'Squireen' was the US capture of Verona on the Adige river in north-eastern Italy by Lieutenant General Lucian K. Truscott’s 5th Army (25/26 April 1945)., Following the succ... Read More

'SR' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Calcutta, India, to Rangoon, Burma, for reinforcement of the forces holding that... Read More

'Sr' (ii) was the Japanese seizure of Lae and Salamaua on the south-eastern end of North-East New Guineas coast (8/10 March 1942)., The military value of the eastern half of N... Read More

'SR' (iii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Gibraltar, and as such reciprocals of the ... Read More

'SRF' was the designation of an Allied convoy plying between the south of France and Naples (September 1944). , The sole such convoy, returning empty vessels after the 'Dragoo... Read More

'SRM' was the designation of Allied convoys plying between the south of France and Naples in western Italy (September/October 1944)., These 17 convoys, returning empty vessels... Read More

'ST' (i) was a British four-part naval undertaking to intercept and destroy German coastal shipping (14/20 January 1940)., On 14/15 January the destroyers Glowworm, Grenville ... Read More

'ST' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Takoradi, Gold Coas... Read More

'ST' (iii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Sydney to Townsville, Australia, and as such reciprocals of the 'TS' ... Read More

'Stab' (i) was a British naval undertaking against the Japanese-occupied Andaman islands group in the Gulf of Bengal to divert Japanese attentions from the Solomon islands gro... Read More

'Stab' (ii) was the US designation under which the cover plan for 'Torch', later known as 'Sweater', was initially planned (September/October 1942). ... Read More

'Stacey' was a British naval photo-reconnaissance operation over southern Malaya and northern Sumatra by aircraft operating from carriers of Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Power’s ... Read More

'Stachelschwein' was a German naval minelaying operation to the north-east of the island of Capraia, just to the east of Corsica’s northern tip, by the large minelayer Pomme... Read More

'Stack' was a small British and Canadian undertaking in the Allies' Normandy lodgment to destroy German artillery observation positions in Caen (10/11 July 1944). , On 9 July,... Read More

'Stadthagen' was the German airborne forces' seizure of Sola, the airport of Stavanger and also the local air base, on the south-west coast of Norway, within 'Weserübung' (9 ... Read More

'Stahl' was a German airborne operation by part of Hauptmann Walter Koch’s Fallschirmjäger-Sturmabteilung 'Koch' of Generalleutnant Kurt Student’s 7th Fliegerdivision and... Read More

'Stakes' was a British part of 'Pungent' (12 January 1945). ... Read More

'Stalemate I' was the US overall scheme for the seizure of key islands among the 100 or more islands of the Palau archipelago as part of the 'Granite' plan (spring/summer 1944... Read More

'Stalemate II' was the US definitive version of 'Stalemate I' within the 'Forager' campaign for the capture of key targets in the Palau islands group (15 September/25 November... Read More

The 'Stalin Line' was a Soviet defence line in the western USSR extending along the full length of the long Soviet frontier with its western neighbours, running from a norther... Read More

The 'Stalingrad Strategic Defensive Operation' was the Soviet opposition to the German 'Fischreiher' attempt to take Stalingrad (17 July/18 November 1942)., As part of the 'Bl... Read More

The 'Stalingrad Strategic Offensive Operation' was the Soviet formal designation for the 'Uran' battle to cut off the German th Army and part of the 4th Panzerarmee in Staling... Read More

'Stallion' was an Australian part of a programme of special forces operations by the 'Z' Special Unit in the Brunei Bay area on the coast of Japanese-occupied Borneo (29 May/7... Read More

'Stamina' was the Allied airlift of forces from Lieutenant General A. F. P. Christison’s Indian XV Corps in the Arakan coastal region of western Burma to reinforce Lieutenan... Read More

'Stanley' (i) was the British overall designation of secret and clandestine operations in the Mediterranean Sea area (1943). ... Read More

'Stanley' (ii) was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man British and French 'Jedburgh' team into the Haute Marne area of German-occupied France (1 Septem... Read More

'Stanza' was the British build-up of a forward base at Rangoon for further advances into South-East Asia (summer/autumn 1945). , The plan proposed that the port be opened as s... Read More

'Star' was a U-boat wolfpack operation, in tandem with 'Specht', in the Atlantic against the ONS.5 convoy (27 April/4 May 1943). , The wolfpack comprised U-192, U-209, U-231, ... Read More

The 'Staraya Russa Offensive Operation' (i) was the Soviet fourth of the seven sub-operations constituting the 'Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation' in the area to the sou... Read More

The 'Staraya Russa Offensive Operation' (ii) was the third and last Soviet sub-operations of the 'Polyarnaya Zvezda Offensive Operation', and as such was an undertaking of the... Read More

The 'Staraya Russa-Novorzhevsk Offensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking that followed three other sub-operations that constituted the 'Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offens... Read More

'Starboard' was a British unrealised special forces raid by the Small Scale Raiding Force on the Ile de Batz off the coast of the Brittany region of German-occupied France (Ma... Read More

'Starfish' was a British decoy operation against German bombing by the simulation of bomb-dropped marker flares in areas of unoccupied countryside to lure the German aircraft ... Read More

'Starkey' was a British and US combined air offensive against German air strength in the west by means of a feint against the Boulogne area within the 'Fortitude' scheme (16 A... Read More

'Starvation' was a US programme of aerial minelaying by Major General Curtis E. LeMay’s XXI Bomber Command of LeMay’s (finally Lieutenant General Nathan F. Twining’s) 20... Read More

This was a British unrealised special forces raid by the Small Scale Raiding Force on the Ile Milliau in the Bréhat islands archipelago off the coast of Brittany in German-oc... Read More

'Statesman' was a US unrealised initial plan for a bombing campaign against the Romanian oilfields at Ploieşti, eventually developed in 'Soapsuds' and 'Tidal Wave' (spring 19... Read More

'Status I' was a British naval delivery of fighter reinforcements to Malta (8/10 September 1941)., On completion of 'Substance', the fighter strength of Malta was 85 serviceab... Read More

'Status II' was a British naval delivery of fighter reinforcements to Malta (10/14 September 1941)., After a rapid turnaround at Gibraltar after the completion of 'Status I', ... Read More

'STC' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Freetown, Sierra Leone, via Takoradi, Gold Coast, ... Read More

'Steak' was a British naval undertaking by elements of Admiral Sir Henry Moore’s Home Fleet to provide fighter cover for 'Counterblast' and also to carry out an air attack o... Read More

'Steel' (i) was a British naval undertaking to land a party of Special Operations Executive agents on the coast of the island of Sumatra in the Japanese-occupied Netherlands E... Read More

'Steel' (ii) was a British special forces operation to parachute one man into the Krivoklat area of German-occupied Czechoslovakia (27 April 1942 onward). ... Read More

'Steiger' was a German programme designed to reduce the severe shortage of workers in the mining industry (15 July 1943 onward)., Male prisoners of war, captured partisans and... Read More

'Stein' (i) was a German unrealised plan within 'Gelb' for the amphibious force of Kapitänleutnant Stein’s Sonderkommando 'Stein' to take and hold the Dutch islands of the ... Read More

'Stein' (ii) was a German naval minelaying operation in the Strait of Dover by the torpedo boats T 4, T 10, T 13 and T 14 of Korvettenkapitän Hans Wilcke’s 3rd Torpedoboots... Read More

'Steinadler' was a German operation against the partisan forces of ELAS (Greek People’s Liberation Army) round Pentalofos in the eastern part of German-occupied Greece (June... Read More

'Steinbock' was the German series of 'baby Blitz' night air raids against London and other major targets in the south of England under the direct control of the Oberkommando d... Read More

'Steinbrinck' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the SC.94 convoy (3/11 August 1942)., The wolfpack eventually comprised U-71, U-176, U-210, U-256, U-379,... Read More

'Steinbrock' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic, in tandem with 'Pirat', against the ONS.115 convoy (29 July/3 August 1942)., The wolfpack comprised U-43, U-71, U... Read More