List of Axis Named Operations in The European Theatre - 1941

1941

• Operation Brandung 1941 - Axis offensive toward El Alamein, Egypt
• Operation Skorpion 1941 - Axis offensive at the Halfaya Pass on the border of Libya and Egypt
• Operation Sommernachtstraum 1941 - Axis attack on British supply depots at Bir Khirreigat, Egypt
• Operation Višegrad 1941 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation 25 1941 - German invasion of Yugoslavia
• Operation Castigo 1941 - German aerial bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
• Operation Fritz 1941 - German planned invasion of the Soviet Union; later abandoned in favor of Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Barbarossa 1941 - German invasion of the Soviet Union
• Operation Beowulf I 1941 - German planned offensive of the Baltic States
• Operation Beowulf II 1941 - German offensive in the Baltic States
• Operation Berlin 1941 - German commerce raid in the Atlantic Ocean performed by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
• Operation Bernhard 1941 - German plan to destabilise British economy with counterfeit British banknotes
• Operation Blaufuchs 1 1941 - German deployment of forces from Germany to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs
• Operation Blaufuchs 2 1941 - German deployment of German forces from Norway to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs
• Operation Bogdanow 1941 - German construction operation to build rail bridges between Lida and Molochtschno in Belorussia
• Operation Eisstoss 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Baltic Fleet at Kronstadt and Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Fledermaus 1941 - German aerial bombing of British airfields
• Operation Froschlaich 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eisstoss
• Operation Götz v.Berlichingen 1941 - German air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eissto
• Operation Haifisch I 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Haifisch II 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of Scotland and England, from Norway before the start of Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Hannibal 1941 - German invasion of the island of Lemnos, Greece
• Operation Hannibal 1941 - German operation to take the bridge over the Corinth Canal, near Corinth, Greece
• Operation Harpune 1941 - German deceptive operation to hint a false invasion of southern England, from France before the start of Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Irak 1941 - German deployment of aircraft to Iraq
• Operation Isabella 1941 - German planned invasion of the Iberian Peninsula
• Operation Karlsbad 1941 - German anti-partisan operation in the Berezina River region of Belorussia
• Operation Lel 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind
• Operation Marita 1941 - German invasion of Greece
• Operation Merkur 1941 - German invasion of Crete, Greece
• Operation Mitte 1941 - German attack on the island of Hiiumaa, off Estonian coast; part of Operation Siegfried
• Operation Nau 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind
• Operation Nordpol 1941 - German counter-intelligence operation in the Netherlands
• Operation Nordwind 1941 - German diversionary invasion of the island of Saaremaa, Estonia in support of Operation Beowulf II
• Operation Ost 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonian coast; part of Operation Siegfried
• Operation Platinfuchs 1941 - German attack towards Murmansk, USSR from Finnish Petsamo, part of Operation Silberfuchs
• Operation Polarfuchs 1941 - German attack towards Kandalaksha, USSR from Finnish Lapland, part of Operation Silberfuchs
• Operation Renate 1941 - German motorboat action off Dover, England
• Operation Renntier 1941 - German occupation of Petsamo; part of Operation Silberfuchs
• Operation Rheinübung 1941 - German planned attacks on Allied shipping conducted by Bismarck and Prinz Eugen
• Operation Salaam 1941 - German plan to make contact with Egyptian nationalists
• Operation Schlussjagd 1941 - [German offensive towards Tula, USSR during the offensive toward Moscow by the 2nd Panzer
• Operation Siegfried 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Beowulf II
• Operation Silberfuchs 1941 - German attack on Murmansk, USSR; Anglicized as 'Silver Fox'
• Operation Stimmung 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II; part of Operation Nordwind
• Operation Strafe 1941 - German bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia; part of Operation 25
• Operation Strafe 1941 - German planned invasion of Bulgaria
• Operation Sturmflut 1941 - German offensive at the Kasserine Pass, Tunisia
• Operation Südwind 1941 - German defence plan against a general uprising in occupied France
• Operation Südwind 1941 - German diversionary attack on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia in support of Operation Beowulf II
• Operation Taifun 1941 - German offensive toward Moscow, USSR; part of Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Taube 1941 - German plan to support the Irish Republican Army in Ireland and Northern Ireland
• Operation Tichwin 1941 - German offensive on Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Venezia 1941 - German advance toward the Gazala Line near Bir Hakeim, Libya
• Operation Weber 1941 - German naval operation off the coast of Southern England
• Operation West 1941 - German attack on Hiiumaa, an island off Estonia; part of Operation Siegfried
• Operation Weststurm 1941 - German naval operation in support of Operation Beowulf II
• Operation Westwind 1941 - German diversionary plan in support of Operation Beowulf II
• Operation Alpenveilchen 1941 - German aborted planned intervention during the Italian invasion of Albania
• Operation Amina 1941 - German failed operation to destroy oil refineries in Abadan, Iran
• Operation Ozren 1941–1942 - German anti-partisan operations near Ozren, Yugoslavia
• Operation Beethoven 1941–1945 - German program to develop composite aircraft