'Plan O' was an Allied plan, developed from 'Plan Y' (ii), for the accelerated development of the forces in northern France after 'Overlord', envisaging 27 divisions by D+120 ... Read More

'Plan R' was the Allied plan, developed from 'Plan X' (ii), for the development of forces in northern France in the aftermath of 'Overlord' (mid-1944)., The plan envisaged dev... Read More

'Plan W' (i) was a British and Irish unrequired plan to defeat any German invasion of Ireland (mid-1940/1942)., Talks about a possible German invasion of Ireland, which was an... Read More

'Plan W' (ii) was the Allied proposed schedule, later adapted as 'Plan P', for the build-up of troops after 'Overlord' in the event that there was a delay in the capture of Br... Read More

'Plan X' (i) was the Allied plan for the reconquest of the area of Japanese-held northern Burma as far to the south as the line between Lashio and Kalewa (1943/44)., The plan ... Read More

'Plan X' (ii) was the Allied plan, later redesignated as 'Plan R', for the development of forces in northern France after 'Overlord' (mid-1944)., The plan envisaged developmen... Read More

'Plan Y' (i) was an Allied unrealised plan for the reconquest of the central part of Japanese-occupied Burma (1943). , The plan could not be undertaken during 1943 because of ... Read More

'Plan Y' (ii) was an Allied plan, later redesignated as 'Plan O', for the accelerated development of the forces in northern France after 'Overlord', envisaging 27 divisions by... Read More

'Plan Z' (i) was an Allied unrealised plan for the reconquest of the southern part of Japanese-occupied Burma (1943)., The plan could not be undertaken during 1943 for a varie... Read More

'Plan Z' (ii) was an Allied plan for the enlargement of the forces in northern France after 'Overlord' (mid-1944)., The plan envisaged a strength of 35 divisions by D+150 and ... Read More

'Plane' was a British series of special forces amphibious beach reconnaissance missions across the English Channel to the north coast of German-occupied France (12/29 March 19... Read More

'Planet' was a British attempted carrierborne air attack on the German battleship Tirpitz (24 April 1944)., After the results of the 'Tungsten' attack of 3 April 1944 on Tirpi... Read More

'Planspiel III' was the German penetration of the French defences of the Maginot Line between Teting sur Nied and Wittring by Generaloberst Erwin von Witzleben’s 1st Army of... Read More

'Plaster' (i) was a British unrealised plan to take and hold key areas of Portuguese West Africa (now Angola), and as such the western counterpart of the eastern 'Pigskin' aga... Read More

'Plaster' (ii) was a British naval tactic developed by Captain F. J. Walker, commander of the 2nd Support Group, to prevent a U-boat from evading an attack in the time between... Read More

'Plateau' was the British programme of preparatory undertakings by the Special Operations Executive in association with the projected 'Puma' (i) seizure of the Canary islands ... Read More

'Platinakettu' was the Finnish designation of the operation undertaken jointly by Finland and Germany, and known to the latter as 'Platinfuchs' (29 June/21 September 1941). ... Read More

'Platinfuchs' was a German offensive, known to the Finns as 'Platinakettu', within 'Silberfuchs' designed to take Murmansk on the USSR’s north coast from the area of Finland... Read More

'Platypus VII' was an Australian special forces operation to parachute a four-man 'Z' Special Unit team into the Metanwir area of Japanese-occupied Borneo on a reconnaissance ... Read More

'Platypus VIII' was an Australian special forces operation to parachute a three-man team of the 'Z' Special Unit into the Balikpapan area of Japanese-occupied Borneo on a reco... Read More

'Playboy Compass' was a British unrealised operation, originally designated 'Playboy' and then retitled 'Compass', to employ 'special means' (a double agent) to bring about th... Read More

'Playboy' was a British naval undertaking by Admiral Sir James Somerville’s Eastern Fleet to find and destroy the U-boat supply ship Charlotte Schliemann in the area to the ... Read More

'Playmate' was the Allied deception plan to cover the final offensive of General Mark W. Clark’s Allied 15th Army Group in northern Italy by promulgating the 'story' that th... Read More

'Plenaps' was the Allied plan for the British, Dutch and US naval forces in the Far East to operate jointly in the event of war with Japan (December 1941)., The plan was not f... Read More

'Plank' was the Allied offensive to break through the 'Paula-Linie' (i) defences in north central Italy, leading to the capture of Florence (17 July/5 August 1944)., As Lieute... Read More

'Plough' was an Allied unrealised plan for a US and Canadian force, specially trained for winter and mountain warfare, to attack a hydro-electric target in German-held norther... Read More

'Ploughman' was the British overall designation of the 'Siren Tour' air campaign to upset the nocturnal rhythm of German life with long-range sorties using de Havilland Mosqui... Read More

'Ploughshare' was the British naval delivery of stores and relief personnel to Spitsbergen island to the north of German-occupied Norway (16/24 June 1944)., The light cruiser ... Read More

'Plover' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive in response to a request early in 1942 by the Norwegian high command to establish direct wireless communic... Read More

'Plunder' was the Allied offensive by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery’s Allied 21st Army Group across the Rhine river to the north of the Ruhr industrial region in west... Read More

'Pluto' was the British Pipe Line Under The Ocean (otherwise Pipeline Underwater Transportation of Oil) undertaking by scientists, oil companies and the armed forces to constr... Read More

'Plymouth' (i) was a British unrealised flank protection plan to be used with the 'Avonmouth' force in order to protect its southern flank within Sweden (April 1940). ... Read More

'Plymouth' (ii) was an Allied unrealised plan for an amphibious landing to the south of Buna on the north coast of the Japanese-occupied area of Papua (summer 1942). ... Read More

'PM' was the Allied naval removal of a defensive minefield off Auckland, New Zealand (1945). ... Read More

'PN' was the designation Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the Port Said Northward route from Port Said, Egypt, to Turkey, and as such reciprocals of th... Read More

'PO' was a British programme of naval sweeps off the north coast of German-occupied Europe in search of coastal shipping and light naval vessels for destruction by gunfire and... Read More

'Pocket' was a British programme of fighter protection patrols over trawler fleets threatened by U-boat attacks in the waters round the coast of the UK (1939/44). ... Read More

The 'Podravska Operacija' was a Yugoslav series of attacks by the forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito on Croat and German garrisons in the Podravina area of the puppet state of ... Read More

'Point' was a US unrealised plan for the seizure of the rest of the Volcano and Bonin islands groups after the 'Detachment' seizure of Iwo Jima (February 1945)., The Japanese ... Read More

'Pointblank' was the Allied combined bomber offensive undertaken by the British and US strategic bomber forces in Europe in accordance with a directive fixed at the 'Symbol' c... Read More

'Poker Face' was the British reoccupation of Port Swettenham and Port Dickson, and subsequent advance to Kuala Lumpur in Malaya after the surrender of Japan, by Lieutenant Gen... Read More

'Polaire' was an Allied airborne operation by the French element of the Special Operations Executive’s Force 136 to aid Laotian resistance groups operating against the occup... Read More

'Polar Bear' was a British and Norwegian series of operations by the Special Operations Executive to safeguard the most important Norwegian harbours from German demolition of ... Read More

'Polarbär' was the German 'triphibious' seaborne and airborne seizure of Kos in the Dodecanese islands group (3/4 October 1943)., With the implementation of the armistice bet... Read More

'Polarfuchs' (i) was the German and Finnish offensive undertaken in parallel with 'Platinfuchs' in the northern part of Finland in order to take Murmansk, both of them within ... Read More

'Polarfuchs' (ii) was a German unrealised contingency plan for the occupation of Sweden (10 March 1943 onward)., The creation of such a plan, largely by the staff of Admiral O... Read More

'Polarnacht' was the German deployment of the battleship Tirpitz from Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany to Trondheim on the north-west coast of German-occupied central Norway ... Read More

'Polarwolf' was the German deployment of a meteorological team to the island of Hopen, to the east of the southern tip of Spitsbergen island off the north coast of German-occu... Read More

The 'Polesskoye Offensive Operation', also known as the Battle of Kovel, was the Soviet ninth of the 10 sub-operations together constituting the 'Dniepr-Carpathian Strategic O... Read More

'Polikov' was the German overall designation of the programme of sabotage operations behind the Soviet lines (1942/43). ... Read More