List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre

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The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a codename, predominantly from the Wehrmacht commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or their allies in the European Theatre during the Second World War. Although named operations, the entries represent activities that spanned the entire theatre or large parts of it, multi-year campaigns, battles, engagements and even combat that resulted in relatively small actions by armed forces.

Pre-war operations[]

  • 1935 - German defence planning on the eastern border, simultaneously with Fall Rot
  • 1935 - German defence planning on the western border, simultaneously with Fall Blau
  • Operation Feuerzauber 1936–1939 - German transfer of weapons and personnel to Francisco Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War
  • Operation Ursula 1936–1939 - German submarine operation in support of Francisco Franco's naval forces during the Spanish Civil War
  • Operation Bodden 1937–1943 - German Abwehr intelligence gathering system in Spain and Morocco
  • 1937 - German contingency planning for Soviet takeover of Spain
  • 1937 - German planned invasion of France
  • Operation Rügen 1937 - German bombing of Guernica, Spain
  • 1938 - German air force research; later renamed Planstudie 39
  • Fall Grün 1938 - German plan for invasion of Czechoslovakia
  • Operation Otto 1938 - German plan for the annexation of Austria

1939[]

  • 1939 - German preparation for the invasion of Poland; part of Fall Weiss
  • 1939 - German operation to safeguard the rail bridge at Tczew (German: Dirschau), Poland during the invasion
  • Operation Himmler 1939 - German staged attacks in Poland to justify invasion; part of Fall Weiss
  • 1939 - German study for a potential invasion of Britain; parts of Operation Nordwest were integrated into Operation Seelöwe
  • 1939 - German operation in Southern Poland near the border with Czechoslovakia
  • Plan Z 1939 - German plan to expand the Kriegsmarine to match the strength of the British Royal Navy
  • 1939 - German
  • Fall Weiss 1939 - German invasion of Poland. German bombing of Wieluń, Poland; part of Fall Weiss
  • Fall Rot 1939 - German planned invasion of France
  • Operation Sonderaktion Krakau 1939 - German operation to murder members of the intelligentsia at universities in Kraków, Poland
  • Operation Tannenberg 1939 - German plan to exterminate Polish intelligentsia
  • 1939 - German aerial bombing of Warsaw, Poland
  • 1939–1945 - German bacteriological weapons research

1940[]

  • 1940–1941 - German reinforcement of the Italian Regia Aeronautica in the Mediterranean
  • Operation Juno 1940 - German naval operation against British warships off Narvik, Norway
  • Operation Weserübung 1940 - German invasion of Denmark and Norway
  • 1940 - German attack on Trondheim and Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German attack on Bergen, Kristiansand, and Oslo, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German attack against Kristiansand, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German landing at Narvik, Norway
  • 1940 - German action at Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German planned invasion of Denmark and Norway; later renamed to Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German attacks on Allied North Sea convoys between Britain and Scandinavia
  • 1940 - German attack on Oslo, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German attack on Stavanger, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German naval and air operation in Trondheim, Norway
  • 1940 - German attack on Åndalsnes, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German attack on Arendal, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German attack on Alsten Island and Sandnessjøen, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • 1940 - German attack in Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
  • Operation Büffel 1940 - German air operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway
  • Operation Hartmut 1940 - German submarine operations in Norwegian territorial waters
  • Fall Rot 1940 - German invasion of France
  • Operation Gneisenau 1940 - German diversionary attack on two bridges on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün
  • 1940 - German airborne action on Belgian Fort Eben-Emael
  • 1940 - German commando operation to occupy a bridge near , Belgium
  • 1940 - German offensive on the northern sector of the Maginot Line; part of Fall Rot
  • 1940 - German operation to secure the bridge near Nijmegen in the Netherlands
  • 1940 - German movement across the Albert Canal against Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium
  • 1940 - German deceptive attack in the Saarbrücken region; part of Fall Grün
  • 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Braun
  • Fall Gelb 1940 - German invasion of the Low Countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
  • Operation N 1940 - German airborne operation at Namur, Belgium
  • 1940 - German planned invasion of Liège, Belgium; part of Fall Gelb
  • 1940 - German troop deployment in Belgium; part of Fall Gelb
  • Operation B 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line on the German-French border; part of Fall Rot
  • Fall Braun 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Grün
  • 1940 - German commando operation to occupy the bridge]over the Albert Canal in Belgium
  • 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün
  • 1940 - German airborne offensive on The Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Moerdijk in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb
  • 1940 - German airborne offensive on Ghent in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb
  • 1940 - German attack of the Maginot Line on the French-Germany border north of Kehl, Germany; part of Fall Grün
  • 1940 - German attacks on Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Braun
  • Operation Paula 1940 - German aerial bombing of French countryside
  • 1940 - German breakthrough of the Maginot Line between Teting and Wittring, France
  • 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line; part of Fall Grün
  • 1940 - German diversionary attack on Mulhouse, France; part of Fall Grün
  • 1940 - German attack on Dutch bridges
  • 1940 - German planned breakthrough between Breisach and Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Grün
  • Operation Attila 1940–1942 - German occupation of Vichy France prior to Italian support in 1942
  • 1940–1945 - German infiltration of Britain
  • 1940–1945 - German agents infiltration into Britain and Ireland
  • Operation Adler 1940 - German attacks on the British Royal Air Force, aimed to soften up the defences for a future amphibious invasion; also known as Operation Adlerangriff
  • 1940 - German mining off Dover, England, using surface minelayers
  • 1940 - German strategic preparations for Operation Barbarossa
  • Operation Bernhard 1940 - German mining off Dover, England
  • Operation Felix 1940 - German planned invasion of Gibraltar via the Iberian Peninsula
  • Fall Grün 1940 - German plan for a diversionary invasion of Ireland in support of Operation Seelöwe
  • 1940 - German planned landing at Brighton, England; part of Operation Seelöwe
  • 1940 - German occupation of the Channel Islands
  • Operation Herbstreise 1940 - German planned diversionary invasion of Scotland, Britain; part of Operation Seelöwe
  • 1940 - German intelligence gathering for operation Seelöwe
  • Operation Ikarus 1940 - German planned invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork; originally planned to launch in conjunction with Operation Seelöwe
  • 1940 - German planned invasion of Ireland
  • 1940 - German airfield attacks on British bomber airfields
  • 1940 - German 65-day air offensive against London, England
  • 1940 - German planned invasion of the Dutch island of Texel in the North Sea
  • 1940 - German night raid on British air bases
  • 1940 - German planned invasion of Britain; precursor of Operation Seelöwe
  • 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England
  • 1940 - German night raid on Coventry, England
  • 1940 - German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer's raid in the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Operation Nordseetour 1940 - German first Atlantic operation of Admiral Hipper
  • 1940 - German aerial reconnaissance of Soviet Union's natural resources
  • 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England, Britain
  • Operation Otto 1940 - German strategic preparations for Operation Barbarossa
  • 1940 - German aerial bombing of Birmingham, England
  • Operation Seelöwe 1940 - German planned invasion of Britain; anglicised as 'Sealion'
  • Operation Sonnenblume 1940 - German response to British Operation Compass offensive in North Africa; deployment of the German Afrika Korps in North Africa
  • Operation Spark 1940 - German planned assassination of Adolf Hitler and coup d'état against the Nazi German government
  • Operation Tannenbaum 1940 - German planned invasion of Switzerland
  • 1940 - German mission to transport Irish Republican Army Chief of Staff Seán Russell from Germany to Ireland
  • 1940 - German intelligence gathering operation in North Africa
  • 1940 - German destruction of rail links between Switzerland and France
  • 1940 - German destruction of rail links between Switzerland and France
  • Operation Wikinger 1940 - German sortie by German destroyers into the North Sea
  • 1940 - German aborted plan to coordinate actions with Scottish and Welsh nationalist groups
  • 1940 - German aborted plan to land an agent in Ireland

1941[]

  • 1941 - Axis offensive toward El Alamein, Egypt
  • Operation Skorpion 1941 - Axis offensive at the Halfaya Pass on the border of Libya and Egypt
  • 1941 - Axis attack on British supply depots at , Egypt
  • 1941 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation 25 1941 - German invasion of Yugoslavia
  • Operation Castigo 1941 - German aerial bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  • 1941 - German planned invasion of the Soviet Union; later abandoned in favor of Operation Barbarossa
  • Operation Barbarossa 1941 - German invasion of the Soviet Union
  • 1941 - German planned offensive of the Baltic States
  • 1941 - German offensive in the Baltic States
  • Operation Berlin 1941 - German commerce raid in the Atlantic Ocean performed by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
  • Operation Bernhard 1941 - German plan to destabilise British economy with counterfeit British banknotes
  • Operation Blaufuchs 1 1941 - German deployment of forces from Germany to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs
  • Operation Blaufuchs 2 1941 - German deployment of German forces from Norway to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs
  • 1941 - German construction operation to build rail bridges between Lida and Molodechno in Belorussia
  • 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Baltic Fleet at Kronstadt and Leningrad, USSR
  • 1941 - German aerial bombing of British airfields
  • 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eisstoss
  • 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eissto
  • 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa
  • 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa
  • Operation Hannibal 1941 - German invasion of the island of Lemnos, Greece
  • Operation Hannibal 1941 - German operation to take the bridge over the Corinth Canal, near Corinth, Greece
  • Operation Harpune 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of southern England, from France before the start of Operation Barbarossa
  • Operation Ikarus 1941 - Proposed German invasion of the Kingdom of Iceland[1]
  • 1941 - German deployment of aircraft to Iraq
  • Operation Isabella 1941 - German planned invasion of the Iberian Peninsula
  • 1941 - German anti-partisan operation in the Berezina River region of Belorussia
  • 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind
  • Operation Marita 1941 - German invasion of Greece
  • Operation Merkur 1941 - German invasion of Crete, Greece
  • 1941 - German attack on the island of Hiiumaa, off Estonian coast; part of Operation Siegfried
  • 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind
  • Operation Nordpol 1941 - German counter-intelligence operation in the Netherlands
  • Operation Nordwind 1941 - German diversionary invasion of the island of Saaremaa, Estonia in support of Operation Beowulf II
  • 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonian coast; part of Operation Siegfried
  • Operation Platinfuchs 1941 - German attack towards Murmansk, USSR from Finnish Petsamo, part of Operation Silberfuchs
  • Operation Polarfuchs 1941 - German attack towards Kandalaksha, USSR from Finnish Lapland, part of Operation Silberfuchs
  • 1941 - German motorboat action off Dover, England
  • Operation Renntier 1941 - German occupation of Petsamo; part of Operation Silberfuchs
  • Operation Rheinübung 1941 - German planned attacks on Allied shipping conducted by Bismarck and Prinz Eugen
  • Operation Salaam 1941 - German plan to make contact with Egyptian nationalists
  • 1941 - German offensive towards Tula, USSR during the offensive toward Moscow by the 2nd Panzer
  • 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Beowulf II
  • Operation Silberfuchs 1941 - German attack on Murmansk, USSR; Anglicized as 'Silver Fox'
  • 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind
  • Operation Strafe 1941 - German bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia; part of Operation 25
  • Operation Strafe 1941 - German planned invasion of Bulgaria
  • 1941 - German offensive at the Kasserine Pass, Tunisia
  • 1941 - German defence plan against a general uprising in occupied France
  • 1941 - German diversionary attack on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia in support of Operation Beowulf II
  • Operation Taifun 1941 - German offensive toward Moscow, USSR; part of Operation Barbarossa
  • 1941 - German plan to support the Irish Republican Army in Ireland and Northern Ireland
  • 1941 - German offensive on Leningrad, USSR
  • Operation Venezia 1941 - German advance toward the Gazala Line near Bir Hakeim, Libya
  • 1941 - German naval operation off the coast of Southern England
  • 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Siegfried
  • 1941 - German naval operation in support of Operation Beowulf II
  • 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II
  • Operation Alpenveilchen 1941 - German aborted planned intervention during the Italian invasion of Albania
  • 1941 - German failed operation to destroy oil refineries in Abadan, Iran
  • Operation Ozren 1941–1942 - German anti-partisan operations near Ozren, Yugoslavia
  • 1941–1945 - German program to develop composite aircraft

1942[]

  • Operation Aida 1942 - Axis offensive in Libya with Tobruk as the initial objective in Libya, and advance into Egypt as a strategic goal
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Alba and Operation Albija
  • Operation Alfa 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
  • Operation Beta 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
  • Operation Capri 1942 - Axis counterattack at Medenine, Tunisia
  • Operation Edelweiss 1942 - Axis offensive on Caucasus region in southern USSR; part of Operation Braunschweig
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation K 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Kozara 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis offensive toward the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Prijedor 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Provincia di Lubiana 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Theseus 1942 - Axis offensive in Cyrenaica, Libya and Egypt
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Trio 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Bosnia and Croatia, Yugoslavia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation West-Bosnien 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1942 - Cancelled planned attack near , USSR
  • Operation Sportpalast 1942 - Failed planned naval operation to attack Arctic convoys PQ-12 and
  • Operation Adler 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Chechivichi region of Belorussia
  • Fall Anton 1942 - German occupation of Vichy France with Italian support in 1942
  • 1942 - German attack on Tuapse, in the Caucasus region
  • Operation Bamberg 1942 - German anti-partisan operation around Bobruisk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation München I
  • 1942 - German planned offensive at Leningrad, USSR
  • Fall Blau 1942 - German offensive against Voronezh, USSR
  • Operation Blücher 1942 - German attack on the Strait of Kerch in the Caucasus region, and Rzhev, USSR; part of Fall Blau
  • 1942 - German attack on the Strait of Kerch in the Caucasus region in Souhern USSR; part of Fall Blau
  • 1942 - German defence of Tunis, Tunisia in response to Allied operation Torch
  • Operation Braunschweig 1942 - German offensive toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern USSR; part of Fall Blau
  • Operation Brückenschlag 1942 - German breakout attempt following the Soviet envelopment of German troops in Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR
  • 1942 - German offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
  • Operation Cottbus 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Polotsk, Lepel, and Borisov in Belorussia
  • 1942 - German planned third phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
  • 1942 - German cancelled pincer operation against Ostashkov, USSR
  • Operation Donnerkeil 1942 - German air superiority for Operation Cerberus
  • Operation Donnerschlag 1942 - German planned break-out movement from Stalingrad, USSR
  • Operation Doppelschlag 1942 - German anti-shipping operation off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper
  • 1942 - German operation to disrupt British supply lines in Southern Libya
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; renamed to Operation Nordlicht
  • Operation Fischreiher 1942 - German attack on Stalingrad and Astrakhan, USSR; part of Fall Blau
  • 1942 - German attack on Kharkov, USSR
  • 1942 - German attack on Odessa, Ukraine as a follow-up operation to Operation Fredericus I
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation
  • 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; renamed to Operation Feuerzauber
  • Operation Gertrud 1942 - German planned response in case of Turkey joining the Allies
  • 1942 - German planned invasion of the Iberian peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella
  • Operation Greif 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Orsha and Vitebsk, Belorussia
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • Operation Hanover I 1942 - German operation near Vyazma, USSR
  • Operation Hanover II 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the Upper Dnieper River region (Byelorussia and Ukraine)
  • 1942 - German first planned submarine wolfpack raid in the North Atlantic Ocean
  • 1942 - German cancelled planned operation in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR, near Krasnoarmeisk, Ukraine and Beketovka, USSR
  • 1942 - German cancelled planned plan to advance to the Don and Volga Rivers in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
  • Operation Herkules 1942 - German planned airborne invasion of Malta
  • 1942 - German activities in Greenland
  • 1942 - German planned attack on Alexandria harbour, Egypt
  • Operation Ilona 1942 - German planned invasion of the Iberian peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Uzda, Belorussia
  • 1942 - German operation against Soviet supply lines near Leningrad, USSR
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • Operation Kreml 1942 - German deceptive operation in support of Operation Edelwei
  • 1942 - German combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk, USSR
  • 1942 - German attempt to hold a narrow connection near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR to prevent envelopment
  • 1942 - German cancelled planned attack north of Cholm, USSR near the Lovat and Kunya Rivers
  • Operation Lila 1942 - German attempt to capture the French fleet at Toulon, France
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Babruysk, Belorussia
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Osipovichi, Belorussia
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Belorussia
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Radoshkovichi, Belorussia
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Belorussia
  • 1942 - German planned operation to sabotage aluminum factories in southern Scotland, Britain
  • Operation Neuland 1942 - German submarine operation in the Caribbean
  • Operation Nordlicht 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; formerly planned as Operation Feuerzauber
  • Operation Nordpol 1942 - German cancelled planned operation east of Moscow, USSR
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Mogilev, Belorussia
  • Operation Ochsenkopf 1942 - German counterattacks in attempt to expand the Tunis perimeter
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
  • 1942 - German cancelled planned attack in the BelovYukhnov area towards Kaluga in USSR
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Lublin, Poland
  • General Plan Ost 1942 - German plan for genocide throughout Europe
  • Operation Pastorius 1942 - German plan to sabotage industrial targets at Long Island, New York, United States
  • Operation Paukenschlag 1942 - German submarine campaign against shipping off the east coast of the United States; nicknamed 'Second Happy Time'
  • 1942 - German deployment of battleship Tirpitz from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, to Trondheim, Norway
  • Operation Raubtier 1942 - German attack toward the Volkhov River near Leningrad, USSR, which encircled the 2nd Shock Army.
  • Operation Regatta 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the SmolenskGorky area in USSR
  • Operation Rösselsprung 1942 - German naval operation to attack Arctic Convoy PQ 17
  • Operation Schamil 1942 - German planned operation to secure Caucasus oil fields in Southern USSR using paratroopers
  • 1942 - German supply mission to Norway
  • 1942 - German attack toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern USSR; part of Fall Blau
  • 1942 - German planned operations against Allied convoys to Murmansk, USSR
  • Operation Skorpion 1942 - German attack on Halfaya Pass, on the border of Libya and Egypt
  • Operation Sportpalast 1942 - German deployment of cruisers Prinz Eugen and Admiral Scheer to Norway
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation north of Smolensk, USSR
  • Operation Storfang 1942 - German attack on Sevastopol, Ukraine
  • 1942 - German operation near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in , Ukraine
  • 1942 - German cancelled planned attack on Toropets, USSR
  • 1942 - German seizure of Swiss exports
  • Operation Trappenjagd 1942 - German offensive on the Kerch Peninsula, Ukraine
  • 1942 - German advance against the British Gazala Line toward Tobruk, Libya
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the Roslavl and Bryansk region of USSR
  • 1942 - German anti-partisan operations in Croatia, Yugoslavia
  • 1942 - German unrealised plan for occupation of the Rybachy Peninsula on the USSR's Arctic coast
  • 1942 - German operation against Volchansk, USSR
  • 1942 - German operation within the Demyansk Pocket near Leningrad, USSR
  • 1942 - German attack between the Volga and Don Rivers
  • 1942 - German transfer to troops to Norway
  • Operation Wunderland 1942 - German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea and Barents Sea by cruiser Admiral Scheer
  • 1942 - German mining action off Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean by Admiral Hipper and destroyers
  • Operation Zauberflöte 1942 - German operation to manoeuvre damaged Prinz Eugen from Trondheim, Norway to Kiel, Germany
  • 1942 - German break-out of German capital ships from Brest, France, to Norway; Anglicized as 'Cerberus' and nicknamed by the British as the 'Channel Dash'
  • Operation Clausewitz 1942 - German second phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
  • Operation Regenbogen 1942 - German failed attack on Arctic Convoy JW 51B by Admiral Hipper and Lützow

1943[]

  • Operation Adler 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the north Dalmatian coast in Yugoslavia, with focus in the cities of Rijeka, Karlobag, and Zadar
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Bilogora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Cardaci in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Glogovnica Canal on the Česma River in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Majevica mountains northeast of Tuzla in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Frühlungswind 1943 - Axis attack on Faid Pass near Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Split on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kupa River between the Sava and the Farkašic-Kravarsko line in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavacka Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Velika Kladuša area in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Kugelblitz 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Rogatica and Vlasenica in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Merkur 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Otto (1943) 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Grmec Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Ozren 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Sunja area in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Okucani-Lipik-Banova Jaruga-Novska area in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Prnjavor-Kotor Varoš-Teslic area in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Turbe (Travnik) in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Razboj in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Schwarz 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Montenegro and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
  • Operation Tannenbaum 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Bosanski Novi and Buzim in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains between Varaždin and Križevci in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains in the Novi Marof area in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
  • Fall Achse 1943 - German response to Italian surrender to the Allies
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German mine laying operation north of Corsica, France
  • 1943 - German offensive near Tunis, Tunisia in conjunction with Operation Ochsenkopf
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
  • 1943 - German planned evacuation from the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
  • 1943 - German evacuation of Rzhev, USSR
  • 1943 - German occupation of Zagreb, Sisak, and Bjelovar in Yugoslavia
  • Operation Delphin 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Dalmatian islands in Adriatic Sea
  • Operation Delphin 1943 - German withdrawal from Saaremaa, Estonia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Western Greece
  • 1943 - German second aborted German Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, and supporting destroyers
  • Operation Donnerkeil 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
  • Operation Donnerschlag 1943 - German anti-partisan operation along the in USSR
  • Operation Draufgänger 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
  • Operation Eiche 1943 - German operation to rescue Benito Mussolini from Allied imprisonment
  • 1943 - German attacks on Allied positions at the in Tunisia
  • 1943 - German cancelled planned attacks on Allied positions at the Dorsal Mountains in Tunisia following Operation Eilbote I
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • Operation Eisbär 1943 - German invasion of Kos, Greece
  • Operation Eisenhammer 1943 - German planned aerial bombing operation against power generators in Moscow and Gorky, USSR
  • 1943 - German naval bombardment of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation west of Ossipovichi, USSR
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Minsk and Slutsk, Belorussia
  • Operation Ferdinand 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • 1943 - German defensive build-up of the Italian Alpine passes
  • 1943 - German attack of British units at the "Banana Ridge" in Tunisia
  • Operation Franz 1943 - German commando operation against British supply lines in Iran
  • Operation Freischütz 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
  • 1943 - German first aborted German Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, and destroyers
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
  • 1943 - German mine laying operation via S-Boats
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Smolensk, USSR prior to Operation Zitadelle
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
  • 1943 - German operation in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
  • 1943 - German evacuation operation near Oryol, USSR
  • Operation Haifisch 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Trogir in Croatia, Yugoslavia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Gomel, Belorussia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Pelješac peninsula, Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Herbstgewitter II 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Peljesac peninsula, Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Hermann 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Vilnius and Polotsk, Belorussia
  • 1943 - German cruiser Lützow operation in the Baltic Sea
  • Operation Hornung 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Pindus Mountains region of Greece
  • 1943 - German cancelled planned anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lützow
  • 1943 - German action at Hydra Island, Greece
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Italy
  • 1943 - German deployment of naval vessels in the English Channel
  • Operation Kiebitz 1943 - German POW rescue operation via submarine navigation of the St. Lawrence River in Canada
  • 1943 - German seizure of Italian equipment and territory upon the Italian surrender
  • 1943 - German defensive build-up of the French and Italian Alpine passes
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Minsk and Borisov, Belorussia
  • 1943 - German evacuation of the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
  • 1943 - German cancelled planned attack on British units at the , Tunisia
  • Operation Kugelblitz 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Vitebsk, Belarus
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Makarska, Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation across the Lika Mountains to Zadar on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia after
  • 1943 - German evacuation of Sicily, Italy, over the Strait of Messina
  • Operation Leopard 1943 - German landings on Leros of the Dodecanese Islands, Greece
  • 1943 - German planned anti-partisan operation against Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
  • Operation Michael 1943 - German cancelled planned evacuation of Crimea
  • 1943 - German attack on Gafsa, Tunisia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Mglin, USSR
  • 1943 - German towing of a 3,000-ton drydock from Mariupol to Odessa, Ukraine
  • 1943 - German counter-offensive at Myschanko-Berg during the Battle of Stalingrad
  • 1943 - German planned response in case of an Allied invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, focusing largely around the defence of the Pyrenees passes
  • 1943 - German cancelled planned attack on Majaz al Bab, Tunisia
  • 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at in Southeastern Croatia, Yugoslavia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Kursk, USSR after Operation Zitadelle
  • Operation Panzerfaust 1943 - German operation to kidnap Miklós Horthy's son to prevent Horthy from siding with the Allies; codename later changed to Maus
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lamia, Greece
  • Operation Paula 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of the Sava River in Serbia
  • 1943 - German operation against British troops on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Zwischenspiel
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
  • 1943 - German plan to kidnap the Pope from the Vatican City
  • 1943 - German artillery bombardment of the Strait of Kerch between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
  • Operation Reinhard 1943 - German systematic murder of Polish intelligentia; phase I of the German 'Final Solution'
  • Operation Safari 1943 - German SS operation to disband the Danish military
  • Operation Schneesturm 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bosnia, Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation Wildente
  • Operation Schwarz 1943 - German plan in the event of an Italian surrender
  • 1943 - German submarine mining operation
  • 1943 - German failed landing on the island of Brac off the coast of Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German plan to deploy Italian units to Southern France after Italian surrender
  • Operation Sizilien 1943 - German raid on Allied occupied Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
  • 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
  • 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
  • 1943 - German escort operations for blockade runners
  • 1943 - German planned aerial bombing operation against Soviet industries in the Ural Mountains
  • Operation Ursula 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Rogachev, Belorussia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Balkans
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Sarajevo, Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Sarajevo, Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Weiß I
  • 1943 - German operations in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation Schnepfe
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Winterzauber 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lithuania
  • 1943 - German failed anti-partisan operation in Northern Yugoslavia
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Kordun, Bosnia, Banovina and Turopolje, Independent State of Croatia
  • 1943 - German planned naval operation involving cruiser Admiral Scheer in the East Siberian Sea
  • 1943 - German artillery bombardment of Yeysk, USSR
  • Operation Ziethen 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Livno, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
  • Operation Ziethen 1943 - German planned evacuation from the Demyansk Pocket near Leningrad, USSR
  • 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
  • Operation Zitadelle 1943 - German offensive at Kursk, USSR
  • Operation Zitronella 1943 - German raid against a Norwegian/British station at the Svalbard Islands
  • 1943 - German attack on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Leopard
  • Operation Ostfront 1943 - German final German operation of Scharnhorst to intercept Convoy JW 55B
  • 1943 - German third and successful German transfer of Scharnhorst and destroyers from the Baltic Sea to Narvik, Norway

1944[]

  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the LipikNovskaOkučani region in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Primošten Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavina Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the NašiceĐakovo region of Slavonia, Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between the Sava and Drava Rivers in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia utilizing German aircraft to deceive partisan fighters
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Velika Kapela Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia to secure a supply route
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the road between Zagreb and Varaždin in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the road between Zagreb and Varaždin in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dubrovnik
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašić region in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašić region in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dünkirchen I
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of Knin in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountain and Bilogora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Knin and Kistanje in the Independent State of Croatia to secure a supply route
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Ivanščica Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of Banja Luka to open the road between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation east of Karlovac and north of the Kupa River in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Vrbas Valley in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the PrijedorSanski MostOmarska area in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Sava River in the Independent State of Croatia, destroying all boats and ferries
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area south of Šid and near Ilok in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis occupation of ore mines in and around Ljubija in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Murter Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kalnik Mountains south of the LudbregKoprivnica Line in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of the SesveteVaraždin road in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kordun and Banija regions in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in western Slavonia in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the ZaprešićKrapinske TopliceKlanjec area in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Otočac and Vrhovine in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the ZaistovecPreseka region in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of the railroad connecting Đurmanec and Krapinske Toplice in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Wintergewitter 1944 - Axis attack on the US Army in the Appennine mountains, Italy
  • 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Plesivica Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - German operations in Romania
  • Operation Aster 1944 - German evacuation of Estonia
  • Operation Birke 1944 - German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War
  • 1944 - German operations in Romania
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Northern France
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Southern France
  • Operation Braunschweig 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Istria Peninsula, OZAK
  • 1944 - German early name for Wacht am Rhein
  • Operation Doppelkopf 1944 - German offensive to relieve]troops fighting in Latvia
  • 1944 - German planned evacuation of bridgeheads at the river Maas (Meuse) west of Arnhem, the Netherlands
  • Operation Draufgänger 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Montenegro, Yugoslavia and in Northern Albania
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
  • Operation Elster 1944 - German infiltration of agents into the US to gather intelligence on Manhattan Project
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation east of Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Norway
  • 1944 - German failed planned anti-partisan operation in Macedonia, Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Dalmatian islands in Adriatic Sea
  • Operation Feuerzauber 1944 - German destruction of bridges near Florence, Italy
  • 1944 - German counterattack to the Allied invasion at Anzio, Italy
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in and Osmaci in Bosnia, Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German operation to disrupt Soviet supply lines on the Danube River near Budapest, Hungary
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Balkans via the Adriatic Sea
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Balkans via the Aegean Sea
  • Operation Freischütz 1944 - German cancelled planned operation to occupy the island of Vis off Croatia, Yugoslavia
  • Operation Freischütz 1944 - German relief operation for troops trapped near Minsk, Belorussia
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Jura Mountains in Southern France
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation at Primorska and Gorenjska in Slovenia, Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Lepel, Belorussia as a follow-up operation of Operation Regenschauer
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the region near the Greek-Albanian border before Operation Einhorn
  • Operation Greif 1944 - German infiltration of Allied rear areas using Allied uniforms; part of Wacht am Rhein
  • 1944 - German planned mass-deployment of fighters against Allied bombers
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Denmark
  • Operation Haudegen 1944 - German intelligence gathering on Spitsbergen, Norway
  • 1944 - German flooding of parts of the Netherlands to hinder Allied advance; later renamed to Operation Storch
  • 1944 - German deceptive operation in support of Wacht am Rhein
  • Operation Herbstnebel 1944 - German rejected plan to withdraw German troops in Italy behind the Po River
  • 1944 - German enslavement of Eastern European children between the age of 10 and 15 to work in the German armament industry
  • 1944 - German submarine operation against an Allied convoy in the North Atlantic Ocean
  • 1944 - German paratrooper operation as a part of Operation Greif of Wacht am Rhein
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 1944 - German occupation of Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 1944 - German air raids on London and other nearby British cities
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Bulgaria
  • Kampf um Rom 1944 - German defence plan for the Nettuno area in Italy
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Sporades Islands, Greece; previously named Operation Neptun
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
  • 1944 - German submarine operation against the Allied fleet off France during the Normandy invasion
  • 1944 - German proposed planned evacuation of Courland, Latvia
  • 1944 - German plan against an Allied landing at Livorno, Italy
  • Operation Lüttich 1944 - German counter-offensive at Mortain, France, in response to Operation Cobra
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Vlasenica in Bosnia, Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Greece
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy; activated after Allies launched Operation Shingle
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy via the Ligurian Sea; part of Fall Marder
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy via the Adriatic Sea; part of Fall Marder
  • Operation Margarethe I 1944 - German occupation of Hungary
  • Operation Margarethe II 1944 - German occupation of Romania
  • Operation Martin 1944 - German planned attack of the Ardennes region as proposed by Gerd von Rundstedt; rejected by Adolf Hitler for being too conservative
  • 1944 - German mining of the Ligurian Sea off Northern Italy
  • 1944 - German counterattack to the Allied invasion at Anzio and Nettuno, Italy
  • 1944 - German landing on the island of Brač off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German landing on the island of Šolta off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia
  • Operation München 1944 - German fallback to the Arno River in the Tuscany region of Italy
  • 1944 - German cancelled plan to land agents in Scotland, Britain
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Sporades Islands, Greece; later renamed to Operation Koralle
  • Operation Nordlicht 1944 - German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway after Finland changed sides in the war
  • 1944 - German troop deployment in Finland
  • 1944 - German torpedo boat operation off Corsica, France
  • 1944 - German naval deployment in the Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea
  • Operation Panzerfaust 1944 - German occupation of Hungary
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Polotsk and Lepel, Belorussia
  • 1944 - German program to develop submarine-launched V-2 rockets
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Lepel and Polotsk in Belorussia
  • Operation Rentier 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
  • 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy; activated after Allies launched Operation Shingle
  • 1944 - German start of the V-1 rocket attacks against London
  • Operation Rübezahl 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Montenegro, Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Macedonia, Yugoslavia
  • Operation Rösselsprung 1944 - German attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito
  • 1944 - German operation to find and capture Josip Broz Tito's headquarters in Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German attack on Allied units at Anzio, Italy
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Eastern Greece
  • Operation Steinbock 1944 - German bombing of London and Southern England, Britain
  • 1944 - German flooding of parts of the Netherlands to hinder Allied advance; previously named Operation Heide
  • 1944 - German plan to restore Benito Mussolini's power in Italy
  • Operation Stösser 1944 - German airborne drop behind Allied lines; part of Wacht am Rhein
  • 1944 - German deceptive operation at Nettuno, Italy
  • Operation Tanne Ost 1944 - German attack on the island of Hogland in the Baltic Sea from Finland
  • 1944 - German planned invasion of Åland in the Baltic Sea from Finland
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German occupation of the Bulgarian-held Skopje region of Macedonia, Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German occupation of Budapest, Hungary; part of Operation Margarethe I
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation on the island of Ugljan off the coast of the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1944 - German attack on forces of Dragoljub Mihailovic in Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German attack on forces of Napoleon Zervas in Greece
  • Wacht am Rhein 1944 - German offensive in the Ardennes; Anglicized as 'Watch on the Rhine'
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Balkans
  • Operation Walküre 1944 - German attempt to overthrow Adolf Hitler, written under the cover of a plan to foil potential worker rebellions; Anglicized as 'Valkyre'
  • 1944 - German landing on the island of Hvar off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia; part of Operation Herbstgewitter III and Operation Herbstgewitter IV
  • 1944 - German naval bombardment of Sworbe, Estonia
  • Operation Wikinger 1944 - German offensive on the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Slovenia, Yugoslavia; part of Operation Frühlingsanfang
  • 1944 - German offensive on American troops in Italy
  • 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 1944 - German failed operation to destroy power plants in Moscow, USSR

1945[]

  • 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Moslavacka Mountains southeast of Zagreb in the Independent State of Croatia
  • 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the Danube River in the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Konrad 1945 - Axis attack near Budapest, Hungary to relieve the surrounded city
  • 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Lašva Valley and Travnik the Independent State of Croatia
  • Operation Caesar 1945 - Failed transfer of technical design plans and strategic materials from Germany to Japan, using submarine U-864
  • 1945 - German aborted planned suicide aerial attack on bridges over the Vistula river in attempt to disrupt Soviet supply lines
  • Operation Alpenfestung 1945 - German plan for a redoubt in the German Alps
  • 1945 - German evacuation of Norway
  • Operation Bodenplatte 1945 - German air raid against Allied airbases in the Netherlands and Belgium in support of Wacht am Rhein
  • Operation Clausewitz 1945 - German defense plan for the city of Berlin.
  • 1945 - German destruction of a bridge on the Oder River
  • Operation Frühlingserwachen 1945 - German counter-offensive against Soviet troops near Budapest, Hungary
  • 1945 - German planned aerial bombing of hydropower plants east of Moscow, USSR
  • Operation Hannibal 1945 - German evacuation of East Prussia, Germany
  • Operation Hermann 1945 - German attack on British air units in Belgium and the Netherlands
  • 1945 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla in Bosnia, Yugoslavia
  • Operation Nordwind 1945 - German offensive in Alsace and Lorraine in north-eastern France in conjunction with Wacht am Rhein
  • Operation Regenbogen 1945 - German rescinded planned order to scuttle German ships at the end of the war
  • 1945 - German plan to move V-2 rockets to avoid Allied air strikes
  • 1945 - German offensive in the Netherlands in conjunction with Wacht am Rhein
  • Operation Sonnenwende 1945 - German attack of Soviet troops in Choszczno, Pomerania, Germany
  • 1945 - German counter-offensive from Esztergom, Hungary
  • 1945 - German anti-partisan operation in Budapest, Hungary
  • Operation Werewolf 1945 - German anti-partisan operation in Croatia, Yugoslavia
  • Operation Werewolf 1945 - German fighter deployment against Allied bombing
  • Operation Zahnarzt 1945 - German operation in the area of Molsheim, France, and Zabern, Germany

References[]

  1. ^ p. 1538 Zabecki, David T. World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia Routledge, 1 May 2015
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