'Degree' was the British 'Special Operation No. 2' in the Middle East (?). ... Read More

'Delphin' (i) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the western Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic off the Strait of Gibraltar (10/17 November 1942)., The wolfpack comprised U-25... Read More

'Delphin' (ii) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the TM.1 and UGS.4 convoys (26 December 1942/14 February 1943)., The wolfpack comprised U-87, U-107, U-1... Read More

'Delphin' (iii) was a German operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito on the central Dalmatian islands of Ugljan and Pasman, off Zadar on the Croat coast of Ge... Read More

'Delphin' (iv) was a German naval minelaying operation in the Mediterranean off the north-west coast of Italy by Korvettenkapitän Wirich von Gartzen’s 10th Torpedoboots-Flo... Read More

'Delphin' (v) was the German withdrawal from the island of Saaremaa (Ösel in German) off the coast of Estonia as a result of the 'Moonzund Offensive Operation' (23/25 Novembe... Read More

'Delta' (i) was a German mopping-up operation in Axis-occupied western Greece by elements of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List’s 12th Army after the conclusion of 'Marita' (... Read More

'Delta' (ii) was a German anti-partisan operation in German-occupied western Greece (10 July 1943). ... Read More

'Deluge' was the Australian landing and subsequent campaign in the Aitape, Wewak and Sepik region of North-East New Guinea (November 1944/August 1945)., The Aitape and Wewak c... Read More

'Demcat' was a British air and sea search for U-boat supply ships believed to be operating in the Gulf of Aden and/or the Gulf of Oman (21/30 October 1942)., The British ships... Read More

'Demon' (i) was the British naval evacuation of Allied forces from mainland Greece at the end of the Axis conquest of the country in 'Marita' (24 April/1 May 1941)., 'Maritaï... Read More

'Demon' (ii) was the British occupation of Abadan in southern Iran by Major General C. O. Harvey’s Indian 8th Division within 'Countenance' (25 August 1941)., The operation ... Read More

'Demure' was a British naval undertaking to land tanks on the coast of North Africa to the west of El Alamein (1942). ... Read More

The 'Demyansk Defensive Operation' was the fifth of the seven Soviet sub-operations of the 'Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation', and was fought in the area to the south a... Read More

'Denkzettel' was an Axis operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in German-occupied Yugoslavia (27 April 1944)., The core of the undertaking was Gener... Read More

'Deported' was an Allied operation to take the Kufra oasis in the Western Desert (31 January/1 March 1941)., The Buma airfield at Kufra and the radio post in the same area wer... Read More

'Der Wolf Bellt' was a German unrealised special forces undertaking, under the leadership of SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny, to prevent Maréchal Henri Philippe Benoni ... Read More

'Dernge' was an Allied intensive anti-submarine air successor to 'Enclose II' in the Bay of Biscay at a time when the U-boat campaign was at its height and boats were trying t... Read More

'Derby' was a British operation by the Special Operations in Norway to create and disseminate 'black' propaganda directed at German servicemen (October 1943/May 1945)., In Oct... Read More

'Derfflinger' was a German unrealised plan by the Oberkommando des Heeres for Generaloberst Walter Model’s 9th Army and Generaloberst Ernst Busch’s 16th Army of Generalobe... Read More

'Derrick' was an Allied tactical deception plan in support of 'Husky' (i) (July 1943)., The plan’s object was to contain the German and Italian forces in the western part of... Read More

'Derry' was a British special forces operation by the French 3rd Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (3rd Special Air Service) to protect bridges near Finisterre in the Britt... Read More

'Dervish' (i) was the British first convoy to the USSR via the Arctic route (21/31 August 1941)., On 22 June 1941, the Germans began their 'Barbarossa' invasion of the USSR, ... Read More

'Dervish' (ii) was an Allied unrealised strategic deception plan in North-West Europe (January/February 1945)., The plan was designed with the object of causing the Germans to... Read More

'Desecrate I' was a US carrierborne air attack on Japanese targets in the Palau islands group, and Yap and Woleai in the Caroline islands group, by Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitsch... Read More

'Desmond' was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man 'Jedburgh' team (one US and two French) into the Poitiers area of German-occupied France to attack th... Read More

'Desperation' was a British security exercise in which an agent, masquerading as a German operative, was landed on the south coast of Wales to test local security measures (Ap... Read More

'Destroyer' was the Allied operation to clear the German forces from the Over-Betuwe area of the Netherlands as part of 'Quick Anger' (2/3 April 1945)., With the postponement ... Read More

'Detachment' was the US seizure of Iwo Jima island, the central and largest of the three islands of the Kazan-retto (Volcano islands group) (19 February/26 March 1945)., The i... Read More

'Detained I' was an Allied amphibious assault on Solta island off the Dalmatian coast of German-occupied Yugoslavia near Vis island (18 March 1944)., The British and US force ... Read More

'Detained II' was the Allied landing of a comparatively large force of Yugoslav partisans on Solta island, off the Dalmatian coast of German-occupied Yugoslavia near Vis islan... Read More

'Detmold' was the German operation to take Trondheim on the west coast of Norway as part of 'Weserübung' (9 April 1940)., The task of delivering the ground force was allocate... Read More

'Detroit' was the US gliderborne landing of elements of Colonel Harry L. Lewis’s 325th Glider Infantry and other units of Major General Matthew B. Ridgway’s 82nd Airborne ... Read More

'Devon' was the British amphibious seizure of the Italian port of Termoli on the western side of the Adriatic Sea (1/8 October 1943)., The plan was created within the context ... Read More

'Dexterity' was the US amphibious operation, within the context of 'Cartwheel' in General Douglas MacArthur’s South-West Pacific Area command, to take key areas in North-Eas... Read More

'DF' (i) was a British operation to destroy as much as possible of the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, and to block maritime access to this port, before the arrival of the German f... Read More

'DF' (ii) was a British naval undertaking by ships and carrierborne aircraft to find and destroy German shipping off the coast of German-occupied central Norway (6/7 September... Read More

'DF' (iii) was the designation of Allied military ferry convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from the Clyde river to the Færoe islands group, and as su... Read More

'DG' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Thursday island, north-eastern Australia, to Merauke, Netherlands New Guine... Read More

'DH' was a British naval sweep by elements of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes’s Home Fleet along the coast of German-occupied Norway (12/17 October 1940)., The force comprised th... Read More

'DHU' was a British naval surface force support for the 'DH' carrierborne air attack on shipping in the port of Tromsø in German-occupied Norway (15/19 October 1940)., At 15.... Read More

'Diadem' was the Allied strategic offensive devised during the spring of 1944 by the headquarters of General the Hon. Sir Harold Alexander’s Allied Central Mediterranean For... Read More

'Diadora' was the US strategic plan by General Mark W. Clark’s Allied 15th Army Group for the final offensive in Italy (February 1945)., Clark’s plan was steadily develope... Read More

'Diamond' was the British planning and construction of a dummy water pipeline as part of the 'Bertram' deception undertaking in preparation for the 'Lightfoot' opening phase o... Read More

'Dicing' was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a four-man British and Free Dutch 'Jedburgh' team into north-western Germany (7 April/8 May 1945). ... Read More

'Dick' was a US special forces operation to parachute a three-man Office of Strategic Services team into the Valtellina area of German-occupied Italy to aid local resistance f... Read More

'Dickens' (i) was the Allied offensive by New Zealand and Indian formations of General the Hon. Sir Harold Alexander’s Allied Armies in Italy against the German forces of Ge... Read More

'Dickens' (ii) was a British special forces operation by the French 3rd Régiment des Chasseurs Parachutistes (3rd Special Air Service) to cut German rail communications, gath... Read More

'Die Schwarze Sieben' was a German intelligence undertaking by the Abwehr in which seven men of Jewish origin were despatched to the USA, via Switzerland and Spain, in an effo... Read More

'Dietrich' was a German unrealised plan by Adolf Hitler to effect the relief of Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus’s 6th Army, trapped in Stalingrad by the success of the Soviet... Read More