'Dijon' was a US unrealised operational-level deception plan to facilitate the drive on Metz, in eastern France, by Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army, by sugges... Read More

'Dilator' was a British unrealised special forces operation against a German target on the north coast of German-occupied France (?). ... Read More

'Dillwyn' was a British special forces operation to deliver a three-man 'Jedburgh' reconnaissance and communications team into the Kachin hills area of Burma to recruit and tr... Read More

'Dinara' was an Axis plan for a series of operations against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito agreed by Croat, German and Italian commanders at a meeting held in Zagreb ... Read More

'Dingson' was a British special forces operation by the French 4th Régiment des Chasseurs Parachutistes (4th Special Air Service) near Lilleran in the Vannes region of German... Read More

'Dipford-Frinton' was a British uncompleted operation by the Special Operations Executive in German-occupied Norway to work with the central leadership of the Milorg military ... Read More

'Diplomat' naval undertaking by Admiral Sir James Somerville’s Eastern Fleet to prepare elements of the fleet in the operational procedures that would be required in planned... Read More

'Diplomatic' was a British series of discussions, including 'Vault' (ii), with Portugal before the agreed Allied occupation of the Azores islands group (1942/43). ... Read More

'Dipper' (i) was a Canadian planning exercise, at divisional and brigade levels, in the UK with a view to establishing procedures for amphibious assault operations on German-o... Read More

'Dipper' (ii) was the US initial designation for 'Cherryblossom' (October 1943)., As of 15 October 'Dipper' included operations against Bougainville and other islands at the n... Read More

'Dipper' (iii) was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to organise and train local groups of the Milorg military resistance organisation and supervise the ... Read More

'Director' (i) was the US seizure of the Cape Merkus area on the Arawe peninsula of New Britain island by Brigadier General Julian W. Cunningham’s 'Director' Task Force (15 ... Read More

'Director' (ii) was an Australian series of minor naval gunfire support and landing operations along the coast of Japanese-occupied New Guinea (February 1944). ... Read More

'Direktive 32' was the German long-term military planning or, more realistically, statement of desire for the conquest of Iraq, Iran and India (1942/43)., All such planning wa... Read More

'Dirschau' was a German operation, the first genuinely military undertaking of World War II, designed to ensure the survival of the railway bridge over the lower reaches of th... Read More

'Disclaim' was a British Force 133 airborne liaison mission by the Special Operations Executive to parachute a party of two British and two Yugoslav personnel, under the comma... Read More

'Discretion' was a British unrealised plan for the powerful anti-aircraft defence of Haifa in Palestine should it become necessary for Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Medite... Read More

The 'Distant Approaches Defensive Operation', which is also known as the 'Battle of the 74-km Crossing' and the 'Battle of Abganerovo Station', was a Soviet defensive undertak... Read More

'Divan' was a British naval diversionary undertaking, during the passage of the JW.60 convoy through the Bjørnøya Passage, to mine the Leads of German-occupied Norway at Fin... Read More

'Diver' (i) was the British overall system to provide defence against the German V-1 flying bomb (June 1944/May 1945)., As part of this undertaking, anti-aircraft guns were re... Read More

'Diver' (ii) was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to have P. Skram and T. Jørgen act as military adviser to the district leader of the Milorg military ... Read More

'Divorce' (i) was the US overall designation of the programme to train US Army and US Marine Corps formations for amphibious operations in the Pacific theatre (1942/44). ... Read More

'Divorce' (ii) was an Allied unrealised air plan to destroy the bridges over the Reno river, flowing through north-eastern Italy from the Apennine mountains to the Adriatic Se... Read More

'DK' (i) was a British unrealised naval undertaking by Admiral Sir Charles Forbes’s Home Fleet to detach part of its strength for an offensive sweep against any German ships... Read More

'DK' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Durban, South Africa, to Kilindini, Kenya, and... Read More

'DKA' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Durban, South Africa, via Kilindini, Kenya, to Aden, and inaugurated in Se... Read More

'DL' was a British naval sweep along the coast of German-occupied Norway in search of supply convoys for interception and destruction (19/21 November 1940)., The ships involve... Read More

'DLM' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Durban, South Africa, to Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa, and as... Read More

'DM' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Durban, South Africa, to ports in Malaya (January/March 1942)., There w... Read More

'DM' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Darwin, Australia, to the north (July 1944/September 1945). , The firs... Read More

The 'Dmitriev-Sevsk Offensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking by the Central Front as part of an unsuccessful plan to inflict a decisive defeat on Heeresgruppe 'Mitte' (25... Read More

'DML8' was a British naval undertaking to lay a deep-line minefield to the east of the Outer Gabbard in the North Sea (16/19 February 1940)., The undertaking began on 16 Febru... Read More

'DN' (i) was a British naval attack on a German convoy in the North Sea off German-occupied Norway (13/14 October 1940)., The convoy having been spotted by a reconnaissance ae... Read More

'DN' (ii) was a British naval undertaking by an element of Admiral Sir John Tovey’s Home Fleet to locate and destroy German coastal shipping off Stadlandet in German-occupie... Read More

'DN' (iii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) steaming north from Durban, South Africa, for dispersal (November 1... Read More

The 'Dnepropetrovsk Offensive Operation' was the Soviet fifth of the 10 sub-operations together constituting the 'Lower Dniepr Strategic Offensive Operation' (23 October/23 De... Read More

The 'Dniepr Airborne Operation' was a Soviet undertaking to reinforce and thereby speed the progress of the land forces involved in the 'Lower Dniepr Strategic Offensive Opera... Read More

The 'Dniepr-Carpathian Strategic Offensive Operation' was the Soviet major undertaking to liberate all of the regions Ukraine and Moldavia still occupied by the Germans (24 De... Read More

'DNU' was a British naval sweep off the coast of German-occupied Norway (23/24 October 1940)., The object of the undertaking was to locate and destroy significant quantities o... Read More

'Docklow' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive intended to halt the export of pyrites and ores from the Sulitjelma mines in German-occupied Norway by at... Read More

'Dodge' (i) was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man Canadian and US 'Jedburgh' party into the Drôme area of German-occupied France to reinforce the 'V... Read More

'Dodworth' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to attack the Orkla pyrites mine in German-occupied Norway (17 August/26 September 1944)., Delivered by ... Read More

'Dogeared' was the US semi-official designation of the seizure of Vella Lavella island in the Solomon islands group (15 August/9 October 1943)., Lying some 40 miles (65 km) to... Read More

'Dogen' was a British pair of naval exercises to validate the defence of invasion convoys in 'Overlord' (May 1944)., 'Dogen I' was undertaken in the Firth of Forth, and 'Dogen... Read More

'Dogfish' was a British unrealised contingency plan, based on the use of Brigadier R. H. B. Arkwright’s 'Ark' Force, for the delivery into Greece of liaison units to establi... Read More

'Doldrums' was an Allied unrealised plan for a major air offensive by Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker’s Mediterranean Allied Air Forces against Adolf Hitler’s retreat at B... Read More

'Dollar' was the British alternative designation for 'Dryshod' (25 May 1944). ... Read More

'Dolphin' was a British maritime intelligence-gathering undertaking in preparation for 'Cordite' (March/April 1941)., Allocated by General Sir Archibald Wavell, the commander-... Read More

'Domesday' was an Allied deception plan, later developed as 'Starkey' and finally becoming 'Broadsword' (i), within the 'Cockade' strategic deception scheme (summer/autumn 194... Read More

'Domino' was the German second of two abortive naval sorties, of which the first was 'Fronttheater', by the battle-cruiser Scharnhorst, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and a des... Read More