'München' (ii) was a German pair of operations against partisans in the German-occupied western USSR (1942)., 'München I' was directed against the partisans in the area of Y... Read More

'München' (iii) was the German retreat to the line of the Arno river in the Tuscany region of central Italy (June 1944)., Undertaken with that farther to the east by Generalo... Read More

The 'Murmansk Offensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking to protect the Arctic port of Murmansk,which was also the main base of the Northern Fleet, from any German attempt ... Read More

The 'Murmansk-Kandalaksha Defensive Operation' was the Soviet response to the 'Rentier', 'Platinfuchs' and 'Polarfuchs' (i) offensives of the 'Silberfuchs' plan in which the G... Read More

'Murrayfield' was a British deception within 'Bertram' in the period leading to the 'Lightfoot' initial phase of the 2nd Battle of El Alamein (October 1942)., When two brigade... Read More

'Muscular' was a British three-part naval operation, together with 'Prefix I' and 'Prefix II', against German shipping plying the routes along the west coast of German-occupie... Read More

'Muse' was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man 'Jedburgh' party into the Savoie area of German-occupied France (7 June 1944 onward). ... Read More

'Mush' was a British air force training exercise in preparation for 'Overlord' (April 1944). ... Read More

'Musket' was an Allied unrealised contingency plan for an amphibious assault on Taranto in southern Italy by Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark’s US 5th Army, using Major Gene... Read More

'Musketeer' was the US cover designation within the 'Reno V' scheme in which the plans for the reconquest of the Japanese-held Philippine islands and Netherlands East Indies, ... Read More

'Musketoon' was a British special forces raid to destroy the hydro-electric power plant in the Glomfjord on the west coast of German-occupied Norway (15/21 September 1942)., T... Read More

'Musketry' was a British programme of RAF and Fleet Air Arm aircraft patrols over the Bay of Biscay, in concert with the 'Seaslug' naval patrols, designed to find and destroy ... Read More

'Muskrat' was an Allied pair of training exercises ('Muskrat I' and 'Muskrat II') in preparation for 'Neptune' (iii) and 'Overlord' (13 and 24 March 1944). ... Read More

'Mustache' was a US deception as a supplement to the 'Rosebud' undertaking to maximise the 'reality' of Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s US 1st Army Group as an approac... Read More

'Mustang' was an Allied unrealised contingency plan, as an extension of 'Buttress' and in combination with 'Goblet', for a rapid overland advance to Naples in the event of an ... Read More

'Muster' was the British second phase of the 'Champion' (i) planned advance into central Burma by Lieutenant General W. J. Slim’s British 14th Army (winter 1943/spring 1944)... Read More

'Mutton' (i) was the British plan for the operational use of the Long Aerial Mine, a contact-fused mine suspended from a parachute by a long cable and designed to be dropped i... Read More

'Mutton' (ii) was a US special forces operation to parachute a two-man Office of Strategic Services team into the south-western part of France (21 September 1943 onward). ... Read More

'Muzac Project' was a US psychological warfare operation by the Morale Operations Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (April 1944/May 1945)., By April 1944 the demands ... Read More

'MV' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Milne Bay, Papua, to Townsville, Australia (December 1943/March 1944)., The... Read More

'MW' (i) was a British naval gunfire bombardment of light shipping and invasion barges assembled by the Germans in the port of Calais in occupied north-eastern France (30 Sept... Read More

'MW' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Alexandria, Egypt, to Malta (November 1940/Jun... Read More

'MWF' was the designation of Allied fast convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Port Said, Egypt, to Sicily as part of 'Husky' (i) or, via Malta, to ... Read More

'MWS' was the designation of Allied slow convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Alexandria, Egypt, to various ports of Sicily as part of 'Husky' (i) ... Read More

'Myrmidon' was a British uncompleted special forces plan to attack targets in Bayonne, on the confluence of the Adour and Nive rivers, at the southern end of German-occupied F... Read More

'N' (i) was a German airborne undertaking, planned as part of 'Gelb' and then undertaken as part of 'Sichelschnitt', to take the bridges over the Meuse river in Belgium betwee... Read More

'N' (ii) was an Italian convoy operation across the Mediterranean (9/11 July 1942)., The undertaking was one of three single-ship convoys, together with the 'L' (ii) and 'O' c... Read More

'NA' (i) was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Canada across the Atlantic to the UK (January/October 1942)., ... Read More

'NA' (ii) was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Langemak Bay, New Guinea, to ports in the Admiralty islands g... Read More

'Na' (iii) was a Japanese submarine operation designed to intercept and destroy a significant element of the US Navy forces operating in the area to the north of New Guinea (A... Read More

'Naab' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic (12/15 May 1943)., The wolfpack comprised U-92, U-218, U-264, U-378, U-413, U-552 and U-707, and neither lost any of its... Read More

'Nachbarhilfe' was a German pair of operations ('Nachbarhilfe I' and 'Nachbarhilfe II') against partisans in the region of Kletnya in the German-occupied western USSR (May/Jun... Read More

'Nachteule' was the overall designation of German ground-attack operations by night-fighters (November 1944 onward). ... Read More

'Nadel' was a German naval minelaying operation in the Mediterranean by two ex-Italian torpedo boats of Korvettenkapitän Wirich von Gartzen’s 10th Torpedoboots-Flottille (1... Read More

'Nagel' was the German defence plan for implementation in the event of a major Allied landing in the area of Denmark and Norway (January 1944/May 1945). ... Read More

The 'Nagykanizsa-Körmend Offensive Operation' was a Soviet operation by Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza Fyedor I. Tolbukhin’s 3rd Ukrainian Front during its 'Vienna Strategic Off... Read More

'Nahe' was a German unrealised wolfpack operation in the Atlantic (mid-May 1943)., After leaving base, this wolfpack’s U-boats were absorbed into the 'Donau I' and 'Donau II... Read More

The 'Nalchik-Ordzhonikidze Defensive Operation', otherwise known as the 'Vladikavkaz Defensive Operation', was the Soviet seventh of the seven sub-operations together constitu... Read More

'Namby' was a British naval undertaking against possible German invasion forces (1941). ... Read More

'Nan' was a US deception created and implemented as a supplement to the 'Rosebud' undertaking to help validate, in German minds, the existence of Lieutenant General George S. ... Read More

'Nancy' was a US special forces operation to parachute an Office of Strategic Services operation group into the St Christol area of German-occupied France to strengthen the re... Read More

'NAP' was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) carrying personnel to France from Dover in the south-eastern part of England (December ... Read More

'Napakettu' was the Finnish designation of the offensive operation undertaken jointly by Finland and Germany, and known to the latter as 'Polarfuchs' (1 July/17 November 1941)... Read More

'Napfküchen' was a German and Croat operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in German-occupied Yugoslavia (3/6 January 1944)., The operation was desi... Read More

'Naples I' was an Allied unrealised plan for an airborne attack by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton’s Allied 1st Airborne Army on the 'Westwall' to speed the advance of ... Read More

'Naples II' was an Allied unrealised plan for an airborne attack by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton’s Allied 1st Airborne Army to seize airheads in the region of Bonn a... Read More

'Napoleon' was a British unrealised contingency plan for the measures to be taken in the event of a German landing in the area of Dover in south-eastern England (30 June 1940 ... Read More

'Narcissus' was a British special forces operation by A Squadron, 2nd Special Air Service to find and destroy an Axis artillery observation post which the Italians were though... Read More

The 'Naro-Fominsk Defensive Operation' was the Soviet last of the seven sub-operations together constituting the 'Moscow Strategic Defensive Operation', and was undertaken by ... Read More

The 'Narva Offensive Operation' was a Soviet sub-operation within the 'Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation' to drive the Germans from the approaches of Leningrad ... Read More