'Maundy I' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to intercept and destroy shipping in the Leads of German-occupied Norway (April 1941)., By a time early ... Read More

'Maundy II' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to intercept and destroy shipping in the coastal waters north of Kristiansund in German-occupied Norway... Read More

'Maundy III' was a British unrealised operation, otherwise known as 'Dundee' (ii), by the Special Operations Executive to lay mines in the area to the north of Florø in Germa... Read More

'Maurice' (i) was a British unrealised operation to accompany 'Boots' (April 1940). ... Read More

'Maurice' (ii) was the Allied northern half of the pincer operation designed to close, initially with 'Sickle' (i) from the south, on the lodgement of the 138th Gebirgsjägerr... Read More

'Maurice' (iii) was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man British and French 'Jedburgh' team into the Vivey area of German-occupied France to aid local r... Read More

'Maus' (i) was the German initial plan for the offensive of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List’s Heeresgruppe 'A' at the extreme south of the 'Blau' offensives (summer 1942).... Read More

'Maus' (ii) was the German designation under which 'Panzerfaust' was implemented (15/16 October 1944). ... Read More

'Mausetot' was a German operation again the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in German-occupied Yugoslavia (27 July 1944)., The operation was undertaken by Generalle... Read More

'Max' was a German unrealised naval plan for a substantial part of its destroyer strength to provide a measure of protection for the right wing of Generaloberst Fedor von Bock... Read More

'May' was a British naval undertaking to land a party of Secret Intelligence Service agents on the coast of Japanese-occupied Malaya (April 1943). ... Read More

'Mayfair' was the British maritime delivery of Major General F. S. Loftus-Tottenham’s 81st (West Africa) Division from West Africa to India in preparation for service in Bur... Read More

'MAZ2' was a British naval undertaking to intercept any Axis ships or small craft trying to evacuate German or Italian troops from the North African coast of the Western Deser... Read More

'MAZ5' was a British naval decoy operation off Ras Gibeisa and Ras el Daba, between El Hamam and Zawya Sidi Musa to the east of Mersa Matruh on the north coast of Egypt in ord... Read More

'MAZ6' was a British naval undertaking to prevent the Axis forces of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel’s Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee benefiting from any seaborne effort... Read More

'MAZ8' was a British naval attempt to recover the pilots of two aircraft which had come down in the Mediterranean Sea (7 November 1942)., Two motor torpedo boats departed Alex... Read More

'MB' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Southampton to Brest with troops and equipment of the British Expeditio... Read More

'MB' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes literal suffix) plying the route from Colombo to Bombay, and as such reciprocals of th... Read More

'MB' (iii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Port Moresby to other Papuan destinations (March/November 1943)., The... Read More

'MB' (iv) was the British naval support operation for the MF.2 fast convoy from Alexandria to Malta and MS.2 slow convoy in tandem with the 'Hats' movement of reinforcements f... Read More

'MB1' was a British two-part naval gunfire bombardment of Italian targets on the Libyan coast of North Africa by elements of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fl... Read More

'MB2' was a British naval gunfire bombardment of Bardia and Fort Capuzzo on the coast of North Africa (16/18 August 1940)., On 11 June the positions had been shelled by three ... Read More

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'MB5' was a British naval undertaking by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet to reinforce the garrison of Malta and also to attempt to entice the Italian fle... Read More

'MB6' was a British naval undertaking by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet as a complex operation designed primarily to support the MF.3 fast convoy from A... Read More

'MB8' was a British naval undertaking by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet primarily to support the MW.3 convoy from Alexandria to Malta and the ME.3 convo... Read More

'MB9' was a British naval undertaking within 'Collar' (ii) by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet to secure the safe passage of the MW.4 convoy (23/28 Novemb... Read More

'MBD1' was a British naval and air bombardment of villages and roads along the Libyan coast of North Africa (16/17 September 1940). , The operation was only a modest success, ... Read More

'MBD2' was the British alternative designation for the 'Inspection' movement of the damaged fleet carrier Illustrious from Malta to Alexandria, where preliminary repairs were ... Read More

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'MBD4' was a British naval operation by ships of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet to support the passage of convoys to and from Malta (4/6 February 1942).... Read More

'MBZ1' was a British naval undertaking to rescue the crew of an RAF aeroplane reported as having come down in the Mediterranean Seas (10 November 1942)., Two motor torpedo boa... Read More

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

'MC2' and 'MC3' were a British pair of closely related naval undertakings within 'Hide' by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet after the arrival of the ME.4 ... Read More

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This was a British naval operation by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean fleet to provide gunfire support for 'Compass' (i), the first British land offensive in t... Read More

'MC6' was a British unrealised naval undertaking for air and gunfire attacks on coastal targets in the Italian-held Dodecanese islands group by the warships of Admiral Sir And... Read More

'MC7' was a British naval diversionary sweep by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Alexandria-based Mediterranean Fleet in support of the 'Picket' (i) undertaking of Vice Admir... Read More

'MC8' was a British naval operation to transfer two battalions of the Cheshire and Hampshire Regiments, together with important stores, from Alexandria to Malta (19/23 Februar... Read More

'MC9' was a British naval undertaking by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet to cover the MW.6A convoy from the eastern Mediterranean to Malta (19/23 March 1... Read More

'MD' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Madagascar to Durban, South Africa (?). ... Read More

'MD1' was a British naval undertaking to lay mines and attack Italian shipping in Benghazi harbour (17 September 1940)., The task was undertaken by aircraft from the fleet car... Read More

'MD2' was a British naval convoy support undertaking, simultaneously with 'MD3' (ii), by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet (18/20 April 1941)., 'MD2' was d... Read More

'MD3' (i) was a British naval gunfire bombardment by ships of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean fleet of Italian positions in and around Bardia on the Libyan coa... Read More

'MD3' (ii) was a British naval gunfire bombardment of the port of Tripoli in the Tripolitania western region of the Italian North African colony of Libya and so impede the del... Read More

'MD4' was the British naval undertaking by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet to support the 'Tiger' (ii) convoy, hitherto the responsibility of Vice Admira... Read More

'MD5' was a British naval diversionary undertaking by ships of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet to ease the passage of the 'Substance' convoy supervised b... Read More

'MD6' was a British naval diversionary undertaking by elements of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet to ease the passage of the 'Halberd' convoy supervised ... Read More

'MD7' (i) was a British naval undertaking to patrol the waters round Gavdos island, off Crete, by ships of Admiral Air Andrew Cunningham’s Mediterranean Fleet (20/21 August ... Read More

'MD7' (ii) was a British naval gunfire bombardment of the port of Benghazi on the coast of the Italian colony of Libya by warships of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s Mediter... Read More