'Halberd' was the British naval operation to get the GM.2 supply convoy through to Malta from Gibraltar (24/28 September 1941)., The plan was to emulate 'Substance' of July 19... Read More

'Halbreath' was a British special forces operation to parachute a five-man team of the MO-4 sabotage unit of the Special Operations Executive into the Aziziya area of Axis-occ... Read More

'Halcyon' was the Allied codeword signifying the termination of the 'Neptune' (iii) maritime phase of 'Overlord' once the lodgement ashore was deemed secure (June 1944). ... Read More

'Halfback' (i) was a British naval sweep by the light cruiser Mauritius and light anti-aircraft cruiser Diadem of Admiral Sir Henry Moore’s Home Fleet against shipping off t... Read More

'Halfback (ii) was the British naval undertaking to facilitate the passage of the JW.64 convoy from Loch Ewe to the northern USSR (3/13 February 1945)., The close escort for t... Read More

'Halpro' (i) was the US semi-official designation of the bombing of the oilfields and oil installations at Ploiești in Romania in the US Army Air Forces' first mission again... Read More

'Halpro' (ii) was a US scheme devised by Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell’s China-Burma-India Theater command for the bombing of Japan with Boeing B-29 Superfortress he... Read More

'Halyard' was a US airborne operation by the Office of Strategic Services to rescue US aircrew from German-occupied Yugoslavia (2 August/27 December 1944). , The US team was c... Read More

'Hambone' was the Allied alternative designation of the 'Copperhead' (originally 'Telescope') deception plan within 'Fortitude' to support 'Overlord' by persuading the Germans... Read More

'Hamburg' (i) was a German operation in the rear area of General Heinrich Clössner’s 2nd Panzerarmee against partisans in the region of Slonim near Baranovichi to the south... Read More

'Hamburg' (ii) was a German operation against Soviet so-called 'partisans' by a combined force of Sicherheitsdienst personnel, police and SS troops of the Kampfgruppe 'von Got... Read More

'Hamburg' (iii) was a German operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the operational area of Generaloberst Dr Lothar Rendulic’s 2nd Panzerarmee in German... Read More

'Hamish' (i) was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man French and US 'Jedburgh' team into the Chateauroux area of German-occupied France (11 June 1944 on... Read More

'Hamish' (ii) was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man French and US 'Jedburgh' team into the Indre area of German-occupied France (13 June 1944 onward)... Read More

'Hammelburg' was a US undertaking to liberate prisoners being held in Oflag XIII-B near the German town of Hammelburg (26/28 March 1945)., Task Force 'Baum' was organised unde... Read More

'Hammer' (i) was a British unrealised plan derived from 'Boots' for the recapture of Trondheim on the west coast of Norway by means of a frontal assault in the immediate after... Read More

'Hammer' (ii) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic off the South-Western Approaches to the UK (5/12 August 1941)., The U-boats involved were U-96, U-105 and U-751, ... Read More

'Hammer' (iii) was a British naval gunfire bombardment of the north-western side of the 'toe' of southern Italy in the area between Reggio di Calabria and Pellaro in preparati... Read More

'Hammer' (iv) was a U-boat wolfpack operation against the JW.58 convoy during its 'FY'-supported passage to the northern USSR (10 March/5 April 1944)., The wolfpack comprised ... Read More

This was a British unrealised plan derived from ‘Hammer’ (i) but limited to the capture and/or the neutralisation of the forts at the mouth of the Trondheimfjord in western ... Read More

'Handcuff' was a British unrealised plan to seize the Axis-occupied islands of Rhodes and Scarpanto in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea as part of 'Accolade' (1943/44)., Suc... Read More

'Handfast' was a British naval operation by elements of Admiral Sir Henry Moore’s Home Fleet for the aerial laying of mines in the Salhusstrommen, the strait between Karmøy... Read More

'Hands Up' was an Allied unrealised plan for the seizure of Quiberon Bay in the Brittany region of German-occupied France after 'Overlord' by means of a combined amphibious as... Read More

This was a British unrealised special forces operation by the Special Operations Executive to sabotage electricity pylons in German-occupied France (1943). ... Read More

The 'Hanko Base Defemsive Operation' was the Soviet attempt to hold the Hanko base area in south-western Finland against the Finns (22 June/2 December 1941)., The operation to... Read More

'Hanna' was the German contingency defence plan for implementation in the event of any Allied amphibious landing in Denmark (20 December 1943/8 May 1945). ... Read More

'Hannelore' was a German minelaying operation in the Strait of Dover by the torpedo boats T 5, T 6, T 7 and T 8 of Korvettenkapitän Walter Riede’s 2nd Torpedoboots-Flottill... Read More

'Hannibal' (i) was the German seizure of the island of Lémnos in the northern part of the Aegean Sea during the closing stages of 'Marita' (23/25 April 1941)., The British ha... Read More

'Hannibal' (ii) was the German airborne operation to seize the bridge over the Corinth Canal (26 April 1941)., To defend this area, and more particularly the bridge which prov... Read More

'Hannibal' (iii) was the German evacuation of troops and civilians from East Prussia as General Hovhannes Kh. Bagramyan’s 1st Baltic Front, General Ivan D. Chernyakhovsky’... Read More

'Hannover I' was a German two-phase limited offensive by Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge’s Heeresgruppe 'Mitte' to eliminate the Soviet pocket between Vyaz’ma, Smo... Read More

'Hannover II' was the German companion to 'Hannover I' by Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge’s Heeresgruppe 'Mitte' to eliminate the Soviet pocket between Bely and Sych... Read More

The 'Hansa Bauprogramm' was a German commercial programme to improve the supervision of the mercantile shipbuilding effort in the latter half of World War II (23 June 1943/8 M... Read More

'Hansford' was the British Royal Air Force element of the 'Bowery' and 'Oppidan' (i) undertakings to deliver Supermarine Spitfire fighters from the flight decks of British and... Read More

'Happen' was a British naval undertaking in which Lieutenant J. McQuoid-Mason’s MGB-318 of the 15th Motor Gun Boat Flotilla attempted to make a beach reconnaissance near Clo... Read More

'Harborage' was a US operation within 'Alsos' and 'Big' during the last weeks of World War II to search and extract from the cities of Hechingen, Bisingen and Haigerloch in th... Read More

'Hardboiled' was a British deception plan designed to suggest the imminent launch of an amphibious landing on the west coast of German-occupied Norway near Stavanger (December... Read More

'Hardfast' was a British naval air minelaying operation in the Kara Sound along the coast of German-occupied Norway (17/21 November 1944)., The undertaking involved the aircra... Read More

'Hardgate' was the British offensive from the Dittaino river to Aderno in Sicily by Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese’s XXX Corps of General Sir Bernard Montgomery’s 8th... Read More

'Hardihood' was a British unrealised plan to provide aid to Turkey should that country enter the war on the side of the Allies (late 1943)., Schemes of this type had been envi... Read More

'Hardman' was a British deception undertaking designed to persuade the Germans to fall back from their positions on the Sangro river in eastern central Italy by raising the po... Read More

'Hardtack' was the British overall designation of the series of special forces raids across the English Channel by Nos 10 and 12 Commandos and the Special Boat Service to garn... Read More

'Hardy' (i) was a British special forces operation by the 2nd Special Air Service to establish a base near Mazignen on the Plateau de Langres to the north-west of Dijon in Ger... Read More

'Hardy' (ii) was a British naval operation to lay mines in the Lepsøyrev and Harrhamsfjord, and to make air attacks on German shipping in Norwegian coastal waters (23/27 Octo... Read More

'Harkaway' was an Allied unrealised plan for the capture of the Cotentin peninsula on the north coast of German-occupied France (?). ... Read More

'Harlequin' was an Allied component of 'Cockade' to provide diversionary action against the German forces in occupied France (August/September 1943)., 'Harlequin' was planned ... Read More

'Harley' was a British unrealised plan for the delivery of fighters to Malta (1941). ... Read More

'Harley Street' was a British one of a series of a tactical reconnaissance deceptions in Belgium by Lieutenant Colonel David Strangeways’s R' Force designed to capture intel... Read More

'Harling' was an Allied special operations raid to destroy the Gorgopotamos railway bridge near Thermopylai in Axis-occupied Greece (25/26 November 1942)., The operation was p... Read More

'Harlington I' was a British special forces operation to parachute a four-man team of the Special Operations Executive’s Force 136 to provide liaison with the Karen resistan... Read More