| A List of Offensives of World War II This list is still being compiled. If I am missing any operations or I have made a mistake please send additions or corrections to twelvealge@yahoo.com. A-Go Japanese attempt to create the Battle of the Philippine Sea Aldertag Aerial campaign over Britain August 8, 1940 Anvil / Dragoon August 15, 1944 Allied landing in Southern France Artus-Plan / Kathleen Planned invasion of Ireland for summer of 1940 to be supported by the IRA Avalanche Salerno September 9, 1943 Barbarossa German offensive against Russia beginning on June 22, 1941 Battleaxe May 14-17, 1941 British offensive in North Africa Brassard Allied offensive to capture Elba June 17, 1944 Brewer US attack on Admiralty Islands on February 19,1944 Brimstone Allied offensive to capture Sardinia September 18, 1944 Bellicose RAF bombing raid on Friedrichshafen on June 20, 1943 Blackcock Allied Offensive along the Roer River January 13 to end of month 1945 Bluecoat Extension of Goodwood and Spring July to August 1944 Bodenplatte January 1, 1945 desperate attempt by the Luftwaffe to defeat the western allies air power Brevity May 14, 1941 North Africa Catchpole Allied invasion of the Eniwetok Island February 17, 1944 Chastise RAF raid on the night of May 16/17, 1943 to blow up damns in the Ruhr Gebiet. Clarion Allied air attack on Germany February 22, 1945 Cobra Normandy Breakout, July 25, 1944 General Bradleys third attempt to Breakout of the Contentin peninsula between the Vire and Lozon rivers Compass Originally launched as a spoiling attack it turned into a successful counteroffensive versus the Italians in North Africa against the Corkscrew Allied aerial and sea bombardment on Pantelleria May 18, 1943 Crossbow Allied air attack on German Rocket sites August 17, 1943 Crusader The British offensive to capture Sidi Rezegh, November-December 1941 Desecrate US attack of Palau Islands March 31, 1943 Detachment US invasion of Iwo Jima February 19-March 8, 1945 Dracula May 3-6, 1945 amphibious, land, and airborne offensive to capture Rangoon, Burma Dynamo May 1940 evacuation for Dunkirk Epsom June 28-July 2, 1944 attempt to capture Caen from the west Fall Blau Offensive for Army Group South with targets: Woronesh, Stalingrad, and Baku Fall Braun Army Group C attacked the Maginot Line in June 1940 Fall Gelb Offensive in the Low Countries and the Ardennes May 1940 Fall Gruen Capture of Czechoslovakia executed in May 1938 Fall Rot Planned defense against a French and Czechoslovakian offensive 1935-37 Fall Weiss Poland September 1939 Flintlock Allied invasion of the Marshall islands. Galvanic USMC invaded Gilbert November 20-December 23, 1943 Gomorrah Allied air raid on Hamburg July 24, 1943 Goodwood Crossing of the Orne to capture Caen July, 1944 Grenade US offensive towards the Rhein February 23, 1945 Ha-Go February 1944 Japanese attempt to surround Allied forces in Burma Hailstone US carrier attack on Truk Island February 16-17, 1944 Herbstnebel / Wacht am Rhein Battle of Bulge Herkules Planned invasion of Malta in 1942 Husky July 10, 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily Iceberg US attack on Okinawa April 1, 1945 Ichi-go Japanese Offensive that overran US airbases in Eastern China 1944 Jubilee Allied attack on Dieppe August 11, 1942 Lightfoot October 23-24, 1942 bombardment of Axis forces in North Africa Longsuit USMC invasion of Tarawa November 20-24, 1943 Marita German invasion of Greece April 6-30, 1941 and Yugoslavia April 6-17, 1941 Market Garden Allied land and airborne offensive in the Netherlands September 17-25,1944 Matador British plan to defend Singapore, fell February 15, 1942 Meeting House US fire bombing of Tokyo March 9, 1945 Merkur German offensive to capture Crete April 25-May31, 1941 Mike I US invasion of Luzon January 9, 1945 Millennium RAF bombing of Cologne May 30, 1942 Olive August 25 -October, 1944 Allied attempt to breakthrough the Gothic line in Italy Overlord Invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944 Pancake - Pedestal - Plunder Allied Offensive to cross the Xanten, Wesel, and Rhein Rivers to capture Hamburg March 23-April 2, 1945. Quicksilver Allied deception plan to convince Germans of D-Day landing at Calais. Reckless US attack on Hollandia April 22, 1944 Retribution - Seeloewe Planned invasion of Great Britain Shingle Allied invasion of Anzio January 22, 1944 Slapstick - Spring An extension of Goodwood July 1944. Starkey - Strafgericht - Supercharge follow up to Lightfoot November 1-2, 1942 armoured assault in North Africa Taifun Battle for Moscow began October 2, 1941 Thursday March 5, 1944 Chindit led offensive in Burma Tidal Wave US air attack on Ploesti oilfields August 1, 1943 Titanic Allied dummy parachute drops in Normandy June 6, 1944 Torch Allied invasion of North Africa, November 8, 1942 Tungsten British naval air assault on the Tirpitz April 3, 1944 U-Go Parallel operation to Ha-Go near Imphal February 1944 Uranus Soviet offensive to surround Stalingrad November 19-27, 1942 Varsity Allied airborne drop across the Rhein March 24-25, 1945 Watchtower US invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi August 7, 1942 Weseuebung German offensive in Denmark and Norway April 9 June 10, 1940 Winter Storm Soviet offensive to clear the lower Chir November 30, 1942 Zitadelle Kursk July 5-20, 1943 |