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The objective of Operation Lila was to capture the units of the French fleet at Toulon intact. The 7th Panzer Division, augmented with four combat groups including two armoured groups and a motorcycle battalion from the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, were entrusted with the mission.
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
Cooney (1944) — French SAS operation in Brittany to cut railway lines; Derry (1944) — SAS operation near Le Mans to disrupt German retreat to Brest; Diver (1944) — Defence of London against V-1 attack. Fabian (1944) — Belgian SAS reconnaissance operation around Arnhem (also involved in the recovery of British paratroops after Operation ...
Case Anton (German: Fall Anton) was the military occupation of Vichy France carried out by Germany and Italy in November 1942. It marked the end of the Vichy regime as a nominally-independent state and the disbanding of its army (the severely-limited Armistice Army), but it continued its existence as a puppet government in Occupied France.
This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states.
After the successful Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria, in November 1942, the Germans occupied the Zone libre, and tried to seize the French warships in Toulon, (Operation Lila). But the three La Galissonière -class cruisers, La Galissonnière , Jean de Vienne , Marseillaise , as most of the ships based at Toulon, were scuttled , on 27 ...
France had lots of armed forces in World War II, in part due to the German occupation. In 1940, General Maurice Gamelin commanded the French Army, headquartered in Vincennes on the outskirts of Paris. It consisted of 117 divisions, with 94 committed to the northeastern front and a commander, General Alphonse Georges, at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre.
During World War II, Operation Attila (named after Attila the Hun) was a plan for the German occupation of Vichy France. It was drawn up as War Directive no. 19 in December 1940 in case the French rejoined the Allies or of an Allied threat to the south of France.