Operation Details

Gertrud (i)

'Gertrud' (i) was the German and Bulgarian contingency planning for a joint invasion of Turkey should that country come into the war on the side of the Allies (12 November 1941/20 December 1943).

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The project was abandoned because of the rapid Soviet advances in the Caucasus region, and the Allied 'Husky' (i) invasion of Sicily.

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