'SJ' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Batavia, Dutch East Indies, and Singapore to Colombo, Ceylon, and as s... Read More

'SJ' (iii) was the designation Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Santos to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1942/43). ... Read More

'SK' was a British abortive naval undertaking by Admiral Sir Charles Forbes’s Home Fleet to attack German shipping off the coast of Norway (22/23 September 1939)., The under... Read More

'Skachok' was a Soviet strategic offensive, more formally known as the 'Voroshilov Offensive Operation' within the 'Voronezh-Kharkov Strategic Offensive Operation', by General... Read More

'Skaggerak' was the German order by Konteradmiral Otto Klüber, heading the Admiral 'Nordmeer' command, that the heavier warships under his command in the waters off the north... Read More

'Ski Site' was the Allied semi-official designation of the ramp sites in northern France and the Low Countries from which Oberst Max Wachtel’s Flakregiment 155(W) launched V... Read More

'Skid' was a British naval undertaking to recover escaped prisoners of war from the coast of German-occupied Italy (June 1944). ... Read More

'Skinflint' was the British final objective of Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese’s X Corps of Lieutenant General B. L. Montgomery’s 8th Army in the 2nd Battle of El Alam... Read More

'Skirmish' was a British air operation to deliver Bristol Beaufighter heavy fighters to Malta (1941). ... Read More

'Skorpion' was the Axis operation by General Erwin Rommel’s emergent Deutsches Afrikakorps to reach and retake the Halfaya Pass in the immediate aftermath of 'Brevity', ther... Read More

'Skorpion-Ost' was a German propaganda campaign by the SS in the border area of Ukraine, Poland and Czechoslovakia (May 1944). ... Read More

'Skorpion-West' (i) was a German propaganda campaign, instigated at the behest of Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model, the Oberbefehlshaber 'West', by the SS on the Rhine river ... Read More

'Skorpion-West' (ii) was a US successful propaganda undertaking by the Office of Strategic Services' Morale Operations branch and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley’s US 12t... Read More

'Skua' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to provide radio contact between the 'Siskin' group in German-occupied Norway and the UK (4/8 May 1945)., J.... Read More

'Skye' was an Allied deception programme based on the broadcasting of false radio traffic in Scotland in support of the 'Fortitude North' deception plan associated with 'Overl... Read More

'Skyscraper' was an Allied unrealised plan for an amphibious assault across the English Channel onto the coast of German-occupied northern France (spring 1943)., 'Skyscraper' ... Read More

'SL' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Liverpool in the UK (Sep... Read More

'Slaboda' was the British programme of air and naval support for General Major Petar Drapsin’s Yugoslav 4th Army of Marshal Josip Broz Tito’s forces as it took the islands... Read More

'Slapstick' was the British capture of Taranto in the 'instep' of Italy by Major General G. F. Hopkinson’s 1st Airborne Division (9 September 1943)., The origins of the plan... Read More

'Sledge' was a British naval gunfire bombardment, just after 'Hammer' (iii), by 15 warships against the Italian coastal artillery positions in the area round Reggio di Calabri... Read More

'Sledgehammer' was an Allied (primarily US) unrealised plan for a landing of limited aims on the Cotentin peninsula of German-occupied northern France together with its major ... Read More

'Sleepy Lad' was a British special forces operation by Lieutenant Colonel W. Stirling’s 2nd Special Air Service to cut German railway and road communications between Ancona ... Read More

'Sleuth' was a British naval undertaking to locate and destroy suspected German blockade runners, on passage from Japan to Germany, in the area to the south-west of the Cocos ... Read More

'Slippery' was a British deception plan to persuade the Japanese that the British were about to undertake a major amphibious assault on the Kra isthmus area of Japanese-occupi... Read More

'Sloane' was a British one of several unrealised plans, including 'Abbey', for implementation in the event that Japanese forces moved into the Kra isthmus in the south of Thai... Read More

'Sly Bob' was a British naval deception in North Africa to create a type of collapsible dummy submarine which could be deployed in areas in which it might attract the attentio... Read More

'SM' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Singapore or Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to Fremantle, Australia ... Read More

'SM' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Naples, Italy, to Marseille, France, within th... Read More

'Smash' was a British carrierborne air attack on the coastal town of Elmas and the airfield at Cagliari on the Italian island of Sardinia within the context of 'Hats' to run r... Read More

'Smash' (ii) was a British amphibious exercise, involving the use of amphibious armoured vehicles, at Studland Bay on the coast of Dorset, in preparation for 'Neptune' (iii) ... Read More

'SMI23' was a British mine-clearing operation off the Orkney and Shetland island groups to the north of Scotland (1944). ... Read More

'Smithereens' was a British unrealised plan for an attack by aircraft of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris’s RAF Bomber Command on the German V-weapons development centre ... Read More

'Smolensk' was a German special forces operation by the Abwehr’s Abteilung II intelligence, reconnaissance and sabotage branch to pass through the Eastern Front in the area ... Read More

The 'Smolensk Defensive Operation' was undertaken by the Soviet forces to hold the key city of Smolensk on the German primary axis toward Moscow in 'Barbarossa' (10 July/5 Aug... Read More

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The 'Smolensk Strategic Offensive Operation' was the Soviet strategic offensive, more generally known as 'Suvorov', within the summer and autumn campaign of 1943 on the Easter... Read More

The 'Smolensk-Roslavl Offensive Operation' was fought by the Soviet forces of General Vasili D. Sokolovsky’s West Front, supported on its right flank by elements of General ... Read More

'SN' (i) was a British series of naval minelaying operations to create and maintain minefields in the waters off the UK, between Iceland and the Færoe islands group, and in t... Read More

'Sn' (ii) was a Japanese undertaking to establish air bases in the South Pacific area (June/July 1942)., On 29 June the 6,702-ton ammunition supply ship Kotoku Maru departed T... Read More

'SN' (iii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Sydney, Australia, to New Caledonia island, and as such reciprocals o... Read More

'Snapdragon' was a British special forces operation by Lieutenant Colonel W. Stirling’s 2nd Special Air Service on the Italian island of Pantelleria to take prisoners for in... Read More

'Snapper' was a British unrealised undertaking to aid the exploitation by Lieutenant General B. L. Montgomery’s 8th Army in the forthcoming 'Lightfoot', otherwise the 2nd Ba... Read More

'Snapshot' was a US photo-reconnaissance and attack on Japanese installations on the island of Palau, in the eponymous island group, as part of the preparations for the 'Stale... Read More

'Snatch' was a British small-scale amphibious attack on Japanese positions on the Elizabeth islands group off the south-west coast of Burma (November 1944). ... Read More

'Sneeze' was a British programme of naval undertakings in relation to French naval elements in the Middle East at the time of 'Torch' (6/15 November 1942)., On 6 November 1942... Read More

'Snelgrove' was a British special forces operation by the French 3rd Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (3rd Special Air Service) to harass German lines of retreat near Creu... Read More

'SNF' was the designation of Allied fast troopship convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Salerno and Naples, Italy, to North African ports after 'Av... Read More

'Snip' was a British unsuccessful naval undertaking to locate and either capture or destroy a Vichy French convoy on passage to the Indian Ocean from French Indo-China to Mada... Read More

'Snipe' was an Allied amphibious exercise in the loading and unloading of troops in preparation for 'Neptune' (iii) and 'Overlord' (27 February 1944). ... Read More

'Snowflake' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to organise and instruct local groups around Nordfjord, to the south of Ålesund in German-occupied Nor... Read More