List of Axis Named Operations in The European Theatre - 1943

1943

• Operation Adler 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation on the north Dalmatian coast in Yugoslavia, with focus in the cities of Rijeka, Karlobag, and Zadar
• Operation Berta 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Bilo gora 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Bilo gora Ost 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Bilo gora Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Cardaci 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Cardaci in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Cyrill 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Glogovnica Canal on the Casma River in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ferkel 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Majevica mountains northeast of Tuzla in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Frühlungswind 1943 - Axis attack on Faid Pass near Sidi bou Zid, Tunisia
• Operation Geiserich 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Split on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Grün 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Grün II 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Kupa River between the Sava and the Farkašic-Kravarsko line in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Gustav 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ivan 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Moslavacka Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Klara 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Velika Kladuša area in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Klašnice 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Krause I 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Krause II 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Kugelblitz 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Rogatica and Vlasenica in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Merkur 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Krbavsko Polje plain in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Mirko 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Moslavacka gora 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ostern 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Otto 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Grmec Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ozren 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Sunja area in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Petrinja 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation at the Okucani-Lipik-Banova Jaruga-Novska area in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Pfingsten 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Prnjavor-Kotor Varoš-Teslic area in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Raureif 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Turbe in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Richard 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation near Razboj in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ristow 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Schwarz 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in Montenegro and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
• Operation Tannenbaum 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the area between Bosanski Novi and Buzim in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Teslic I 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ulrich 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Una-Sava Bend 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Varaždin 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains between Varaždin and Križevci in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Virovitica 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Windstoss 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Zagorje 1943 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kalnik Mountains in the Novi Marof area in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation 505 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Fall Achse 1943 - German response to Italian surrender to the Allies
• Operation Arnim 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Attacke 1943 - German mine laying operation north of Corsica, France
• Operation Ausladung 1943 - German offensive near Tunis, Tunisia in conjunction with Operation Ochsenkopf
• Operation Braun 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Brunhild 1943 - German planned evacuation from the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
• Operation Burdock 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
• Operation Büffel-Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation of Rzhev, USSR
• Operation Cannae 1943 - German occupation of Zagreb, Sisak, and Bjelovar in Yugoslavia
• Operation Delphin 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Dalmatian islands in Adriatic Sea
• Operation Delphin 1943 - German withdrawal from Saaremaa, Estonia
• Operation Delta 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Western Greece
• Operation Domino 1943 - German second aborted German Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, and supporting destroyers
• Operation Donnerkeil 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Donnerschlag 1943 - German anti-partisan operation along the Obdol River in USSR
• Operation Draufgänger 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
• Operation Eiche 1943 - German operation to rescue Benito Mussolini from Allied imprisonment
• Operation Eilbote I 1943 - German attacks on Allied positions at the Dorsal Mountains in Tunisia
• Operation Eilbote II 1943 - German cancelled planned attacks on Allied positions at the Dorsal Mountains in Tunisia following Operation Eilbote I
• Operation Eisb 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Eisbär 1943 - German invasion of Kos, Greece
• Operation Eisenhammer 1943 - German planned aerial bombing operation against power generators in Moscow and Gorky, USSR
• Operation Eisfjord 1943 - German naval bombardment of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
• Operation Erntefest I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation west of Ossipovichi, USSR
• Operation Erntefest II 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Minsk and Slutsk, Belorussia
• Operation Ferdinand 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Fruška gora Mountains in Syrmia in the Independent State of Croatia
• Operation Ferkel 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Feuerstein 1943 - German defensive build-up of the Italian Alpine passes
• Operation Fliederblüte 1943 - German attack of British units at the "Banana Ridge" in Tunisia
• Operation Franz 1943 - German commando operation against British supply lines in Iran
• Operation Freischütz 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Fronttheater 1943 - German first aborted German Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen, and destroyers
• Operation Gamma 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia
• Operation Gesellenprüfung 1943 - German mine laying operation via S-Boats
• Operation Günther 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Smolensk, USSR prior to Operation Zitadelle
• Operation Habicht 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Hagen 1943 - German operation in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Hagen Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation operation near Oryol, USSR
• Operation Haifisch 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Trogir in Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Hamburg 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Hasenjagd 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Gomel, Belorussia
• Operation Herbstgewitter I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Peljesac peninsula in the Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Herbstgewitter II 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Peljesac peninsula in the Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Herbstgewitter III 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Herbstgewitter IV 1943 - German anti-partisan operations at the islands of Mljet, Hvar, Brac, and Solta off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Hermann 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Vilnius and Polotsk, Belorussia
• Operation Hermelin 1943 - German cruiser Lützow operation in the Baltic Sea
• Operation Hornung 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Hubertus 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Pindus Mountains region of Greece
• Operation Husar 1943 - German cancelled planned anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Lützow
• Operation Insel 1943 - German action at Hydra Island, Greece
• Operation Istrien 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Northern Italy
• Operation Karin 1943 - German deployment of naval vessels in the English Channel
• Operation Kiebitz 1943 - German POW rescue operation via submarine navigation of the St. Lawrence River in Canada
• Operation Konstantin 1943 - German seizure of Italian equipment and territory upon the Italian surrender
• Operation Kopenhagen 1943 - German defensive build-up of the French and Italian Alpine passes
• Operation Kormoran 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Minsk and Borisov, Belorussia
• Operation Krimhilde Bewegung 1943 - German evacuation of the Caucasus region in Southern USSR
• Operation Kuckucksei 1943 - German cancelled planned attack on British units at the Fondouk Pass, Tunisia
• Operation Kugelblitz 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Vitebsk, Belarus
• Operation Landsturm 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Makarska in Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Leander 1943 - German anti-partisan operation across the Lika Mountains to Zadar on the coast of the Independent State of Croatia after
• Operation Lehrgang 1943 - German evacuation of Sicily, Italy over the Strait of Messina
• Operation Leopard 1943 - German landings on Leros of the Dodecanese Islands, Greece
• Operation Lika 1943 - German planned anti-partisan operation against Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia
• Operation Maigewitter 1943 - German anti-partisan operation
• Operation Michael 1943 - German cancelled planned evacuation of Crimea
• Operation Morgenluft 1943 - German attack on Gafsa, Tunisia
• Operation Nachbarhilfe I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Nachbarhilfe I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Mglin, USSR
• Operation Nelly U 1943 - German towing of a 3,000-ton drydock from Mariupol to Odessa, Ukraine
• Operation Neptun 1943 - German counter-offensive at Myschanko-Berg during the Battle of Stalingrad
• Operation Nürnberg 1943 - German planned response in case of an Allied invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, focusing largely around the defence of the Pyrenees passes
• Operation Olivenernte 1943 - German cancelled planned attack on Majaz al Bab, Tunisia
• Operation Orange 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
• Operation Panther (1943, Yugoslavia) 1943 - German anti-partisan operation at Mesovan Pass in Southeastern Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Panther (1943, Greece) 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Panther (1943, USSR) 1943 - German anti-partisan operation near Kursk, USSR after Operation Zitadelle
• Operation Panzerfaust 1943 - German operation to kidnap Miklós Horthy's son to prevent Horthy from siding with the Allies; codename later changed to Maus
• Operation Parnass 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lamia, Greece
• Operation Paula 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of the Sava River in Serbia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Poseidon 1943 - German operation against British troops on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Zwischenspiel
• Operation Puma 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Rabat 1943 - German plan to kidnap the Pope from the Vatican City
• Operation Regatta I 1943 - German artillery bombardment of the Strait of Kerch between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
• Operation Reinhard 1943 - German systematic murder of Polish intelligentia; phase I of the German 'Final Solution'
• Operation Safari 1943 - German SS operation to disband the Danish military
• Operation Schneesturm 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Schnepfe 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation Wildente
• Operation Schwarz 1943 - German plan in the event of an Italian surrender
• Operation Seehund 1943 - German submarine mining operation
• Operation Seeräuber 1943 - German failed landing on the island of Brac off the coast of Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Siegfried 1943 - German plan to deploy Italian units to Southern France after Italian surrender
• Operation Sizilien 1943 - German raid on Allied occupied Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
• Operation Theodor 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
• Operation Tiger 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Greece
• Operation Toni 1943 - German convoy off Temryuk, Southern USSR in the Sea of Azov
• Operation Trave 1943 - German escort operations for blockade runners
• Operation Ulm 1943 - German planned aerial bombing operation against Soviet industries in the Ural Mountains
• Operation Ursula 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Rogachev, Belorussia
• Operation Waldwinter 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia
• Operation Weihnachtsmann 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in the Balkans
• Operation Weiß I 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Weiß II 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Yugoslavia; continuation of Operation Weiß I
• Operation Wiking 1943 - German operations in the Caucasus region of Southern USSR
• Operation Wildente 1943 - German anti-partisan operation north of Vitebsk, Belorussia in conjunction with Operation Schnepfe
• Operation Wildsau 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in USSR
• Operation Wildsau 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Tuzla, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Winterzauber 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Lithuania
• Operation Wolkenbruch 1943 - German failed anti-partisan operation in Northern Yugoslavia
• Operation Wulf 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Kordun, Bosnia, Banovina and Turopolje in Croatia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Wunderland II 1943 - German planned naval operation involving cruiser Admiral Scheer in the East Siberian Sea
• Operation Yarmouth 1943 - German artillery bombardment of Yeysk, USSR
• Operation Ziethen 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Livno, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
• Operation Ziethen 1943 - German planned evacuation from the Demyansk Pocket near Leningrad, USSR
• Operation Zigeunerbaron 1943 - German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR
• Operation Zitadelle 1943 - German offensive at Kursk, USSR
• Operation Zitronella 1943 - German raid against a Norwegian/British station at the Svalbard Islands
• Operation Zwischenspiel 1943 - German attack on the Greek island of Samos; part of Operation Leopard
• Operation Ostfront 1943 - German final German operation of Scharnhorst to intercept convoy JW-55B
• Operation Paderborn 1943 - German third and successful German transfer of Scharnhorst and destroyers from the Baltic Sea to Narvik, Norway