List of Axis Named Operations in The European Theatre - 1942

1942

• Operation Aida 1942 - Axis offensive in Libya with Tobruk as the initial objective in Libya, and advance into Egypt as a strategic goal
• Operation Alba 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Albia and Operation Albija
• Operation Albia 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Alba and Operation Albija
• Operation Albija 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia; also known as Operation Alba and Operation Albia
• Operation Alfa 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Beta 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Capri 1942 - Axis counterattack at Medenine, Tunisia
• Operation Edelweiss 1942 - Axis offensive on Caucasus region in southern USSR; part of Operation Braunschweig
• Operation Foca 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Fruška gora 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Jajce 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Jajce II 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Jajce III 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation K 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Kasten 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Kozara 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Kreševo 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Lug 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Manjaca Mountains 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Maus 1942 - Axis offensive toward the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
• Operation Petrova gora I 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Petrova gora II 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Prijedor 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Provincia di Lubiana 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation S 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Sandmann 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Süd-Kroatien I 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Süd-Kroatien II 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Theseus 1942 - Axis offensive in Cyrenaica, Libya and Egypt
• Operation Travnik 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Trio 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Bosnia and Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Tuzla II 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation West-Bosnien 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Zenica-Zavidovici 1942 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Moorbrand 1942 - Cancelled planned attack near Pogostje, USSR
• Operation Sportpalast 1942 - Failed planned naval operation to attack Arctic convoys PQ-12 and QP-8
• Operation Adler 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Chechivichi region of Belorussia
• Fall Anton 1942 - German occupation of Vichy France with Italian support in 1942
• Operation Attika 1942 - German attack on Tuapse, in the Caucasus region
• Operation Bamberg 1942 - German anti-partisan operation around Bobruisk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation München I
• Operation Bettelstab 1942 - German planned offensive at Leningrad, USSR
• Fall Blau 1942 - German offensive against Voronezh, USSR
• Operation Blücher 1942 - German attack on the Strait of Kerch in the Caucasus region, and Rzhev, USSR; part of Fall Blau
• Operation Blücher II 1942 - German attack on the Strait of Kerch in the Caucasus region in Southern USSR; part of Fall Blau
• Operation Braun 1942 - German defence of Tunis, Tunisia in response to Allied operation Torch
• Operation Braunschweig 1942 - German offensive toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern USSR; part of Fall Blau
• Operation Brückenschlag 1942 - German breakout attempt following the Soviet envelopment of German troops in Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Bussard 1942 - German offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Cottbus 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Polotsk, Lepel, and Borisov in Belorussia
• Operation Dampfhamm 1942 - German planned third phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Derfflinger 1942 - German cancelled pincer operation against Ostazchkov, USSR
• Operation Donnerkeil 1942 - German air superiority for Operation Cerberus
• Operation Donnerschlag 1942 - German planned break-out movement from Stalingrad, USSR
• Operation Doppelschlag 1942 - German anti-shipping operation off Novaya Zemlya by Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper
• Operation Dora 1942 - German operation to disrupt British supply lines in Southern Libya
• Operation Dreiecke 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Feuerzauber 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; renamed to Operation Nordlicht
• Operation Fischreiher 1942 - German attack on Stalingrad and Astrakhan, USSR; part of Fall Blau
• Operation Fredericus I 1942 - German attack on Kharkov, USSR
• Operation Fredericus II 1942 - German attack on Odessa, Ukraine as a follow-up operation to Operation Fredericus I
• Operation Frieda 1942 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Georg 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; renamed to Operation Feuerzauber
• Operation Gertrud 1942 - German planned response in case of Turkey joining the Allies
• Operation Gisella 1942 - German planned invasion of the Iberian peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella
• Operation Greif 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Orsha and Vitebsk, Belorussia
• Operation Grünspecht 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Hanover I 1942 - German operation near Vyazma, USSR
• Operation Hanover II 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the upper Dnieper River region (Byelorussia and Ukraine)
• Operation Hecht 1942 - German first planned submarine wolfpack raid in the North Atlantic Ocean
• Operation Herbstlaub 1942 - German cancelled planned operation in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR, near Krasnoarmeisk, Ukraine and Beketovka, USSR
• Operation Herbstzeitlose 1942 - German cancelled planned plan to advance to the Don and Volga Rivers in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Herkules 1942 - German planned airborne invasion of Malta
• Operation Holzauge 1942 - German activities in Greenland
• Operation Hornbläser 1942 - German planned attack on Alexandria harbour, Egypt
• Operation Ilona 1942 - German planned invasion of the Iberian peninsula; revised from Operation Isabella
• Operation Jacob 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Uzda, Belorussia
• Operation Klabautermann 1942 - German operation against Soviet supply lines near Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Klette I 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Kreml 1942 - German deceptive operation in support of Operation Edelwei
• Operation Lachsfang 1942 - German combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk, USSR
• Operation Landbrücke 1942 - German attempt to hold a narrow connection near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR to prevent envelopment
• Operation Lichtschlag 1942 - German cancelled planned attack north of Cholm, USSR near the Lovat and Kunya Rivers
• Operation Lila 1942 - German attempt to capture French fleet at Toulon, France
• Operation Maikäfer 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Babruysk, Belorussia
• Operation Malaria 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Osipovichi, Belorussia
• Operation Mitte Juli 1942 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation München I 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Belorussia
• Operation München I 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Radoshkovichi, Belorussia
• Operation Märzfieber 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Belorussia
• Operation Möwe I 1942 - German planned operation to sabotage aluminum factories in southern Scotland, Britain
• Operation Neuland 1942 - German submarine operation in the Caribbean
• Operation Nordlicht 1942 - German planned attack on Leningrad, USSR; formerly planned as Operation Feuerzauber
• Operation Nordpol 1942 - German cancelled planned operation east of Moscow, USSR
• Operation Nordsee 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Mogilev, Belorussia
• Operation Ochsenkopf 1942 - German counterattacks in attempt to expand the Tunis perimeter
• Operation Olymp 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Orkan 1942 - German cancelled planned attack in the Belov–Yukhnov area towards Kaluga in USSR
• Operation Orkan II 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Lublin, Poland
• General Plan Ost 1942 - German plan for genocide throughout Europe
• Operation Pastorious 1942 - German plan to sabotage industrial targets at Long Island, New York, United States
• Operation Paukenschlag 1942 - German submarine campaign against shipping off the east coast of the United States; nicknamed 'Second Happy Time'
• Operation Polarnacht 1942 - German deployment of battleship Tirpitz from Wilhelmshaven, Germany to Trondheim, Norway
• Operation Raubtier 1942 - German cancelled planned attack toward the Volkhov River near Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Regatta 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the Smolensk–Gorky area in USSR
• Operation Rösselsprung 1942 - German naval operation to attack Arctic convoy PQ-17
• Operation Schamil 1942 - German planned operation to secure Caucasus oil fields in Southern USSR using paratroopers
• Operation Schnee 1942 - German supply mission to Norway
• Operation Siegfried 1942 - German attack toward Stalingrad and the general Caucasus region in Southern USSR; part of Fall Blau
• Operation Silberstreife 1942 - German planned operations against Allied convoys to Murmansk, USSR
• Operation Skorpion 1942 - German attack on Halfaya Pass, on the border of Libya and Egypt
• Operation Sportpalast 1942 - German deployment of cruisers Prinz Eugen and Admiral Scheer to Norway
• Operation Spätlese 1942 - German anti-partisan operation north of Smolensk, USSR
• Operation Storfang 1942 - German attack on Sevastopol, Ukraine
• Operation Sumpf 1942 - German operation near Demyansk, south of Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Sumpffieber 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Loknja, Ukraine
• Operation Taubenschlag 1942 - German cancelled planned attack on Toropets, USSR
• Operation Tintenfisch 1942 - German seizure of Swiss exports
• Operation Trappenjagd 1942 - German offensive on the Kerch Peninsula, Ukraine
• Operation Venezie 1942 - German advance against the British Gazala Line toward Tobruk, Libya
• Operation Vierecke 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Vogelsang 1942 - German anti-partisan operation in the Roslavl and Bryansk region of USSR
• Operation Wei 1942 - German anti-partisan operations in Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Wiesengrund 1942 - German occupation of the Fisherman's Peninsula in northern Scandinavia
• Operation Wilhelm 1942 - German operation against Volchansk, USSR
• Operation Winkelreid 1942 - German operation within the Demyansk Pocket near Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Wintermärchen 1942 - German attack between the Volga and Don Rivers
• Operation Wolke 1942 - German transfer to troops to Norway
• Operation Wunderland 1942 - German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea and Barents Sea by cruiser Admiral Scheer
• Operation Zarin 1942 - German mining action off Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean by Admiral Hipper and destroyers
• Operation Zauberflöte 1942 - German operation to manoeuvre damaged Prinz Eugen from Trondheim, Norway to Kiel, Germany
• Operation Zerberus 1942 - German break-out of German capital ships from Brest, France to Norway; Anglicized as 'Cerberus' and nicknamed by the British as the 'Channel Dash'
• Operation Clausewitz 1942 - German second phase of the German summer offensive in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Regenbogen 1942 - German failed attack on Arctic convoy JW-51B by Admiral Hipper and Lützow