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List of World War II military operations

January 01, 1970

This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states. Operations are categorised according to the theater of operations, and an attempt has been made to cover all aspects of significant events. Operations contained in the Western Front category have been listed by year. Operations that follow the cessation of hostilities and those that occurred in the pre-war period are also included. Operations are listed alphabetically, and where multiple aspects are involved these are listed inline.

Flags used are those of the time period.

Africa edit

Excludes North African campaigns

Atlantic Ocean edit

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

Eastern Front edit

Main article: List of military operations on the Eastern Front of World War II

Mediterranean Sea edit

Main article: List of naval and land-based operations in Mediterranean Sea area during World War II

South West Pacific and Pacific Ocean edit

Main article: List of naval and land-based operations in Pacific Theater during World War II

China edit

South West, South, and South East Asia edit

Includes operations in Iraq, Syria, Iran, India, Burma, Malaya and Indo-China, and the Indian Ocean

Scandinavia and Finland edit

Axis edit

Allies edit

Other edit

  • Rädda Danmark ("Save Denmark") (1945)   – Swedish plan to liberate Denmark before the country was occupied by the Soviet Union (cancelled because of German surrender)
    • Rädda Själland (1945)   – Swedish landings on Zealand
    • Rädda Bornholm (1945)   – Swedish landings on Bornholm

Western Front edit

Main article: List of military operations in the West European Theater during World War II by year

Technology edit

Axis edit

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

Allies edit

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

Special Operations Executive edit

Main article: List of Special Operations Executive operations in World War II
  • Operation Jedburgh (1944)       – SOE, OSS, and Free French-Belgian-Dutch exiles parachuted into France, the Netherlands and Belgium to perform guerrilla warfare.

Partisan operations edit

Includes some operations by regular forces in support of partisans

Anti-partisan operations edit

Main article: Anti-partisan operations in World War II

Intelligence edit

Axis edit

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

Allies edit

Uncategorized edit

  • Alpenfestung   – plan for Nazi national Redoubt in Alps.
    • Werwolf (1945–50)   – guerrilla force to resist occupation by Allies.
  • Big Bang (1947)   – demolition of defences of Heligoland
  • Bracelet (1942)   – Churchill's flight to Cairo and Moscow.
  • Catapult (1940)   – Royal Navy actions to seize, disable or destroy the French fleet after France's surrender.
  • Downfall (1945)   – Proposed Allied plan for the invasion of Japan.
  • Operation Sunrise (1945)         – negotiations leading to German surrender in Italy.
  • Eiche ("Oak") (1943)   – German rescue from custody of Benito Mussolini
  • Frantic (1943) – The use of Soviet airfields by western Allied bombers.
  • Feuerzauber ("Fire Magic") (1936–39) – Transfer of planes, engineers, and pilots to nationalist forces during Spanish Civil War.
    • Rügen (1937)   – Bombing of Guernica.
    • Bodden (1937–43)   – Abwehr intelligence gathering system operating from Spain and Morocco.
    • Ursula (1936–1939)   – Kriegsmarine U-boat operations in support of Francoist and Italian navies.
  • Gaff (1944) – attempt to kill Erwin Rommel
  • Halyard (1944) – Non-combat Allied airlift behind Axis lines in Yugoslavia
  • Jericho (1944) – Allied aircraft bombed Amiens prison in German-occupied France to aid Resistance prison escape
  • Keelhaul (1945)     – forced repatriation to the Soviet Union, by the western Allies, of Soviet prisoners of war
  • Magic Carpet (1945–1946)   – American post-war operation to transport US military personnel home
  • Manna (1945) – Allied air drops of food to famine-ravaged Netherlands, with German cooperation
  • Margarethe (1944)   – German occupation of Hungary. Döme Sztójay, an avid supporter of the Nazis, became the new Hungarian Prime Minister with the aid of a Nazi military governor.
  • Panzerfaust/Eisenfaust ("Armored Fist") (1944)   – Kidnap of Hungarian leader Miklós Horthy's son to prevent defection of Hungary from Axis.
  • Peking (1939)   – removal of Polish warships to Britain, in advance of German invasion
  • Pied Piper (1939)   – evacuation of children from British cities.
  • Rabat (1943)   – Plan to kidnap the Pope and diplomatic corp. from Vatican City.
  • Regenbogen ("Rainbow") (1945)   – rescinded order to scuttle Kriegsmarine.
  • Rösselsprung ("Knights Move") (1944)   – German attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito
  • Safehaven (1944) – allied efforts to capture fleeing Nazis and seize German resources abroad
  • Symbol (1943)   – Churchill's flight to Casablanca.
  • Tabarin (1943)   – British Antarctic expedition.
  • Operation Walküre ("Valkyrie") (1944)   – Plan to deal with general breakdown of civil order within Germany following the death of Hitler and the seizure of power by other Nazi officials or the SS; a cover for clandestine action by the German resistance.
  • Worek ("Sack") (1939)   – Polish naval defence of the Polish coast
  • Rainbow War Plans (1920s–30s)   – Global US War planning between the World Wars.

Propaganda, war crimes, and genocide edit

References edit

  1. ^ pp. 138–139, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand [1]
  2. ^ Clemens, Peter (1998-12-01). "Operation 'cardinal': The OSS in Manchuria, August 1945". Intelligence and National Security. 13 (4): 71–106. doi:10.1080/02684529808432505. ISSN 0268-4527.
  3. ^ Streifer, Bill (2011). "Operation Cardinal: "…So You Must Be a Spy"". American Intelligence Journal. 29 (2): 75–79. ISSN 0883-072X. JSTOR 26201953.
  4. ^ Streifer, Bill. "Operation Cardinal: OSS in Manchuria". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links edit

  • WW2DB: List of Axis Operations
  • WW2DB: List of Allied Operations
  • Operations lists (contains inaccuracies) hier auch erscheinen.

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This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II As of 2022 update this is not a comprehensive list but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included and also operations that involved neutral nation states Operations are categorised according to the theater of operations and an attempt has been made to cover all aspects of significant events Operations contained in the Western Front category have been listed by year Operations that follow the cessation of hostilities and those that occurred in the pre war period are also included Operations are listed alphabetically and where multiple aspects are involved these are listed inline Flags used are those of the time period Contents 1 Africa 2 Atlantic Ocean 3 Eastern Front 4 Mediterranean Sea 5 South West Pacific and Pacific Ocean 6 China 7 South West South and South East Asia 8 Scandinavia and Finland 8 1 Axis 8 2 Allies 8 3 Other 9 Western Front 10 Technology 10 1 Axis 10 2 Allies 11 Special Operations Executive 12 Partisan operations 13 Anti partisan operations 14 Intelligence 14 1 Axis 14 2 Allies 15 Uncategorized 16 Propaganda war crimes and genocide 17 References 18 External linksAfrica editExcludes North African campaigns Chronometer 1941 nbsp nbsp Anglo Indian capture of Assab Composition 1941 nbsp FAA attack on Massawa Ironclad 1942 nbsp nbsp Allied landings on Madagascar Streamline Jane 1942 nbsp nbsp ground campaign on Madagascar Menace 1940 nbsp nbsp seaborne Free French and British attack on Dakar French West Africa Senegal Postmaster 1942 nbsp SOE operation to capture three Axis vessels in the neutral Spanish island of Fernando Po Supply 1941 nbsp Allied anti submarine naval patrol off MadagascarAtlantic Ocean editIncludes North Sea and Arctic Ocean operations and actions against naval vessels in harbour Alacrity 1943 nbsp Allied naval patrols around Azores Berlin 1941 nbsp Atlantic cruise of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Catechism 1944 nbsp final RAF air attack on Tirpitz Cerberus 1942 nbsp escape of German capital ships from Brest to home ports in Germany Channel Dash Croquet 1944 nbsp Allied anti shipping off Norway Cupola 1945 nbsp British anti shipping operation off Norway Deadlight 1945 nbsp postwar scuttling of U boats Dervish 1941 nbsp first of the Arctic Convoys to the Soviet Union Domino 1943 nbsp second aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst Prinz Eugen and destroyers Doppelschlag Double blow 1942 nbsp German anti shipping operation off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper Drachenhohle 1944 nbsp aborted attack on Home Fleet at Scapa Flow using Mistel composite aircraft Drumbeat 1942 nbsp part of Second Happy Time Paukenschlag EJ 1941 nbsp British anti shipping operation off Norway Enclose 1943 nbsp British anti submarine air offensive in Bay of Biscay also Enclose II Foxchase 1945 nbsp British anti shipping operation off Norway Fronttheater 1943 nbsp first aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst Prinz Eugen and destroyers Goodwood I II III and IV 1944 nbsp sequence of 4 carrier borne air attacks on Tirpitz Holder 1943 nbsp British special naval transport to Murmansk Husar 1943 nbsp cancelled German anti shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lutzow Leader 1943 nbsp nbsp antishipping operation off Norway by USS Ranger Lucid 1940 nbsp attempt to destroy German invasion barges Mascot 1944 nbsp failed carrier borne air attack on Tirpitz Nordseetour North Sea Tour 1940 nbsp first Atlantic operation of Admiral Hipper Obviate 1944 nbsp RAF air attack on Tirpitz Ostfront 1943 nbsp final operation of Scharnhorst to intercept convoy JW 55B Paderborn 1943 nbsp third and successful transfer of Scharnhorst and destroyers to Norway Paravane 1944 nbsp RAF air attack on Tirpitz Paukenschlag nbsp Drumbeat Beat of the Kettle Drum Second happy time 1942 German U boat campaign against shipping off the United States east coast Planet Brawn and Tiger Claw 1944 nbsp cancelled carrier borne air attacks on the Tirpitz Posthorn 1944 nbsp British naval air attack on shipping off Norway Potluck 1944 nbsp Allied anti shipping patrol off Norway Primrose 1941 nbsp capture of U 110 s Enigma cypher machine and documents by HMS Bulldog Regenbogen Rainbow 1942 nbsp Germany failed German attack on Arctic convoy JW 51B by Admiral Hipper and Lutzow Rheinubung Exercise Rhine 1941 nbsp Germany planned German attacks on Allied shipping conducted by Bismarck and Prinz Eugen Rosselsprung Knights Move 1942 nbsp German naval operation including Tirpitz to attack Arctic convoy PQ 17 Roundel 1945 nbsp British convoy escort to Murmansk Source 1943 nbsp British X class submarine midget submarine attacks on German warships based in Norway Sportpalast 1942 nbsp aborted German naval operation including Tirpitz to attack Arctic convoys PQ 12 and QP 8 Zauberflote Magic Flute 1942 nbsp return of damaged Prinz Eugen from Trondheim to Germany Stonewall 1943 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Allied operation to intercept blockade runners in the Bay of Biscay Teardrop 1945 nbsp anti U boat operation Tungsten 1944 nbsp carrier borne air attack on Tirpitz Tunnel 1943 nbsp standard British plan to intercept German blockade runners Wikinger 1940 nbsp foray by German destroyers into the North Sea Wunderland 1942 nbsp German anti shipping operation in Kara Sea by Admiral Scheer Zarin 1942 nbsp German mining action off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Hipper and destroyersEastern Front editMain article List of military operations on the Eastern Front of World War IIMediterranean Sea editMain article List of naval and land based operations in Mediterranean Sea area during World War IISouth West Pacific and Pacific Ocean editMain article List of naval and land based operations in Pacific Theater during World War IIChina editManchukuo 1931 1942 nbsp Chongqing 1938 1943 nbsp Mission 204 1942 1944 nbsp nbsp Sankō 1942 1944 nbsp Japanese campaign in five provinces of northeastern China to crush the Chinese resistance following the Hundred Regiments Offensive Sei go 1942 nbsp Gangnam 1943 nbsp Ichi Go 1944 nbsp Japanese campaign in eastern China to secure overland routes to Indo China and airfields TO 1942 nbsp plan to capture US airfields at Hengyang Lingling Lweilin and Liuchow Alpha 1944 nbsp nbsp improvement of the defences of Kunming against Japanese threats Matterhorn 1944 nbsp establishment of bases for US B 29 bomber aircraftSouth West South and South East Asia editIncludes operations in Iraq Syria Iran India Burma Malaya and Indo China and the Indian Ocean Anakim 1943 nbsp nbsp nbsp proposed strategy to retake Burma and reopen the land route to China Bajadere 1942 nbsp nbsp German special forces operation in India including Free India Legion personnel Balsam 1945 nbsp photographic reconnaissance of southern Malaya and airstrikes against Sumatran airfields BAN 1943 nbsp defensive scheme for Mandalay and Meiktila Birdseed 1944 nbsp anti shipping raid against Ramree harbour area Boarding Party 1943 nbsp raid against German ships interned in neutral port of Goa Boomerang 1944 nbsp air raid on Palembang C 1942 nbsp major Japanese naval incursion into Indian Ocean Canned 1944 nbsp search and destroy operation for German supply tanker Capital 1943 nbsp Allied capture of northern Burma Cockpit 1944 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Allied naval airstrike on Sabang Sumatra Operation Musketeer I II III 1944 1945 nbsp nbsp American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines Collie 1945 nbsp naval airstrikes against the Nicobar Islands and air cover for minesweeping forces near Phuket Island Corkscrew 1944 nbsp anti shipping raid against Gwa area Countenance 1941 nbsp nbsp nbsp Allied invasion of neutral Iran Dover 1941 nbsp nbsp occupation of Abadan Crackler 1941 nbsp nbsp Marmalade 1941 nbsp nbsp Mopup 1941 nbsp nbsp Rapier 1941 nbsp nbsp Bishop 1941 nbsp nbsp mopping up of Abadan Island Crimson 1944 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Allied naval airstrike and bombardment of Sabang Sumatra Culverin 1943 nbsp proposed allied invasion of northern Sumatra Curtain 1944 nbsp naval bombardment of coast near Indin Dracula 1945 nbsp British amphibious assault on Rangoon Burma Bishop 1945 nbsp covering operation for Dracula Diplomat 1944 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Allied exercise in preparation for joint operations against the Japanese Dukedom 1945 nbsp British search and destroy operation for Japanese cruiser Haguro Exporter 1941 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp British and Commonwealth invasion of Vichy French held Syria Foil 1945 nbsp cutting of submarine telephone cables off Hong Kong Franz 1942 nbsp proposal to establish sabotage teams in Iran Ha Go 1944 nbsp Japanese action to isolate and destroy Anglo Indian forces in Burma Jaywick 1943 nbsp nbsp Anglo Australian attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour Krohcol 1942 nbsp British move into Thailand to pre empt expected Japanese action Lentil 1945 nbsp naval air attack on refineries on Sumatra Livery 1945 nbsp naval air strikes on northern Malaya and air cover for minesweeping operations Longcloth 1943 nbsp Chindits advance into Burma Matador 1941 nbsp Planned British pre emptive move into Siam from Malaya Matador 1945 nbsp British occupation of Ramree Island Meridian 1945 nbsp naval air attacks on installations on Sumatra Pamphlet 1943 nbsp convoying of Australian troops from Suez to Australia Pike 1940 nbsp nbsp planned air attack on Soviet oil installations at Baku Pioneer 1944 nbsp aborted anti shipping raid against Kyaukpyu harbour Rathunt 1944 nbsp naval patrol of coast near Gwa Rimau 1942 nbsp nbsp anti shipping raid by special forces on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour Sabine 1941 nbsp nbsp British and Commonwealth invasion of the Kingdom of Iraq to restore government ousted by Rashid Ali including Regatta nbsp 21 Brigade advance from Basra by boat up the Tigris Regulta nbsp Euphrates Brigade 20 Indian Brigade deployment from Basra to Kut by steamer and barge Sabre 1945 nbsp cutting of submarine communications cable off Saigon Sankey 1945 nbsp landings by Royal Marines on Cheduba Island Screwdriver 1944 nbsp combined operations raid against a Japanese headquarters at Sitaparokia Rock Scupper 1944 nbsp anti shipping sweep north of Gwa Sheikh Mahmut 1943 nbsp failed attempt to establish bases in Iraq Sleuth 1944 nbsp nbsp pursuit of German commerce raider in Indian Ocean Struggle 1945 nbsp destruction of IJN cruiser Takao in Singapore harbour using midget submarines Talon 1945 nbsp nbsp Anglo Indian capture of Akyab island and construction of supply airbase in support of Burma campaign Lightning 1945 nbsp nbsp landings on Akyab island Thursday 1944 nbsp Chindits operation in Burma Transom 1944 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Allied naval air raid on Surabaya Java Turret 1945 nbsp nbsp Anglo Indian landings and capture of Taungup U Go 1944 nbsp nbsp Japanese assault on Imphal and Kohima Zipper 1945 nbsp Planned British seaborne landing in Malaya Slippery 1945 nbsp deception operation for Zipper Broadsword nbsp Planned offensive to northern Malaya following Operation Zipper Mailfist nbsp Planned offensive to liberate southern Malaya and Singapore following Operation Zipper Scandinavia and Finland editAxis edit Birke Birch 1944 nbsp German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War Birkhahn 1945 nbsp German evacuation from Norway 1 Buffel Buffalo 1940 nbsp German operation to relieve troops in Narvik Norway Hokki Calk 1944 nbsp Finnish plan to destroy railroad tracks to deny the Soviets their supplies Holzauge Wood knot 1942 nbsp activities in Greenland Ikarus 1940 nbsp planned German invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork Juno 1940 nbsp German naval operation to disturb allied supplies to Norway Kilpapurjehdus Regatta 1941 nbsp Finnish naval operation for the militarization of the Aland islands Lachsfang 1942 nbsp nbsp Proposed combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk Nordlicht Aurora Borealis 1944 nbsp German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway Silberfuchs Silver Fox 1941 nbsp nbsp German and Finnish operations in the Arctic including Blaufuchs 1 Blue Fox 1 1941 nbsp Staging of German forces from Germany to northern Finland Blaufuchs 2 Blue Fox 2 1941 nbsp Staging of German forces from Norway to northern Finland Platinfuchs Platinum Fox 1941 nbsp nbsp Joint German Finnish attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo Polarfuchs Polar Fox 1941 nbsp nbsp Joint German Finnish attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland Rentier Reindeer 1941 nbsp German occupation of Petsamo Sizilien 1943 nbsp German raid upon allied occupied Spitsbergen Svalbard Tanne Ost 1944 nbsp failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland Tanne West 1944 nbsp planned German attempt to capture Aland from Finland Weserubung Weser Exercise 1940 nbsp German invasion of Denmark and Norway Weserubung Nord Weser Exercise 1940 nbsp German invasion of Trondheim and Narvik Weserubung Sud Weser Exercise 1940 nbsp German invasion of Bergen Kristiansand and Oslo Zitronella Lemon flavour 1943 nbsp German raid against a Norwegian British station on Svalbard Allies edit Alphabet 1940 nbsp evacuation of British troops from Norway Archery 1941 nbsp British commando raid on Vagsoy Norway Anklet 1941 nbsp raid on German positions on Lofoten Islands Norway Banquet 1940 nbsp Reallocation of RAF training aircraft Carthage 1945 nbsp RAF bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen Denmark Catherine 1939 nbsp British plan to gain control of Baltic Sea Claymore 1941 nbsp British raid on Lofoten Islands Norway Freshman 1942 nbsp attempted raid on a Norwegian heavy water plant at Vemork see Gunnerside Grouse 1942 nbsp Norwegian guide party for Freshman Gunnerside 1943 nbsp 2nd raid on the Norwegian heavy water plant at Vemork Fork 1940 nbsp Invasion of Iceland by British Gauntlet 1941 nbsp nbsp nbsp raid on Spitsbergen Ibrox 1945 nbsp cancelled SAS raid to destroy railway bridge near Trondheim Halfback 1945 nbsp Naval operation that led to the action of 28 January 1945 Jupiter 1942 nbsp suggested invasion of Norway Musketoon 1942 nbsp nbsp British Norwegian destruction of a power station in Norway Primrose 1940 nbsp Planned British landing at Alesund Norway R 4 1940 nbsp Planned British invasion of Norway Source 1945 nbsp nbsp British response to German Operation Sizilien The Sepals Perianth Operation 1944 OSS supported operation in Sweden Wilfred 1940 nbsp British plan to mine the Norwegian coast Other edit Radda Danmark Save Denmark 1945 nbsp Swedish plan to liberate Denmark before the country was occupied by the Soviet Union cancelled because of German surrender Radda Sjalland 1945 nbsp Swedish landings on Zealand Radda Bornholm 1945 nbsp Swedish landings on BornholmWestern Front editMain article List of military operations in the West European Theater during World War II by yearTechnology editAxis edit Caesar 1945 nbsp transfer of technical plans and strategic materials to Japan using U 864 Beethoven 1941 1945 nbsp German programme to develop composite aircraft Mistel Prufstand XII Test stand 1945 nbsp German programme to develop submarine launched V 2 Allies edit Alsos Grove 1940 1945 nbsp nbsp Allied efforts to gather data on German nuclear fission developments Big 1945 capture of an atomic pile at Haigerloch Harborage 1945 nbsp US sweep up of German atomic assets ahead of French occupation Epsilon 1945 nbsp Eavesdropping on incarcerated German scientists Aphrodite 1944 nbsp The use of B 17 bombers as radio controlled missiles Backfire 1945 nbsp launches of captured V 2 rockets Hawkeye 1944 nbsp Radar research by US Navy Lusty 1945 nbsp nbsp US actions to capture German scientific documents facilities and aircraft Manhattan Project 1941 1945 nbsp program to build an atomic bomb Most III Bridge III 1944 nbsp nbsp transfer of captured V 2 components from occupied Poland to Britain Also known as Wildhorn III Paperclip 1945 nbsp capture of scientists technical and German rocketry Originally Operation Overcast sometimes called Project Paperclip Surgeon 1945 nbsp Similar to Paperclip program to exploit German aeronautical scientific advances Stella Polaris 1944 nbsp nbsp transfer of Finnish SIGINT equipment and personnel to Sweden following end of the Continuation war in 1944 TICOM Target Intelligence Committee 1945 nbsp seizure of intelligence apparatus in particular cryptographic assets See also Stella Polaris Special Operations Executive editMain article List of Special Operations Executive operations in World War II Operation Jedburgh 1944 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp SOE OSS and Free French Belgian Dutch exiles parachuted into France the Netherlands and Belgium to perform guerrilla warfare Partisan operations editIncludes some operations by regular forces in support of partisans Anthropoid 1942 nbsp nbsp assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague Burza Tempest 1944 nbsp a series of local uprisings by the Polish Home Army Ostra Brama 1944 nbsp battle for Wilno Vilnius Canuck 1945 nbsp SAS operation near Turin to train and organise Italian resistance fighters Carpetbagger 1943 nbsp US airdrops to several national Resistance forces Glowki Heads 1943 1944 nbsp a series of assassinations of Nazi personnel by the Home Army Burkl 1943 nbsp assassination of Franz Burkl Hunting 1944 nbsp assassination of Ludwig Fischer Kutschera 1944 nbsp assassination of Franz Kutschera Montagnards 1944 nbsp FFI action to establish base in Vercors Massif Cadillac 1944 nbsp airborne supply operation to FFI in Vercors Massif Eucalyptus 1944 nbsp airdrop into Vercors Massif of liaison teams Zebra 1944 nbsp airborne supply operation to FFI in Vercors Massif Josephine B 1941 nbsp Free French attack the transformer station at Pessac Savannah 1941 nbsp Free French attempt to ambush and kill Luftwaffe pathfinder pilots in France Tasma Belt 1943 1944 nbsp action of the Home Army against German border guarding stations Wieniec Garland 1942 nbsp action of the Polish Zwiazek Odwetu against German railway transport Zamosc Uprising 1942 1944 nbsp series of operations of the Polish resistance against the GermansAnti partisan operations editMain article Anti partisan operations in World War IIIntelligence editAxis edit Bernhard 1944 nbsp German plan to damage British economy using forged British banknotes Elster Magpie 1944 nbsp landings of German agents on the US east coast with objective of gathering intelligence on Manhattan Project Haudegen Broadsword 1944 nbsp German intelligence collection in Spitzbergen Norway Hummer Lobster series 1940 onwards nbsp insertion of German agents into Britain See also Hummer I Kadella 1945 nbsp airdrop of agents near Marseilles Plan Kathleen 1941 nbsp plan sent by the Irish Republican Army IRA to Germany seeking support for activities Dubbed Artus by German Foreign Ministry See IRA Abwehr World War II for all IRA Abwehr involvement Karneval 1945 nbsp airdrop of agents near Brussels and Waal Mosul 1944 nbsp air drop of agents and supplies near Mosul Pastorius 1942 nbsp separate landings of German agents on the US east coast with objective of industrial sabotage Perlen fischer 1945 nbsp airdrop of agents near Paris Salaam 1942 nbsp insertion of German agents into the British occupied Kingdom of Egypt Seemowe Seagull series 1940 onwards nbsp insertion of German agents into Britain and Ireland See also Seagull I and Seagull II Taube Dove Pigeon 1940 nbsp mission to transport IRA Chief of Staff Sean Russell from Germany back to Ireland Wal Whale 1940 nbsp aborted German plan to foster links with Scottish and Welsh nationalist groups Walfisch Whale 1940 nbsp aborted German plan to land an agent in Ireland Allies edit Cornflakes 1945 nbsp insertion of propaganda into the German mail system SIGSALY 1943 1945 nbsp secure speech system for highest level Allied communications MAGIC 1939 nbsp SIGINT resulting from Japanese cipher system PURPLE Ruthless 1940 nbsp Admiralty plan of Ian Fleming to capture an Enigma encryption machine Venona 1940 nbsp nbsp intelligence sharing resulting from spying on Soviets Ultra nbsp SIGINT resulting from German cipher system Enigma Cardinal 1945 nbsp OSS team parachuted into Japanese Manchukuo to rescue Allied POWs including General Wainwright 2 3 4 Uncategorized editAlpenfestung nbsp plan for Nazi national Redoubt in Alps Werwolf 1945 50 nbsp guerrilla force to resist occupation by Allies Big Bang 1947 nbsp demolition of defences of Heligoland Bracelet 1942 nbsp Churchill s flight to Cairo and Moscow Catapult 1940 nbsp Royal Navy actions to seize disable or destroy the French fleet after France s surrender Downfall 1945 nbsp Proposed Allied plan for the invasion of Japan Operation Sunrise 1945 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp negotiations leading to German surrender in Italy Eiche Oak 1943 nbsp German rescue from custody of Benito Mussolini Frantic 1943 The use of Soviet airfields by western Allied bombers Feuerzauber Fire Magic 1936 39 Transfer of planes engineers and pilots to nationalist forces during Spanish Civil War Rugen 1937 nbsp Bombing of Guernica Bodden 1937 43 nbsp Abwehr intelligence gathering system operating from Spain and Morocco Ursula 1936 1939 nbsp Kriegsmarine U boat operations in support of Francoist and Italian navies Gaff 1944 attempt to kill Erwin Rommel Halyard 1944 Non combat Allied airlift behind Axis lines in Yugoslavia Jericho 1944 Allied aircraft bombed Amiens prison in German occupied France to aid Resistance prison escape Keelhaul 1945 nbsp nbsp forced repatriation to the Soviet Union by the western Allies of Soviet prisoners of war Magic Carpet 1945 1946 nbsp American post war operation to transport US military personnel home Manna 1945 Allied air drops of food to famine ravaged Netherlands with German cooperation Margarethe 1944 nbsp German occupation of Hungary Dome Sztojay an avid supporter of the Nazis became the new Hungarian Prime Minister with the aid of a Nazi military governor Panzerfaust Eisenfaust Armored Fist 1944 nbsp Kidnap of Hungarian leader Miklos Horthy s son to prevent defection of Hungary from Axis Peking 1939 nbsp removal of Polish warships to Britain in advance of German invasion Pied Piper 1939 nbsp evacuation of children from British cities Rabat 1943 nbsp Plan to kidnap the Pope and diplomatic corp from Vatican City Regenbogen Rainbow 1945 nbsp rescinded order to scuttle Kriegsmarine Rosselsprung Knights Move 1944 nbsp German attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito Safehaven 1944 allied efforts to capture fleeing Nazis and seize German resources abroad Symbol 1943 nbsp Churchill s flight to Casablanca Tabarin 1943 nbsp British Antarctic expedition Operation Walkure Valkyrie 1944 nbsp Plan to deal with general breakdown of civil order within Germany following the death of Hitler and the seizure of power by other Nazi officials or the SS a cover for clandestine action by the German resistance Worek Sack 1939 nbsp Polish naval defence of the Polish coast Rainbow War Plans 1920s 30s nbsp Global US War planning between the World Wars Propaganda war crimes and genocide editHimmler 1939 nbsp A false flag SS and SD operation Attacks were made against German buildings near the Polish German border to create the appearance of Polish aggression against Germany This was to then be used as propaganda to justify the German invasion of Poland Reinhard 1943 nbsp Phase I of the Final Solution targeting Jews across Europe Tannenberg 1939 nbsp plan to exterminate Polish intelligentsia involving Einsatzgruppen Sonderaktion Krakau 1939 nbsp Operation to murder members of the intelligentia at universities in Krakow Generalplan Ost 1942 nbsp plan for ethnic cleansing across Europe See Also Barbarossa References edit pp 138 139 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1 Clemens Peter 1998 12 01 Operation cardinal The OSS in Manchuria August 1945 Intelligence and National Security 13 4 71 106 doi 10 1080 02684529808432505 ISSN 0268 4527 Streifer Bill 2011 Operation Cardinal So You Must Be a Spy American Intelligence Journal 29 2 75 79 ISSN 0883 072X JSTOR 26201953 Streifer Bill Operation Cardinal OSS in Manchuria a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help External links editWW2DB List of Axis Operations WW2DB List of Allied Operations Operations lists contains inaccuracies hier auch erscheinen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of World War II military operations amp oldid 1215249540, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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