'Moorhen' was a British special forces operation by the Special Operations Executive to establish radio contact with the local resistance organisation in Bergen in German-occu... Read More

'Mop-up' was a British undertaking to take full control of the Khazalabad area in south-western Iran, between Khorramshahr and Abadan, as part of 'Countenance' (26 August 1941... Read More

The 'Moravia-Ostrava Offensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking to take the eastern part of the present-day Czech Republic (10 March/6 May 1945)., In the spring of 1945, th... Read More

'Mordbrenner' was a U-boat wolfpack operation off Newfoundland against convoys, including SC.52, on passage from North America to the UK (16 October/13 November 1941). , The w... Read More

'Morgenluft' (i) was a German limited offensive in southern Tunisia in concert with 'Frühlingswind' (15/24 February 1943)., The operation was designed firstly to check the po... Read More

'Morgenluft' (ii) was German and possibly Croat operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the puppet state of Croatia within German-occupied Yugoslavia (July... Read More

'Morgenröte' (i) was a German one of a series of attacks by elements of Hauptmann Dr Theodor von Hippel’s Bau-Lehr-Bataillon 'Brandenburg' zbV 800 on the Dutch forces holdi... Read More

'Morgenröte' (ii) was the second of four German counterattacks and counter-offensives against the Allied beach-head at Anzio on the western coast of central Italy (7/9 Februa... Read More

'Morgenstern' was a German and Croat operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the puppet state of Croatia in German-occupied Yugoslavia (10/17 May 1... Read More

'Morgenwind' was a German pair of operations ('Morgenwind I' and 'Morgenwind II') to occupy the islands of Brač and Solta in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalmatian coast of Germa... Read More

'Morning Glory' was the Canadian battle to take Ortona on the Adriatic coast of Italy (20/28 December 1943). , A small but very bitter undertaking, the Battle of Ortona pitted... Read More

'Moro' was a German and Spanish agreement making it possible for U-boats and especially their supply vessels to use Spanish ports for refuelling and reprovisioning (1940/41).,... Read More

'Morristown' was a US special forces operation to parachute an Office of Strategic Services team into the Piedmont area of German-occupied north-western Italy to aid local res... Read More

'Morse' was an Allied operation against U-boats transiting the Bay of Biscay (September 1943)., Typical of the operations in this important theatre was the sinking on 27 Septe... Read More

The 'Moscow Strategic Defensive Operation' was the Soviet overall designation for the Battle of Moscow, embracing the German 'Taifun' (i) and 'Wotan', and a series of Soviet s... Read More

The 'Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation' was the Soviet strategic counter-offensive 1 to drive the Germans from the gates of Moscow after their 'Wotan' assault had been chec... Read More

'Mosel' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the HX.239, ON.184 and SC.130 convoys (19/24 May 1943). , The wolfpack comprised U-218, U-221, U-228, U-231, U-... Read More

'Moses' was a British special forces operation by the French 3rd Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (3rd Special Air Service) to take over from the 'Bulbasket' mission and a... Read More

'Moslavacčka Gora' was a Croat operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the puppet state of Croatia in occupied Yugoslavia (12/13 February 1943)., Undertak... Read More

'Most III' was a Polish clandestine operation by resistance forces to effect the transfer of captured and/or purloined German V-2 ballistic missile components from testing and... Read More

'Mostarska Operacija' was a Yugoslav operation by the forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito to take and hold Mostar, which shielded the left flank of the Axis forces of Generalobe... Read More

'Mosul' was a German air drop of agents and supplies near Mosul in northern Iraq (27/30 November 1944)., During the night of 27/28 November two pilots of the Kampfgeschwader 2... Read More

The 'Motovka Bay Landing Operation' was a Soviet amphibious assault by elements of the Northern Fleet on a German stronghold on the south coast of Motovka Bay on the Arctic Oc... Read More

'Mould' was the British initial plan, later replaced by 'Tiger' (ix), for the basing of long-range bombers and escort fighters of the RAF on the island of Okinawa, captured by... Read More

'Mousquetaire' was a French unrealised undertaking to capture the German pocket centred on the ports of La Rochelle and La Pallice on the west coast of France (April/May 1945)... Read More

'Möwe' was a German series of plans by the Abwehr (intelligence organisation between 1921 and 1944, under the leadership of Vizeadmiral Wilhelm Canaris from January 1935 to F... Read More

The 'Mozdok-Malgobek Defensive Operation' was the Soviet fifth of the seven sub-operations together constituting the 'North Caucasus Strategic Defensive Operation' (1/28 Septe... Read More

The 'Mozhaysk Defence Line' was a Soviet defence line protecting Moscow from attack by Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock’s Heeresgruppe 'Mitte' moving along the primary ax... Read More

The 'Mozhaysk-Maloyaroslavets Defensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking during the 'Taifun' (i) stage of the Battle of Moscow, and was intended to prevent the German force... Read More

The 'Mozhaysk-Vyaz’ma Offensive Operation' was a Soviet offensive, more generally known as 'Yupiter', against Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge’s Heeresgruppe 'Mitte... Read More

'MP' was a British naval minelaying operation to reinforce the 'MN' (i) anti-invasion minefield (August 1940). ... Read More

'MR' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Madras, India, to Rangoon, Burma with reinforcements, supplies and equipmen... Read More

'MS' (i) was a British naval minelaying operation as a continuance of 'MN' (i) to create an anti-invasion minefield opposite Dover and some 8 miles (13 km) off the coast of Ge... Read More

'MS' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Melbourne, Australia, to Singapore with reinforcements, supplies and e... Read More

'MS' (iii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Marseille, France, to Naples, Italy, and as such reciprocals of the '... Read More

'MSM' was the designation of a British convoy whose passage from Malta and Alexandria, only about one month after Italy’s entry into World War II, occasioned major British a... Read More

'MT' (i) was the designation of Allied coastal convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Methil on the Firth of Forth to the Tyne river estuary (Februar... Read More

'MT' (ii) was the designation of an Allied convoy (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Port Moresby, Papua, to Townsville, Australia (November 1942). , The... Read More

'MT' (iii) was a German series of four naval minelaying operations ('MT1', 'MT2', 'MT3' and 'MT4') off Malta (16/31 December 1942)., S 4, S 31, S 35, S 55 and S 61 of Kapitän... Read More

'MTC' was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from the Bay of the Seine to Southend in succession to the 'FTC' serie... Read More

'MTM' was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) carrying motor transport from the Bay of the Seine to Southend or other southern Britis... Read More

'MU' was a British naval minelaying operation to strengthen the Dover Barrage at the north-eastern end of the English Channel (September 1940). ... Read More

'Mud' was a British naval undertaking to land a party of Secret Intelligence Service agents from a submarine onto the coast of Perak state in Japanese-occupied Malaya (Februar... Read More

'Mudbank' was a programme of US naval operations against Japanese positions on the islands of Satawan and Ponape in the Caroline islands group, which were one of the Japanese ... Read More

'Mudbath' was the US occupation of French Guiana in South America and the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the French West Indies by forces of the US Army (30 June 1943... Read More

'Mudlark' was a British naval undertaking to suppress piracy in Malayan waters (1945). ... Read More

'Mulberry' was the designation of a British pair of artificial harbours designed and assembled on the coast of Normandy in the initial stages of 'Overlord' to facilitate the r... Read More

'Mulliner' was a British unrealised deception planned by Colonel Peter Fleming’s 'D' Division to induce the Japanese to keep significant air and ground forces outside the Bu... Read More

'Munassib' was a British deception of the double-bluff type in the final days of the approach to the 'Lightfoot' initial stage of the 2nd Battle of El Alamein (October 1942).,... Read More

'München' (i) was the German and Romanian operation within 'Barbarossa' for the recapture of Bessarabia, ceded by Romania to the USSR in the previous year, and into southern ... Read More