'Pensacola' was a US military transport convoy across the Pacific Ocean to deliver men, weapons and equipment for the strengthening of the forces in the Philippine islands gro... Read More

'Pentagon' was the Free French occupation of French Somaliland on the northern side of the Horn of Africa (26/28 December 1942). , Commanding the strait between the Gulf of Ad... Read More

'Penzance' was a British naval undertaking by elements of Admiral Sir Arthur Power’s East Indies Fleet to intercept and destroy Japanese naval and merchant ships off the coa... Read More

'Pepper' was a British deception plan to discredit the German consul in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, using information provided by the 'Celery' double agent (1941). ... Read More

'Peppermint' was the US preparatory but in the event unrequired undertaking of the 'Manhattan Project' and the European Theater of Operations US Army to counter the danger tha... Read More

'Percentage' was a British special forces operation to parachute one Czechoslovak agent into the Čáslav area of German-occupied Czechoslovakia (3/4 October 1941 onward)., Du... Read More

'Perch' (i) was the British second attempt by Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey’s 2nd Army of General Sir Bernard Montgomery’s Allied 21st Army Group to take Caen on th... Read More

'Perch' (ii) was a Australian special forces operation to parachute a four-man team of Force 'Z' into the Vogelkop peninsula of Japanese-occupied western New Guinea on an inte... Read More

'Percolate' was a British operational method in which Vickers Wellington medium bombers and Bristol Beaufighter heavy fighters co-operated for attacks on German surface vessel... Read More

'Percussion' was a British naval and air operation in the Bay of Biscay, off the south-west coast of France and comparatively close to the north coast of neutral Spain, agains... Read More

'Percy Pink' was a US special forces operation to parachute a 13-man Office of Strategic Services group into the Gadouin area of German-occupied France to aid the local resist... Read More

'Percy Red' was a US special forces operation to parachute an Office of Strategic Services group into the Haute Vienne area of German-occupied central France to establish liai... Read More

'Performance' was a British partially successful operation for a break-out by Norwegian merchant vessels, supported by British warships and aircraft, from Sweden to the UK (31... Read More

'Perianth' was a US Office of Strategic Services' support undertaking, associated with 'Sepals', for a clandestine British and US mission in neutral Sweden (1944). ... Read More

'Periwig' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to simulate the existence of a large-scale anti-Nazi resistance movement within Germany (1944)., Severe r... Read More

'Perlenfischer' was the German airdrop of agents in the area of Paris, the capital of France, after its liberation by the Allies (late 1944/early 1945). ... Read More

'Perpetual' (i) was the British naval delivery of Hawker Hurricane fighters to Malta (10/14 November 1941)., The elderly carrier Argus and the aircraft transport Athene embark... Read More

'Perpetual' (ii) was the US landing of the 16th and 18th Regimental Combat Teams of Major General Terry de la M. Allen’s US 1st Division, supported on their southern flank b... Read More

'Persecution' was the US seizure of Aitape on the north coast of North-East New Guinea by Brigadier General Jens A. Doe’s 163rd Regimental Combat Team of Major General Horac... Read More

'Persiflage' was an Allied unrealised plan to strengthen the forces of Général d’Armée Maxime Weygand, the commander-in-chief in French North Africa and governor general ... Read More

'Person' was a British unrealised plan to use air-launched 'Highball' skipping bombs against Axis ships in Mediterranean ports (1943/44). ... Read More

'Pestbeule' was a German operation again the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the Vodice area of the puppet state of Croatia within German-occupied Yugoslavia (15... Read More

'Pestilence' was the US initial plan for the 'Task One' allocated to Vice Admiral Richard L. Ghormley’s South Pacific Area command in mid-1942, namely operations to expel th... Read More

'Petard' was the British later development of 'Albino' (18 March/November 1942)., Related to 'Albino' and 'Outward' (i), this undertaking was used in an effort to bring down G... Read More

'Peter' (i) was a German naval minelaying operation off the Matochkin Strait separating the Severny and Yuzhny islands of the Novaya Zemlya group by Korvettenkapitän Hans-Joa... Read More

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

'Peter' (iii) was the Allied unrealised initial plan for the recapture of Borneo from the Japanese, eventually refined and implemented, in part, as part of the 'Oboe' series o... Read More

'Peter-Sendungen' was the German programme to transport materials for the construction programmes of the Organisation 'Todt' in the German-occupied territories of central and ... Read More

'Petersburg' was an Allied unrealised contingency plan for the evacuation of the Australian and US forces from New Guinea in the event that the Japanese managed to take and ho... Read More

'Petrel' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to deliver G. Fougner to German-occupied Norway (30 November 1942/10 February 1943)., Fougner’s task was... Read More

'Petrify' was a British unrealised plan for a special forces raid by the Small Scale Raiding Force and motor gun boats of the Royal Navy to attack and destroy German shipping ... Read More

'Petrinja' was a German and Croat operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the Okučani, Lipik, Banova Jaruga and Novska area of the puppet state of Croatia... Read More

'Petrol' was a British convoy operation to move 15 merchant vessels (eight British, one French and six US) from Augusta in Sicily to Bizerte in Tunisia (12/14 February 1944).,... Read More

'Petrova Gora' was a Croat pair of operations ('Petrova Gora I' on 18 March/18 April 1942 and 'Petrova Gora II' on 9/15 May 1942) against undetermined partisan forces of Josip... Read More

The 'Petrozavodsk, Ukhinskom-Rgozerskom and Olonetskom Defensive Operation' was a Soviet fourth sub-operation of the 'Arctic-Karelia Strategic Defensive Operation', and as suc... Read More

The 'Petsamo-Kirkenes Strategic Offensive Operation' was the Soviet undertaking to retake Petsamo in the extreme north of the German-occupied western USSR and then advance to ... Read More

'Pfadfinder' was a U-boat wolfpack operation off the east coast of Canada (27 May/26 June 1942)., The wolfpack comprised U-135, U-213, U-404, U-432, U-455, U-553, U-566, U-578... Read More

The 'Pfälzer-Linie' was the German fifth intermediate fall-back line of Generalleutnant Paul Dannhauser’s 256th Division of General Josef Harpe’s XLI Corps of Generalober... Read More

'Pfeil' (i) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the SC.99 and ON.129 convoys (13/25 September 1942)., The wolfpack comprised U-216, U-221, U-258, U-356, U-... Read More

'Pfeil' (ii) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the SC.118 convoy (2/9 February 1943)., The wolfpack comprised U-89, U-135, U-187, U-262, U-266, U-267, U-... Read More

'Pfeil-Transport' was the German programme for the high-priority railway delivery of pre-cleared shipments (1939/45). ... Read More

'Pfingstausflug' was a German operation against partisans in the area of Polotsk and Lepel in the Belorussian region of the German-occupied western USSR (late April/early May ... Read More

'Pfingsten' was a German and Croat operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the area of Prnjavor, Kotor Varos and Teslić in the puppet state of Croatia in ... Read More

'Pfingstochse' was a German operation against partisans in the rear of Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge’s Heeresgruppe 'Mitte' in the German-occupied western USSR (Ju... Read More

'Pfingstrose' was a German operation against partisan forces in the Talka area of the Belorussian region in the German-occupied western USSR (2/13 June 1944). ... Read More

'PG' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying routes to the south from the ports of Queensland to the ports ... Read More

'PG' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from the Panama Canal to Guantánamo, Cuba, and as such reciprocals of the ... Read More

'PG' (iii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical and sometimes a literal suffix) plying the route from Pilottown, Mississippi, to Galveston, Texas, ... Read More

'PGE' was the designation Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route to the south from Pointe Noire, Congo (?). ... Read More

'PH' (i) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Piraeus, Greece, to ports on the heel of Italy, and as such reciprocals... Read More