'S' (i) was the Japanese seizure of Lombok island in the Dutch East Indies (8/9 March 1942)., Lombok is part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda islands group, with the Lombok an... Read More

'S' (ii) was a German and Croat operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the puppet state of Croatia in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia (24/28 August 1942)., The o... Read More

'Sa-1' was a Japanese naval sortie against Allied shipping on the route linking Aden and Australia across the Indian Ocean (1/15 March 1944)., The task was entrusted to Rear A... Read More

'Saar' was the French limited offensive into western Germany undertaken in an effort to support Poland soon after Germany had invaded the latter in 'Weiss' (i) (7/16 September... Read More

'Saarhechen-Stellung' was a German extemporised defence position designed to combine natural defensive features, portions of the 'Ligne Maginot' defences and portions of the '... Read More

'Sabine' was the British suppression of the nationalist and pro-German insurrection in Iraq (18 April/30 May 1941). , The Anglo-Iraqi War was the British campaign against the ... Read More

'Sabre' was a British naval attack on the underwater communications cables off Cape St Jacques, near Saigon in Japanese-occupied French Indo-China, using a midget submarine (3... Read More

'Sacco' was a German naval operation to escort the 6,951-ton blockade runner Osorno outbound to Japan from Bordeaux on the west coast of German-occupied France across the Bay ... Read More

The 'Sächsen-Linie' was the German third intermediate fallback position during the evacuation of the Rzhev-Vyaz’ma salient to the north-east of Smolensk (13/14 March 1943).... Read More

'Sackbut' was a British early version of 'Shrapnel' (winter 1940/41). ... Read More

'Safari (i) was a British unrealised concept for an Allied 'triphibious' landing in Denmark no earlier than 1 May 1943 (1942/43)., The concept originated with Prime Minister W... Read More

'Safari' (ii) was a German operation in which German and Danish SS troops disarmed and then disbanded all Danish military units in German-occupied Denmark (29 August 1943)., O... Read More

'Sahib' was the Allied programme of air resupply missions during 'Overlord' (6 June 1944 onward). ... Read More

'Sailmaker' was a British and Canadian unrealised plan for General H. D. G. Crerar’s Canadian 1st Army to take the German-held island of Schouwen in the estuary of the Maas ... Read More

'Sainfoin' was a French special forces operation to parachute a team into the Franche-Comté area of German-occupied France (10 September 1944 onward). ... Read More

'Salaam' was a German undertaking by the Abwehr’s Abteilung II department (sabotage and special tasks) in an effort to establish links with nationalist and therefore anti-Br... Read More

'Salad' was a British special forces undertaking to reconnoitre the Cap d’Antifer on the north coast of German-occupied France between Fécamp and Le Havre (1943). ... Read More

'Saladin' was an Allied unrealised plan for the reoccupation of Crete in the event of a German evacuation (1944/45). ... Read More

'Salam' was a German plan to deliver two agents to make contact with Egyptian nationalist elements in the hope of fomenting an anti-British rising and/or persuading the Egypti... Read More

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'Salamander II' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive using a four-man party (F. Kayser, S. Synnes, A. Trønnes and K. Karlsen) to attack U-boats, depot ... Read More

'Salamander III' was a British unrealised operation by the Special Operations Executive to attack U-boats, depot ships and other vessels in the Søvdefjord area of German-occu... Read More

'Salamander IV' was a British unrealised operation by the Special Operations Executive to attack U-boats, depot ships and other vessels at Hatvik in German-occupied Norway usi... Read More

'Salamander V' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to attack U-boats, depot ships and other vessels at Vingvågen near Trondheim in German-occupied Nor... Read More

'Salesman' was a British airborne special forces raid by the French 3rd Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (3rd Special Air Service) near Sussac in the central part of Germa... Read More

'Salient' (i) was a British naval undertaking to reinforce Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet at Alexandria and, at the same time, deliver supplies to Malta... Read More

'Salient' (ii) was the British naval delivery of Supermarine Spitfire fighters to Malta (8/10 June 1942)., Forced by the imminent threat of starvation on Malta, the decision t... Read More

'Salmon' was a British and US operation against U-boats operating in the North Atlantic (1943). ... Read More

'Salpa' was a German and Finnish naval minelaying operation off the island of Lavansaari (Moshchny in Russian) in the Gulf of Finland (early May 1943)., The island had become ... Read More

'Salutaris' was a British unrealised special forces raid on IJmuiden on the coast of the German-occupied Netherlands (March 1942). ... Read More

'Salvage' was a British naval operation to intercept and capture or sink German blockade-running ships (15 June 1941). , The 10,746-ton tanker Lothringen surrendered after bei... Read More

'Salzsee' was a German programme of sabotage operations in the Kalmyk area of the southern USSR as the German forces withdrew to the west (1944). ... Read More

'Samara' was a German unrealised plan to improve the start line of General Rudolf Freiherr von Roman’s XX Corps of Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model’s 9th Army within Gene... Read More

'Sambesi' was a German naval minelaying operation in the Skagerrak (5/6 August 1944). , The minefield was laid by the minelayers Ostmark and Kaiser, escorted by the destroyers... Read More

The 'Samland Offensive Operation' was the Soviet undertaking as the sixth and final sub-operation of the 'East Prussian Strategic Offensive Operation' to clear the Samland are... Read More

'Sampler' was a British unrealised naval undertaking to locate and sink German shipping in the Leads between Sildegabet and Bradsmund just off the west coast of German-occupie... Read More

'Sampson' was the British overall designation of blind bombing attacks using the 'Gee' radio navigation aid (8 March 1942/8 May 1945). ... Read More

'Samson' was a British special forces operation by the French 3rd Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (3rd Special Air Service) to disrupt German road and rail communications... Read More

'Samwest' was a British special forces operation by the French 4th Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (4th Special Air Service) to establish a base near St Brieuc in the For... Read More

'San Antonio I' was the US initial bombing raid by Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell’s XXI Bomber Command of General Henry H. Arnold’s 20th AAF from newly completed bas... Read More

'San Antonio II' was the US bombing raid by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers of Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell’s XXI Bomber Command of General Henry H. Arno... Read More

'Sandbank' was a British support undertaking by parties of the Small Operations Group (Special Boat Section) for the crossings of the Chindwin river at Sittaung, Mawlaik and K... Read More

'Sandeman' was a British unrealised plan to aid Portugal in the event of a German invasion (1941/42). ... Read More

'Sanderling' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to deliver a party to work in the counties of East and West Agder in the southern part of German-occup... Read More

'Sandfly' was a British landing by a detachment of the Small Operations Group (Special Boat Section) on the coast of Japanese-occupied North Borneo (March 1945). ... Read More

'Sandmann' was a German and Croat operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the puppet state of Croatia in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia (29 October/3 November 19... Read More

The 'Sandomierz-Silesian Offensive Operation' was the Soviet southern half of the 'Vistula-Oder Strategic Offensive Operation', whose northern half was the 'Warsaw-Poznań Off... Read More

'Sandpiper' was a British operation by the Special Forces Executive to make contact with existing organisations in southern part of German-occupied Norway, establish radio com... Read More

'Sandwich' (i) was a British unrealised proposal for a pre-emptive move from northern Malaya into southern Thailand in the event that a Japanese invasion of that country appea... Read More

'Sandwich' (ii) was the British first supply convoy operation to Malta following the final defeat of the Axis forces in North Africa (May 1943)., By this time the flow of supp... Read More