Axis List of Operations of World War II
Name | Description |
Operation Adler | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the north Dalmatian coast in Yugoslavia, with focus in the cities of Rijeka, Karlobag, and Zadar |
Operation Aida | 1942 - Axis attacks in Egypt and Libya with aim on Tobruk, Libya |
Operation Alba | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Albia and Operation Albija |
Operation Albia | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Alba and Operation Albija |
Operation Albija | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Alba and Operation Albia |
Operation Alfa | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia |
Operation Arras | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Lipik-Novska-Okucani region in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Bergwiese | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Primošten Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Bergwind | 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Moslavacka Mountains southeast of Zagreb in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Berta | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Beta | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia |
Operation Bienenhaus | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavacka Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Bilo gora | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Bilo gora Ost | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Bilo gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Blitz | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Našice-Ðakovo region of Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
Operation Brandfackel | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Brandung | 1941 - Axis attack toward El Alamein, Egypt |
Operation Cannae | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between the Sava and Drava Rivers in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Capri | 1942 - Axis counterattack at Medenine, Tunisia |
Operation Cardaci | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Cardaci in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Casanova | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia utilizing German aircraft to deceive partisan fighters |
Operation Cyrill | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Glogovnica Canal on the Casma River in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Dreznica | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Velika Kapela Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia to secure a supply route |
Operation Dubrovnik | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the road between Zagreb and Varazdin in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Dubrovnik II | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the road between Zagreb and Varazdin in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dubrovnik |
Operation Dünkirchen I | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašic region in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Dünkirchen II | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašic region in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dünkirchen I |
Operation Edelwei | 1942 - Axis attack of the oil-rich Caucasus region in southern Russia; part of Operation Braunschweig |
Operation Emil | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of Knin in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Falke | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountain and Bilo gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Ferkel | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the mountains northeast of Tuzla in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Foca | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Fruška gora | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Frühlingssturm | 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the Danube River in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Frühlingswetter | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Knin and Kistanje in the Independent State of Croatia to secure a supply route |
Operation Frühlungswind | 1943 - Axis attack on Faid Pass near Sidi bou Zid, Tunisia |
Operation Fuchsjagd | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Ivanzcica Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Fuchsjagd III | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Föhn | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of Banja Luka to open the road between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Geiserich | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Split on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Grün | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Grün II | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kupa River between the Sava and the Farkašic-Kravarsko line in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Gustav | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Ingeborg | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation east of Karlovac and north of the Kupa River in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Ivan | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavacka Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Jajce | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Jajce | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Vrbas Valley in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Jajce II | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Jajce III | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation K | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Kastanie | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Prijedor-Sanski Most-Omarska area in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Kasten | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Kaub | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Sava River in the Independent State of Croatia, destroying all boats and ferries |
Operation Klara | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Velika Kladuša area in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Klašnice | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Konrad | 1945 - Axis attack near Budapest, Hungary to relieve the sourrnded city |
Operation Kornblume | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Kozara | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Krause I | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Krause II | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Kreševo | 1942 - 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 Lachsfang | 1942 - Planned combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk, Russia |
Operation Lauffeuer | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area south of Sid and near Ilok in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Lawine | 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Lašva Valley and Travnik the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Lug | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Manjaca Mountains | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Maus | 1942 - Axis drive toward the Caucasus region in Southern Russia |
Operation Merkur | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Mirko | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Morgenstern | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Moslavacka gora | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Nibelungenfahrt | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Ostern | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Otto | 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 |
Operation Petrinja | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Okucani-Lipik-Banova Jaruga-Novska area in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Petrova gora I | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Petrova gora II | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Pfingsten | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Prnjavor-Kotor Varoš-Teslic area 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 |
Operation Raureif | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Turbe in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Reinhard | 1944 - Axis occupation of ore mines in and around Ljubija in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Renate | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Murter Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Richard | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Razboj in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Ristow | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Rouen | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kalnik Mountains south of the Ludbreg-Koprivnica Line in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation S | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Sandmann | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Sarajevo | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of the Sesvete-Varazdin road in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Schach | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kordun and Banija regions in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Schlüsselblume | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in western Slavonia in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Schneeschmelze | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Zaprešic-Krapinske Toplice-Klanjec area in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Schwarz | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Montenegro and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
Operation Skorpion | 1941 - Axis attack on the Halfaya Pass on the border of Libya and Egypt |
Operation Sommernachtstraum | 1941 - Axis attack on British supply depots at Bir Khirreigat, Egypt |
Operation Steinschlag | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Otocac and Vrhovine in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Süd-Kroatien I | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Süd-Kroatien II | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Tannenbaum | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Bosanski Novi and Buzim in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Teslic I | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Theseus | 1942 - Axis attack on the Allied forces in Cyrenaica, Libya and Egypt |
Operation Travnik | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Trio | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Bosnia and Croatia, Yugoslavia |
Operation Trolist | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Zaistovec-Preseka region in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Tuzla II | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Ulrich | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Una-Sava Bend | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Ungewitter | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Varazdin | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains between Varazdin and Krizevci in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Virovitica | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Višegrad | 1941 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation West-Bosnien | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Wildsau | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of the railroad connecting Ðurmanec and Krapinske Toplice in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Windstoss | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Wintergewitter | 1944 - Axis attack on the Americans in the Appennine Mountains, Italy |
Operation Zagorje | 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains in the Novi Marof area in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Zenica-Zavidovici | 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia |
Operation Zumberak IV | 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Plesivica Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia |
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