'Raubritter' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic off Newfoundland against the SC.52 convoy (1/17 November 1941)., The wolfpack comprised U-38, U-74, U-82, U-84, U-... Read More

'Raubtier' was the German offensive by General Georg Lindemann’s 18th Army of Generaloberst Georg von Küchler’s Heeresgruppe 'Nord' to check a Soviet offensive to the nor... Read More

'Raubvogel' was the German initial plan for a westward crossing of the upper part of the Rhine river by General Friedrich Dollmann’s 7th Army of Generaloberst Wilhelm Ritter... Read More

'Raubvogelkäfig' was the German attack on part of the Maginot Line toward Lunéville in eastern France by Generaloberst Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb’s Heeresgruppe 'C' as part o... Read More

'Raufbold' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the ON.153 convoy (11/22 December 1942)., The wolfpack comprised U-135, U-203, U-211, U-356, U-409, U-410, U... Read More

'Rauhnacht' was a German and Croat operation against the forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the Korenica area of occupied Yugoslavia (14/27 December 1944)., The task of the ... Read More

'Raureif' was a German and possibly Croat operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the Turbe area of puppet state of Croatia in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia (13... Read More

'Ravelin' was a British unrealised special forces attack by a Special Operation Executive party on a Japanese target at Shwegun in the Moulmein region at the northern end of t... Read More

'Raven' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to establish resistance groups of about 300 men in the mountains around Voss in German-occupied Norway, and... Read More

'Ravenous' was the British unrealised plan within 'Plan Y' (i) and 'Plan Z' (i) for Lieutenant General G. A. P. Scoones’s Indian IV Corps of Lieutenant General W. J. Slim’... Read More

'Ravine' was a British special forces operation by the Special Air Service to sabotage the French railway system in the Dordogne region of German-occupied France, and so make ... Read More

'Ravioli' was a US operation by the Office of Strategic Services to undermine the morale of the German forces in the area of Siena in German-occupied Italy (July 1944)., The u... Read More

'Rawlinson' was a British unrealised plan, in concert with 'Byng', to enlarge the lodgement of Lieutenant General J. T. Crocker’s I Corps of Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dem... Read More

'Raymond' was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man British and French 'Jedburgh' team into the Vendée area of German-occupied France (28 September 1944... Read More

'Rayon' was a British deception operation in the Mediterranean, based on the 'story' of an imminent invasion of Crete, and was designed to cover the passage of a convoy to Mal... Read More

'Razorbill' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive in German-occupied Norway to instruct groups in Bergen, receive weapons, arrange for the transfer of me... Read More

'Razzle' was a British unsuccessful attempt, in parallel with 'Decker', by Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal’s RAF Bomber Command to start major fires by dropping large numbers... Read More

'RB' was the designation of an Allied convoy (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Newfoundland, Canada, to Liverpool, UK, using small passenger ships (Sept... Read More

'Re' was the Japanese attempt to seize Milne Bay near the south-eastern tip of Papua in parallel with 'Mo' (ii) against Port Moresby (25 August/6 September 1942)., The Battle ... Read More

'Rebhuhn' was a German naval minelaying operation in the English Channel by the torpedo boats Kondor, T 19, T 25 and T 27 of Korvettenkapitän Rudolf Koppenhagen’s 5th Torpe... Read More

'Rebound' was a Canadian-led Allied offensive in the area of Roosendaal within the German-occupied Netherlands (28/30 October 1944). , The undertaking involved Major General H... Read More

'Reckless' was the US seizure of the Hollandia area in the Japanese-held Netherlands New Guinea (22 April/6 June 1944)., In 1941 Hollandia was the largest settlement in the Du... Read More

'Record Books' was a British air offensive against German shipping concentrations in the western Baltic and also on the 60 or so U-boats heading for bases in German-occupied N... Read More

'RED' (ii) was the designation of British convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from the Clyde via Gibraltar to the Far East (September/October 1939)., T... Read More

'Red Admiral' was an Allied unrealised plan for an airborne operation by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton’s Allied 1st Airborne Army to seize the Eider river and the Kie... Read More

'Red Ball' was the US system of one-way express truck routes through northern France from the English Channel ports to keep the Allied armies supplied with all necessities bet... Read More

'Red Bar' was a British naval deception in which faked messages, in a code of which the British had earlier sold a copy to the Italians, were sent (1940/41). ... Read More

'Red Vault' was a US operation by Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s II Corps of Lieutenant General K. A. N. Anderson’s Allied 1st Army against the Axis forces in the s... Read More

'Redbreast' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to send a radio operator to maintain communications between the UK and the Bremnes and Stord areas of G... Read More

'Redpoll' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to establish a radio station on the coast near Bergen and in the vicinity of a suitable landing area in G... Read More

'Redshank' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive against the Baardshaug converter and transformer station which controlled power to the railway between t... Read More

'Redstart' was a British special forces operation by the Special Operations Executive to bring the organisation in the Voss area of German-occupied Norway into a state of read... Read More

'Redwing' (i) was a British series of naval exercises to rehearse procedures for implementation in the event that the German battleship Tirpitz broke out from her forward base... Read More

'Redwing' (ii) was a British special forces operation by the Special Operations Executive to form a small group in the Voss-Bergen area of German-occupied Norway to work eithe... Read More

'Reflection' was a British naval undertaking to land French agents in St Brieuc Bay on the Brittany coast of German-occupied France (15/16 June 1944)., Lieutenant R. F. Seddon... Read More

'Reflex' was a British cover operation to aid 'Brisk' and 'Shrapnel', or 'Accordion' and 'Sackbut' (1940/41). ... Read More

'Regan' was the British original designation for the special forces operation which was implemented by the 5th Special Air Service as 'Fabian' (autumn 1944). ... Read More

'Regatta' (i) was the British movement of Brigadier C. J. Weld’s Indian 21st Brigade of Major General W. A. K. Fraser’s (from 15 May Major General W. J. Slim’s) Indian 1... Read More

'Regatta' (ii) was a German operation against partisans in the region to the south of Gorky in Belorussia, south-west of Smolensk in the German-occupied western USSR (3/8 Octo... Read More

'Regatta I' was a German artillery bombardment of the Soviet shore positions flanking the Strait of Kerch between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in support of the crossing ... Read More

'Regen' (i) was the German withdrawal of Generaloberst Ferdinand Schörner’s Heeresgruppe 'Nord', under pressure from Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza Andrei I. Eremenko’s 2nd Ba... Read More

'Regen' (ii) was the German plan by the political leadership of Pomerania for the evacuation of all area to the east of the 'Pommern-Stellung' defensive position as the Soviet... Read More

'Regenbogen' (i) was the German naval undertaking against the JW.51B convoy, leading to the Battle of the Barents Sea (31 December 1942)., The battle involved the British wars... Read More

'Regenbogen' (ii) was a German undertaking schemed by Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz, Adolf Hitler’s successor as the German leader and commander-in-chief of the German navy, for... Read More

'Regency' was a British amphibious landing exercise at Brighton, on the south coast of England, by Brigadier R. E. Laycock’s Special Service Brigade (July 1943). ... Read More

'Regenfass' was a German operation against partisans in the Ushachy region of Belorussia to the south of Polotsk in the German-occupied western USSR (April 1944). , The region... Read More

'Regenpfeifer' was a German operation by the reinforced 100th Aufklärungsabteilung of Generalleutnant Willibald Utz’s 100th Jägerdivision against the partisan force led by... Read More

'Regenschauer' was a German operation against partisans in the Ushachy region of Belorussia to the south of Lepel and Polotsk in the German-occupied western USSR, and undertak... Read More

'Regenschirm' (i) was the German bombing of the British city of Birmingham (19/28 November 1940). , Birmingham’s industrial importance in the British war effort meant that t... Read More

'Regenschirm' (ii) was a U-boat wolfpack operation off the north-west coast of German-occupied Norway (14/16 October 1944)., The wolfpack comprised U-293, U-310, U-771 and U-9... Read More