launched during World War II. Platinfuchs took place on the Eastern Front and had the objective of capturing the White Sea port of Murmansk. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from... The area of Petsamo (Pechenga in Russian) in northern Lapland, indigenously inhabited by Samis, came to Finland in 1920 and to the Soviet Union in 1944. ... The German XXXVI Corps, consisting of both German and Finnish troops, carried out Operation Polarfuchs (in English: Operation Arctic Fox) against Soviet defences at Salla in July 1941. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Kandalaksha (Russian: Кандалакша; Finnish: Kannanlahti) is a city in northwestern Russia. ... National anthem Sámi soga lávlla Languages Sami, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian Area ca. ... Operation Renntier (Reindeer) was a German operation during World War II. Its goal was to secure the nickel-mines in Finnish Petsamo against Soviet aggression. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The area of Petsamo (Pechenga in Russian) in northern Lapland, indigenously inhabited by Samis, came to Finland in 1920 and to the Soviet Union in 1944. ... Operation Zitronella, also known as Operation Sizilien, was the German raid and temporary occupation of Spitzbergen in September, 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago, which is situated in the Arctic Ocean and administered by Norway. ... Operation Tanne Ost was a German operation during World War II to capture the island Suursaari in the Gulf of Finland before it could fall into Soviet hands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Hogland (Russian: Гогланд; Finnish: Suursaari; Swedish: Hogland) is an island in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, located some 180 km west of Saint Petersburg and 35 km away from the coast of Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... National motto: ? Official language Swedish Capital Mariehamn Governor Peter Lindbäck Premier Roger Nordlund Total Area  - Land  - Water 6,784 km² 1,527 km² 5,258 km² Population  - Total (2002)  - Density 26,257 17. ... Operation Weserübung was the German codename for Nazi Germanys assault on Denmark and Norway during World War II and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Operation Weserübung was the German codename for Nazi Germanys assault on Denmark and Norway during World War II and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... County Sør-Trøndelag District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2005) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... County Nordland District Ofoten Municipality NO-1805 Administrative centre Narvik Mayor (2004) Olav Sigurd AlstadThe Beagle (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 29 2,023 km² 1,905 km² 0. ... Operation Weserübung was the German codename for Nazi Germanys assault on Denmark and Norway during World War II and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... County Vest-Agder District Sørlandet Municipality NO-1001 Administrative centre Kristiansand Mayor (2004) Jan Oddvar Skisland (KrF) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 287 277 km² 259 km² 0. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Operation Zitronella, also known as Operation Sizilien, was the German raid and temporary occupation of Spitzbergen in September, 1943. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ...

Western Front

Western Europe, by year

• Fall Rot ("Case Red") (1935) — German defense plan in case of an incursion by France when Czechoslovakia is invaded

In World War II, Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed 10 May 1940 which ended the Phony War. ...

1939

1940

• Ariel (1940) — British and Allied evacuations from French ports between Cherbourg and the Spanish border
• Ambassador (1940) — British commando raid on Guernsey
• Attila (1940) — German seizure and occupation of Vichy France, without Italian support
• Cycle (1940) — British and Allied evacuation from Le Havre
• Dynamo (1940) — British & Allied evacuation from Dunkirk
• Fall Gelb ("Case Yellow") (1940) — German offensive against western Europe
• Granit (Granite) (1940) German paratrooper attack on Fort Eben-Emael
• Grün [2] ("Green") (1940) — decoy invasion of Ireland in conjunction with Seelöwe
• Herbstreise ("Autumn Journey") (1940) — decoy invasion of Scotland
• Marine (1940) — Dropping of naval mines into the Rhine
• Mondscheinsonate ("Moonlight Sonata") (1940) — German aerial raid on Coventry
• Seelöwe ("Sea Lion") (1940) — planned German invasion of Britain
  • Adlertag ("Eagle’s Day") — German effort to destroy the RAF prior to invasion, which gave rise to the Battle of Britain
  • Grün [2] ("Green") (1940) — decoy invasion of Ireland in conjunction with Seelöwe
  • Herbstreise ("Autumn Journey") — decoy invasion of Scotland in conjunction with Seelöwe.
  • Wal ("Whale") (1940) — aborted German plan to contact Scottish and Welsh nationalist groups
• Walfisch ("Whale") (1940) — aborted German plan to land an agent in Ireland

During World War II, Operation Ariel was the escape of French and British forces from northern France after the collapse of that country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... Location within France Cherbourg-Octeville is a city and commune in Normandy, north-west France. ... During World War II, Operation Ambassador (14/15 July, 1940) was the second raid by British Commandos comprising 40 men of H Troop, No. ... During World War II, Operation Attila was the Nazi occupation of Vichy France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... For other uses of Vichy, see Vichy (disambiguation). ... During World War II, Operation Cycle was the evacuation of Allied troops from Le Havre, France in June, 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Location within France Abbey of Graville, Le Havre An old house in Le Havre Church of St. ... Men from the French army disembark in England after evacuation of Dunkirk, France 1940. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Carnival in Dunkirk. ... In World War II, Battle of France or Case Yellow (Fall Gelb in German) was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed 10 May 1940 which ended the Phony War. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... European redirects here. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Eben-Emael was a Belgian fortress in between Liège and Maastricht, near the Albert Canal, defending the Belgian-German border. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... During World War II, Operation Herbstreise (Autumn Journey in German) was a planned series of deception operations to support the planned German invasion of Britain (Operation Seelowe). ... Motto: (Eng: No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by... Operation Marine was a military operation in World War II. Promoted by Winston Churchill, the concept employed floating naval mines which were dropped into the Rhine River in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy ships or submarines. ... Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe in German) was a World War II German plan to invade Britain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Military history records two events called Operation Adler, the name meaning Eagle in German: A series of air attacks beginning on 13 August 1940 that began the Battle of Britain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe in German) was a World War II German plan to invade Britain. ... Combatants United Kingdom Germany Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Albert Kesselring Strength 700+ Grew to nearly 1000 during end of the Battle. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... During World War II, Operation Herbstreise (Autumn Journey in German) was a planned series of deception operations to support the planned German invasion of Britain (Operation Seelowe). ... 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. ... 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. ...

1941

• Artur ("Arthur") (1941) — German plan to support IRA activities
• Savannah (1941) — Free French attempt to ambush and kill Luftwaffe pathfinder pilots in France
• Seeadler ("Sea Eagle") or Taube II (1941) — aborted German plan to supply the IRA with funds and a radio transmitter

In World War II, Operation Artur (Arthur) was the German plan to support I.R.A. activities in Northern Ireland and Ireland in 1941. ... 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. ... During World War II, Operation Savannah was the first insertion of SOE trained Free French paratroops into German-occupied France: on the night of 15 March 1941. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Free_France_1940-1944. ... Free French Forces under review during the Battle of Normandy. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Operation Sea Eagle (Unternehmen Seeadler in German) sometimes referred to as Operation Dove II (Unternehmen Taube II in German) was a German Foreign Ministry plan conceived in May 1941 after the collapse of planning around Operation Whale (Unternehmen Walfisch in German). ... 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. ...

1942

• Anton (1942) — Nazi-German occupation of Vichy France during World War II: Attila renamed, with Italian support.
• Basalt (1942) — British raid on Sark
• Biting (1942) — Commando raid on radar site in France
• Cerberus (1942) — escape of German capital ships from Brest to home ports in Germany (Channel Dash)
• Chariot (1942) — British raid on Saint Nazaire
• Clawhammer (1942) — planned commando raid on a radar site in France
• Frankton (1942) — commando raid on shipping in Bordeaux, France
• Jubilee (1942) — unsuccessful large scale British and Canadian raid on Dieppe (northern France) starting on August 19, 1942. Successor to Operation Rutter.
• Millennium (1942) — British 1000 bomber raid on Cologne.
• Rutter (1942) — planned British and Canadian raid on Dieppe, northern France, in July 1942. Abandoned due to unfavourable weather conditions and revived as Jubilee.
• Sledgehammer (1942) — Allied contingency plan for capture of Cherbourg or Brest in 1943 (shelved)

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1943

• Bolero (1943/1944) — build-up of US forces and materiel in Britain in preparation for D-Day
• Chastise (1943) — British air attack on German dams (the "Dambuster" raid}
• Corona (1943) — Royal Air Force bombing raid on Kassel in October.
• Constellation (1943) — one of several proposals to liberate the Channel Islands
  • Condor (1943) — proposal to liberate Jersey
  • Concertina (1943) — proposal to liberate Alderney
  • Coverlet (1943) — proposal to liberate Guernsey
• Crossbow (1943/1944) — British plan to destroy German rocket production and launch sites
• Gomorrah (1943) British air attack on Hamburg.
• Project Habakkuk (1943) — project to construct an aircraft carrier out of ice
• Hydra (1943) — RAF bombing of Peenemünde on the night of 16/17 August.
• Roundup (1943) — alternative invasion contingency plan to Sledgehammer

Major General Henry H. Arnold Operation Bolero occurred during World War Two, around the same time as Operation Overlord. ... Matériel (from the French for equipment or hardware, related to the word material) is a term used in English to refer to the equipment and supplies in military and commercial supply chain management. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... Operation Chastise was the official name for the attacks on German dams on May 17, 1943 in World War II using a specially developed bouncing bomb. The attack was carried out by Royal Air Force No. ... Operation Chastise was the official name for the attacks on German dams on May 17, 1943 in World War II using a specially developed bouncing bomb. The attack was carried out by Royal Air Force No. ... The purpose of Operation Corona was to confuse the German nightfighters during the raids on German cities during WWII. It was first used during the attack on the German industrial center of Kassel on the night of October 22/23 1943 in which 90% of the city fell to ashes... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Watershed of the river Weser Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River, one of the two sources of the Weser river, in northern Hessen in west-central Germany. ... Operation Constellation was the name of one of a number of WWII missions, proposed by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, in 1943 to take back the Channel Islands from German occupation in WWII. It was never mounted. ... The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ... Operation Constellation was the name of one of a number of WWII missions, proposed by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, in 1943 to take back the Channel Islands from German occupation in WWII. It was never mounted. ... Operation Constellation was the name of one of a number of WWII missions, proposed by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, in 1943 to take back the Channel Islands from German occupation in WWII. It was never mounted. ... Capital St Anne Status Part of Guernsey, Crown dependency of the UK Official language(s) English Head of Government Sir Norman Browse Population 2,400 Currency Pound sterling (GBP). ... Operation Constellation was the name of one of a number of WWII missions, proposed by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, in 1943 to take back the Channel Islands from German occupation in WWII. It was never mounted. ... Operation Crossbow was a British project in World War II to destroy a German secret weapons rocket project. ... Firestorm in Hamburg Operation Gomorrah was the military codename for a series of air raids conducted by the Royal Air Force on the city of Hamburg beginning in the end of July 1943. ... Project Habbakuk was a plan by the British in World War II to construct an unsinkable aircraft carrier out of ice, for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which was out of range of land-based planes. ... Four aircraft carriers, Principe-de-Asturias, USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and HMS Invincible (front-to-back), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier, light V/STOL carriers, and an amphibious carrier. ... Peenemündes position in Germany Peenemünde is a village in the northeast of the German island of Usedom. ... Peenemündes position in Germany Peenemünde is a village in the northeast of the German island of Usedom. ... Military history records two operations called Operation Roundup: 1. ...

1944

• Chastity (1944) — unexecuted plan to liberate port facilities in Quiberon Bay, southern Brittany
• Clipper (1944) — Anglo-American assault on Geilenkirchen
• Comet (1944) — early version of Market Garden
• Constellation (1944) — occupation of Venraij and Venlo by the British VIII Corps
• Diver (1944) — Defence of London against V-1 attack.
• Herbstnebel 1 ("Autumn Fog") (1944) — unused alternative to Wacht am Rhein
• Houndsmith (1944) — large SAS patrol near Dijon to disrupt German supply routes
• Infatuate (1944) taking of Walcheren Island, third and final phase of the Battle of the Scheldt.
• Jericho (1944) — precision air-raid on Amiens prison to release French Resistance prisoners
• Lost (1944) — British raid on Brittany
• Loyton (1944) — unsuccessful large SAS patrol in Vosges mountains
• Marine (1944) — Dropping of naval mines into the Rhine
• Market Garden (1944) — Allied airborne attempt to cross the lower Rhine
• Nelson (1944) — cancelled SAS patrol in France
• Newton (1944) — Free French SAS raid in Burgundy, France
• Overlord (1944) — Allied landings in Normandy
  • Astonia (1944) — Anglo-Canadian assault on Le Havre
  • Bluecoat (1944) — Anglo-Canadian advance to the River Vire to hamper German redeployment
  • Bodyguard — overall deception plan, including:
    • Ferdinand (1944) —
      • Skye
    • Fortitude (1944) — two deception operations to mislead over location of landings
    • Glimmer (1944) — feint attack towards Pas de Calais
    • Hambone (1944) — also known as Copperhead
    • Jael
    • Quicksilver
  • Bolero (1943/1944) — build-up of US forces and materiel in Britain in preparation for D-Day
  • Charnwood (1944) — Canadian assault on Caen
  • Chicago — American airdrop in Normandy
  • Cobra (1944) — American breakout from Normandy
    • Dunhill (1944) — SAS operations in Normandy to support Cobra
  • Cooney (1944) — Free French SAS raid in St Malo area, France
  • Defoe (1944) — SAS patrols in Normandy
  • Detroit — American airdrop in Normandy