'Tanne-Föhre' was the Axis oceanic rendezvous at which the U-boat U-530 and the Japanese submarine I-52 met to exchange high-priority trade goods and documents (23 June 1944)... Read More

The 'Tannen-Stellung' was a German defensive position at Chudovo behind the Leningrad front (spring 1943). ... Read More

'Tannenbaum' (i) was a German unrealised operation by the staff of Generaloberst (from 19 July 1940 Generalfeldmarschall) Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb’s Heeresgruppe 'C' for the ... Read More

'Tannenbaum' (ii) was a German and Croat unrealised operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the area between Bosanski Novi and Buzim in the puppet ... Read More

'Tannenberg' was the German basic plan for extermination activities directed at the Polish people as part of the 'Generalplan Ost' (May/October 1939)., A list was drawn up wit... Read More

The 'Tannenberg-Stellung' was a German defensive position on the Eastern Front to the west of Narva in Estonia (26 July/10 August 1944)., Between 26 July and 10 August the Bat... Read More

'Tannhäuser' was a German operation against partisans in the rear of Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge’s Heeresgruppe 'Mitte' in the German-occupied USSR (June 1943).... Read More

'TAP' was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) carrying personnel from the Thames river to France (1945). ... Read More

'Taper' was the Allied cover plan for 'Varsity' (March 1945)., The plan was based on the 'story' which promulgated the fictitious idea that the Allies intended to undertake an... Read More

'Tarbrush' was the British overall designation of the numerous small-scale beach reconnaissance operations undertaken along the coast of Normandy and neighbouring regions of G... Read More

'Tarigo' was an Italian convoy operation leading to an action between British and Italian destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea (13/16 April 1941)., Known to the British as the ... Read More

The 'Tartarenwall' was the German defensive position on the Perekop isthmus separating Crimea from the rest of the USSR (8/10 April 1944)., The defence was breached by the Sov... Read More

The 'Tartu Offensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking otherwise known as the Battle of Tartu and the Battle of Emajõgi, and was a campaign fought in the south-eastern part... Read More

'Tarzan' was a British unrealised plan for operations in the northern part of Japanese-occupied Burma by forces based in India (dry season 1943/44)., Prepared by the staff of ... Read More

'Taśma' was a Polish undertaking by the Armia Krajowa, the most important Polish resistance movement of World War II, against border outposts in German-occupied Poland (20 Au... Read More

'Tasumaki' was a Japanese unrealised plan for an offensive, based on an amphibious tank assault, to expel the US forces from their 'Cherryblossom' lodgement area on Bougainvil... Read More

The 'Tatsinskaya Raid' was a Soviet armoured raid deep into the German rear during the last phases of the Battle of Stalingrad (16/28 December 1942)., Undertaken by General Ma... Read More

'Tatsumaki' was the Japanese submarine component of the 'Yu' plan to decimate the US Fast Carrier Task Force in the lagoon of Majuro atoll in the Marshall islands group (May 1... Read More

'Tatzelwurm' was a German sub-operation within the 'Störfang' seizure of Sevastopol in Crimea by Generaloberst Erich von Manstein’s 11th Army (17/18 June 1942)., von Manste... Read More

'Taube' (i) was a German alternative name for 'Artur', an operation devised by the Abwehr’s Abteilung II department for the delivery back to Éire (Irish Free State) of the ... Read More

'Taube' (ii) was a German naval minelaying operation in the English Channel by the torpedo boats Kondor, Möwe, T 19, T 25 and T 27 of Korvettenkapitän Rudolf Koppenhagen’s... Read More

'Taubenschlag' was a German unrealised plan for Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein’s 11th Army to launch an offensive toward Toropets on the Eastern Front (October/Nove... Read More

The 'Tauern-Linie' was a German defence line in Norway (?). ... Read More

The 'Tausendfussler-Programm' was a German undertaking, specifically ordered by Adolf Hitter and entrusted for its implementation to Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt, t... Read More

'TAW' was the designation Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Trinidad via Aruba, Netherlands West Indies, to Guant... Read More

'Taxable' was a British sea and air radar deception designed specifically to persuade the Germans that an Allied invasion of the Pas de Calais or round Le Havre was imminent (... Read More

'Taxi' was the British unrequired plan for the defence of the oilfields and associated installations in the area round the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which could have been ... Read More

'Taxpayer' was the US geographical rather than operational codename for Angaur island, which was taken from the Japanese during the Pacific Ocean campaign (17 September/22 Oct... Read More

This was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from the USA across the Pacific Ocean to Sydney, Australia, as part of ... Read More

'TB' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Trinidad to Bahia, Brazil, and as such reciprocals of the 'BT' (i) ser... Read More

'TBC' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the coastal route from the Thames estuary to the Bristol Channel, and as such reciprocals... Read More

'TC' (i) was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Canada to the UK to deliver Canadian troops across the Atlanti... Read More

'TC' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Tunisian to Corsican ports, and as such reciprocals of the 'TC' (ii) s... Read More

'TCU' was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from the Caribbean (later New York) to Liverpool in the UK, and as suc... Read More

'TD' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Thursday island to Darwin, Australia, and as such reciprocals of the 'D... Read More

'TD' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from New Zealand to northern Australia (1942/44). ... Read More

'TE' (i) was the designation of Allied 'Trinidad Eastbound' convoys plying to the east from Trinidad for dispersal (1942/43). ... Read More

'TD' (ii) was the designation Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Gibraltar or western North African ports to more ... Read More

'Te' (iii) was a Japanese airborne assault on a number of US-held airfields on Leyte island in the Philippine archipelago (6/18 December 1944)., After seeing small-scale but c... Read More

'Teardrop' was a US naval undertaking against U-boats believed to be approaching the east coast of the USA for the launch of V-1 flying bombs (April/May 1945)., Two major US t... Read More

'Technical' was a British fast convoy operation in the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Malta taking advantage of the temporary lull resulting from Axis preoccupation with an i... Read More

'Telescope' (i) was a British part of 'Result' (i) (4 February 1941). ... Read More

'Telescope' (ii) was the British deception, later implemented as 'Copperhead', during its planning stage (May 1944). ... Read More

'Temple' was a British naval undertaking to run a single merchant vessel from the Strait of Gibraltar to Malta (28 April/2 May 1941)., Early in the spring of 1941, the situati... Read More

'Ten' was the Japanese plan for the air defence of Okinawa and the Japanese home islands (January/August 1945)., In its initial form, 'Ten' was devised by the Imperial General... Read More

'Tenable' was a British naval undertaking by elements of Admiral Sir Henry Moore’s Home Fleet to lay minefields against German shipping in the Ramisøysund, Lepsøyrev and H... Read More

'Tender' (i) was a British naval undertaking to deliver an updated air complement to the fleet carrier Ark Royal, escorted by the destroyers Faulknor and Fortune, of Vice Admi... Read More

'Tender' (ii) was a British unrealised plan for the employment of dummy paratroopers in support of 'Romulus' (ii) and 'Talon' in the Arakan western coastal region of Japanese-... Read More

'Tenderly' was a British naval undertaking by Lieutenant C. Martin’s MGB-318 to lay special navigational buoys off Triagoz and the Ile Losquet in support of 'Carpenter II' (... Read More

'Tenement' was a British special forces attack on the island of Simi in the German-occupied Dodecanese islands group of the south-western Aegean Sea (13/14 July 1944)., During... Read More