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Planning for global territorial expansion of the
Axis powers ;
Germany ,
Italy and
Japan , progressed before and during the
Second World War . This included some special strike plans against the
Allied nations (with similar intentions to the
James Doolittle raid special Allied Strike). The
Kingdom of Romania , a de facto major member of the Axis with a contribution on par with Italy's, is also included.
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Operational plans of Germany, Italy and Romania
1936-1939
1939–1940
Fall Grün (planned invasion of
Czechoslovakia , to be carried out in September 1938. Averted by the signing of the
Munich Agreement . Not to be confused with the
military plan to invade Ireland by the same name , see below)
Operation Weiß (invasion of
Poland . Carried out 1 September 1939)
Operation Weserübung (invasion of
Denmark and
Norway . Carried out 9 April 1940)
Operation Gelb (invasion of the
Netherlands ,
Belgium and
Luxembourg . Carried out 10 May 1940)
Operation Rot (invasion of
France and principal western attack. Carried out 5 June 1940)
Operation Sea Lion (invasion of
Great Britain , not carried out)
Operation Marita (invasion of
Greece , carried out later)
Operation Barbarossa (invasion of
USSR , carried out later)
Italian Operations:
invasion of Albania , first attempt to invade Greece (
Greco-Italian War )
Operation Ikarus (invasion of
Iceland , not carried out)
Operation Felix (Spanish/German joint plan for control of
Gibraltar ,
Canary Islands ,
Cape Verde , and
Azores , it included the potential invasion of
Portugal ,
Morocco and
Spanish Sahara ).
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Unnamed operation (subsequent occupation of
Madeira )[
citation needed ]
Unnamed operation (first attempt at reinforcing
Italian Libya with German forces)[
citation needed ]
Operation Tannenbaum (invasion plan for
Switzerland )
Projected German administrative divisions of occupied western and northern territories:
1941–1944
Original German Barbarossa plan
Operation Marita (invasion of
Greece , Germany supporting the Italian efforts. Carried out 6 April 1941.)
Operation 25 (invasion of Yugoslavia. Carried out 6 April 1941)
Operation Merkur (invasion of
Crete . Carried out 20 May 1941.)
Operation Sonnenblume (
Erwin Rommel and the
Afrika Korps reinforcing the Axis defenses of
Cyrenaica in 1941)
Operation Isabella (invasion of
Portugal and
Spain to counter any possible landing of Anglo-American troops in the
Iberian peninsula . Prepared in May 1941 and never carried out.)
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Operation Ilona (a plan aiming to counter an Anglo-American invasion of Iberia by holding north Spanish ports to protect German positions in France. Prepared in 1942, never carried out.)
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Operation Barbarossa (invasion of USSR, carried out 22 June 1941.)
Operation Bajadere (disputed German-
Indian
special forces operation for a planned strike through the
Caucasus into
Iran ,
Afghanistan and
India in January 1942.)
German plans to invade
Sweden with the
25th Panzer Division in
Norway (and failed attempts to have
finnish co-operation) during March 1942 after the
Februarikrisen .
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Operation Störfang (combined German-Romanian assault supported by Italian naval units to capture the
Crimean port city of
Sevastopol . Carried out 2 June 1942.)
Operation Pastorius (failed sabotage mission to destroy military, manufacturing and transportation targets throughout the United States. Carried out 12 June 1942, but foiled during the summer.)
Operation Gertrud (projected German-Bulgarian-
Armenian invasion of
Turkey in case it joined the Allies in the beginning of the summer of 1942)
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Operation Blau (strategic summer offensive in southern USSR. Carried out 28 June 1942.)
Operation Nordlicht (scheduled operation to capture
Leningrad , planned to begin on 23 August 1942. Not carried out due to the Soviet
Sinyavino Offensive on 19 August.)
Operation Polar Fox (attempted invasion of
Sweden from
German occupied Norway during June-July 1943)
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Operation Citadel (pincer offensives with the goal of encircling of Red Army forces after the
Battle of Stalingrad . Carried out 4 July 1943.)
Operation Theseus/Aida (invasion of Egypt and Suez Canal from Libya)
Plan Orient (projected German invasion of
Middle East and linking with Japanese forces to conquest
India . Mostly by
Afrika Corps in Libya and Egypt, but also troops from Bulgaria and the Balkans, and troops from Caucasus and Southern Russia)
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Operation Attila/Anton (occupation of
un-occupied zone of
France after
allied landings in French North Africa to prevent an Allied invasion of
Southern France )
Operation Herkules (revision of previous plans to invade Malta)
Operation François (attempt made by the German Army's
Abwehr to use the dissident
Qashqai people in Iran to rebelling against the British)
Operation Pelikan (German plan for crippling the
Panama Canal )
Operation Achse (German invasion of
Italy after its resignation from the Axis alliance to install a
puppet government under
Mussolini . Carried out 8 September 1943.)
Operation Rabat (alleged German plan of invasion to the
Vatican City to kidnap or kill
Pope Pius XII . Planned to begin on late 1943/January 1944. Not carried out because the worldwide disapprobation and possible reaction of catholic population against
Italian Social Republic .)
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Operation Margarethe I (German invasion of
Hungary . Carried out 19 March 1944.)
Operation Margarethe II (scheduled German invasion of
Romania )
Operation Tanne Ost (German invasion with the goal of capturing the
Finnish island of
Suursaari (
Russian : Gogland ) in the
Gulf of Finland after that country signed the
Moscow Armistice on
Lapland War ).
Operation Tanne West (scheduled German invasion of the Finnish-controlled
Åland )
Operation Panzerfaust (second German invasion of Hungary to depose
Miklós Horthy and install a
puppet government . Carried out 15 October 1944.)
German military operations in the
Slovak National Uprising to retain control of
Slovakia
Operation Wacht am Rhein (also known as the Battle of the Bulge . German panzer attack through the
Ardennes with the goal of recapturing
Antwerp and encircling of British Allied forces in Belgium and the Netherlands)
Operation Spring Awakening (offensive operation on the Hungarian part of the
Eastern front with the goal of recapturing
Budapest , while simultaneously defending the
Nagykanizsa
oil fields south of
Lake Balaton )
Projected German administrative divisions in occupied eastern territories:
Projected Romanian administrative divisions in occupied eastern territories:
Projected Italian administrative divisions in occupied eastern territories:
Operational plans of Japan
Listed below are operations and invasion plans of the Japanese Empire from 1929-1942:
1929–1940
Hokushin-ron (plans for a potential attack on the Soviet Union and the occupation of territorios from
Manchuria to Central Siberia, making a territorial expansion to the north).
Nanshin-ron (plans for a potential attack in the
Pacific Islands and then in
Southeast Asia ).
Attempts to take the
China Far East Railway
Manchurian Invasion,
Mukden Incident
Attempts to attack in
Shanghai ,
January 28 Incident
Attempts to invade the Chinese in
Hebei province,
Operation Nekka
Attempts to invade the Chinese in
Chahar province,
Suiyuan Campaign (1936)
Invasion into China (the "
China Incident "),
Second Sino-Japanese War
Occupation of some Chinese East coastal provinces,
Amoy Operation ,
Canton Operation ,
Hainan Island Operation ,
Swatow Operation ,
South Guangxi Operation
Battles with Soviets in the
Changkufeng /
Khasan area,
Battle of Lake Khasan
Battles with Soviets and Mongols in
Nomonhan
Soviet-Japanese Border War (1939)
Occupation of North
Indochina ,
Indochina Expedition
1941–1943
See also
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