List of Axis Named Operations in The European Theatre - 1940

1940

• Operation Mittelmeer 1940–1941 - German reinforcement of the Italian Regia Aeronautica in the Mediterranean
• Operation Juno 1940 - German naval operation against British warships off Narvik, Norway
• Operation Weserübung 1940 - German invasion of Denmark and Norway
• Operation Weserübung Nord 1940 - German attack on Trondheim and Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Weserübung Sud 1940 - German attack on Bergen, Kristiansand, and Oslo, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Karlshafen 1940 - German attack against Kristiansand, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Naumburg 1940 - German landing at Narvik, Norway
• Operation Nienburg 1940 - German action at Narvik, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Nord 1940 - German planned invasion of Denmark and Norway; later renamed to Operation Weserübung
• Operation Nordmark 1940 - German attacks on Allied North Sea convoys between Britain and Scandinavia
• Operation Oldenburg 1940 - German attack on Oslo, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Stadthagen 1940 - German attack on Stavanger, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Wildente 1940 - German naval and air operation in Trondheim, Norway
• Operation Altenbeken 1940 - German attack on Adalsnes, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Altona 1940 - German attack on Arendal, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Biene 1940 - German attack on Alsten Island and Sandnessjøen, Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Bremen 1940 - German attack in Norway; part of Operation Weserübung
• Operation Büffel 1940 - German air operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway
• Operation Hartmut 1940 - German submarine operations in Norwegian territorial waters
• Fall Rot 1940 - German invasion of France
• Operation Gneisenau 1940 - German diversionary attack on two bridges on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Granit 1940 - German airborne action on Belgian Fort Eben-Emael
• Operation Stahl 1940 - German commando operation to occupy a bridge near Veldwezelt, Belgium
• Operation Tiger 1940 - German offensive on the northern sector of the Maginot Line; part of Fall Rot
• Operation Trojanisches Pferd 1940 - German operation to secure the bridge near Nijmegen in the Netherlands
• Operation Trondheim 1940 - German movement across the Albert Canal against Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium
• Operation Scharnhorst 1940 - German deceptive attack in the Saarbrücken region; part of Fall Grün
• Fall Grün 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Braun
• Fall Gelb 1940 - German invasion of the Low Countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
• Operation N 1940 - German airborne operation at Namur, Belgium
• Operation Nebelübung 1940 - German planned invasion of Liège, Belgium; part of Fall Gelb
• Operation Niwi 1940 - German troop deployment in Belgium; part of Fall Gelb
• Operation B 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line on the German-French border; part of Fall Rot
• Fall Braun 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border in conjunction with Fall Grün
• Operation Eisen 1940 - German commando operation to occupy the bridge over the Albert Canal in Belgium
• Fall Falke 1940 - German attacks against the Maginot Line on the French-German border; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Festung 1940 - German airborne offensive on the Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Moerdijk in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb
• Operation G 1940 - German airborne offensive on Ghent in the Netherlands; part of Fall Gelb
• Operation Geier 1940 - German attack of the Maginot Line on the French-Germany border north of Kehl, Germany; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Panther (1940) 1940 - German attacks on Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Braun
• Operation Paula 1940 - German aerial bombing of French countryside
• Operation Planspiel III 1940 - German breakthrough of the Maginot Line between Teting and Wittring, France
• Operation Raubvogelkäfig 1940 - German attack on the Maginot Line; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Habicht 1940 - German diversionary attack on Mulhouse, France; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Morgenröte 1940 - German attack on Dutch bridges
• Operation Luchs 1940 - German planned breakthrough between Breisach and Strasbourg, France; part of Fall Grün
• Operation Attila 1940–1942 - German occupation of Vichy France prior to Italian support in 1942
• Operation Hummer 1940–1945 - German infiltration of Britain
• Operation Seemöwe 1940–1945 - German agents infiltration into Britain and Ireland
• Operation Adler 1940 - German attacks on the British Royal Air Force, aimed to soften up the defences for a future amphibious invasion; also known as Operation Adlerangriff
• Operation Alfred 1940 - German mining off Dover, England using surface minelayers
• Operation Aufbau Ost 1940 - German strategic preparations for Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Bernhard 1940 - German mining off Dover, England
• Operation Felix 1940 - German planned invasion of Gibraltar via the Iberian Peninsula
• Fall Grün 1940 - German plan for a diversionary invasion of Ireland in support of Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Grüne Bewegung 1940 - German planned landing at Brighton, England; part of Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Grünpfeil 1940 - German occupation of the Channel Islands
• Operation Herbstreise 1940 - German planned diversionary invasion of Scotland, Britain; part of Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Hummel 1940 - German intelligence gathering for operation Seelöwe
• Operation Ikarus 1940 - German planned invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork; originally planned to launch in conjunction with Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Kathleen 1940 - German planned invasion of Ireland
• Operation Lichtermeer 1940 - German airfield attacks| on British bomber airfields
• Operation Loge 1940 - German 65-day air offensive against London, England
• Operation Lucie 1940 - German planned invasion of the Dutch island of Texel in the North Sea
• Operation Luftparade 1940 - German night raid on British air bases
• Operation Löwe 1940 - German planned invasion of Britain; precursor of Operation Seelöwe
• Operation Marianne 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England
• Operation Mondscheinsonate 1940 - German night raid on Coventry, England
• Operation Nord 1940 - German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer's raid in the North Atlantic Ocean
• Operation Nordseetour 1940 - German first Atlantic operation of Admiral Hipper
• Operation Oldenburg 1940 - German aerial reconnaissance of Soviet Union's natural resources
• Operation Oskar 1940 - German motorboat action off Dover, England, Britain
• Operation Otto 1940 - German strategic preparations for Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Regenschirm 1940 - German aerial bombing of Birmingham, England
• Operation Seelöwe 1940 - German planned invasion of Britain; anglicised as 'Sealion'
• Operation Sonnenblume 1940 - German response to British Operation Compass offensive in North Africa; deployment of the German Afrika Korps in North Africa
• Operation Spark 1940 - German planned assassination of Adolf Hitler and coup d'état against the Nazi German government
• Operation Tannenbaum 1940 - German planned invasion of Switzerland
• Operation Taube 1940 - German mission to transport Irish Republican Army Chief of Staff Seán Russell from Germany to Ireland
• Operation Theodora 1940 - German intelligence gathering operation in North Africa
• Operation Wespennest I 1940 - German destruction of rail links between Switzerland and France
• Operation Wespennest II 1940 - German destruction of rail links between Switzerland and France
• Operation Wikinger 1940 - German sortie by German destroyers into the North Sea
• Operation Wal 1940 - German aborted plan to coordinate actions with Scottish and Welsh nationalist groups
• Operation Walfisch 1940 - German aborted plan to land an agent in Ireland