'Narvik' was a British pair of convoy operations ('Narvik I' and 'Narvik II') to move merchant shipping from Narvik in Norway to Methil in Scotland (October/December 1939)., '... Read More

'Narwa' was a German series of three sabotage operations ('Narwa I', 'Narwa II' and 'Narwa III') behind the Soviet lines on the Eastern Front (1942/43). ... Read More

'Narzan' was an Allied unrealised plan for the movement of British and US troops to the southern USSR via Iran for deployment on the Eastern Front (1942/43). ... Read More

'Narzisse' was a U-boat minelaying operation in the Pechora Sea by Oberleutnant Walter Wichmann’s U-639 (24 July/4 August 1943)., The boat laid 16 TMC mines off Cape Ruski S... Read More

'Naseweis' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Arctic Ocean in the area bounded by Iceland, Greenland and the Svalbard islands group (31 March/10 April 1942)., The wolfpack... Read More

'Nasty' was the British naval bombardment of Vichy French warships in the port of Dakar in French West Africa within 'Menace' (24/25 August 1940). , On 24 August the battleshi... Read More

'Nation' (i) was the British naval support for the vessels returning from the 'Agreement' special forces raid in North Africa (14/15 September 1942). ... Read More

'Nation' (ii) was the British plan for Aung San’s Japanese-inspired Burma National Army to defect from Japanese to British control (1945)., The Burma National Army was the m... Read More

'National' was a British unrealised plan to land substantial forces at Boulogne on the English Channel coast of northern France or at Biarritz on the Bay of Biscay coast of we... Read More

'Natter' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the ON.142 convoy (1/8 November 1942)., The wolfpack comprised U-86, U-91, U-92, U-98, U-218, U-224, U-383, U-... Read More

'Nau' was a German diversionary operation in support of 'Beowulf II', and thus part of 'Nordwind' (i) (September 1941)., The undertaking took the form of a reconnaissance and ... Read More

'Naumburg' was the German landing at Narvik on the north-west coast of Norway within 'Weserübung' (9 April 1940)., During this difficult undertaking, Kommodore Friedrich Bont... Read More

'Navvy' was a British undertaking to build the so-called Tiddim Road across the Chin hills close to the frontier of India and Burma as a means of supplying the major base area... Read More

'NB' (i) was the designation of the Allied convoy (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Singapore to dispersal after delivering men, supplies and equipment ... Read More

'NB' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Langemak Bay, New Guinea, to Cape Gloucester, New Britain, and as such... Read More

'NC' was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Walvis Bay, South-West Africa to Cape Town, South Africa (February/June 194... Read More

'NCF' was the designation of the Allied fast convoy (together with a numerical suffix) from Oran in French North-West Africa to Sicily for for 'Husky' (i) (5/10 July 1943)., T... Read More

'NCS' was the designation of the Allied slow convoy (together with a numerical suffix) from Oran in French North-West Africa to Sicily for 'Husky' (i) (5/11 July 1943)., The s... Read More

'NE' was the designation of Allied Pacific Ocean convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from New Zealand to the Panama Canal (1942/45). ... Read More

'Neapolitan' was the Allied overall codename for operations in the Far East (1942/45). ... Read More

'Nebelkönig' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Norwegian Sea and Arctic Ocean between Greenland and occupied Norway (27 July/14 August 1942)., The wolfpack comprised U-2... Read More

'Nebelübung' was a German unrealised plan within 'Gelb' for the capture of Liége in Belgium by direct assault (27 January 1940). ... Read More

'Necktie' was a British operation in Portugal by the Special Operations Executive (?). ... Read More

'Nectar' was a British special forces reconnaissance operation in the Husværfjord on the west coast of German-occupied Norway (January 1943). ... Read More

'Negation' was a British naval anti-invasion operation (1941). ... Read More

'Nelke' was a U-boat minelaying operation in the Pechora Sea by Kapitänleutnant Hans Benker’s U-625 (12/27 July 1943)., The boat laid 24 TMB mines on 20 July in the Yugor S... Read More

'Nelly U' was a German operation to tow a captured 3,000-ton Soviet dry dock westward from Mariupol on the coast of the Sea of Azov round Crimea to Odessa on the Ukrainian coa... Read More

'Nelson' was a British unrealised special forces reconnaissance and disruption operation by the Special Air Service in the Orléans gap in German-occupied France (June/July 19... Read More

'Neptun' (i) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the HX.226 and HX.227 convoys (18 February/3 March 1943). , The wolfpack comprised U-89, U-135, U-359, U-3... Read More

'Neptun' (ii) was a German offensive by General Wilhelm Wetzel’s V Corps with the support of Generalleutnant Alfred Mahnke’s I Fliegerkorps to destroy the Soviet beach-hea... Read More

'Neptun' (iii) was the German support element for the 'Nachbarhilfe' operations on the Eastern Front provided by the forces of Generalfeldmarschall Ewald von Kleist’s Heeres... Read More

'Neptun' (iv) was the German original designation for the anti-partisan operation implemented as 'Koralle' (i) (February 1944). ... Read More

'Neptune' (i) was the British operation to recover the French staff of Général d’Armée Henri Honoré Giraud, who had already been recovered in 'Minerva', using the submar... Read More

'Neptune' (ii) was an Allied cover designation for 1944 operations within 'Overlord' (September 1943/spring 1944)., This cover name was adopted for security reasons on all 'Ov... Read More

'Neptune' (iii) was the Allied designation for the amphibious landing, and to a lesser extent the associated naval operations, associated with 'Overlord' (6 June 1944). , The ... Read More

'Neptune' (iv) was the British crossing of the Seine river at Vernon in northern France by Major General G. I. Thomas’s 43rd Division (25/28 August 1944)., This division spe... Read More

The 'Nerobefehl' was the German order issued by Adolf Hitler that the German forces, when forced to retreat, were first to destroy everything that might be of use to the force... Read More

'Neroian' was a British two-part special forces operation to parachute a two-man Special Operations Executive team into the Pristina area of German-occupied Yugoslavia in 'Ner... Read More

'Nest Egg' was the British reoccupation of the German-occupied Channel Islands in the event of a German military collapse in North-West Europe (spring 1945)., The plan was eve... Read More

'Nettle' was a British combined army, navy and air force deception operation in the Bay of Bengal (March/April 1945)., Planned in India by the Peter Fleming’s 'D' Division, ... Read More

The 'Neukuren-Linie' was a German initial fallback line for Generaloberst Walter Model’s 9th Army and part of Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici’s 4th Army of Generalfeldmars... Read More

'Neuland' (i) was a U-boat small-scale campaign based on the use of single boats rather than wolfpacks against Allied shipping, especially oil tankers and aluminium ore transp... Read More

'Neuland' (ii) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the HX.228 convoy (4/13 March 1943)., Eight of the U-boats departed to form the 'Ostmark' wolfpack on 8 ... Read More

The 'Nevel Offensive Operation' was a Soviet undertaking in the Pskov area of Belorussia as the second of the 16 sub-operations together constituting the 'Belorussian Strategi... Read More

'New Deal' was a British undertaking to reduce the number of pilots in heavy bombers from two to one and also to implement other changes with a view to facilitating a lengthen... Read More

'New Galahad' was a US unrealised plan for long-range penetration operations, of the type pioneered by the British 'Chindit' forces in 'Longcloth' and 'Thursday', in the north... Read More

The 'Battle of 'Hong Kong' was the Japanese 'C' (ii) seizure of the British colony of Hong Kong (8/25 December 1941)., Hong Kong was the centre of British power in China. Vict... Read More

'Newman' was a British unrealised operation to reinforce the fighter strength of Malta directly by deliveries from aircraft carriers (?). ... Read More

'Newmarket' was a British unrealised plan for a naval attack on the U-boat facilities at Kilbotn near Narvik in the north of German-occupied Norway (3 April 1945)., Under the ... Read More

'Newspaper' was a British unrealised deception projected by the London Controlling Section to smuggle to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, an altered and specially printed copy... Read More