'Schill' (i) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the MKS.28, KMS.31, MKS.29A, MKS.30 and SL.139 convoys (25 October/9 November 1943)., The wolfpack compris... Read More

'Schill' (ii) was a U-boat three-part wolfpack operation ('Schill I', 'Schill II' and 'Schill III') in the Atlantic (13/21 November 1943)., The 'Schill I' wolfpack comprised U... Read More

'Schimmel' was a German naval minelaying operation to the north-west of the island of Elba in the Ligurian Sea by three ex-Italian torpedo boats of Korvettenkapitän Wirich vo... Read More

'Sclageter' was a German attack by the 1/370th Regiment and 3/370th Regiment of Generalleutnant Georg Reinicke’s 369th Division (kroatische) on the partisan forces of Marsha... Read More

'Schlagetot' (i) was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the SL.89 convoy (18 October/2 November 1941). , The wolfpack comprised U-38, U-82, U-84, U-85, U-93, ... Read More

'Schlagetot' (ii) was a U-boat wolfpack operation off the north-west coast of Africa (8/18 November 1942)., On learning of the 'Torch' landings by Allied forces in French Nort... Read More

'Schlange' was a German naval minelaying operation in the Mediterranean by two ex-Italian torpedo boats of Korvettenkapitän Wirich von Gartzen’s 10th Torpedoboots-Flottille... Read More

'Schlei' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Norwegian Sea and UK/Iceland gap (14/25 January 1942). , The wolfpack comprised U-136, U-213, U-404, U-578, U-591, U-656 and U-... Read More

'Schleswig' was a German unrealised naval plan for a sortie by heavy warships to an area beyond the Shetland/Norway line (29 February/April 1940)., There was constant disagree... Read More

'Schlieffen' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Atlantic against the ON.206 and ONS.20 convoys (14/22 October 1943)., The wolfpack comprised U-91, U-231, U-267, U-281, U-3... Read More

The 'Schlieker-Programm' was a German undertaking to remove about 525,000 tons of steel from the factories of the Donets and Dniepr river basins of the German-occupied western... Read More

'Schlingpflanze' was a German unrealised plan to widen the corridor between Staraya Russa and pocket of Demyansk at its narrowest point between Ramushevo on the Lovat river an... Read More

'Schlittenfahrt' was a German unrealised plan for withdrawal of elements of General Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz’s 9th Army and General Fritz-Hubert Gräser’s 4th Panzerar... Read More

'Schlüsselblume' was a German and Croat unrealised operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the west of the Slavonia region of the puppet state of ... Read More

'Schlussjagd' was the German offensive in the area of Prel, Mtsensk and Bolkhov in the direction of Tula during the advance on Moscow within the context of 'Taifun' (i) (24 Oc... Read More

'Schnee' (i) was a German three-part operation to transfer troop reinforcements, matériel and supplies to Norway (December 1942)., These undertakings were started on 9, 14 an... Read More

'Schnee' (ii) was the German codeword to start the movement of evacuation convoys from Pomerania through the Baltic Sea westward into Germany in the face of continued Soviet a... Read More

'Schneegestöber' (i) was the German airborne component of the 'Rösselsprung' (ii) undertaking to find and destroy the headquarters of the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Br... Read More

Schneegestöber' (ii) was a German attempt to pin and destroy the 'Pohorje' Partisan Detachment and 14th Division of Marshal Josip Broz Tito’s forces in German-occupied Yugo... Read More

'Schneehase' was a German operation against partisans in the area of Polotsk, Rossony and Krasnopol in the Belorussian region of the German-occupied western part of the USSR (... Read More

'Schneehuhn' was one of several German special operations effected via U-boats to reconnoitre and destroy Allied installations such as radio stations, coal mines and military ... Read More

'Schneeman' was a German largely unrealised plan to open a second front in the Netherlands, within the context of 'Wacht am Rhein', to outflank the Allied forces advancing int... Read More

'Schneeshmelze' was a German and possibly Croat operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the area of Zapresić, Krapinske Toplice and Klanjec of the... Read More

'Schneesturm' was a German, Croat and Bulgarian successor to 'Kugelblitz' (ii) against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito operating in the Bosnia region of German-... Read More

'Schnepfe' was a German half of a double operation, with 'Wildente' (ii) as its other component, against partisans operating from the marshes to the north of Vitebsk in the Ge... Read More

'Schooner' (i) was a British and Australian convoy operation to ship Australian forces from Ceylon to Australia (23 June/7 August 1942)., The operation began on 23 June with t... Read More

'Schooner' (ii) was a French special forces operation to parachute a four-man naval counter-scorch team into the Caracole area of German-occupied France to prevent demolitions... Read More

'Schwarz' (i) was a German overall plan for the seizure of control in Italy should that country collapse militarily or defect to the Allies (1943)., The plan had its origins i... Read More

'Schwarz' (ii) was a German, Italian, Croat and Bulgarian double operation against the partisan forces of Josip Broz Tito in the north-western part of Montenegro and the south... Read More

'Schwarz' (iii) was the German alternative designation for the operation, initially planned as 'Student' (ii), for the seizure of Rome and the protection of Benito Mussolini, ... Read More

'Schwarzwald' was a German operation under the leadership of General Kuno-Hans von Both, commanding the forces in the rear of the operational area of Generaloberst Johannes Fr... Read More

'Schwefel' was a U-boat wolfpack operation in the Arctic (22/25 September 1944)., The wolfpack comprised U-313, U-668 and U-965, and neither lost any of its own number nor san... Read More

'Schwerin I' was a German operation by Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus’s 6th Army using General Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach’s LI Corps to secure the western bank of the V... Read More

'Schwerin II' was a German largely unrealised operation by Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus’s 6th Army at Stalingrad, and associated with 'Schwerin I', to improve the line of ... Read More

'Scilla' was the Italian transfer of the light cruiser Scipione Africano from a base in the Tyrrhenian Sea to Taranto in the Ionian Sea during the Allied 'Husky' (i) invasion ... Read More

'Scion' was an Allied special forces operation to parachute a three-man British and French 'Jedburgh' team into the Isère area of German-occupied France to aid local resistan... Read More

'Scipio' (i) was the Allied unrealised original plan for the seizure of Dakar in French West Africa (early July/13 August 1940)., The original 'Scipio' (i) concept had its ori... Read More

'Scipio' (ii) was a British offensive by General Sir Bernard Montgomery’s 8th Army to break through the Axis defences of the Wadi Akarit line in southern Tunisia (5/6 April ... Read More

'Scissors' (i) was a British programme of small-scale raids by the Independent Companies on the west coast of the German-occupied part of Norway in an attempt to halt the Germ... Read More

'Scissors' (ii) was a British operation to remove formations and units from the area of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Loyd’s Southern Command in the south of England to allow... Read More

'Scorch' was a British special forces raid on Deir el Nasra (January 1943). ... Read More

'Scorcher' was the British plan for the defence of Crete after the fall of Greece (May 1941)., At the time of the German 'Marita' campaign against Greece in April 1941, the ga... Read More

'Scorpio' was an Italian convoy operation, otherwise known as 'V.5', across the Mediterranean between southern Italy and Tripoli in North Africa (7/9 March 1942)., The operati... Read More

'Scorpion' was an Allied unrealised plan for a special forces raid by the 'Z' Special Unit on Japanese warships and merchant ships in the harbour of Rabaul on New Britain in t... Read More

'Scottish' was the British naval undertaking to ensure the passage of the JW.65 outbound and RA.65 homebound Arctic convoys to and from ports in the northern USSR (11/31 March... Read More

'Screwdriver' was a British two-part operation ('Screwdriver I' and 'Screwdriver II') to clear the area of Maungdaw and Buthidaung in the Arakan western coastal region of Japa... Read More

'Scrimmage' was the British designation for the air support provided for the 'Halberd' convoy operation (24/28 September 1941). ... Read More

'Scrivener' was the British operation to bring some 8,000 non-communist Polish troops from the USSR to the UK (1941)., These Poles had been captured by the Soviets in their se... Read More

'Scrumhalf' (i) was a British operation to move Royal Marine units of the Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation to Ceylon for the defence of naval bases such as Trincomalee a... Read More

'Scrumhalf' (ii) was the British establishment, within 'Kelso', of an advanced base at Thessaloníki in northern Greece (late 1944). ... Read More