Battles & Campaigns during World War 2 in Yugoslavia

Battles & Campaigns

during World War 2 in Yugoslavia

History

Germany and its allies carried out numerous anti-partisan operations during WW2 in Yugoslavia. This is the partial list of those with known codenames (often using colorful names) which I have discovered so far since many were carried out without much preparations as reaction to partisan actions and many others become too obscured and lost to history. Also included are Partisan and Allied operations which were carried out in the same period. I would be grateful for any extra info you can provide.

1941

Operation 25, Strafgericht - April War - Invasion of Yugoslavia

July - August - Operations ??? July offensive (Julska ofenziva) - Italian offensive in Montenegro

27 Sept - 15 Oct / November - Operation UÅ½ICE? - First offensive: Å umadiaOperation

??? - German-Bulgarian offensive

2-11 December - Operation OZREN - Attack on Ozren Partisan detachment

6-7 December - Operation MIHAILOVIÄ† - German attempt to eliminate chetniks

1942

17-23 January - Operation ??? - Second offensive: Bosnia

27 January - 6 February - Operation OZREN - Attack on Ozren Partisan detachment

April - June -Operation TRIO - Third offensive

Operation ??? Italian operations in Montenegro, SandÅ¾ak and Herzegovina

Spring Partisan offensive in Dolenjsko and Notranjsko (Slovenia)

Petrova gora

31 May - 4 June Operation FORSTRAT -

10 June - 30 July - Operation KOZARA? - Third offensive: Kozara

12 July Operation RISNJAK - Italian anti-partisan operation in Croatia

16 July - 4 November - Operations ??? - Roshka offensive (RoÅ¡ka ofenziva)

16 August - 2 September - Operation ALBIA - Italian anti-partisan operation in Croatia

Operation Enzian - SS, SD and Polizei anti-partisan operation in Slovenia

6 September Goilo operation

16 - 29 September Operation VELIKA KAPELA - Italian anti-partisan operation in Croatia

Operation DINARA

28 September - Operation JAJCE I - German-NDH-Chetnik attack on Jajce area

5 - 11 October - Operation ALFA - Italian-Chetnik attack on Prozor area

21 October - Operation JAJCE II - German-NDH-Chetnik attack in Jajce area

- Operation GORJANCI - Italian anti-partisan operation in Slovenia and Croatia

late October - Operation BETA - Italian-NDH attack on Livno

2-14 November - BihaÄ‡ operation (BihaÄ‡ka operacija)

24 November - Operation TUZLA

1943

20 Jan - 15 Feb Operation WEISS IFourth offensive: Neretva - battle for saving the wounded

25 February - mid-March - Operation WEISS II

cancelled - Operation WEISS III

February 1943

27 February - 8 March Operation MIRKO

27 February - 3 March Operation GRÃœN - Operation Green

20 March - 8 April Operation BRAUN - Psunj-Papuk Operation

Operation OSTERN-15

Operation BOSUT - NDH anti-partisan operation in Syrmia

15 May - 15 June Operation SCHWARZ - Fifth offensive: Sutjeska

June 1943

13 June Operation PFINGSTEN

21 - 22 June Operation KLARA

July 1943

5 - 6 July Operation IVAN

8 - 19 July Operation PAULA

14 - 25 July Operation VARAÅ½DIN

July Operation MORGENLUFT

August 1943

10 - 15 August Operation HEU

17 August Operation GAMA

Operation BIOKOVO-MOSOR

Operation LEANDER

22 - 27 September Operation GEISERICH - German attack on Split

25 September - 20 October Operation ISTRIEN - Rommel's offensive (Romelova ofanziva)

October 1943

7 October - Operation WILDSON

Donnerkeil (Thunderbolt) - Anti-partisan operation carried out in Yugoslavia

15 - 23 October Operation BALKANSCHLUCHT Balkanski klanac

14 - 27 October Operation ARNIN

14 - 20 October Operation SPATZ

15 October 1943 to early 1944 Operation AUDREY

Operation LANDSTURM - German recapturing of Makarska area

21 October - 12 November Operation WOLKENBRUCH - Rommel's offensive (Romelova ofanziva)

21/22 October Operation SEERÃ„UBER - Failed Ustasha landing on Brac island

Operation HERBST 2

23 October - ? - Operation ZIPFEL

23 October - 11 November Operation HERBSTGEWITTER I - German capturing of Peljesac peninsula

November 1943

7-9 November - Operation HAIFISCH - German recapturing of Trogir area

13 November - Operation TRAUFE Anti-partisan operation in Slovenia

22 - 25 November Operation ADLER (Eagle) - Anti-partisan operation on Ugljen island

22 - 29 November Operation DELPHIN - Landing on the Ugljen and Pasman island

28 November - 1 December ÄŒazma operation - Partisan attack on ÄŒazma

December 1943

4 -8 December Operation ZIETHEN - German recapturing of Livno-Duvno area

6 December - Operation KUGELBLITZ - Lim-Drina Operation (Limsko-Drinska o.)

7 - 29 December Operation WOLF - Kordun-Banija-Pokupo-Turopolje operation (KordunaÅ¡ko-Banijsko-Pokupsko-Turopoljska operacija)

10 - 24 December Operation PANTHER

December Operation SILBERSTREIFEN

Operation RISTOW

26 - 30 December Operation WEIHNACHTSMANN

14 - 29 December Anti-Partisan operation launched in Metsovan Pass, SE Croatia by German forces.

22 - 26 December Operation HERBSTGEWITTER IILanding on the Korcula island

-28 Dec - Operation Bayren, 18km NW of Bor

end of December Operation SCHNEESTURM Sixth offensive

end of December Operation HASENJAGD Operation MERKUR

31 December - 1 January 1944 Banja Luka operation I (Prva BanjaluÄka o.)

1944

12 January Operation WALDRAUSCH

Operation Napfkuchen (Poundcake)Anti-partisan operation carried out in Yugoslavia

January Operation BRANDFACKELOperation ???Spring offensive in Macedonia

12 January Operation Morgenwind II (Morning Wind 2)Landing on the Dalmatian island of Solta

13 January Operation Morgenwind I (Morning Wind 1)Landing on the Dalmatian island of Brac

13 January - ? Operation ADLER II

13-30 Jan Operation NIBELUNGENFAHRT

23-30 Jan Operation DREÅ½NICA

19 January Operation WALZERTRAUMLanding on the Dalmatian island of Hvar

21 January Operation DUBROVNIK

canceled Operation FREISCHÃœTZThe plan for capture of the island of Vis (Lissa) off the Dalmatia coast.

February 1944

3 - 6 February Operation EMIL

8 February Operation DUBROVNIK 2

Operation WOLKENBRUCH - Forced partisan forces of II naval-coastal sector to retreat from Istra and Kvarner to Dugi otok island

Operation FRECHDACHS - German navy failed attempt to send supplies to Aegean

Operation WIKINGER - Offensive against outside island chain from Losinj to Sibenik, Dalmatia

Operation FEUERZANGE

March 1944

9 March - Operation BORA - anti-partisan operation

March - Operation KAMMERJÃ„GER

10 - 13 Marchch - Operation WEGWEISER (Sign-post)

15 March Operation SAVA

18 March Operation BaumblÃ¼te - anti-partisan operation in Montenegro?

18 March Operation BIBER - German navy minelying operation

18 March Operation RADAN

18 March Operation DETAINED - Allied raid on Solta island

19 March Operation ILLUSION - German landings on Rab island

19 March Operation CANNAE - Occupation of Hungary

23 March Operation ENDOWMENT - Allied raid on Hvar island

23 March Operation SISAK NDH anti-partisans operation in northern Croatia

24 - 25 March Operation DACHSTEIN - Anti-partisan operation in Slovenia

28 March Operation VorfrÃ¼hling - anti-partisan operation in Montenegro?

end of March Operation Waldlauf? - anti-partisan operation in Lika by 392nd Division

April 1944

13 April Operation Vrhovine - GospiÄ‡ - OtoÄac

10 - 23 April Operation FrÃ¼hlingserwachen - anti-partisan operationin Montenegro?

12 - 20 April Operation OSTEREI (Easter egg)

17 - 24 Apr - Operation KEULENSCHLAG

23 Apr Operation MAIBAUM (Maytree) - Anti-partisan operation carried out in Yugoslavia.

26 Apr - 6 May Operation BRAUNSCHWEIG

26 Apr - 7 May Operation UNGEWITTER

May 1944

6 - 16 May Operation MaikÃ¤fer und mira? - anti-partisans operation in SE Syrmia

7 - 16 May Operation MORGENSTERN

21 -30 May Operation SCHACH

22 May Operation FARRIER - Allied raid on Mljet island

25 May Operation ROSSELSPRUNG - Seventh offensive: Drvar

31 May - 5 June Operation FLOUNCED - Allied raid on Brac island

June 1944

8 - 11 June Operation BEARSKIN

8 - 11 June Operation VOLLMOND (Fullmoon)

10 - 12 June Operation SONNENWENDE

14 June - 6 August Operation KORNBLUME

25-30 Jun Operation BIENENHAUS - Anti-partisan operation in Moslavina, Croatia

26 June - 5 July Operation BLITZ

30 June - 2 July Operation FLORETT

July 1944

2 July - Operation DÃ¼nkirchan II - 1st Jager Regiment

2 July - Operation Rammstoss - Anti-Partisan operation in Montenegro

July - Operation Falkenauge - 297th Jager Division and 98th Mountain Regiment, Struge

5 to 8 July Operation Morgenrot II -

8 Jul - Operation ROUEN - Anti-partisan operation in Kalnik, Croatia

10 to 13 July Operation Rabauke - 264, Ugljan, IÅ¾

10 July - 4 August? Operation TRUMPF - Toplica-Jablanica o. (TopliÄko-JablaniÄka o.)

11 July - Operation Kesselstein - 392nd Division, Krbava field

13 July - Operation Blitzlicht - 118th, Livno â€” Å ujica

14-29 July Operation SONNENSTICH - Anti-partisan operation in Herzegovina

14 July Operation FLIEGENFÃ„NGER

Maiglockchen

15 to 17 July - Operation Pestbeule 264, Vodice

16? July - RÃ¶slein
17 - 25 July Operation HEIDEROSE - anti-partisan operation by 13th SS division

18-26 July Operation DRAUFGÃ„NGER - Andrijevica operation (AndrijeviÄka o.)

to 27 July Operation Mausetot, 373
22 July Operation Ruhepause, 118, Makarska

27 July Operation Bergrutsch, 264 Knin-Benkovac

27 July August Operation FEUERWEHR

August 1944

Operation Wasserschlauch

to 18 August Operation Wechselbalg, 392, Prijeboj

? - 2 August Operation ROESLEIN

3 August Operation HACKFLEISCH

8-11 August Operation PRIEN

12-30 August Operation RÃœBEZAHL - Durmitor operation (Durmitorska o.)

18 - 20 August Operation WOLFSHÃ–LLE

to August Operation Wildfang, 1. Cossack, Moslavina

to 27 August Operation Wechselbalg II, 392, Prijeboj

23 August Operation Wasserschlauch, 392, Vrbovsko-Mrkopalj

28 August Operation RÃ¼benschnitzel, 5.SS Corps, Zlatibor

September 1944

1 - 7 September Operation RATWEEK Nedelja Pacova

September Operation TREUBRUCH

6-8 September Operation SEYDLITZ - Anti-partisan operation on Hvar island

? September Operation ZIRKUS - German withdrawal from Mljet and KorÄula islands and western part of PljeÅ¡ac peninsula

11-13 September Operation EISBÃ„R - German withdrawal from Supetar

14-18 September Operation KRANICH - Failed German withdrawal from Sumartin

15 Sep Operation Igel - 1. Mountain, KimÅ¡evica/Leskovac

18-28 September Banja Luka o. II (Druga BanjaluÄka o.)

25 September Operation STURM - Rescue of Banja Luka garrison

25 Sep - Operation WalkÃ¼re, 15 Mtn Corps, NE Zadar

29 Sep to 5 Oct Operation Irrgarten, 5. SS Corps, Neretva estuary

October 1944

October - Operation Grenzwacht, 15. Mtn Corps, Gorski Kotar

8-14 October - NiÅ¡ operation (NiÅ¡ka operacija)

October - Podravina operation (Podravska o.)

11-20 October Belgrade operation (Beogradska operacija)

Operation OSTERN - German withdrawal from Zadar

Operation EXTERMINATE - British hunt for German torpedo-boats

28 October - Operation WIKINGER - German evacuation of all ships from Sibenik to Rijeka

15 Oct - 20 Nov Kosovo operation (Kosovska operacija)

November 1944

6 to 8 Nov DraufgÃ¤nger, 118, Syrem, ManÄ‘elos

9-29 November - Batina operation (Batinska operacija)

Operation SCHNEEGESTÃ–BER - German anti-partisan operation in Slovenia

November - Operation Schneegestber - The pursuit of Marshall Tito's HQ's.

25 Nov - 4 Dec Knin operation (Kninska operacija)

28-30 November Operation TREFOILOperacija Trolist

24 Nov Edelweiss, GraÄac vs. 35th div

December 1944

Operation York or Yorick?

19 December Operation HEUSCHOBER

21 December Operation MARS

1945

?-7 Jan - Operation VIKTORIA, KreÅ¡evo

17-21 Jan - Operation WINTERGEWITTER

Jan - Operation FrÃ¼hlingssturm

Jan - Operation Bergpartie

Jan - Operation Lawine

27 Jan - Operation SCHLAGETER

27-29 Jan -Operation BURA Akcija Bura

Operation Waldrausch (Forest Fever)

February 1945

6-10 February - Operation WEHRWOLF - Elimination of Virovitica bridgehead

6-15 February Mostar operation (Mostarska operacija)

February Operation RÃœBEZAHL - Anti-partisan operation carried out in Slovenia.

March 1945

March - Operation TOMISLAV - Podhvat TOMISLAV

6 - 23 March Operation WALDTEUFEL

6 - 27 March Operation MAIGEWITTER

8 - 15 March Operation BERGWIND

16/17 March Operation BERGGEIST

19 March - ? Operation FRÃœHLINGSANFANG - Anti -partisan operation carried out in Slovenia.

19 March - 6 April Operation WINTERENDE - Anti -partisan operation carried out in Slovenia.

20 March - 15 April - Lika-Primorje operation (LiÄko-primorska o.)

??? three counterattacks at Ivan Sedlo

28-30 March Operation OSTERGLOCKE

28 March - 10 April - Sarajevo operation (Sarajevska operacija)

April 1945

12-13 April - Srem front (Sremski front)

16 April - 7 May - Rijeka operation (RijeÄka operacija)

??? - counterattack of 7th SS at Ilova

29 April - 1 May - Trst (Trieste) operation (TrÅ¡Ä‡anska operacija)

30 April - 7 May - Karlovac operation (KarlovaÄka operacija)

25 April - 26 May - Operation VlaÅ¡ka Mala

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