'Goldleaf-Heritage' was the British unrequired cover plan for 'Ironclad' to be implemented in the event that the latter had to be postponed (April/May 1941)., In April and May... Read More

'Goldlotos' was the German codeword for elements of Generalmajor Alexander von Pfuhlstein’s Division 'Brandenburg' to begin their movement by sea to Piraeus for operations i... Read More

The 'Gomel-Rechitsa Offensive Operation (2nd Stage)' was the Soviet ninth of the 15 sub-operations together constituting the 'Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation' (10/30... Read More

The 'Gomel-Trubchevsk Defensive Operation' was the Soviet sixth of the nine sub-operations together constituting the 'Smolensk Strategic Defensive Operation' (24 July/30 Augus... Read More

'Gomorrah' was the Allied air offensive against the German port city of Hamburg (24 July/3 August 1943)., A major city with great importance in the industrial and maritime ind... Read More

'Gondola' was the British first all-out air operation since October 1942 by Air Vice Marshal G. R. Bromet’s No. 19 Group of Air Marshal Sir John Slessor’s RAF Coastal Comm... Read More

'Gondolier' was a British special forces operation by the Special Air Service to sabotage the railway lines in the Massif Central along which the Germans might move men and eq... Read More

'Goodtime' was the New Zealand and US seizure of the Treasury islands group within the Solomons islands group (27 October/3 November 1943)., The Treasury islands group is loca... Read More

'Goodwood' (i) was a British attempt by Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey’s 2nd Army to break out of the eastern end of the Allied lodgement in Normandy, past Caen’s ea... Read More

'Goodwood' (ii) was a British series of four carrierborne air attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz in the Altafjord of northern Norway (17 August/2 September 1944)., In Ju... Read More

'Gooseberry' (i) was a British tactical manoeuvre designed for employment against U-boats attacking a convoy (?). ... Read More

'Gooseberry' (ii) was British type of artificial breakwater, associated with 'Mulberry', created on the shore of Normandy in 'Overlord' by the sinking of merchant vessels (Jun... Read More

'Gorge' was a British naval undertaking to land an agent on the southern coast of German-occupied France near St Tropez (June 1944). ... Read More

The 'Göring-Programm' was a German armaments programme designed to quadruple production for the Luftwaffe (26 June/29 July 1941)., In light of the scale of German aircraft lo... Read More

'Gorjanski' was an Italian and Croat anti-partisan operation in the Gorjanci and Zumberak region of Axis-occupied Yugoslavia against the 1st 'Croatia' Proletarian Battalion an... Read More

The 'Gorodok Offensive Operation' was the Soviet thirteenth of the 15 sub-operations together constituting the 'Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation' in the Vitebsk regio... Read More

'Goshawk' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to provide further instruction for resistance groups in Gudbrandsdalen and Østerdalen, which it was beli... Read More

'Gossipmonger' was a US unrealised plan for the seizure of the Talaud islands, between the Molucca islands of the Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies and Mindanao in the... Read More

The 'Goten-Bewegung' was the German deployment of the last available manpower reserves within Germany (including personnel of the Reichsarbeitsdienst [labour service], trainin... Read More

The 'Gotenkopf' was the German lodgement of General Erwin Jaenecke’s 17th Army in the Kuban peninsula across the Strait of Kerch from Crimea (late March/9 October 1943)., Th... Read More

'Gotham' was a British deception plan created by the London Controlling Section in an effort to conceal the weakening of the Allied strength in Italy, from which several forma... Read More

The 'Gotisch-Linie' was the German major defence line extending north-west/south-east across northern Italy from a point to the south of La Spezia on the Ligurian Sea to Pesar... Read More

'Götterdämmerung' was the German codename to alert units of General Friedrich Fromm’s Ersatzheer and also of the SS in crisis moments such as the attempt to assassinate Ad... Read More

'Götz von Berlichingen' was a German component of 'Eisstoss' for additional attacks by General Helmuth Förster’s I Fliegerkorps of Generaloberst Alfred Keller’s Luftflot... Read More

'Governess' was the Allied movement of small craft and amphibious craft to the Low Countries for coastal anti-shipping and amphibious warfare operations as the Allied forces m... Read More

'Governor' was a British naval diversionary sweep, essentially a larger repeat of 'Camera', by elements of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser’s Home Fleet off the south coast of Germa... Read More

'Gowrie' was a British unrealised deception plan developed by the London Controlling Section to support 'Neptune' (iii) and 'Overlord' by confusing the Germans about the sched... Read More

'GP' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Galveston, Texas to Pilottown, Mississippi, and as such reciprocals of ... Read More

'GP' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Guantánamo, Cuba, to the Panama Canal, and as such reciprocals of the... Read More

'GP' (iii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Sydney to Townsville and Brisbane on the east coast of Australia, and... Read More

'GQ' was a British naval minelaying undertaking in St Georges Channel, between southern Wales and southern Ireland, by the minelayer Adventure escorted by the destroyers Jerse... Read More

'GR' (i) was a British naval minelaying operation as part of the creation of the Dover Mine Barrage series of minefields (9/16 September 1939)., The minelaying destroyers Esk ... Read More

'GR' (ii) was a British unrealised naval undertaking to lay a minefield in the Bay of Biscay off the west coast of German-occupied France (December 1940). ... Read More

'Grab' was a British carrierborne air attack on Cagliari on the Italian island of Sardinia in parallel with 'Smash' (i) and 'Squawk' to provide a diversion for 'Hats' (1/2 Sep... Read More

'Gracechurch' was a British unrealised plan, originally known as 'P' and then as 'Scorpion', for an attack on Santa Isobel, the main town, and then the seizure of the Spanish ... Read More

'Gradient I' was a British special forces attack by elements of No. 9 Commando against the bridge connecting Lussin (Losinj) and Cres islands in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalma... Read More

'Graffham' was an Allied military deception undertaking within the 'Bodyguard' scheme designed to disguise the imminent Allied invasion of Normandy (February/June 1944)., As s... Read More

'Graham' (i) was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man British, French and US 'Jedburgh' team, despatched from Algeria via Corsica and Italy, into the Ce... Read More

'Graham' (ii) was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man British, French and US 'Jedburgh' team into the Basses Alpes area of German-occupied France to ai... Read More

'Granard' was a British attack by the Special Operations Executive to destroy the loading tower and sink a laden pyrites cargo vessel at the outer end of Thamshavn pier in Ger... Read More

'Grandiose' was the British deception and cover plan for the visit of Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the Middle Eastern theatre (August 1942)., Undertaken by Colonel Dudl... Read More

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

'Granite' was the US overall plan by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s Pacific Ocean Areas command, in line with the directive Nimitz had received from the Combined Chiefs-of-Staf... Read More

The 'Granville Raid' was a German undertaking from the Channel islands group in which a German raiding force landed in France and brought back supplies and former prisoners of... Read More

'Grape' was an Allied special forces operation to parachute Italian and US men of the Office of Strategic Services into the Friuli area of German-occupied Italy to establish l... Read More

'Grapefruit' (i) was a US glider bomb raid on Köln (28 May 1944)., Under the command of Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, commander of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing with... Read More

'Grapefruit' (ii) was the Allied final offensive in Italy by Lieutenant General Lucian K. Truscott’s 5th Army and Lieutenant General Sir Richard McCreery’s British 8th Arm... Read More

'Grapeshot' was the Allied overall plan for the first half of the final spring offensive in northern Italy by General Mark W. Clark’s Allied 15th Army Group, comprising Lieu... Read More

'Graph' (i) was the British movement of men and equipment of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers from the UK as reinforcements for the garrison of Gibraltar (1940/41). ... Read More

'Graph' (ii) was a British unrealised plan for an operation against Japanese positions on the west coast of Thailand (June 1945). ... Read More