Fall Rot ("Case Red") (1935) — overview of defense planning in tandem with Fall Blau. Rot covered defence in the west in the event of military action in the east (Fall Blau).
Fall Blau ("Case Blue") (1935) — overview of defense planning in tandem with Fall Rot.
Fall Otto ("Case Otto") (1937) — plan to occupy Austria.
Fall Richard ("Case Richard") (1937) — Contingency planning for Soviet/communist takeover in Spain.
Seelöwe ("Sealion") (1940) — planned invasion of
Britain
Adlerangriff ("Eagle Attack") — Axis effort to destroy the
RAF prior to invasion. Preceded by attacks on shipping known as "
Kanalkampf" (Channel Battle). Aerial battles during the period were later dubbed the
Battle of Britain.
Fall Grün ("Case Green") (1940) — planned invasion of Ireland as part of Seelöwe
Herbstreise ("Autumn Journey") — planned/diversionary invasion of Scotland as part of Seelöwe.
Outward (1942–44) ; free balloon attacks on Germany.
Roundup (1942) — plan to invade Europe in the event of German or Soviet collapse. Later abandoned in favour of Torch landings. Planning for Roundup included;
Gaff (1944) —
SAS operation near
Rambouillet to kill or capture Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel, but which instead destroyed trains and attacked a German headquarters
Gain (1944) —
SAS successful SAS operation southwest of Paris to disrupt enemy communications
Jedburgh (1944) — Airdrop of operatives into France, Belgium and the Netherlands to conduct sabotage and guerrilla warfare, and to lead the local resistance forces in actions against the Germans.
Jockworth (1944) — French SAS operation near
Lyons to impede German movements and bolster local Resistance; became active in the fighting in Lyons
Kipling (1944) — British SAS action near
Auxerre to aid Allied airborne landings in
Orleans Gap; these were cancelled and the SAS harassed the enemy in support of allied ground advance
Loyton (1944) — unsuccessful large SAS action in
Vosges mountains.
Atlantic (1944) — Operation to capture the remaining sections of the German-occupied city of Caen. Launched side by side with Operation Goodwood
Greenline (1944) — diversionary attack by
XII Corps designed to draw German attention away from the upcoming assault, out of the Orne bridgehead, codenamed Goodwood.
Pomegranate (1944) — diversionary attack by
XXX Corps designed to draw German attention away from the upcoming assault, out of the Orne bridgehead, codenamed Goodwood.
Grouse (1944) — advance towards
Tinchebray (also called Wallop).
Jupiter — British attack to occupy and hold Hill 112, near
Caen
Kitten (1944) — British and Canadian advance to the
Seine.
Mulberry (1944) — the creation of safe anchorages using block ships
^
abcJohn Buckley, Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe, London: Yale University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-300-13449-0.
^ Anon, British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour: Operation Neptune, Germany: BAOR, 1947/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2022, ISBN 978-1-4745-3529-8.
^
abcdefAnon, British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour: Operation Plunder, Germany: BAOR, 1947/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2022, ISBN 978-1-4745-3532-8.
Fall Rot ("Case Red") (1935) — overview of defense planning in tandem with Fall Blau. Rot covered defence in the west in the event of military action in the east (Fall Blau).
Fall Blau ("Case Blue") (1935) — overview of defense planning in tandem with Fall Rot.
Fall Otto ("Case Otto") (1937) — plan to occupy Austria.
Fall Richard ("Case Richard") (1937) — Contingency planning for Soviet/communist takeover in Spain.
Seelöwe ("Sealion") (1940) — planned invasion of
Britain
Adlerangriff ("Eagle Attack") — Axis effort to destroy the
RAF prior to invasion. Preceded by attacks on shipping known as "
Kanalkampf" (Channel Battle). Aerial battles during the period were later dubbed the
Battle of Britain.
Fall Grün ("Case Green") (1940) — planned invasion of Ireland as part of Seelöwe
Herbstreise ("Autumn Journey") — planned/diversionary invasion of Scotland as part of Seelöwe.
Outward (1942–44) ; free balloon attacks on Germany.
Roundup (1942) — plan to invade Europe in the event of German or Soviet collapse. Later abandoned in favour of Torch landings. Planning for Roundup included;
Gaff (1944) —
SAS operation near
Rambouillet to kill or capture Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel, but which instead destroyed trains and attacked a German headquarters
Gain (1944) —
SAS successful SAS operation southwest of Paris to disrupt enemy communications
Jedburgh (1944) — Airdrop of operatives into France, Belgium and the Netherlands to conduct sabotage and guerrilla warfare, and to lead the local resistance forces in actions against the Germans.
Jockworth (1944) — French SAS operation near
Lyons to impede German movements and bolster local Resistance; became active in the fighting in Lyons
Kipling (1944) — British SAS action near
Auxerre to aid Allied airborne landings in
Orleans Gap; these were cancelled and the SAS harassed the enemy in support of allied ground advance
Loyton (1944) — unsuccessful large SAS action in
Vosges mountains.
Atlantic (1944) — Operation to capture the remaining sections of the German-occupied city of Caen. Launched side by side with Operation Goodwood
Greenline (1944) — diversionary attack by
XII Corps designed to draw German attention away from the upcoming assault, out of the Orne bridgehead, codenamed Goodwood.
Pomegranate (1944) — diversionary attack by
XXX Corps designed to draw German attention away from the upcoming assault, out of the Orne bridgehead, codenamed Goodwood.
Grouse (1944) — advance towards
Tinchebray (also called Wallop).
Jupiter — British attack to occupy and hold Hill 112, near
Caen
Kitten (1944) — British and Canadian advance to the
Seine.
Mulberry (1944) — the creation of safe anchorages using block ships
^
abcJohn Buckley, Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe, London: Yale University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-300-13449-0.
^ Anon, British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour: Operation Neptune, Germany: BAOR, 1947/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2022, ISBN 978-1-4745-3529-8.
^
abcdefAnon, British Army of the Rhine Battlefield Tour: Operation Plunder, Germany: BAOR, 1947/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2022, ISBN 978-1-4745-3532-8.