This is a list of military operations in Europe on the
Eastern Front of World War II. These were operations by Germany and its allies on one side and the Soviet Union and its allies on the other and were a consequence of the German invasion in 1941. The geographic boundaries have blurred edges. Finland, classed elsewhere as a "Nordic" country, participated in Barbarossa but later fought against German troops (see
Military operations in Scandinavia and Iceland during World War II).
Yugoslavia, for much of the war, was part of operations in southern Europe but it was liberated by the
Red Army. In the cases of Finland and Yugoslavia, therefore, operations are likely to be entered in different lists, depending on the protagonists - not geography. Soviet operations in
Iran will be listed in the
List of World War II military operations.
Eastern Front
Axis
In alphabetic order
Aktion 24 (1945) — largely unsuccessful attempts to use
Mistels and explosive-laden
Do 24s to destroy strategic river bridges
Eisenhammer ("Iron Hammer") (1943) — abandoned plan to attack Soviet power plants power generators near Moscow and
Gorky, using
Mistel composite aircraft, abandoned in 1945.
^See Glantz paper titled: "The Soviet-German War 1941-1945: Myths and Realities: A Survey Essay" presented as the 20th anniversary distinguished lecture at the Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs Clemson University October 11, 2001