List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre

Pre-war operations

• Fall Blau 1935 - German defence planning on the eastern border, simultaneously with Fall Rot
• 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
• Fall Richard 1937 - German contingency planning for Soviet takeover of Spain
• Fall Rot 1937 - German planned invasion of France
• Operation Rügen 1937 - German bombing of Guernica, Spain
• Fall Blau 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

• Operation A-Bewegung 1939 - German preparation for the invasion of Poland; part of Fall Weiss
• Operation Blitzableiter 1939-1945 - German bacteriological weapons research
• Operation Dirschau 1939 - German operation to safeguard the rail bridge at Tczew, Poland during the invasion
• Fall Rot 1939 - German planned invasion of France
• Fall Weiss 1939 - German invasion of Poland. German bombing of Wieluń, Poland; part of Fall Weiss* Operation Himmler 1939 - German staged attacks in Poland to justify invasion; part of Fall Weiss
• Operation Nordwest 1939 - German study for a potential invasion of Britain; parts of Operation Nordwest were integrated into Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Ost 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
• Planstudie 39 1939 - German air force research
• 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
• Operation Wasserkante 1939 - German aerial bombing of Warsaw, Poland

1940

• 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
• Operation Alfred 1940 - German mining off Dover, England, using surface minelayers
• Operation Altenbeken 1940 - German attack on Åndalsnes, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Altona 1940 - German attack on Arendal, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Attila 1940-1942 - German occupation of Vichy France prior to Italian support in 1942
• Operation Aufbau Ost 1940 - German strategic preparations for Operation Barbarossa
• Operation B 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line on the German-French border; part of Fall Rot
• Operation Bernhard 1940 - German mining off Dover, England
• Operation Biene 1940 - German attack on Alsten Island and Sandnessjøen, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Bremen 1940 - German attack in Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Büffel 1940 - German air operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway
• Operation Eisen 1940 - German commando operation to occupy the bridge]over the Albert Canal in Belgium
• Fall Braun 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Grün
• Fall Falke 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün
• Fall Gelb 1940 - German invasion of the Low Countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
• Fall Grün 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Braun
• Fall Rot 1940 - German operation to defeat France after Dunkirk
• Operation Felix 1940 - German planned invasion of Gibraltar via the Iberian Peninsula
• Operation Festung 1940 - German airborne offensive on The Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Moerdijk in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb
• Operation G 1940 - German airborne offensive on Ghent in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb
• Operation Geier 1940 - German attack of the Maginot Line on the French-Germany border north of Kehl, Germany; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Gneisenau 1940 - German diversionary attack on two bridges on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Granit 1940 - German airborne action on Belgian Fort Eben-Emael
• Fall Grün 1940 - German plan for a diversionary invasion of Ireland in support of Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Grüne Bewegung 1940 - German planned landing at Brighton, England; part of Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Grünpfeil 1940 - German occupation of the Channel Islands
• Operation Habicht 1940 - German diversionary attack on Mulhouse, France; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Hartmut 1940 - German submarine operations in Norwegian territorial waters
• Operation Herbstreise 1940 - German planned diversionary invasion of Scotland, Britain; part of Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Hummel 1940 - German intelligence gathering for operation Seelöwe
• Operation Hummer 1940-1945 - German infiltration of Britain
• Operation Ikarus 1940 - German planned invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork; originally planned to launch in conjunction with Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Juno 1940 - German naval operation against British warships off Narvik, Norway
• Operation Karlshafen 1940 - German attack against Kristiansand, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Kathleen 1940 - German planned invasion of Ireland
• Operation Lichtermeer 1940 - German airfield attacks on British bomber airfields
• Operation Loge 1940 - German 65-day air offensive against London, England
• Operation Luchs 1940 - German planned breakthrough between Breisach and Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Lucie 1940 - German planned invasion of the Dutch island of Texel in the North Sea
• Operation Luftparade 1940 - German night raid on British air bases
• Operation Löwe 1940 - German planned invasion of Britain; precursor of Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Marianne 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England
• Operation Mittelmeer 1940-1941 - German reinforcement of the Italian Regia Aeronautica in the Mediterranean
• Operation Mondscheinsonate 1940 - German night raid on Coventry, England
• Operation Morgenröte 1940 - German attack on Dutch bridges
• Operation N 1940 - German airborne operation at Namur, Belgium
• Operation Naumburg 1940 - German landing at Narvik, Norway
• Operation Nebelübung 1940 - German planned invasion of Liège, Belgium; part of Fall Gelb
• Operation Nienburg 1940 - German action at Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Niwi 1940 - German troop deployment in Belgium; part of Fall Gelb
• Operation Nord 1940 - German heavy cruiser s raid in the North Atlantic Ocean
• Operation Nord 1940 - German planned invasion of Denmark and Norway; later renamed to Operation Weserübung
• Operation Nordmark 1940 - German attacks on Allied North Sea convoys between Britain and Scandinavia
• Operation Nordseetour 1940 - German first Atlantic operation of
• Operation Oldenburg 1940 - German aerial reconnaissance of Soviet Union's natural resources
• Operation Oldenburg 1940 - German attack on Oslo, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Oskar 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England, Britain
• Operation Otto 1940 - German strategic preparations for Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Panther (1940) 1940 - German attacks on Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Braun
• Operation Paula 1940 - German aerial bombing of French countryside
• Operation Planspiel III 1940 - German breakthrough of the Maginot Line between Teting and Wittring, France
• Operation Raubvogelkäfig 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Regenschirm 1940 - German aerial bombing of Birmingham, England
• Operation Scharnhorst 1940 - German deceptive attack in the Saarbrücken region; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Seelöwe 1940 - German planned invasion of Britain; anglicised as 'Sealion'
• Operation Seemöwe 1940-1945 - German agents infiltration into Britain and Ireland
• Operation Sonnenblume 1940 - German response to British Operation Compass offensive in North Africa; deployment of the German Afrika Korps in North Africa
• Operation Stadthagen 1940 - German attack on Stavanger, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Stahl 1940 - German commando operation to occupy a bridge near Veldwezelt, Belgium
• Operation Tannenbaum 1940 - German planned invasion of Switzerland
• Operation Taube 1940 - German mission to transport Irish Republican Army Chief of Staff Seán Russell from Germany to Ireland
• Operation Theodora 1940 - German intelligence gathering operation in North Africa
• Operation Tiger 1940 - German offensive on the northern sector of the Maginot Line; part of Fall Rot
• Operation Trojanisches Pferd 1940 - German operation to secure the bridge near Nijmegen in the Netherlands
• Operation Trondheim 1940 - German movement across the Albert Canal against Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium
• Operation Wal 1940 - German aborted plan to coordinate actions with Scottish and Welsh nationalist groups
• Operation Walfisch 1940 - German aborted plan to land an agent in Ireland
• Operation Weserübung 1940 - German invasion of Denmark and Norway
• Operation Weserübung Nord 1940 - German attack on Trondheim and Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Weserübung Sud 1940 - German attack on Bergen, Kristiansand, and Oslo, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Wespennest I 1940 - German destruction of rail links between Switzerland and France
• Operation Wespennest II 1940 - German destruction of rail links between Switzerland and France
• Operation Wikinger 1940 - German sortie by German destroyers into the North Sea
• Operation Wildente 1940 - German naval and air operation in Trondheim, Norway

1941

• Operation 25 1941 - German invasion of Yugoslavia
• Operation Alpenveilchen 1941 - German aborted planned intervention during the Italian invasion of Albania
• Operation Amina 1941 - German failed operation to destroy oil refineries in Abadan, Iran
• Operation Barbarossa 1941 - German invasion of the Soviet Union
• Operation Beethoven 1941-1945 - German program to develop composite aircraft
• Operation Beowulf I 1941 - German planned offensive of the Baltic States
• Operation Beowulf II 1941 - German offensive in the Baltic States
• Operation Berlin 1941 - German commerce raid in the Atlantic Ocean performed by and
• 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
• Operation Bogdanow 1941 - German construction operation to build rail bridges between Lida and Molodechno in Belorussia
• Operation Brandung 1941 - Axis offensive toward El Alamein, Egypt
• Operation Castigo 1941 - German aerial bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
• Operation Eisstoss 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Baltic Fleet at Kronstadt and Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Fledermaus 1941 - German aerial bombing of British airfields
• Operation Fritz 1941 - German planned invasion of the Soviet Union; later abandoned in favor of Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Froschlaich 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eisstoss
• Operation Götz v. Berlichingen 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eissto
• Operation Haifisch I 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Haifisch II 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
• Operation Irak 1941 - German deployment of aircraft to Iraq
• Operation Isabella 1941 - German planned invasion of the Iberian Peninsula
• Operation Karlsbad 1941 - German anti-partisan operation in the Berezina River region of Belorussia
• Operation Lel 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
• Operation Mitte 1941 - German attack on the island of Hiiumaa, off Estonian coast; part of Operation Siegfried
• Operation Nau 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
• Operation Ost 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonian coast; part of Operation Siegfried
• Operation Ozren 1941-1942 - German anti-partisan operations near Ozren, Yugoslavia
• 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
• Operation Renate 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 and
• Operation Salaam 1941 - German plan to make contact with Egyptian nationalists
• Operation Schlussjagd 1941 - German offensive towards Tula, USSR during the offensive toward Moscow by the 2nd Panzer
• Operation Siegfried 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'
• Operation Skorpion 1941 - Axis offensive at the Halfaya Pass on the border of Libya and Egypt
• Operation Sommernachtstraum 1941 - Axis attack on British supply depots at Bir Khirreigat, Egypt
• Operation Spark 1941 - German planned assassination of Adolf Hitler and coup d'état against the Nazi German government
• Operation Stimmung 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
• Operation Sturmflut 1941 - German offensive at the Kasserine Pass, Tunisia
• Operation Südwind 1941 - German defence plan against a general uprising in occupied France
• Operation Südwind 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
• Operation Taube 1941 - German plan to support the Irish Republican Army in Ireland and Northern Ireland
• Operation Tichwin 1941 - German offensive on Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Venezia 1941 - German advance toward the Gazala Line near Bir Hakeim, Libya
• Operation Višegrad 1941 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Weber 1941 - German naval operation off the coast of Southern England
• Operation West 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Siegfried
• Operation Weststurm 1941 - German naval operation in support of Operation Beowulf II
• Operation Westwind 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II

1942

• Operation Adler 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Chechivichi region of Belorussia
• Operation Aida 1942 - Axis offensive in Libya with Tobruk as the initial objective in Libya, and advance into Egypt as a strategic goal
• Operation Albia 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
• Fall Anton 1942 - German occupation of Vichy France with Italian support in 1942
• Operation Attika 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
• Operation Beta 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Bettelstab 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
• Operation Blücher II 1942 - German attack on the Strait of Kerch in the Caucasus region in southern USSR; part of Fall Blau
• Operation Braun 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
• Operation Bussard 1942 - German offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Capri 1942 - Axis counterattack at Medenine, Tunisia
• Operation Clausewitz 1942 - German second phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Cottbus 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Polotsk, Lepel, and Borisov in Belorussia
• Operation Dampfhamm 1942 - German planned third phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Derfflinger 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
• Operation Dora 1942 - German operation to disrupt British supply lines in Southern Libya
• Operation Dreiecke 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Edelweiss 1942 - Axis offensive on Caucasus region in southern USSR; part of Operation Braunschweig
• Operation Feuerzauber 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; renamed to Operation Nordlicht
• Operation Fischreiher 1942 - German attack on Stalingrad and Astrakhan, USSR; part of Fall Blau
• Operation Foca 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Fredericus I 1942 - German attack on Kharkov, USSR
• Operation Fredericus II 1942 - German attack on Odessa, Ukraine as a follow-up operation to Operation Fredericus I
• Operation Frieda 1942 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Fruška gora 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Georg 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; renamed to Operation Feuerzauber
• Operation Gertrud 1942 - German planned response in case of Turkey joining the Allies
• Operation Gisella 1942 - German planned invasion of the Iberian Peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella
• Operation Greif 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Orsha and Vitebsk, Belorussia
• Operation Grünspecht 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
• Operation Hecht 1942 - German first planned submarine wolfpack raid in the North Atlantic Ocean
• Operation Herbstlaub 1942 - German cancelled planned operation in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR, near Krasnoarmeisk, Ukraine and Beketovka, USSR
• Operation Herbstzeitlose 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
• Operation Holzauge 1942 - German activities in Greenland
• Operation Hornbläser 1942 - German planned attack on Alexandria harbour, Egypt
• Operation Ilona 1942 - German planned invasion of the Iberian Peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella
• Operation Jacob 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Uzda, Belorussia
• Operation Jajce 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation 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 Kasten 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Klabautermann 1942 - German operation against Soviet supply lines near Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Klette I 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Kozara 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Kreml 1942 - German deceptive operation in support of Operation Edelwei
• Operation Kreševo 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Lachsfang 1942 - German combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk, USSR
• Operation Landbrücke 1942 - German attempt to hold a narrow connection near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR to prevent envelopment
• Operation Lichtschlag 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
• Operation Lug 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Maikäfer 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Babruysk, Belorussia
• Operation Malaria 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Osipovichi, Belorussia
• Operation Manjaca Mountains 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Maus 1942 - Axis offensive toward the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
• Operation Mitte Juli 1942 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Moorbrand 1942 - Cancelled planned attack near Pogostje, USSR
• Operation München I 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Belorussia
• Operation München II 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Radoshkovichi, Belorussia
• Operation Märzfieber 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Belorussia
• Operation Möwe I 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
• Operation Nordsee 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Mogilev, Belorussia
• Operation Ochsenkopf 1942 - German counterattacks in attempt to expand the Tunis perimeter
• Operation Olymp 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Orkan 1942 - German cancelled planned attack in the Belov-Yukhnov area towards Kaluga in USSR
• Operation Orkan II 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'
• 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 Polarnacht 1942 - German deployment of battleship from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, to Trondheim, Norway
• 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 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 Smolensk-Gorky area in USSR
• Operation Regenbogen 1942 - German failed attack on Arctic Convoy JW 51B by and Lützow
• Operation Rösselsprung 1942 - German naval operation to attack Arctic Convoy PQ 17
• 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 Schamil 1942 - German planned operation to secure Caucasus oil fields in Southern USSR using paratroopers
• Operation Schnee 1942 - German supply mission to Norway
• Operation Siegfried 1942 - German attack toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern USSR; part of Fall Blau
• Operation Silberstreife 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 and to Norway
• Operation Spätlese 1942 - German anti-partisan operation north of Smolensk, USSR
• Operation Sportpalast 1942 - Failed planned naval operation to attack Arctic convoys PQ-12 and QP-8
• Operation Storfang 1942 - German attack on Sevastopol, Ukraine
• 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 Sumpf 1942 - German operation near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Sumpffieber 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Loknja, Ukraine
• Operation Taubenschlag 1942 - German cancelled planned attack on Toropets, USSR
• Operation Theseus 1942 - Axis offensive in Cyrenaica, Libya and Egypt
• Operation Tintenfisch 1942 - German seizure of Swiss exports
• Operation Trappenjagd 1942 - German offensive on the Kerch Peninsula, Ukraine
• 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 Tuzla II 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Venezie 1942 - German advance against the British Gazala Line toward Tobruk, Libya
• Operation Vierecke 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Vogelsang 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the Roslavl and Bryansk region of USSR
• Operation Wei 1942 - German anti-partisan operations in Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Wee-Hee - German plan to massacre all the Hispanics living in Germany at the time
• Operation West-Bosnien 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Wiesengrund 1942 - German unrealised plan for occupation of the Rybachy Peninsula on the USSR's Arctic coast
• Operation Wilhelm 1942 - German operation against Volchansk, USSR
• Operation Winkelreid 1942 - German operation within the Demyansk Pocket near Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Wintermärchen 1942 - German attack between the Volga and Don Rivers
• Operation Wolke 1942 - German transfer to troops to Norway
• Operation Wunderland 1942 - German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea and Barents Sea by cruiser
• Operation Zar 1942 - German minelying operation by the minelayer Ulm.
• Operation Zarin 1942 - German mining action off Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean by and destroyers
• Operation Zauberflöte 1942 - German operation to manoeuvre damaged from Trondheim, Norway to Kiel, Germany
• Operation Zenica-Zavidovici 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Zerberus 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'

1943

• Operation 505 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Fall Achse 1943 - German response to Italian surrender to the Allies
• 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 Arnim 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Attacke 1943 - German mine laying operation north of Corsica, France
• Operation Ausladung 1943 - German offensive near Tunis, Tunisia in conjunction with Operation Ochsenkopf
• Operation Berta 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation 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 Bilogora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia* Operation Braun 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Brunhild 1943 - German planned evacuation from the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
• Operation Burdock 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
• Operation Büffel-Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation of Rzhev, USSR
• Operation Cannae 1943 - German occupation of Zagreb, Sisak, and Bjelovar in Yugoslavia
• Operation Cardaci 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Cardaci in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Cyrill 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Glogovnica Canal on the Česma River in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Delphin 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Dalmatian islands in Adriatic Sea
• Operation Delphin 1943 - German withdrawal from Saaremaa, Estonia
• Operation Delta 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Western Greece
• Operation Domino 1943 - German second aborted German Arctic sortie by,, and supporting destroyers
• Operation Donnerkeil 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Donnerschlag 1943 - German anti-partisan operation along the Obdol River in USSR
• Operation Draufgänger 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
• Operation Eiche 1943 - German operation to rescue Benito Mussolini from Allied imprisonment
• Operation Eilbote I 1943 - German attacks on Allied positions at the Dorsal Mountains in Tunisia
• Operation Eilbote II 1943 - German cancelled planned attacks on Allied positions at the Dorsal Mountains in Tunisia following Operation Eilbote I
• Operation Eisb 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
• Operation Eisfjord 1943 - German naval bombardment of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
• Operation Erntefest I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation west of Ossipovichi, USSR
• Operation Erntefest II 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
• Operation Ferkel 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Ferkel 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Majevica mountains northeast of Tuzla in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Feuerstein 1943 - German defensive build-up of the Italian Alpine passes
• Operation Fliederblüte 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
• Operation Fronttheater 1943 - German first aborted German Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, and destroyers
• Operation Frühlungswind 1943 - Axis attack on Faid Pass near Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
• Operation Gamma 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Geiserich 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Split on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Gesellenprüfung 1943 - German mine laying operation via S-Boats
• 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 Günther 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Smolensk, USSR prior to Operation Zitadelle
• Operation Gustav 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Habicht 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Hagen 1943 - German operation in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Hagen Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation operation near Oryol, USSR
• Operation Haifisch 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Trogir in Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Hamburg 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Hasenjagd 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Gomel, Belorussia
• Operation Herbstgewitter I 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
• Operation Herbstgewitter III 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Herbstgewitter IV 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
• Operation Hermelin 1943 - German cruiser Lützow operation in the Baltic Sea
• Operation Hornung 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Hubertus 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Pindus Mountains region of Greece
• Operation Husar 1943 - German cancelled planned anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lützow
• Operation Insel 1943 - German action at Hydra Island, Greece
• Operation Istrien 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Italy
• Operation Ivan 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavacka Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Karin 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
• 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 Konstantin 1943 - German seizure of Italian equipment and territory upon the Italian surrender
• Operation Kopenhagen 1943 - German defensive build-up of the French and Italian Alpine passes
• Operation Kormoran 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Minsk and Borisov, Belorussia
• 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 Krimhilde Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation of the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
• Operation Kuckucksei 1943 - German cancelled planned attack on British units at the Fondouk Pass, Tunisia
• Operation Kugelblitz 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Vitebsk, Belarus
• Operation Kugelblitz 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Rogatica and Vlasenica in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Landsturm 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Makarska, Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Leander 1943 - German anti-partisan operation across the Lika Mountains to Zadar on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia after
• Operation Lehrgang 1943 - German evacuation of Sicily, Italy, over the Strait of Messina
• Operation Leopard 1943 - German landings on Leros of the Dodecanese Islands, Greece
• Operation Lika 1943 - German planned anti-partisan operation against Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia
• Operation Maigewitter 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Merkur 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Michael 1943 - German cancelled planned evacuation of Crimea
• Operation Mirko 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Morgenluft 1943 - German attack on Gafsa, Tunisia
• Operation Moslavacka gora 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Nachbarhilfe I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Nachbarhilfe I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Mglin, USSR
• Operation Nelly U 1943 - German towing of a 3,000-ton drydock from Mariupol to Odessa, Ukraine
• Operation Neptun 1943 - German counter-offensive at Myschanko-Berg during the Battle of Stalingrad
• Operation Nürnberg 1943 - German planned response in case of an Allied invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, focusing largely around the defence of the Pyrenees passes
• Operation Olivenernte 1943 - German cancelled planned attack on Majaz al Bab, Tunisia
• Operation Orange 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
• Operation Ostern 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ostfront 1943 - German final German operation of Scharnhorst to intercept Convoy JW 55B
• 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
• Operation Paderborn 1943 - German third and successful German transfer of Scharnhorst and destroyers from the Baltic Sea to Narvik, Norway
• Operation Panther (1943, Yugoslavia) 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Mesovan Pass in Southeastern Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Panther (1943, Greece) 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Panther (1943, USSR) 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
• Operation Parnass 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lamia, Greece
• Operation Paula 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of the Sava River in Serbia
• Operation Petrinja 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Okučani-Lipik-Banova Jaruga-Novska area 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 Poseidon 1943 - German operation against British troops on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Zwischenspiel
• Operation Puma 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Rabat 1943 - German plan to kidnap the Pope from the Vatican City
• Operation Raureif 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Turbe (Travnik) in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Regatta I 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 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 Safari 1943 - German SS operation to disband the Danish military
• Operation Schneesturm 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bosnia, Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Schnepfe 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
• Operation Schwarz 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Montenegro and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
• Operation Seehund 1943 - German submarine mining operation
• Operation Seeräuber 1943 - German failed landing on the island of Brac off the coast of Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Siegfried 1943 - German plan to deploy Italian units to Southern France after Italian surrender
• Operation Sizilien 1943 - German raid on Allied occupied Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
• 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 Theodor 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
• Operation Tiger 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Toni 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
• Operation Trave 1943 - German escort operations for blockade runners
• Operation Ulm 1943 - German planned aerial bombing operation against Soviet industries in the Ural Mountains
• 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 Ursula 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Rogachev, Belorussia
• Operation Varaždin 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains between Varaždin and Križevci in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Virovitica 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Waldwinter 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia
• Operation Weihnachtsmann 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Balkans
• Operation Weiß I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Sarajevo, Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Weiß II 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Sarajevo, Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Weiß I
• Operation Wiking 1943 - German operations in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Wildente 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation Schnepfe
• Operation Wildsau 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
• Operation Wildsau 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Windstoss 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Winterzauber 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lithuania
• Operation Wolkenbruch 1943 - German failed anti-partisan operation in Northern Yugoslavia
• Operation Wulf 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Kordun, Bosnia, Banovina and Turopolje, Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Wunderland II 1943 - German planned naval operation involving cruiser Admiral Scheer in the East Siberian Sea
• Operation Yarmouth 1943 - German artillery bombardment of Yeysk, USSR
• Operation Zagorje 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains in the Novi Marof area in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ziethen 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Livno, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Ziethen 1943 - German planned evacuation from the Demyansk Pocket near Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Zigeunerbaron 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
• Operation Zwischenspiel 1943 - German attack on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Leopard

1944

• Operation Antimon 1944 - German operations in Romania
• Operation Arras 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Lipik-Novska-Okučani region in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Aster 1944 - German evacuation of Estonia
• Operation Bergwiese 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the Primošten Peninsula in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Bienenhaus 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavina Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Birke 1944 - German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War
• Operation Blei 1944 - German operations in Romania
• Operation Blitz 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Našice-Đakovo region of Slavonia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Brandfackel 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Braunschweig 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Istria Peninsula, OZAK
• Operation Cannae 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between the Sava and Drava Rivers 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 Christrose 1944 - German early name for Wacht am Rhein
• Operation Doppelkopf 1944 - German offensive to relieve]troops fighting in Latvia
• Operation Doppelsprung 1944 - German planned evacuation of bridgeheads at the river Maas west of Arnhem, the Netherlands
• Operation Draufgänger 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Montenegro, Yugoslavia and in Northern Albania
• 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 Varaždin in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Dubrovnik II 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the road between Zagreb and Varaždin in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dubrovnik
• Operation Dünkirchen I 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašić region in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Dünkirchen II 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krašić region in the Independent State of Croatia; continuation of Operation Dünkirchen I
• Operation Einhorn 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Elster 1944 - German infiltration of agents into the US to gather intelligence on Manhattan Project
• Operation Emil 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of Knin in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ernteeinbringung 1944 - German anti-partisan operation east of Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
• Fall Blume I 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Northern France
• Fall Blume II 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Southern France
• Fall Falke 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Norway
• Fall Forelle I 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Balkans via the Adriatic Sea
• Fall Forelle II 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of the Balkans via the Aegean Sea
• Operation Falke 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountain and Bilogora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia* Operation Feuerwehr 1944 - German failed planned anti-partisan operation in Macedonia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Feuerzange 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Dalmatian islands in Adriatic Sea
• Operation Feuerzauber 1944 - German destruction of bridges near Florence, Italy
• Operation Fischfang 1944 - German counterattack to the Allied invasion at Anzio, Italy
• Operation Fliegenfänger 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Memici and Osmaci in Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• 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 Forelle 1944 - German operation to disrupt Soviet supply lines on the Danube River near Budapest, Hungary
• 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
• Operation Frühling 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Jura Mountains in Southern France
• Operation Frühlingsanfang 1944 - German anti-partisan operation at Primorska and Gorenjska in Slovenia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Frühlingsfest 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Lepel, Belorussia as a follow-up operation of Operation Regenschauer
• 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 Fuchsjagd 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Ivanščica 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 Gemsbock 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
• Operation Großer Schlag 1944 - German planned mass-deployment of fighters against Allied bombers
• Fall Hanna 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Denmark
• Operation Haudegen 1944 - German intelligence gathering on Spitsbergen, Norway
• Operation Heide 1944 - German flooding of parts of the Netherlands to hinder Allied advance; later renamed to Operation Storch
• Operation Heinrich 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
• Operation Heu-Aktion 1944 - German enslavement of Eastern European children between the age of 10 and 15 to work in the German armament industry
• Operation Hinein 1944 - German submarine operation against an Allied convoy in the North Atlantic Ocean
• Operation Hohes Venn 1944 - German paratrooper operation as a part of Operation Greif of Wacht am Rhein
• Operation Horrido 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece
• Operation Hundesohn 1944 - German occupation of Sofia, Bulgaria
• Operation Ibex 1944 - German air raids on London and other nearby British cities
• Operation Iltis 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece
• Operation Ingeborg 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation east of Karlovac and north of the Kupa River in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Jajce 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Vrbas Valley in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Judas 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Bulgaria
• Kampf um Rom 1944 - German defence plan for the Nettuno area in Italy
• Operation Kastanie 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Prijedor-Sanski Most-Omarska area 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 Koralle 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Sporades Islands, Greece; previously named Operation Neptun
• Operation Kornblume 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Kreuzotter 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Landwirt 1944 - German submarine operation against the Allied fleet off France during the Normandy invasion
• Operation Lauffeuer 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area south of Šid and near Ilok in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Laura 1944 - German proposed planned evacuation of Courland, Latvia
• Operation Ludwig 1944 - German plan against an Allied landing at Livorno, Italy
• Operation Lüttich 1944 - German counter-offensive at Mortain, France, in response to Operation Cobra
• Operation Maibaum 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Vlasenica in Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Maigewitter 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Greece
• Fall Marder 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy; activated after Allies launched Operation Shingle
• Fall Marder I 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy via the Ligurian Sea; part of Fall Marder
• Fall Marder II 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
• Operation Messer 1944 - German mining of the Ligurian Sea off Northern Italy
• Operation Morgenröte 1944 - German counterattack to the Allied invasion at Anzio and Nettuno, Italy
• Operation Morgenstern 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Morgenwind I 1944 - German landing on the island of Brač off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Morgenwind II 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
• Operation Möwe V 1944 - German cancelled plan to land agents in Scotland, Britain
• Operation Napfkuchen 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Neptun 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Sporades Islands, Greece; later renamed to Operation Koralle
• Operation Nibelungenfahrt 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Nordlicht 1944 - German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway after Finland changed sides in the war
• Operation Nordlicht-Bewegung 1944 - German troop deployment in Finland
• Operation Nussknacker 1944 - German torpedo boat operation off Corsica, France
• Operation Odysseus 1944 - German naval deployment in the Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea
• Operation Panzerfaust 1944 - German occupation of Hungary
• Operation Pfingstausflug 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Polotsk and Lepel, Belorussia
• Operation Prüfstand XII 1944 - German program to develop submarine-launched V-2 rockets
• Operation Regenschauer 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Lepel and Polotsk in Belorussia
• 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 Rentier 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Richard 1944 - German defence plan in case of an Allied invasion of Italy; activated after Allies launched Operation Shingle
• Operation Rouen 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kalnik Mountains south of the Ludbreg-Koprivnica Line in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Rumpelkammer 1944 - German start of the V-1 rocket attacks against London
• Operation Rübezahl 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Montenegro, Yugoslavia
• Operation Röslein 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Macedonia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Rösselsprung 1944 - German attempt to capture Josip Broz Tito
• Operation Sarajevo 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation west of the Sesvete-Varaždin 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 Schneegestöber 1944 - German operation to find and capture Josip Broz Tito's headquarters in Yugoslavia
• Operation Schneeschmelze 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Zaprešić-Krapinske Toplice-Klanjec area in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Sonnenaufgang 1944 - German attack on Allied units at Anzio, Italy
• Operation Steinadler 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Eastern Greece
• Operation Steinbock 1944 - German bombing of London and Southern England, Britain
• Operation Steinschlag 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Otočac and Vrhovine in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Storch 1944 - German flooding of parts of the Netherlands to hinder Allied advance; previously named Operation Heide
• Operation Student 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
• Operation Süd 1944 - German deceptive operation at Nettuno, Italy
• Operation Tanne Ost 1944 - German attack on the island of Hogland in the Baltic Sea from Finland
• Operation Tanne West 1944 - German planned invasion of Åland in the Baltic Sea from Finland
• Operation Treibjagd 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Treuebruch 1944 - German occupation of the Bulgarian-held Skopje region of Macedonia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Trojanisches Pferd 1944 - German occupation of Budapest, Hungary; part of Operation Margarethe I
• Operation Trolist 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Zaistovec-Preseka region in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Uljan 1944 - German anti-partisan operation on the island of Ugljan off the coast of the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ungewitter 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Papuk Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Verrat 1944 - German attack on forces of Dragoljub Mihailovic in Yugoslavia
• Operation Verrat 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'
• Operation Waldrausch 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'
• Operation Walzertraum 1944 - German landing on the island of Hvar off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia; part of Operation Herbstgewitter III and Operation Herbstgewitter IV
• Operation Weststurm 1944 - German naval bombardment of Sworbe, Estonia
• Operation Wikinger 1944 - German offensive on the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia
• Operation Wildsau 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 Apennine Mountains, Italy
• Operation Winterende 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Slovenia, Yugoslavia; part of Operation Frühlingsanfang
• Operation Wintermärchen 1944 - German offensive on American troops in Italy
• Operation Wulf 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in Thessaloniki, Greece
• Operation Zeppelin 1944 - German failed operation to destroy power plants in Moscow, USSR
• Operation Zumberak IV 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Plesivica Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia

1945

• Operation Aktion 24 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
• Operation Bergwind 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Moslavacka Mountains southeast of Zagreb in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Birkhahn 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 Caesar 1945 - Failed transfer of technical design plans and strategic materials from Germany to Japan, using submarine U-864
• Operation Clausewitz 1945 - German defense plan for the city of Berlin.
• Operation Freiheit 1945 - German destruction of a bridge on the Oder River
• Operation Frühlingserwachen 1945 - German counter-offensive against Soviet troops near Budapest, Hungary
• Operation Frühlingssturm 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation along the Danube River in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Gertraud 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
• Operation Konrad 1945 - Axis attack near Budapest, Hungary to relieve the surrounded city
• Operation Lawine 1945 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Lašva Valley and Travnik the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Maigewitter 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
• Operation Regenwurm 1945 - German plan to move V-2 rockets to avoid Allied air strikes
• Operation Schneeman 1945 - German offensive in the Netherlands in conjunction with Wacht am Rhein
• Operation Sonnenwende 1945 - German attack of Soviet troops in Choszczno, Pomerania, Germany
• Operation Südwind 1945 - German counter-offensive from Esztergom, Hungary
• Operation Waldteufel 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