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This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 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.
– Name for all operations designed to prevent enemy states from seizing assets of neutral foreign countries. Moonshine (1944) – Growing out of Operation Bridford, a partially successful operation to deliver arms to the Danish resistance and return via Sweden carrying war supplies.
It is also known by the names Operation Ortsac, Operation Swift Strike II and Exercise Phibriglex-62. Anadyr (1962) — Cuban-Soviet plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kama (1962) — Soviet plan to forward-base seven Soviet ballistic missile submarines in Mariel, Cuba (part of Anadyr)
Walter (1944) — tidy-up operation, using two brigades. Wallop (1944) — advance towards Tinchebray (also called Grouse). Windsor (1944) — capture of Carpiquet. Dickens (1944) — highly successful French SAS operation around Nantes to disrupt rail lines, gather intelligence and support local Resistance
Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1613731581. Davidson, Basil (1980). Special Operations Europe: Scenes from the Anti-Nazi War. Victor Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-02820-3. Davidson, Basil (1946). Partisan Picture. Bedford Books. Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. The 11th Day. Archangel Films, 2006.
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.
The geographic boundaries have blurred edges. Finland, classed elsewhere as a "Nordic" country, participated in Barbarossa but later fought against German troops (see Military operations in Scandinavia and Iceland during World War II). Yugoslavia, for much of the war, was part of operations in southern Europe but it was liberated by the Red ...
Pages in category "Military operations of World War II" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .