'Bookmark' was an Allied air operation against German shipping in the coastal waters of the German-occupied Netherlands (?). ... Read More

'Boomerang' (i) was an Allied training exercise in water-proofing and landing motor vehicles in preparation for 'Neptune' (iii) and 'Overlord' (spring 1944). ... Read More

'Boomerang' (ii) was a US air attack by the XX Bomber Command of General Henry H. Arnold’s 20th AAF from a forward base near Trincomalee in Ceylon against the Japanese-opera... Read More

'Boothby' was a British naval diversion plan in support of 'Baytown' (i) (3 September 1943). , Using some of the naval force earmarked for the support of 'Baytown' (i), the un... Read More

'Boots' was a British unrealised plan, later revived and somewhat modified as 'Hammer', for an amphibious frontal assault to retake the Norwegian port city of Trondheim after ... Read More

'Bora' was a German and Croat operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the puppet state of Croatia in German-occupied Yugoslavia (28 March 1944)., T... Read More

'Boreas' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Arctic Ocean, in the area between the north of German-occupied Norway and the Svalbard islands group, against the QP.15 convoy ... Read More

The 'Borisov Defensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking on the left and right banks of the Berezina river and along the main road linking Minsk and Moscow near the town Bor... Read More

The 'Borisov-Lepel Offensive Operation' was the Soviet last of three sub-operations together constituting the 'Belorussian Strategic Defensive Operation', and as such was a So... Read More

'Borkum' (i) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the MKS.33/SL.142, OS.62/KMS.36 and MKS.34/SL.143 paired convoys (18 December 1943/3 January 1944). , The ... Read More

'Borkum I' was a U-boat wolfpack operation by part of the 'Borkum' wolfpack to the west of the Iberian peninsula against the MKS.35 and SL.144 convoys and sundry Allied hunter... Read More

'Borkum II' was a U-boat wolfpack operation by part of the 'Borkum' wolfpack to the west of the Iberian peninsula (3/13 January 1944)., The wolfpack comprised U-641 and U-758,... Read More

'Borkum III' was a U-boat wolfpack operation by part of the 'Borkum' wolfpack to the west of the Iberian peninsula (3/13 January 1944)., The wolfpack comprised U-231, U-377 an... Read More

The 'Bornholm Landing Operation' was the Soviet amphibious seizure of the German-occupied Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea (9 May 1945)., Bornholm is the most easte... Read More

'Bosemüller' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the SL.84 and OG.73 convoys (1/2 September 1941)., The wolfpack comprised U-71, U-83, U-95, U-557, U-558,... Read More

'Boston' (i) was a US and Australian unrealised plan for the recapture of the Abau and Mullins Harbour area on the south-east coast of New Guinea for the construction of an ai... Read More

'Boston' (ii) was the US airborne delivery of Major General Matthew B. Ridgway’s 82nd Airborne Division to the area of Ste Mère Eglise on the south-eastern side of the Cote... Read More

'Bosut' was a Croat operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the Syrmia region of Axis-occupied Yugoslavia (April 1943). ... Read More

'Bottle' (i) was a British naval air operation to lay mines in Norwegian waters (18 May 1940)., The operation was undertaken by aircraft operating from the fleet carrier Glori... Read More

'Bottle' (ii) was a British clandestine minelaying operation off the coast of German-occupied Europe using fishing vessels (April 1941). ... Read More

'Bottle' (iii) was a British unrealised naval operation by Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton’s Eastern Fleet against the Japanese (May 1942) ... Read More

'Bottom' was a British unrealised plan for an attack on major Italian warships in the harbour of Taranto, on the 'instep' of Italy, using X-craft midget submarines (August 194... Read More

'Bouzonville' was a US tactical diversion operation in north-western Europe, and designed to persuade the Germans that Major General Horace L. McBride’s 80th Division was co... Read More

'Bowery' was a British and US naval delivery of Supermarine Spitfire fighters to Malta (7/9 May 1942)., Also associated with the codenames 'Oppidan' (i) and 'Hansford' for the... Read More

'Bowler' was a British and US air attack on shipping in the harbour of Venice on the north-east coast of Italy (21 March 1945)., In January photo-reconnaissance sorties had re... Read More

'Boxcloth' was the US seizure of Abemama atoll in the Gilbert islands group of the central Pacific Ocean (20/23 November 1943). , The atoll officially named Abemama and codena... Read More

'Boxer' was an Allied unrealised plan to land major elements of Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton’s Allied 1st Airborne Army (Major General R. E. Urquhart’s British 1st... Read More

'BP' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Bombay, India, to ports of the Persian Gulf, and as such reciprocals of the... Read More

'BQ' was the British part of a Anglo-French unrealised major naval sweep against Italian shipping and naval forces in the central Mediterranean and to undertake a gunfire bom... Read More

'Bracelet' (i) was a British unrealised operation to capitalise on 'Anklet' in the Lofoten islands group off the west coast of German-occupied northern Norway (28/30 December ... Read More

'Bracelet' (ii) was the inter-Allied 2nd Moscow Conference between the major powers (12/17 August 1942)., At this conference, Winston Churchill, the British prime minister, Av... Read More

'Bracknell' was a British unrealised plan by the Special Operations Executive to commit a party for the protection of power stations on the Lofoten islands group off the coast... Read More

'Braddock I' was an Allied unrealised programme by the Special Operations Executive and Office of Strategic Services to supply munitions to resistance forces in German-occupie... Read More

'Braddock II' was an Allied unrealised programme by the Special Operations Executive and Office of Strategic Services to drop small fused incendiary devices to European worker... Read More

'Bradman' was the US air attack on the monastery at Monte Cassino in the expectation that this would ease the task of the Allied ground forces in 'Avenger', otherwise the 2nd ... Read More

'Braganza' was a British small-scale operation by elements of Lieutenant General B. G. Horrocks’s XXX Corps before the launch of the 'Lightfoot' first phase of the 2nd Battl... Read More

'Braintree' was an Allied deception plan in the Mediterranean theatre (June/July 1944)., Intended to continue the 'story' proposed in 'Ferdinand' (iii) and thereby enhance the... Read More

'Brake' was a British special forces operation by the Special Air Service (March 1945)., Undertaken in western Germany, the undertaking was one of a series named for parts of ... Read More

'Brandenburg' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the ON.14, ON.16, ON.19, SC.42 and SC.44 convoys (15 September/2 October 1941)., The wolfpack comprised 1... Read More

'Brandfackel' was a German and possibly Croat operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the Kozara mountain region and Banja Luka (11/16 January 1944... Read More

'Brandon' was a British special forces operation to parachute eight operatives of the Special Operations Executive into the Tunis area of Axis-occupied North Africa for a rail... Read More

'Brandung' was the Axis counterstroke in the final stages of the 'Crusader' (i) battle in North Africa (24/26 November 1941)., With Lieutenant General C. W. M. Norrie’s Brit... Read More

'Brandy' was a British special forces raid on German shipping in the harbour of Florø in the western part of German-occupied Norway (14/15 February 1943)., Undertaken by seve... Read More

'Branford' was a British amphibious reconnaissance mission by a 12-man party of the Small Scale Raiding Force to assess the military utility of the Ile Burhou to the north-wes... Read More

'Brasil' was a German, Finnish and Italian attempt, initially schemed by Kenraaliluutnantii Paavo Talvela while commanding the Finnish VI Armeijakunta (corps), to seize from t... Read More

'Brass' was a British unrealised plan for the destruction of the oil facilities at Kirkuk in north-eastern Iraq in the event they came under threat of capture by rebel Iraqi o... Read More

'Brassard' was the Free French capture of the island of Elba off the west coast of Italy (17/19 June 1944)., This Italian island had been seized by the Germans in 'Achse' (ii)... Read More

'Brasso' was a British undertaking to ensure the speedy unloading of the freighters Orari and Troilus along the lines of the programme developed for all the ships which reache... Read More

The 'Bratislava-Brno Offensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking in the western part of Slovakia and southern Moravia by the forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in order to ca... Read More

'Braun' (i) was a German contingency plan for an offensive into north central France by Generaloberst Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb’s Heeresgruppe 'C', which was otherwise tasked ... Read More