List of World War II Military Operations - Partisan Operations

Partisan Operations

Includes some operations by regular forces in support of partisans.

  • Anthropoid (1942) — assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.
  • Burza ("Tempest") (1944) — a series of local uprisings by the Polish Home Army
    • Ostra Brama (1944) — battle for Wilno (Vilnius)
  • Canuck (1945) — SAS operation near Turin to train and organise Italian resistance fighters.
  • Carpetbagger (1943) — US airdrops to several national Resistance forces
  • Główki ("Heads") (1943–1944) — a series of assassinations of Nazi personnel by the Home Army
    • Bürkl (1943) — assassination of Franz Bürkl
    • Hunting (1944) — assassination of Ludwig Fischer
    • Kutschera (1944) — assassination of Franz Kutschera
  • Montagnards (1944) — FFI action to establish base in Vercors Massif
    • Cadillac (1944) — airborne supply operation to FFI in Vercors Massif
    • Eucalyptus (1944) — airdrop into Vercors Massif of liaison teams
    • Zebra (1944) — airborne supply operation to FFI in Vercors Massif
  • Josephine B (1941) — Free French attack the transformer station at Pessac
  • Savannah (1941) — Free French attempt to ambush and kill Luftwaffe pathfinder pilots in France
  • Taśma ("Belt") (1943–1944) — action of the Home Army against German border guarding stations
  • Wieniec ("Garland") (1942) — action of the Polish Związek Odwetu against German railway transport
  • Zamość Uprising (1942–1944) — series of operations of the Polish resistance against the Germans

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